Alex Chastain Email & Phone Number

New Braunfels, Tx, Us

Van Nuys, Ca, Us

• Allocate technical resources and manage the workload of the team.• Monitor sprint progress and adjust plans as needed.• Lead, mentor, and support the development and QA teams.• Oversee implementation of appropriate automated testing toolsets.• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.• Conduct regular team meetings to discuss project progress and challenges.• Hold regular sprint planning and backlog grooming sessions• Ensure the team adheres to coding standards and best practices.• Conduct code reviews to ensure secure coding practices.• Act as the main point of contact between stakeholders and the development team.• Communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders.• Identify security training program for development and QA staff.• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance team efficiency and project delivery.• Stay updated with industry trends and technologies, integrating relevant advancements into the team's workflow.• Maintain PCI-DSS compliance, adapting as needed to new platforms

Van Nuys, Ca, Us

• Allocate technical resources and manage the workload of the team.• Monitor sprint progress and adjust plans as needed.• Lead, mentor, and support the development team.• Conduct regular team meetings to discuss project progress and challenges.• Hold regular sprint planning and backlog grooming sessions• Ensure the team adheres to coding standards and best practices.• Conduct code reviews and provide feedback to developers.• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues as they arise.• Contribute to the overall ticket effort • Act as the main point of contact between stakeholders and the development team.• Communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders.• Collaborate with other departments, such as marketing, brand design, and e-commerce, to ensure the successful delivery of projects.• Set performance goals and conduct regular performance evaluations.• Identify training and development needs for team members.• Encourage continuous learning and professional growth.• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance team efficiency and project delivery.• Stay updated with industry trends and technologies, integrating relevant advancements into the team’s workflow.

Van Nuys, Ca, Us

- Project lead on all web development efforts company wide, including maintenance tickets- Acting Project Manager: creating tickets, sprints, and overseeing effort scoping for all development- Manage a flexible team of contractors and in-house talent totalling 5-6 people- Meet with other departments to flesh out requirements and scope effort for all projects- Responsible for building and maintaining all dev/stage/prod web servers in a consistent fashion- Ensure timely core updates and patches to maintain PCI compliance- Tech lead on new B2B portal using Magento 2.3+ - Lead successful migration to Magento2 for all munchkin.com stores

Van Nuys, Ca, Us

- Project lead on migrating Grassfed to Magento2, including added feature like subscription items- Managed agency to build jenkins deployments and created a more modern development workflow- Developed WordPress blog for management by social and marketing teams- Supported additional brand property and international sites including Grassfed and Milkmakers- Oversaw development of tighter integration with Oracle ERP

Van Nuys, Ca, Us

- Coordinated all development efforts for a full website theme update on Magento1- Expanded the website from a single store to include 10 multi-site store fronts on Magento1- Combined outdated functionality (standalone product registration server, etc) into Magento1 - Implemented infrastructure tools to help modern development workflow (github, jira, slack)- Lead the newly formed two-man team to develop a Magento1 multi-site for Grassfed brand

Burbank, Ca, Us

My primary function is to maintain and improve all websites both internally and externally facing. Sites range from a CMS like WordPress to hand coded PHP. I work with PHP, JS, HTML5, CSS3, as well as preprocessors like LESS and SCSS daily. I also work within Trello and Temwork with a basic Scrum workflow. Secondary function is IT Help Desk / Admin for 25 employees.

- Provided desktop and mobile user support for 150+ users in 2 locations- Managed a manually provisioned user device lifecycle- Managed central patching using Dameware- Lead server room cabling cleanup project- Implemented ad-hoc networks at various principal's locations

Huntington Beach, Ca, Us

-Handled all separations and film output-Oversaw all film and sample catalogs-Assisted in design, print layout, and photo retouching

Us

-Design, Merchandising-Clothing Manufacturing -Separations, Film Output-General Business Management

Preflight and process all artwork for screenprinting. Output and manage all film positives, as well as provide art perspective at press checks.

-Handled all separations and film output-Oversaw all film and sample catalogs-Assisted in design, print layout, and photo retouching-Managed 2 employees