Summary
Kayle Drucker is a Java developer and systems-savvy IT professional with a decade of experience bridging hands-on support and application development at Gorilla Group in Chicago. He combines deep operational knowledge—managing Linux, Windows, and Apple fleets, administering JIRA/Confluence/Bitbucket, and coordinating vendor relationships—with Java development work, enabling smooth transitions from infrastructure to code. Kayle has led practical projects such as office relocations and OS/firmware rollouts that preserved production continuity, and he has applied cloud tooling from AWS and Google to support web and server markets. A Full Stack Developer certificate from Northwestern complements his MS coursework in Computer Science, reflecting a deliberate shift from IT operations into software engineering. He brings a user-focused, process-driven mindset that turns operational constraints into reliable developer and business outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College
Bachelors of Science in Design, Housing and Urban Development, 3.0, Bachelors of Science in Design, Housing and Urban Development, 3.0 at Arizona State University
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at DePaul University College of Computing and Digital Media
Certificate, Full Stack Developer, Certificate, Full Stack Developer at Northwestern University