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Greater Chicago Area

Teach undergraduate and graduate level web development courses for Illinois Tech’s College of Computing with topics that include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Web Architectures and Protocols, NodeJS, ReactJS, PHP, UX, and Frameworks.Restructured the web development program and modernized course objectives as a member of the web curriculum committee.Proved successful in adapting teaching style beyond the classroom setting, i.e., synchronously online, and to remotely located international students.

Greater Chicago Area

DIRECTOR, WEB DEVELOPMENT AND WEB SERVICES (August 2014 - Present)Lead developer for the transition to a new CMS, Drupal, and successfully created 21 distinct sites in-house; presented with team staff excellence award.Guided the University through two complete website redesigns and content migrations with one resulting in a 6x increase in traffic and submissions of “Request for Information” page.Manage a team of web developers while maintaining the role of lead developer. Mentored team member from an individual contributor to director role.Led the team to redevelop the main university site and five college sites in under a year and migrated over 100 department sites, in order of priority, to the new platform the next year.Built stand-alone front-end templates/themes for non-Drupal web systems to align with the primary site branding, which helped to unify the look across different campus systems.Leveraged Webflow to enable quick iteration and deployment of custom landing pages and microsites concepts to meet quick turn-around campaign deadlines.Performed a critical multi-domain Drupal 9 to 10 upgrade before the D9 end of life deadline without outside assistance; involved several months of upgrading and testing module compatibility.Developed strategy and implemented tools to fix 50,000+ technical errors affecting core web vitals, accessibility, and SEO.Successfully maintained four application stacks hosted in the Acquia Cloud Platform for more than 10 years, including all source code repositories, security updates, and production deployments with no significant downtime.Outlined a site testing plan for Drupal core, module, and dependency updates to identify regressions and ensure bug free deployments which resulted in no critical undetected bugs being deployedPrimary technical administrator and advisor for Salesforce Marketing Cloud.WEB DEVELOPER (August 2012 - August 2014)Lead project to develop and convert the University web sites in the Drupal CMS.

Batavia, Illinois, United States

Designed, developed, and maintained client sites with standards-compliant HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Wheaton, Illinois, United States

Supervise graphic design / prepress department & oversee digital productionDesign and prepare artwork for print productionManage web, email, and other Internet servicesCreate and update customer web portalsAdminister, configure, and maintain a mixed Macintosh and Windows network and workstationsManaged nationwide projects for a large clientResearch and recommend technology use and purchases

Master Of Information Technology & Management, Web & Software Development

Activities and Societies: Gamma Nu Eta GPA 4.0 / 4.0

Bachelor Of Science In Technical Management, Business, Management, It, Networking, Project Management

Summa Cum Laude - GPA 4.0 / 4.0

Associate Of Applied Science In Desktop Prepress, Desktop Prepress, Graphic Design, Print Production

Activities and Societies: President - Graphic Arts Craftsman Club GPA 3.6 / 4.0