Curriculum Vitae

Neal Lawson

Senior software engineer, project leader, and Linux systems administrator. I design, build, and operate web applications for education, public health, and business workflows.

Open to fully remote, part-time roles (W2 / 1099 / contract)

1987– Professional practice, from C in DOS and Unix through modern Linux, Databases, Java and TypeScript Frameworks
13 sites HN2 clinical health system: 300,000+ clients, 5 million+ visits. Continuous operation since 2000.
UGA Eleven years owning Registrar production systems end to end

Professional summary

I am comfortable across frontend, backend, and infrastructure: browser-based applications and games, data-driven systems, and AI-powered tools. I work independently with stakeholders and take ideas from rough requirements to deployed, reliable production systems.

Recent work (2024–present) is solo game, AI, and web development using AI coding agents as a first-class part of the process. Before that I spent more than two decades delivering and operating production systems in public higher education and public health — including a large clinical information system and a suite of Grails applications for the University of Georgia Registrar.

In this CV

Experience

University of Georgia Registrar, Northeast Health District, earlier cartography and systems work, and current independent development.

Skills

Languages, web stacks, databases, Linux operations, security, and AI-assisted development practice.

Projects

AI-powered applications, audio and video, browser games, tools, and selected public repositories.

Education

M.A. Geography and B.S. Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Georgia.