As an open source consultant, I've guided teams at large organizations, such as Credit Karma and Stripe, in contributing bug fixes and features to their upstream dependencies.A large project I've untaken was directing open source efforts of the Dark Forest video game to make it hospitable to third-party contributors. This also lead me to research, plan, and implement Dark Forest Lobbies, private instances of the game owned and controlled by a player.I'm currently working with the Iden3 organization to ensure supply chain security and best practices on SnarkJS, their open source Zero Knowledge toolkit.

Upon joining the Grain core team, I helped turn it from a hobby project into a programming language used by companies like Microsoft and NEAR. I put in place the tooling and processes required to have consistent, high-quality releases. Additionally, I built features that people expect in their production-ready tools, such as a documentation generator and packaged compiler binaries. One of my first projects was migrating the codebase to the ReasonML programming language to attract a wider audience of contributors.Though I had no previous experience with WebAssembly, creating a compiler, or designing a programming language, I've been able to grow into being very comfortable with these aspects required to work on Grain.In addition to my other responsibilities, I also use my previous experience and knowledge of Open Source Software to help the team navigate the space.

As the project lead of Gulp, I planned and implemented most of the "version 4" release, with a focus on developer experience, performance and maintainability. I also grew the team of maintainers from two to more than twelve to ensure the project continues to be maintained.I continue to oversee the work that the team does and provide guidance and feedback where needed—and still do small amounts of development.Other responsibilities include:* Managing the community by triaging and answering issues* Creating processes for the team* Writing documentation* Maintaining our fundraising platforms

Building best-in-class developer tooling for the Noir Zero Knowledge programming language.Projects I've tackled include:* Stabilized CI/CD pipelines for the Noir programming language by introducing package management, release tooling, merge queues, and various validation workflows.* Implemented the Language Server Protocol in Rust and TypeScript to provide development feedback inside the VSCode editor.* Architected interprocess communication design for the Noir compiler to communicate with Rust, C++, Go, and other languages.

During my grant period with the Ethereum Foundation, I undertook many projects related to ZK tooling and building a third-party developer community.Some of the projects included:* Built a plugin to easily compile ZK Circuits during deployments.* Prototyped & iterated on a plugin system for the Dark Forest ZK game.* Reworked the Dark Forest deployment pipeline to allow for rapid deployments & an entirely local development experience for third-party developers.* Implemented an end-to-end developer experience for building third-party smart contracts that interact directly with a ZK game.

I worked to create a community of open source package maintainers that partner with Tidelift and receive income for their high-impact work.My responsibilities included:* Maintainer research and outreach, including onboarding of projects and maintainers* Content production about the Tidelift platform* Small, focused development efforts to improve the experience for maintainers* User research and testing

We built a SasS integration for the InfusionSoft CRM using node.js and MicroService architecture. This project spun out of our work at Iced Development, and I went on to run the SasS.Each service was developed independently of the others and then combined through the frontend architecture. We leveraged technologies like node.js, Hapi, Handlebars, babel, PostgreSQL, and AWS.

Early in my career, I co-founded a JavaScript consultancy specializing in node.js and web applications. We built a variety of applications for customers using Hapi, React, Redux, Dojo, Lodash, Postgres, WebSockets, Gulp and Grunt.I was also responsible for growing our team of developers, which included all skill levels from brand-new to senior developers. I also provided high-level technical guidance for the team.

With a team of other contributors, I helped create an infrastructure for hosting a series of hackathons.We ran the events with live commentary and interviews, which involved fifty attendees (of all ages) competing in teams to see who could make the coolest hack over two day period.We ran three of these events with the topics "HTML5 gaming", "Arduino", and "Wearable Electronics". We also made all the results open source and available at http://www.hackphx.com.These events drew prestigious national sponsors, including: Make, GitHub, Pebble, Shapeways, and Microchip.

In my first job out of school, I was the sole web developer for a local salon. I migrated their website away from Flash, and developed two custom themes for their Magento online stores.