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Denver, CO USA

kpyatt@regis.edu

www.linkedin.com

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https://github.com/kpyatt

Software engineer,

learning architect

and IT Leader, with

extensive industry and

research experience.

Ph.D.

Mission: "I seek to

discover, create, share,

document, test and

deliver engineering-

design solutions to

help improve the hu-

man condition and our

place on the planet."

TECHNOLOGIES, METHODOLOGIES & ARCHITECTURES

Full Stack Engineer

Front-end Certied

SQL Dev. Certied

PHP Dev. Certied

Design

R & D

Leadership

Projects

Teaching

Linux

Node.js

SQL

NoSQL

PHP

Java Script

Python

Java

I build web and mo-

bile learning systems

built on established

design frameworks,

methodologies and

architectures (i.e.,

LAMP, MEAN, REST,

SOAP, SDLC, ADDIE).

My engineering design

work is guided by test-

driven, rapid-prototype

design.

I develop learning

systems which take

the the form of in-

structional games

(LX) and instruc-

tional software

(UI/UX).

FullStack Cloud Mobile

Security

DevOps

ACTVITIES

years

volunteer editor:

SFS - Software

Freedom School

Away from work, I am with

family, practicing Muay

Thai, or being a maker

in some fashion. I enjoy

woodcraft and leathercraft.

I also raise bees.

Bees

Woodwork

Leatherwork

Martial Arts

Family

EXPERIENCE

R & D

Projects

Leadership

2009

2021

5/2009 Game Design and Dev - EWU

1/2010 Published Game

11/2010 R&D Inquiry-based STEM Games

7/2011 NSF - Noyce Grant

1/2015 U.S. Fish& Wildlife - Mobile App

1/2013 Denise Denton Emerging Leaders

8/2013 Space Foundation

1/2014 Android-Java Game Design Patterns

8/2015 Regis University - Associate Prof. Software Engineering Faculty

1/2016 Regis University - IT Chair

5/2016 PHP Developer Certication

9/2016 SQL Developer Certication

6/2017 Full Stack Graduate Cert.

1/2018 Full Professor Software Engr.

4/2018 Regis Cloud Director

8/2018 Regis Leadership Institute

10/2017 Web Software Application - Achievement Hound

2/2019 Cloud Architecture & Distributed Software Systems

11/2020 Cloud Arch. & Security

8/2019 MEAN stack web application development platform

2/2020 Web Soft. Security Framework

6/2020 Full Stack Lab Environment

KEVIN PYATT, PH.D.

Professor  Chair  Software Engineering R & D

IT Department  College of Computer & Information Sciences

Regis University  Denver, CO, USA

Mission: I seek to discover, create, share, document, test and deliver engineering and design solutions to

help improve the human condition and our place on the planet.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Instructional Design for Online Learning

Capella University, Minneapolis, MN

Dissertation: Learner Performance and Attitudes in Traditional Versus Simulated Lab Experiences

M.S. Computer Information Systems - Software Engineering

Regis University, Denver, CO.

Thesis: Utilizing Fundamental Learning Principles to Design and Develop an Instructional Learning

Tool for Chemistry

B.S. Biology, Chemistry Minor

Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO.

Thesis: Distribution of Macroinvertebrates in a Rocky Mountain Stream - Inferences into Water Quality

from Benthic Zone.

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING R & D

The R&D projects which are described below are the recent and signiﬁcant works for which I have

taken a major role as architect, developer, or leader. These projects cross the domains of software

engineering, full-stack engineering, security systems and systems engineering.

Web Software Security Framework 2019 - present

Overview: The Web Software Security Lab is DevOps Cloud-based environment designed and devel-

oped for software engineers and security professionals to test the security of public-facing APIs. This

environment is is designed to scale to enterprise levels.

• Architecture: IaaS; PaaS; and SaaS. Essential Technologies: Linux, Jenkins; Docker; and Git.

• Role: I serve(d) as the project director and lead a team of ten faculty, graduate students and

project scientists. (See: [1].)

Cloud Architecture & Distributed Software Systems - Regis Cloud 2016 - present

Overview: The focus of this project was on integration, conﬁguration, security and deployment of web-

software applications, microservices and private storage within a full-stack architecture and hosted on

Regis Cloud.

• Architecture: IaaS; PaaS; and SaaS. Essential Technologies: Linux, Jenkins; Docker; and Git.

• Role: I serve(d) as the project director and lead a team of ten faculty, graduate students and

project scientists. (See: [2].)

Web Software Application - Achievement Hound 2018 - present

Overview: Achievement Hound is a database-driven web-software application designed for faculty in

the School of Pharmacy to collect, record, update, maintain and report level of eﬀort, accomplishments,

achievements and other relevant work that must be frequently recorded and reported.

• Architecture(s): MEAN-stack. Essential Technologies: Linux, MongoDB; Node.js; Angular; Git;

Heroku. Design Pattern(s): Database-driven web-app; three-tier, rapid-prototype design.

• Role: I serve(d) as project director. Led team of faculty, graduate students and project sci-

entists through rapid-prototype design and development. This was a two-year grant-funded

project and collaboration between School of Pharmacy and Software Engineering Unit. (See:

https://github.com/egypttoc/achievementhound.)

Cloud Architecture & Security - Regis Cloud 2016 - present

Overview: Regis Cloud is a cloud solution for students and faculty to design, test, implement and

scale enterprise systems, software, and data solutions for high availability, high performance, and high

security uses.

• Architecture(s): IaaS; PaaS; and SaaS. Essential Technologies: Linux, Jenkins; Docker; and Git.

Design Pattern(s): multi-tier, rapid-prototype design.

• Role: I serve(d) as project director. Led ten-member project team of faculty, graduate students

and project scientists. (See [3].)

Instructional Software - Reaction Master 2017 - 2019

Overview: Reaction Master is an open-software solution to instruct students on reactions, speciﬁcally,

categorical and symbolic representation of nine reaction-types typically encountered in ﬁrst-year chem-

istry. The software was made available online, and could be accessed through a web browser. This

software has gone through three revolutions in architecture, starting as a desktop application, then a

mobile app., and now hybrid - listed here in reverse chronological order:

• Web-based software (2017 - 2019). Architecture: Full-stack. Design pattern(s): MVC . Essential

technologies: Linux, MySQL, HTML5, CSS, JQuery, Angular.

• Mobile version (2013 - 2014). Architecture: mobile-android, hybrid mobile-web and iOS. Design

pattern(s): 3-tier. Essential technologies: Linux, MySQLite, Java, HTML5, CSS, JQuery, Angular.

• Desktop (2002-2003). Architecture: Desktop application based on lingo-script. Design pattern(s):

Factory. Essential technologies: Lingo Script.

• Role: This project has gone through several iterations over time. The design concept has re-

mained, while application features have evolved with emerging technologies. (See: [4]–[6]).

Mobile Invasive Species Mapping App - Invader Locator 2009 - 2015

Overview: A mobile software application designed for detection, identiﬁcation, and tracking of invasive

species. This was a ﬁve-year grant-funded eﬀort. Made available to citizen scientists, students and

teachers across the country for research and data collection on invasive species.

• Architecture(s):mobile-android, hybrid mobile-web and iOS. Design Pattern(s):native Android;

hybrid mobile-web Essential Technologies:Java, PHP, MySQLite, HTML, Android, C#, Phone-

Gap Cordova, Android Studio, Eclipse.

• Role: I served as the lead engineer and project director. This was a ﬁve year grant, funded by

National Fish & Wildlife, in collaboration with Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge. (See: [7], [8]

for more information about this project).

INSTRUCTIONAL GAMES, SIMULATIONS & SOFTWARE

Game Design Patterns for Mobile Computing 2016 - 2017

Overview: Game design patterns are an excellent vehicle to explore, develop and implement essential

UI/UX features and interactions for application development. As we better understand UI, we better

understand UX; and game design patterns help facilitate this. In this project we studied design patterns

between native android and Java. We did this by designing and building a simple game using a Java

architecture and framework. We also developed a congruent application using using native Android.

From this process we discovered and validated a feasible framework and architecture which can guide

application development in native android.

• Architecture(s): Java, Mobile. Essential Technologies: Java, MySQL, XML, HTML5, Android

Studio, Eclipse, Git. Design Pattern(s): two-tier, three-tier, rapid-prototype design.

• Role: I serve(d) as project director where I led project team of faculty, graduate students and

project scientists. (See: [9].)

Participatory Concept Inventory Creation as a Method for Instructional Game Validation

2015 - 2017

Overview: The focus of this project was to explore the feasibility of participatory concept inventory

creation (PCIC) as a vehicle for validating instructional games. A need exists for research in this

domain because inventory validation is an historically time-consuming and resource-intensive aﬀair, as

is the creation of instructional games. Therefore, we argue, as many others have, a need exists for the

design and development of instructional games at the university level. We also argue that students

should be participants in the creation of instructional games instead of sole recipients. To this end, a

game design-and-validation process is needed where learners are participants and co-creators in question

generation and concept inventory validation.

• Architecture(s): PCIC, game asset database. Essential Technologies: phaser.io. Design Pat-

tern(s): rapid-prototype design.

• Role: I serve(d) as project director where I led project team of faculty, graduate students and

project scientists. (See: [10].)

EXPERIENCE

Professor & Chair - Software Engineering - College of Computer & Information Sciences

Regis University, Denver, CO 2015 - present

• Lead graduate-level R&D in software engineering.

• Regis Cloud Director.

• Lead design, development and implementation of “Computing for the Common Good” software

applications.

• Oversee quality assurance.

Associate Professor - Software Engineering - College of Computer & Information Sciences

Regis University, Denver, CO 2012 - 2015

• Lead graduate-level R&D in software engineering program.

• Develop and teach graduate-level courses in Software Engineering program: Advanced Java, En-

terprise Java, Android, Mobile Frameworks, Web Software Applications, Web Frameworks.

Assistant Professor - Science & Technology

Eastern Washington University - Cheney, WA. 2007 - 2012

• Simulation and Instructional game R&D

• Mobile application development and R&D

Adjunct Fa culty - University California College Prep (UCCP)

University California, Santa Cruz – Santa Cruz. Jun 2005 - Jun 2007

• Simulation R& D

• Designed, developed and implemented lab simulation software, courseware, and learning objects

for Physics and Chemistry courses. Evaluated and validated instructional solutions.

Chemistry Teacher – Douglas County Schools

Ponderosa High School– Parker, CO. Aug 1999 - Jun 2007

• Designed, developed and implemented AP Chemistry program, learning objects, lab simulations,

instructional games, and software solutions.

CONTRACTS & CONSULTING

• Pyatt, K. and Brooks, M. (2019). Achievement Hound. Award: $5,000 to fund development of

software application.

• Conference Attendance - Smithsonian Science Education Center. “Building Awareness for

STEM Education in Colorado”. Denver Museum of Nature and Science. (October, 2016).

• Denise Denton Emerging Leaders Grant: Funding award to support travel to Emerging Leaders

Workshop. (2016). Award: $800

• Pyatt, K. and Litz, T. (2015). Experiential Learning through Educational Games. Award:

$5,000

• Principal Investigator, K. Pyatt with L. Sperry. Project Title: “Impact of Kinems Learning

Games on Acquisition of Mental Math Calculations, Memory and Movement in children with

Autism Spectrum Disorder”. (2014). Award: $2,500

• Principal Investigator, M. Rule with Co-I: K.Pyatt.. Project Title: “National Fish and Wildlife

Foundation – Pulling Together: Managing Invasives”, Scablands Weed Mapping, Education

and Outreach Software program. (2010 - 2013). Award: $139,700. [pdf]

• Principal Investigator, K. Adolphson with Co-Is: K. Pyatt; H. McKean; B. Alvin; P. O’Connell.

NSF DUE-1035510, Project Title: “Eastern Washington University Robert Noyce Scholarship

Program”. (2010 - 2015). Award: $1,2000,000.

• CK-12 Foundation, Palo Alto CA. Author of 26-chapter interactive, mobile chemistry book –

Concept Chemistry (2013).[pdf]

• U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund Reviewer. (August, 2011).

• Microsoft Instructional Technologies Product Development Division “Volt” (2010, October).

Educational Site Visit.

• Chemistry coder. WebAssign (2004 - 2007). Coding of undergraduate-level chemistry content

that is complete, accurate, and meets requirements for style and functionality using several

languages including Perl, HTML, and CSS. Complete coding assignments according to project

schedule deadlines. Provide constructive feedback to peers as part of content review process.

Proofread coding, HTML, and algorithms.

• Douglas County Virtual Academy (2007). Design, development and implementation of learning

objects, labs, applications and resources.

• Aventa Learning Consultant (Instructional Designer, Content Expert) (2005). Design & devel-

opment learning objects and online labs for chemistry course.

• Laurel Springs Consultant (Instructional Designer, Content Expert) (2005). Design develop-

ment of online course, learning objects and simulations for students with exceptionalities.

SOFTWARE

• K. Pyatt. (2019) Achievement Hound. Regis University.

https://github.com/RegisUniversity/achievementhound

• K. Pyatt. (2018) Reaction Master. Regis University.

https://github.com/RegisUniversity/ReactionMaster

• K. Pyatt. (2018) Course Building Engine App. Regis University. https://github.com/RegisUniversity/CourseBuildingEngineApp

• K. Pyatt. (2017) Course Scheduled App. Regis University.

https://github.com/RegisUniversity/SchedulerApp

• Pyatt, K., & Hansen, B. (2013-2015). Mobile Weed Mapping App “Invader Locator” – A Citizen

Scientist Invasive Weed Mapper (Version 1.0) [Mobile App – including versions 2.2 (Froyo) and 4.3

(Jelly Bean). Channeled Scablands Cooperative Weed Management Area, Cheney, WA: Scientiﬁc

Creations & KioMio. Available at: https://www.lincolncd.com/weed-mapping-area

• Pyatt, K. (2013). Reaction Master Mobile (Version 2.0). Denver, CO: Scientiﬁc Creations.

http://www.redalyc.org/html/3311/331132766003/

• Pyatt, K. (2001). Formula MasterTM (Version 1.2). Littleton, CO: Scientiﬁc Creations.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Works

[1] K. Pyatt, “Web software security framework - a cloud- based environment for full-stack development,”

Anderson College Research Retreat - 2020, Regis University, Denver, CO, Oct. 3, 2020.

[2] ——, “Design and development of an open private-storage solution for application development.,”

Presentation, Presentation, Regic University, Mar. 21, 2019.

[3] K. Pyatt, I. Thomas, and I. Cisneros, “Prototype design of a private storage-as-a-service solution

(i.e., ownCloud) for application development: Security, performance and scalability considerations,”

Regis University, Aug. 2018.

[4] K. Pyatt, Reaction master mobile, version 2.0, Denver, CO, 2013. [Online]. Available: http : / /

036453d.netsolhost.com/wordpress1/reaction-master/.

[5] ——, “Use of chemistry software to teach and assess model-based reaction and equation knowledge,”

Journal of Technology and Science Education, vol. 4, no. 4, 2014.

[6] ——, Reaction master version 2.0, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://github.com/RegisUniversity/

ReactionMaster.

[7] K. Pyatt and B. Hansen, “Engaging 21st century ﬂuencies with inquiry learning and wireless hand-

helds: A work in progress,” presented at the World Conference on Educational, Hypermedia and

Telecommunications, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2009, pp. 4298–

4307. [Online]. Available: http://www.editlib.org/p/32106.

[8] M. Rule, K. Pyatt, B. Hansen, and G. Newman, “Citizen science weed mapping program for the

channeled scablands of eastern washington,” presented at the Invasive Plants Conference - Meet-

ing the Challenge: Preventing, Detecting, & Controlling Invasive Plants, 2014. doi: https : / /

botanicgardens.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/10/FinalAbstractCompilation .

pdf. [Online]. Available: http : //www . lincolncd. com / wp - content / uploads / weed - mapping -

app/Citizen-Science-Weed-Mapping-Program-Poster.pdf.

[9] R. Jonnada and K. Pyatt, “Game design patterns for mobile development - java and XML consider-

ations,” presented at the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education SIGCSE, 2017.

[10] K. Pyatt and T. Litz, “Participatory concept inventory creation as a method for instructional game

validation.,” in Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International

Conference, Austin, TX: Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Mar. 2017, isbn: ISBN

978-1-939797-27-8.

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Panel Reviewer for Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGSCE) (2016)

• Journal of Applied Computer Science & Mathematics (2012 - present)

• Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT) http://jolt.merlot.org/editorial.html

• International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation: (IMETI) (2007 -

present)

• Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)

• Book Reviewer: “Transfer of Learning from Simulation-based Environments”; Computers & Ed-

ucation. (2010)

• Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Journals include: Interna-

tional Journal of eLearning (IJEL); Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching

(JCMST); Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR); Journal of Educational Multimedia

and Hypermedia (JEMH); Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE)

• Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE). (2007 –

present)

• World Journal of Education http://www.sciedupress.com/journal/index.php/wje/about/editorialTeam