Christopher L. Kaelin

Civilian Career

IT Developer (60-Day Contract)

KY Dept Of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Frankfort, Kentucky

Aug 2025 – Oct 2025

• Led complete digital transformation of two paper-based permit forms to fully online systems with integrated payment processing, collaborating with wildlife biologists and internal process owners to ensure seamless implementation.
• Contributed to development of three additional online forms as part of the Wildlife branch's permit system modernization project using C#, ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server, Vue.js, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap.

Software Developer

The Okonite Company, Richmond, Kentucky

May 2024 – Aug 2024

• Developed and implemented a .NET-based automation tool to streamline the upload, validation, and management of specifications and safety data sheets, reducing manual input across 6 manufacturing plants and 5 service centers, improving data accuracy and minimizing errors during document handling.
• Led the modernization of the company intranet system using ASP.NET MVC, C#, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, improving user experience, system performance, and cross-departmental accessibility.
• Applied Entity Framework for efficient database interactions with SQL Server, built responsive pages, and introduced enhanced navigation and search features.
• Implemented front-end UI best practices to create intuitive dashboards and user interfaces supporting multi-location operations.

Software Developer

Buds Gun Shop, Lexington, Kentucky

Jan 2024 – May 2024

• Designed and developed company website using Python, Django, and HTMX frameworks for rapid development, delivering a modern, mobile-responsive e-commerce experience.
• Developed and maintained company website components using ASP.NET, HTML, and CSS, ensuring a user-friendly and responsive design.
• Built data models and stored procedures in PostgreSQL and SQL Server, optimizing query performance and ensuring data integrity across product listings, customer orders, and inventory data.
• Integrated client-side interactivity using JavaScript/jQuery, improving real-time product filtering, search functionality, and form validations to increase user engagement.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver web solutions meeting business needs and enhancing user experience.

Lead Developer

Aline Ops, Louisville, Kentucky

May 2022 – Sep 2023

• Architected and maintained a full-stack web application using ASP.NET Core MVC, C#, and SQL Server, supporting operational workflows for over 100 healthcare facilities.
• Spearheaded integration of third-party APIs for healthcare eligibility and coverage validation, implementing software solutions for enhanced federal and state health coverage program capabilities in collaboration with product managers and fellow developers; reduced errors by 50%.
• Reduced network requests and decreased website response time on 20 pages by 25%; upgraded and consolidated 30 database stored procedures to optimize database performance.
• Executed plan to eliminate help desk backlog; reduced customer service ticket resolution time by 15 work hours.
• Conducted code reviews and mentored junior developers on ASP.NET best practices, helping elevate team-wide coding standards and codebase maintainability.

Solutions Specialist

Deloitte Consulting, New York, New York

Aug 2021 – May 2022

• Streamlined the user account request verification process for a state employment application system, decreased turnaround time by three days.
• Converted statewide workforce system to MVC architecture, added two language translations to provide assistance to diverse audiences.
• Updated web interface used by Naval Chaplain Service to track services provided to individuals and groups, the number of personnel served, and demographics for individual services.
• Streamlined system allowing Naval Chaplain Service user accounts to be created based on a defined set of profiles, then assigned to security groups to grant/restrict access to various components of the program.
• Participated in Agile sprints implementing cross-browser testing and accessibility enhancements to ensure WCAG compliance and security standards.

Intermediate Web Developer

Allsup, Inc., Belleville, Illinois

Aug 2014 – Aug 2021

• Conducted technical evaluations to optimize internal applications for scalability, standardizing company software into a unified framework to enhance maintainability and performance.
• Migrated legacy Microsoft Access systems to the .NET framework, enabling better team integration and streamlining workflows.
• Led vendor assessments for e-signature integration, delivering ROI analysis and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Partnered with project managers and stakeholders to shape technical roadmaps, contributing to long-term planning and aligning development efforts with evolving business objectives.
• Coordinated development plans and schedules; provided bi-weekly updates to co-workers, project managers, and key stakeholders/users of each project, with monthly updates to the IT Director and EVP/COO.

Military Career - United States Air Force

Superintendent, Inspector General Complaints Resolution

375 Air Mobility Wing, Scott AFB, Shiloh, Illinois

Jan 2013 – May 2014

• Investigated conformity with laws and regulations governing contract compliance of licenses and permits, performing compliance and enforcement inspection and analysis; 100% on-time completion rate.
• Advisor to the base commander during multiple investigations involving USAF Fraud, Waste and Abuse program, resolutions led to recovery of over $20,000.
• Evaluated and resolved complaints involving base personnel; coordinated the legal and functional reviews for associated investigations ensuring compliance with USAF policy; Commander briefed on trend analysis.
• Designed and implemented the 375 Air Mobility Wing (AMW) complaints SharePoint webpage; migrated sensitive information and procedures to a secure/controlled site.

Community Action and Information Board

375th Air Mobility Wing, Scott AFB, Shiloh, Illinois

Sep 2012 – Dec 2012

• Coordinated availability of instructors and student enrollment for base Frontline Supervisor training; only location ahead of milestones.
• Developed plan for Comprehensive Airman Fitness program deployment, delivered resiliency training to 100% of base populace.

First Sergeant

375 Communications Support Squadron, Scott AFB, Shiloh, Illinois

May 2012 – Aug 2012

• Hand-selected to serve in the role while primary First Sergeant was deployed overseas.
• Directed human resources activities and staff of a 75-member organization; guided commander and entire squadron after death of member ensuring proper honors of fallen hero, balancing counseling with needs to sustain the mission.
• Led the unit awards programs and drove the review board process helping to secure the garnering of 32 awards at all levels, including 3 Air Force level winners.

Flight Chief, NCOIC, MAJCOM/Air Force Forces Communications Coordination Center

375 Communications Support Squadron, Scott AFB, Shiloh, Illinois

Jan 2012 – May 2012

• Supervised flight of 25 members providing senior leadership with 24/7 awareness of all USAF communications network status.
• Conducted weekly brief for senior Scott AFB leaders on communications network and servers availability; planned and executed schedule of maintenance, including personnel, ensuring minimal mission impact.
• Spearheaded flight lean/six sigma event streamlining and expediting the outage notification process saving over 150 man hours annually.

Flight Chief, Applications Development

375 Communications Support Squadron, Scott AFB, Shiloh, Illinois

Jan 2008 – Dec 2011

• Gathered requirements for events systems identifying key terms, fields and processes, enabling the funeral scheduling application to be implemented serving a three state region.
• Built real time modules using C#, C++ and MySQL to gain speed and efficiency while producing a custom user interface for over 30 modules.
• Tested each module according to Air Force (AF) standards leveraging unit, integration, system and acceptance test processes identifying over 2300 bugs and resolutions.
• Applied previous knowledge of ColdFusion web development to direct migration of legacy system to flight standard using ASP.NET and C#.
• Delivered a multi-section centralized appointment setting and check-in process allowing customer to wait at work, eliminated over 4500 lost man-hours.
• Project Officer for the USAF Thunderbirds demonstration team for the Scott AFB air show; provided a direct link between the base and team while confirming that all team requirements were arranged.

Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, Systems Administration

Defense Intelligence Agency, RAF Molesworth

Jan 2004 – Dec 2007

• Coordinated after hours personnel schedule during five multi-day software/hardware upgrades for a critical personnel tracking system.
• Streamlined the user account request verification process by improving the tracking methods and decreased turnaround by 3 days.
• Training manager for branch, updated standard operation procedures after each of five major hardware and software upgrades securing fail-safe instructions at all times.
• Lauded for superior leadership and achievement during professional military education, received Distinguished Graduate award for being in top 5% of class.
• Recognized with Flame of Hope award from Cancer Research UK for efforts in raising over $105,000 for the charity and training over 65 future Relay For Life event chairs.

Assistant Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, Intelligence Dissemination

Theater Joint Intelligence Center, RAF Molesworth

Jan 2004 – Oct 2005

• Led 10 man team responsible for 4 million intelligence web pages across five security enclaves, ensuring information accessible by only those with a need-to-know.
• Directed the management and review of all record message traffic for the US European Command; ensured all intelligence products properly safeguarded and released according to DoD policy across the 93 countries within the area of responsibility.
• Provided intelligence support to 3 person team deployed to Italy in conjunction with the Torino Olympics.
• President of JAC E6 Association; led over 200+ member organization in raising $10,000 to assist the families of deployed members, host the children's Christmas party and provide free school materials.

Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, Web Enabled Applications

AF Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB

July 1998 – Dec 2003

• Secured USAF level Y2K readiness certification by implementing test/fix plan on 81 Oracle Forms & Reports; identified and corrected error overlooked in USAF supplied test plan preventing system failure.
• Established and executed test procedure to validate software upgrades supported new user requirements.
• Configuration Manager for 3400+ files across 14 software systems, performing and documenting 2700+ file transfers; prevented duplication of effort and file loss.
• Produced a software system to input, track, and print a hard copy of leave request saving over 200 hours annually.
• Self-taught and trained two junior team members the ColdFusion development language saving USAF $10,000 in total cost; led effort to convert client/server application to web based interface.
• Served as President of the Enlisted Advisory Council, led 50 member organization in fundraising efforts, morale trips to local VA hospital, and events for family members of deployed personnel.
• Selected as unit performer of the quarter twice; base performer of the year.

Mainframe Systems Analyst

850th/50th Communications Squadron, Falcon AFB

Oct 1990 – July 1998

• Created computer-based documentation tracking system for over 500 application and system software manuals; ensured currency and reduced lost manuals by 15%.
• Improved system security for the 850th/50th Space Wing (SW) Wing Command Post by maintaining user access profiles and establishing a 99% mainframe accessibility rate.
• Developed database to manage unit's automated data processing equipment account safeguarding over 100 computers; eliminated lost computers, $9,000 of unnecessary purchases annually, and reduced small computer repair time by 7 work days.
• Established standard operating procedures for the Wing Command Post backup and restoral processes; removed redundant steps, condensing time by 12 hours.
• Contributed to the smooth transition to new Wing Command Post morning briefing software system by providing upgrade training to 60 crew members across 24/7 operations.
• Revised and implemented unit's new training curriculum, decreasing time needed for on the job training qualification for new team members by 30 days.
• Averted system downtime when discovered disc storage unit exceeding capacity limits, created alert notification to prevent future occurrences.
• Selected as unit performer of the quarter four times; base performer of the year.