Paul Nicholsen
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolPaul Nicholsen is a senior operations, systems, and technology professional with 13+ years of hands-on experience building cloud-native, serverless, and data engineering solutions across enterprise and product-focused environments. He combines a developer’s toolkit—Python, JavaScript, Flask, AWS Lambda and CloudFormation—with a strong background in technical training and customer education, having designed scalable learning platforms and led teams at Palantir, AWS, and L7 Informatics. Paul has a track record of turning complex technical requirements into practical automation (from classroom setup utilities to ETL and monitoring pipelines) that measurably reduce errors and save time. Comfortable switching between coding, mentoring, and curriculum design, he’s equally adept at improving developer productivity and improving end-user adoption. Based in Washington, DC, he brings a hybrid background in teaching and engineering that surfaces in the deliberate, data-driven learning experiences he builds. An unusual strength is his ability to translate classroom NPS and learning-analytics signals into product and process improvements that drive adoption.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at Pace University-New YorkUdacity.comComputer Programming, Computer Programming at Hacker SchoolBA English Theater, BA English Theater at Rutgers UniversityM.Ed Secondary Math Education, M.Ed Secondary Math Education at Pace University, New York
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Github Skills (32)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
paulnicholsen27/steven_alarm
Jul 2017 - Mar 2023
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 5 years 9 months
paulnicholsen27/sleepy_tv
Jan 2016 - Jan 2024
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years
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