AgriLife People: Karsten Pearce

Karsten Pearce

Name:

Karsten Pearce

Email Address:

karsten.pearce@ag.tamu.edu

Phone Number:

979-985-5737

Fax Number:

979-845-2414

Physical Location:

578 John Kimbrough Blvd
AgriLife Services Bldg
College Station, TX 77843

Mailing Address:

Texas A&M University
2468 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2468

Organizational Role:

Staff

Immediate Supervisor:

Tom Lyster

Position Title:

Software Applications Developer IV

Unit & Entity:

AgriLife Information Technology (Texas A&M AgriLife)

Workgroup:

Technology Innovation Group

Specializations:

ColdFusion, Database Administration, JavaScript, JQuery, Linux, Mac OS X, MySQL, PHP, Web Application Development, Zend Framework 2

General Bio:

Karsten has been programming since the late 90's and started concentrating his efforts in web applications in 2000. He joined Texas A&M AgriLife Extension as a student worker in the spring of 2001, working on the website and applications for Family Development & Resource Management.

During those years he honed his skills in PHP and Linux & MySQL server support. In 2007 he switched departments and started working with AgriLife Information Technology (AIT), mostly focusing on ColdFusion applications.

Today he and the Software Development Team at AIT primarily develop in PHP 7.3+. Karsten has extensive expertise in OOP design patterns, SQL, Laminas, jQuery, Bootstrap, CSS, and starting Swift/SwiftUI.

Notable projects: AgriLife People, County Holidays, Conference Services, Object Class Codes, Extension Online ('03 - '07), TExAS ('07-'14),

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Poticial Science - Texas A&M Univesity '02

Honors:

Epsilon Sigma Phi - State Award of Meritorious Support Service '05