Karen Harvey
About Karen Harvey
Karen Harvey is a Senior Software Developer at Vanderbilt University in the Greater Nashville Area, TN, with extensive experience in software development and engineering roles at various organizations.
Current Role at Vanderbilt University
Karen Harvey is currently serving as a Senior Software Developer at Vanderbilt University, located in Greater Nashville Area, TN. In this role, she has been instrumental in developing a .NET 5.0 application with Angular 11 on Azure App Services for the School of Medicine. The application collects incidents and accolades for educators. Additionally, she has built a CI/CD process for Azure App Service applications leveraging the Azure Deployment Center with Bitbucket.
Professional Experience at Servpro Industries
Karen Harvey worked as a Senior Software Developer at Servpro Industries, Inc. in the Greater Nashville Area, TN, from 2018 to 2019. During her short tenure of three months, she contributed to various software development projects which drew from her extensive background in software engineering and development.
Role at T-Mobile
From 2017 to 2018, Karen Harvey was a Senior Software Engineer at T-Mobile in the Greater Seattle Area. Over her one-year tenure, she gained significant experience in software engineering and contributed to various projects that enhanced the capabilities and reliability of T-Mobile’s systems.
Experience at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Karen Harvey served as a Computer Programmer/Analyst at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, TN, from 2010 to 2017. During these seven years, she honed her programming and analytical skills, playing a key role in multiple projects within the laboratory's technological and analytical frameworks.
Post-Master’s Research at ORAU
Karen Harvey engaged in Post-Master’s Research at ORAU in Oak Ridge, TN, for eight months from 2009 to 2010. This experience allowed her to delve into advanced research topics, integrating her academic knowledge with practical research applications.
Academic Background in Computer Science
Karen Harvey achieved her Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she studied from 2006 to 2008. During this period, she also worked as a Computer Science Teaching Assistant, gaining valuable instructional experience.
Developed and Implemented Key Technologies
Karen Harvey has developed significant technologies including a dynamic form builder to create grading forms stored in Azure SQL and a bulk configuration feature for applying course settings. She also led the team in guiding a layered architecture approach, building CI/CD processes, and improving reporting functionalities on educator assessments.
Migration to Azure and Data Integration
Karen Harvey has extensive experience with data migration and integration, having worked with Azure Data Factory pipelines and Azure Functions to migrate legacy data from MongoDB, Oracle, and MySQL to an Azure SQL database. This streamlined legacy data management and modernized the data processing infrastructure.
User Interface Enhancements and Authentication
Karen Harvey has been pivotal in refining user interfaces, such as leading a UI refactor for better mobile responsiveness and integrating authentication processes with Ping using OAuth. The migration from implicit flow to auth code with PKCE further strengthened security and session handling capabilities.