AI-Assisted Development Practices
Explored practical ways to work effectively with AI tools for planning, implementation, and verification.
Experience
Packaging Personified, Inc.
Software Engineer • Oct 2025 – Present
Warsaw, IN
Building internal Retool applications for production, compliance, accounting, and operations teams, including a Yield Report tool for tracking job performance and material usage, and consolidated EPA reporting for Illinois and Michigan compliance. Created reusable shared modules and delivered a 40%+ performance improvement to the Press WIP application while training managers and end users on Retool best practices.
What I worked on
- • Developed and maintained internal applications using Retool, PostgreSQL, SQL, and JavaScript for production, compliance, accounting, and operations teams.
- • Built the Yield Report application to track company and customer job performance, material usage, production efficiency, and operational trends.
- • Consolidated spreadsheets and multiple data sources into EPA reporting tools supporting environmental compliance workflows for Illinois and Michigan facilities.
- • Created reusable tools, including a standardized Header Module and scalable Location Swap application, to improve consistency across Retool applications.
- • Optimized applications and automated workflows for performance, reliability, and usability, including improving Press WIP processing speed by more than 40%.
- • Trained managers, developers, company owners, and end users on Retool functionality, application workflows, and development best practices.
Projects
Data Governance & Housekeeping
General housekeeping, data governance, database normalization, and resource management work across Retool applications.
EPA Reporting
A compliance-focused reporting workflow that consolidated multiple sources into a more maintainable experience.
Header Module
A standardized header module to unify the look and navigation across locations, with email integration for ticketing and bug reports.
Location Swap Application
Abstracted a one-off sandboxed location-switching tool into its own standalone application so other teams could benefit, and folded the same functionality into the Header Module.
Mounting Department Application
An early-stage Retool application for the Mounting department, built in the same vein as the Press WIP and Slitter WIP optimizations to streamline day-to-day mounting operations. Just getting started.
Press WIP Optimization
A workflow efficiency project that reduced processing time and improved usability for day-to-day operations, improving speed by over 40%.
Production Shift Report Module
An in-progress Retool tool letting shift leads log scrap and production statistics digitally instead of on paper, eventually pulling data directly from machines. Still a work in progress.
Slitter WIP Optimization
Advised on load-speed optimizations for the Slitter WIP process, helping cut load speed by 30-40%.
Timeclock Workflow Optimization
Optimized the PunchAndReset, Punching, and BadgeAndPin timeclock workflows, letting employees punch in/out and manage PINs by badge or PIN entry.
Yield Report
A reporting experience that surfaced production, material, and customer-job trends in a clearer way for operations and leadership.