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Related work and projects

  • Sudoku Solver — Java back end ↗

    Back-end repository for the Sudoku Solver presented in Gannaway's personal portfolio and pinned on his verified GitHub profile. Its documentation describes a Java implementation supporting puzzles up to 64 × 64 cells and letter-based Hexadoku, with parallel execution using multiple threads on one computer and hosting on AWS Lambda. It also links a browser interface for entering puzzles and viewing the solving process step by step.

    github.com
  • Sudoku Solver — browser front end ↗

    TypeScript front-end repository pinned on Gannaway's verified GitHub profile. The retained repository listing describes a website supporting Sudoku puzzles up to 64 × 64 cells and Hexadoku puzzles using letters. His personal portfolio explicitly links the corresponding browser application.

    github.com · Source ↗
  • Financial Planner ↗

    Gannaway's financial-planning application, presented in his personal portfolio and hosted in his verified GitHub account. Built with React, Redux, Material UI and ChartJS, it uses recurring income and expenses to visualize projected net worth over horizons of up to 20 years. CSV import and export let users save inputs locally, edit them in spreadsheet software and import them again.

    github.com
  • Dip ’N Drive ↗

    The product site credits Cole Gannaway as design engineer and Sam Gannaway as founder and inventor. Cole's documented involvement is a design-engineering contribution. The condiment container sits on a drink cup, rests flat on a table and stacks with other containers.

    dipndrive.com
  • Up And Down The River ↗

    Presented among Gannaway's personal portfolio projects, this application supports scorekeeping for the card game Up And Down The River. The portfolio describes a Jeopardy mode and online multiplayer lobbies; the retained evidence does not detail its implementation or individual contributor roles.

    colegannaway.com · Source ↗
  • Mix Quest ↗

    Presented among Gannaway's personal portfolio projects, Mix Quest lets party participants request songs after scanning a QR code. The retained portfolio establishes the project association and this user interaction, without detailing its architecture or individual contributor roles.

    colegannaway.com · Source ↗
  • Personal portfolio website source ↗

    Source repository for Gannaway's personal portfolio website. The retained HTML contains his project gallery, career experience, and explicit GitHub and LinkedIn contact links. It associates his implementation-consulting, software-engineering and solutions-engineering experience with Fast Enterprises, Lockheed Martin, SHI and Sonar, respectively; those entries document career history without establishing current employment.

    github.com · Source ↗

Bio, Work & Ideas

Cole Gannaway

Cole Gannaway is a software and solutions engineer. His career spans software development, enterprise infrastructure consulting, and helping large engineering teams adopt secure, AI-assisted development practices.

Gannaway worked as an implementation consultant at Fast Enterprises, optimizing SQL queries for the Louisiana Department of Revenue to reduce response times. At Lockheed Martin, he developed submarine-detection software and optimized browser-based 3D rendering to display more than a million points simultaneously.

He then moved into solutions engineering at SHI, advising enterprise customers on data centers, networking, security, and backup and recovery across on-premises and cloud infrastructure. He later joined Sonar, where his work as a majors solutions engineer and team lead included helping Fortune 100 customers adopt secure, AI-enabled development and mentoring fellow solutions engineers. He also worked with sales colleagues on product demonstrations and customer onboarding.

His project work spans software utilities and physical product design:

  • Sudoku Solver. Gannaway built a solver supporting grids up to 64 × 64 cells and letter-based Hexadoku. Its Java back end supports parallel execution using multiple threads and is hosted on AWS Lambda. A browser interface lets users enter puzzles and follow the solving process step by step.
  • Financial Planner. His React application turns recurring income and expenses into visual projections extending up to 20 years. Users can export their data to CSV files, save and edit them locally in a spreadsheet, and import them again.
  • Dip ’N Drive. Gannaway has contributed as a design engineer to this condiment container, invented by Sam Gannaway. It sits on a drink cup, rests flat on a table, and stacks with other containers.
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