Summary
Nicholas Gaulke is a .NET developer and systems-minded engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience spanning network administration, full-stack development, and technical management. After over a decade running IT, web infrastructure, and a 20-person team at Brass Bell Music Store, he transitioned in 2022 to contracting as a .NET developer for The JPI Group, where he blends application development with operational awareness. He is comfortable across Linux and Windows administration, has a strong interest in network and information security, and pursues practical side projects (some public on github.com/incomingstick). Based in Milwaukee, he pairs customer-facing service experience with backend engineering chops, and outside of work he channels creativity into guitar, Dungeons & Dragons, and streaming—signals of a collaborator who enjoys building community as well as code.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science at Cardinal Stritch University
English, leetspeak, gibberish, c++