Billy Shih Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

Growth Engineering

https://jpg.space- Led engineering for Next.js frontend app with AdonisJS backend. Website connects to user wallet and unlocks features if they hold our ERC-721 NFT and pulled and posted data to Arweave for onchain storage- Project managed 3 other devs and 1 designer using kanban style agile process and represented dev team in weekly leadership meetings- Created Canons frontend allowing users to govern lists of NFTs through submitting and voting on NFTs using wallet signatures- Rewrote exhibition editor allowing users to create galleries and written commentary on NFTs- Simplified Next.js app, enhancing performance and code maintainability by refactoring use of React context for state management and replacing it with TanStack useQuery, React useStateand Next.js router- Resolved and worked around Reservoir and Arweave API rate limiting- Bolstered team productivity: reducing build times in Jenkins pipeline, resolving docker issues andcreating consistency between frontend and backend

Seattle, Wa, Us

- Led rewrite of AWS Budgets console into a TypeScript React/Redux application. Budgets consisted of a table of budgets and their status and a multi-page form to create and edit budgets. Required use of dynamic charts, dynamic form fields and frontend/backend validation- Implemented code standards and React best practices, e.g. using Prettier and ESLint, functional components, React Router, Redux with Reselect- Aided another team in launching their first AWS Console and provided expertise across the organizationLater joined Sustainability and rewrote Amazon Second Chance https://www.amazon.com/amsc into a React application covering 7 different marketplaces and 10+ languages- Wrote unit and integration tests using React Testing Library and Cypress for end-to-end testing- Part of on-call rotations managing tickets related to downtime and errors

Seattle, Washington, Us

- Front-end developer creating Caresi, a React web app that guides cancer patients through their treatment experience. Patients track their appointments, labs and care team information- Wrote majority of the app, including the schedule page, authentication logic, shared layout components and labs page- Decreased page load time by upgrading and reconfiguring webpack and eliminating unused code and dependencies- Participated in code reviews with a Scrum team and regularly worked with product and design to provide feedback on proposed features

- Ported internal product and site management tooling from an old Java application to Ruby on Rails and React with AltJS. Shadowed users and applied UI best practices to streamline workflows. Received wide praise from users of previous tools. Utilized a microservices backend with Rails and React.- Redesigned and prototyped entire ecommerce site into a modern and responsive design. Gathered requirements, presented and got approval from leadership and other business stakeholders throughout the company.- Created a slack bot as a side project to send notifications from the Rails app when background jobs complete to supplement existing email notification, and to act as a non-browser UI for getting useful links based off keywords in chat - Represented development team in a/b testing meetings, giving guidance on engineering, UX and a/b testing best practices.- Technical

- Brought to market first product on Kickstarter, raising $30,201. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/updogtoys/the-odin-a-puzzle-dog-toy-with-a-modern-modular-de- Created static website to promote and sell products. Later on ported the site to work on Shopify by converting it into a Shopify liquid template.- Used Gulp to combine and optimize assets and upload it to the server.- Grew Instagram account to over 9,000 followers and manage over 50 wholesale accounts- Technical

Seattle, Wa, Us

- Worked individually and with a team on full stack development with a front-end focus. Most work was within a Single Page App (Backbone/Marionette) and on the back-end exposing API’s to the front-end (Ruby on Rails).- Rewrote member subscription management tool and added new terms feature allowing members to pre-pay for longer subscriptions. Originally comprised of many separate PHP pages, I created a single dynamic page that handled all possible subscription scenarios from cancellation to renewal.- Created a drag and drop tool to organize products displayed to customers using JQuery UI to replace system of entering an order value for each product.- Developed front-end authentication feature by modifying app initialization and routing to verify authentication when accessing member pages, receiving and attaching Rails token to AJAX requests and creating the login page.- Created and championed clean, modern and responsive design. Redesigned many pages, including the home page and provided feedback on other developer’s projects.- Responsible for public facing Wordpress site, creating pages independently, as well as based on PSDs from a designer. Re-wrote many templates and pages to use LESS and Bootstrap to reduce development time from 3 days to 4 hours. Converted site to use Wordpress’s dependency management in concert with plugins to reduce load times by as much as 50% through JS/CSS minification and compression and automatic image optimization.- Technical

Portfolio: http://bbshih.github.io/Github profile: http://www.github.com/bbshihRuby on Rails- Enrolled in Code Fellows, a two month intensive boot camp teaching Ruby on Rails- Created a Rails app that allows people to fill out and submit an application to Code Fellows, gives staff the ability to rate those applications and then accept those applicants into the interview process. - Github repo: http://github.com/bbshih/appfunnel - Won Best Final Project AwardTechnical

- Drove online marketing initiatives, including Facebook and Email campaigns, bringing in 15% of sales and traffic- Developed website on Shopify and BigCommerce platforms using HTML/CSS/JavaScript- Created emails, banners, business cards and other collateral using Photoshop and Illustrator- Developed customer service process and customer focused policies to increase customer satisfaction and retention- Technical

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

- Built Philanthro Seattle from non-existent to throwing over 10 events/year with a team of 15+ volunteers- Lead a website redesign of all of Philanthro's web properties to meet the needs of all chapters of Philanthro, the board of directors and national officers: http://sea.philanthroproductions.org- Raised $15,000+ for non-profits and garnered 100+ hours of community service for NPO's like Ronald McDonald House Charities, DonorsChoose and JDRF- Created a marketing strategy based on throwing high quality events and leveraging event attendees' positive experiences to build brand awareness and market future events- Successfully used social media and email to build and retain an audience to meet and exceeding attendance goals at all events- Drove a cultural change in Philanthro to take part in multiple aspects of philanthropy (time/money/skills)- Technical

Seattle, Wa, Us

- Formalized product development process to create clear lines of communication and set expectations between development, CEO, Sales VP and Community VP- Worked closely with CEO and VPs to develop goals, metrics and reports on a monthly/quarterly/yearly basis- Gathered data to generate customer insights, influencing site design, product direction and community management- Other major projects: Led a team of consultants to create a new data model for reporting and production. Developed email capture and onsite advertising growth strategy.- Technical

Portland, Or, Us

- Commonly delivered conversion lifts of +30%, including a 120% lift for a leading enterprise software lead gen campaign through a/b and multivariate testing- Managed over $150,000 of annual revenue in accounts including Microsoft and The Weather Channel - Delivered short and long term optimization test design, data analysis and day-to-day project management- Directed web development and creative teams in creation of assets for test execution- As the first optimization analyst, laid much of the ground work for client engagement best practices through creating/evolving documentation and project workflows- Individually led optimization social media presence, increasing mindshare and brand presence. Created an optimization blog, writing 70+ subject matter articles and is quoted in "Landing Page Optimization" book by Tim Ash. Articles can be found here: http://blogs.webtrends.com/author/bshih/- Awarded Client Services Service Star Award in 2010

Seattle, Washington, Us

Widemile was acquired by Webtrends in July 2009 - see above for description

Garafía, Es

Ba, Business - Information Systems

Ruby On Rails