Jobs

• IT Manager & Lead Research Safety Software Developer 2020 – present : Responsible for all IT projects and staff at the Division of Research Safety.
• Principal Software Developer 2016 – present : IDNR Fisheries web application development and research support.
• Web Specialist 2008 – 2011 : Manage the College of Law's website, intranet, digital signage, e-commerce bookstore, and secondary A/V and helpdesk support.
• Senior Research Safety & Admin Developer 2017 – 2020 · IT Manager & Lead Research Safety Software Developer : Senior developer for the Division of Research Safety's compliance and administrative systems.
• Senior Research Safety Developer 2014 – 2017 · IT Manager & Lead Research Safety Software Developer : Rebuilt the Division of Research Safety's systems from the database up.
• Web Applications Analyst 2011 – 2014 · IT Manager & Lead Research Safety Software Developer : Maintained and modernized DRS web applications, databases, and servers.

Projects

• Back-End Overhaul 2014 – 2017 · Senior Research Safety Developer : Phase two: every area of the department's site and processes upgraded; five legacy apps retired.
• Fisheries Legacy Upgrade 2016 – present · Principal Software Developer : Combined an intranet stocking app and a flat-file desktop app into one web application.
• Front-End Redesign 2011 – 2014 · Web Applications Analyst : Full redesign of the division's public site (look, menus, and content) with buy-in from every unit.
• Intranet Rewrite 2008 – 2011 · Web Specialist : Rewrote the college intranet from classic ASP to .NET, with a course CMS for professors.
• Redesign Redux 2020 – present · IT Manager & Lead Research Safety Software Developer : All-new .NET Core rebuild of the department's site to current design, security, and functionality standards.
• Reporting 2017 – 2020 · Senior Research Safety & Admin Developer : Every level of compliance reporting for PIs, staff, departments, and college managers: 30+ report types.
• Campus Data Sharing 2014 – 2017 · Senior Research Safety Developer : DRS pushes and pulls data with Engineering, OVCRI, GIS, and ACES.
• Data Source Consolidation 2011 – 2014 · Web Applications Analyst : Merged redundant data sources into one authoritative source for every later project.
• Digital Signage 2008 – 2011 · Web Specialist : Screens outside every classroom and entrance: schedules, events, news, maps, and weather.
• Fisheries Research Portal 2016 – present · Principal Software Developer : A new web portal for fisheries research and analysis.
• Infrastructure Overhaul 2020 – present · IT Manager & Lead Research Safety Software Developer : Consolidated the division's data and hardware; handed help desk and networking to Technology Services.
• Legacy App Conversions 2017 – 2020 · Senior Research Safety & Admin Developer : Turned legacy apps, Excel files, Access databases, and paper forms into modern web applications.
• Bookstore E-commerce 2008 – 2011 · Web Specialist : Customized a vendor web app into the college bookstore's online store.
• Online Safety Trainings 2017 – 2020 · Senior Research Safety & Admin Developer : Hazardous-material safety courses online, plus a process that let DRS staff build their own.

Initiatives

• programmers@illinois 2014 – 2017 · Senior Research Safety Developer : A campus-wide community for developers to share problems, ideas, and code.

Personal Projects

• echobotresearch.com 2025 – present : A research platform for conducting studies with LLM chatbots.
• Résumé Site Builder 2026 – present : A CMS to build a professional profile site, used for www.stevenaholland.com.

Volunteer roles

• HOA President 2023 – 2025 : Increased revenues, lowered expenses, improved owner satisfaction and confidence with the HOA.

Education

• B.S. Information Sciences and Technology 2003 – 2007 : Penn State University

Training

• Illinois Supervisory Skills Program Jun 2021 : A 2-month weekly program on leadership.

Interests

• Martial Arts
• DIY
• The Outdoors

Collaborators

• Principal Investigators : Faculty running research labs.
• Research Staff
• Department & College Managers
• College Deans
• Unit Directors
• Students
• Field Scientists
• Lab Personnel
• Research Scientists
• Faculty
• Third Party Vendors

Organizations

• Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• College of Law · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Division of Research Safety · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources : Fisheries Division.

Competencies

• Leadership : Leading direct reports, collaborating across units, and motivating teams.
• Project Management : Taking a project from a fuzzy idea to done: requirements, process redesign, plans, budgets and stakeholders.
• AI Implementation : Integrating AI features into products and using AI to boost development productivity.
• Software Engineering : Shaping systems so they stay changeable: clear boundaries, testable code, patterns picked to fit the problem.
• Data & Database Engineering : Modeling data and stashing it across a variety of storage options. Efficiency and performance optimizations.
• UI & Visual Design : Interfaces and graphics, from printed and digital signs and posters to accessible web and mobile applications.
• Infrastructure & DevOps : Servers, identity, and deployment pipelines, oh my!
• Modernization & Upgrades : Upgrade or retire legacy systems and formats. Modernize and homogenize design, structure, and standards end to end.
• Data Governance & Privacy : Securing information in accordance with data privacy and retention laws.

Roles

• Grant Work: Co-Investigator : Co-investigator on grant-funded research work.
• Supervisor : Supervising and managing direct reports.

Tech

• .NET Core
• C#
• VB.NET
• .NET MVC
• .NET Web Forms
• Razor Pages
• Entity Framework
• Ninject
• Roslyn
• JavaScript
• jQuery
• Knockout.js
• Vue.js
• HTML / CSS / LESS
• Bootstrap
• Kendo UI
• PHP
• Python
• Classic ASP
• SQL Server
• MySQL
• Hibernate
• Outlet
• Active Record
• IIS
• Azure
• Active Directory
• Shibboleth
• EDW / Banner
• Git
• SVN
• TFS
• Adobe Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Premiere
• Audacity
• PostgreSQL
• TypeScript
• Claude Code
• LLM APIs
• ChatGPT Codex
• Redis
• Node.js
• Dapper
• Azure SQL DB
• CSS Frameworks
• Preact.js
• Amazon Web Services
• Windows
• Linux

Practices

• Architecture: Vertical Slice
• Microservices
• Architecture: N-Tier
• Architecture: SOA
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Code Generation
• Programming Patterns
• API Design
• Responsive Design
• IITAA
• FERPA
• GDPR
• PIPA
• PIPL
• Schema Design
• Views & Stored Procedures
• Query Optimization
• Indexing
• Database Migrations
• Reporting
• Incremental Migrations
• Strangler Pattern
• Requirements Gathering
• Business Process Redesign
• Stakeholder Management
• Gantt Chart
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Project Proposal
• Change Management
• Cost/Benefit Analysis
• Budgeting
• Mentoring
• Code Review
• Project Planning
• Community Collaboration
• Prototyping
• Graphic Design
• A/B Testing
• Prompt & Agent Design
• Multi-Agent Orchestration
• Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
• AI-Modifiers (Agents, Skills, Hooks, etc.)
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Containerization
• Serverless Functions
• Multi-Tenant Data Sharing
• Normalization
• De-Normalization
• Data Integration & Aggregation
• Enterprise Data Warehouse
• ETL
• Parallel Running
• Phased Rollout
• Sunsetting
• Technical Debt Assessment
• Digitization
• REST APIs
• Automated & Scheduled Tasks
• Hiring
• Performance Reviews
• Project Initiator
• Accessibility Standards
• Virtual Machines
• Backup Systems
• DNS Management