Hi, I am Kevin Lockett

I am a retired United States Air Force Chaplain. I proudly served alongside our nation's sons and daughters in all branches of the armed forces for 23 years, 12 assignments in 11 states and 4 foreign countries including 3 deployments. Now I am beginning a new adventure as a full-stack web developer.

During my time in the Air Force, one of my most unique assignments was one-year as a graduate student at Auburn University where I earned a Master of Science in Information Technology. I was introduced to network security and began entry level coding in HTML, CSS, Visual Basic, Java, JSP, and XML. It was love at first byte!

I continued to dabble in web-development, creating sites for family, friends, and some not-for-profit organizations over the years, but I was hungry for more. When I finally stepped down from the Air Force, I began looking for a way to quickly get back into coding.

Nashville Software School provided a robust six-month, accelerated full-stack software development bootcamp in a simulated agile work environment. NSS gave me the opportunity to learn by doing. I collaborated with coworkers in pair programming and larger teams to develop web apps in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React, SQl, Python, Django and more.

I love the challenges, the opportunity to create something new or continue to make improvements where others have already begun, to solve problems and puzzles coding presents. I hope to continue to sharpen my skills and become the best developer I can be, and to make a positive difference for others along the way!

Oh, and I am a die-hard St. Louis Cardinals fan -- especially this year! As I begin a new adventure in web development, I am thrilled to see players like Yadi, Wainwright, and Pujols still bringing strength to the game and shaping the next generation as only seasoned veterans can.