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+# Patrick Hanford
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+[patrick@phanford.dev](mailto:patrick@phanford.dev) | [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/phanford) | [GitHub](https://github.com/codespent) | [Website](https://phanford.dev)
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+
+## Skills
+
+**Languages:** JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C#, Go, Elixir, Kotlin
+
+**Frontend:** React, Vue, NextJS, React Native, TailwindCSS
+
+**Backend:** Django, Flask, FastAPI, Entity Framework, GraphQL
+
+**Cloud/DevOps:** AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, GitHub Actions
+
+## Experience
+
+### Ford Motors International
+**Fullstack Software Engineer** | Sep 2024 - Nov 2025
+
+- Built Text2SQL service from scratch, enabling natural language database queries and opening a new enterprise customer segment for the generative AI platform.
+- Optimized RAG pipeline APIs (Flask/FastAPI), reducing response latency by 90% (1m14s → 7.2s) while scaling to handle 3x payload volume.
+- Built dynamic data visualization layer using Chart.js, transforming static table outputs into interactive charts from LLM responses.
+- Designed async component library with virtual scroll and incremental loading, adopted as standard across 12+ micro-frontend applications.
+- Led production deployment of data aggregation tool replacing a legacy system, reducing manual reporting time by 60% for finance teams.
+- Established code review standards and CI/CD guardrails, decreasing production incidents by 40% over 6 months.
+
+### Robert Half International
+**Fullstack Software Engineer** | Feb 2020 - Mar 2024
+
+- Migrated Angular Cordova mobile app to React Native, reducing build times by 70% and achieving 99.5% crash-free sessions across iOS and Android.
+- Architected multi-database sync system (SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL) using Serenity framework, consolidating data from 8 legacy sources into unified reporting.
+- Containerized 15+ legacy Laravel sites with Docker Swarm, cutting deployment time from hours to minutes and eliminating environment drift issues.
+- Built real-time video conferencing platform (Django/NextJS) supporting 500+ concurrent users with WebRTC and Redis pub/sub.
+- Unified CI/CD infrastructure across Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins, reducing pipeline maintenance overhead by 50%.
+
+## Notable Projects
+
+### TakePoint (takepoint.dev)
+*AI-Enhanced Sprint Planning Platform*
+
+- Built AI-powered sprint planning tool using RAG with OpenAI, generating actionable story breakdowns and retrospective insights in real-time.
+- Engineered bi-directional Jira sync, enabling teams to import backlogs, refine stories with AI assistance, and push changes back without context switching.
+- Reduced OpenAI API costs by 46% through semantic caching, prompt compression, and intelligent context windowing without degrading output quality.
+- Deployed infrastructure via CloudFormation with self-hosted Docker option for enterprise clients requiring on-premise data residency.
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