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– An integral member of a select team assigned to stand up the next generation lending application platform built on React, Kotlin, PostgreSQL that strategically equips the company for high-growth and agility.– Directed product strategy, planning, scoping for a brand new backend service across many different teams using Kotlin/Java and PostgreSQL to provide internal electronic signing of documents.– Led a massive React consolidation and migration to Typescript for a loan servicing UI to erase tech debt, heavily reduce QA load, and provide a greatly enhanced developer experience.– A highly valued member of the software development team for several bleeding edge Bitcoin and Etherium loan products, delivering from concept to market in a matter of months.– Took the initiative to create internal automation tools, saving hundreds of engineers time and mental bandwidth.

– Design visual user experiences and build high-performing web solutions to solve business problems.– Lead creative and technical teams for the production of branded visual identities, wireframes, mockups, and graphic assets. – Led the design & build of a vacation rental website with Moonlight Basin through close collaboration with marketing, creative, and upper management, accelerating revenue growth and eliminating phone support bottleneck. – Managed the technical implementation of an eCommerce website optimization for Thomas & Thomas that resulted in 194% increase in sales YOY and 36% increase in checkout conversions. – Increased revenue for 8Greens.com through strategic product customizations. – Rapidly prototyped and deployed a highly successful sweepstakes collaboration with Gore & Sitka Gear. – Designed and built an interactive miles tracking interface for GVLT Summer Trails Challenge seeing a 201% increase in user engagement.

– Directed an optimization of XOverland.com to increase speed, functionality and reduce friction with adding new content, resulting in a 2X increase in user sessions from 2019 to 2020.– Produced high quality media for General Tire, Garmin, Lexus, Patriot Campers, National Luna, Warn, CBI, Icon, Maxtrax, Equipt, Redarc, Overlander.com.– Strategically created a festival ticketing and entry submission website in record time, outperforming engagement expectations.– Directed a ground-up eCommerce store optimization resulting in a quick ROI with increased revenue and checkout conversion rate– Cinematographer and paramotor pilot for 9 episode docuseries “The Great Pursuit” on Amazon Prime Video– Filmed & directed “The Great Walthall Family Adventure”, a 14 part docuseries

Thomas North is a design consultancy that helps weekend warriors, product companies, and mad scientists alike, design and manufacture physical products. We are dedicated to thrilling customer experiences, boldly creative innovation, balanced with engineered efficiencies.

– Managed concurrent product design cycles from concept to manufacturing for clients such as Simms Fishing, Flying Arrow Archery, Be The Decoy, Blue Ribbon Nets, Planetary Design, West Paw, iBike, and Big Horn Armory.– Essential contributor to the product design team of an award winning pet product that garnered industry-wide recognition. – Assisted Simms Fishing with product development for a successful product expansion into the tool & accessory market.– Dramatically reduced the time to market for a new iPhone accessory, beating competitors to market and increasing sales.– Developed globally patented inventions receiving accolades from multiple organizations, including Popular Science and NASA.