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Newtown, Ct, Us

New York, Ny, Us

• Leading the design and development of Agendaful, a SaaS application aimed at streamlining 1:1 meeting agendas and sparking team growth• Writing about the human side of software engineering to help engineers lead and grow in Besides Code, a weekly newsletter

Tampa, Florida, Us

• Selected to be one of department’s first Technical Leads, supervising 3 mid-level and senior developers and leading stand-ups, sprint planning, product backlog refinement, and retrospective meetings• Contributed to roadmap and planning meetings with department leaders, sharing team updates, providing time and effort estimates, and delivering technical guidance on upcoming features and projects• Conducted regular one-on-ones with team developers, communicating project updates, supporting development tasks, and serving as mentor and coach• Managed and contributed to year-long project, integrating ServiceNow ticketing services into Security Center, with near real-time updates using Snowflake, AWS Lambda, Apollo GraphQL, and reducing time to update tickets by 66%• Accepted into Deepwatch Mentorship Program as mentee, enhancing leadership skills and proposing department-wide program to increase customer knowledge for developers and enrich customer experience in Security Center

Bellingham, Wa, Us

• Built SaaS apps that improve collaboration, communication, and productivity for build teams• Led frontend development of the web app• Advised on tech stack and product features

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Served in dual role as Engineering Manager and Senior Software Engineer, balancing leadership and hands-on development responsibilities• Managed 4 direct reports, meeting weekly to mentor and coach, foster professional development and high performance through collaborative meeting agendas• Implemented growth journals for direct reports, facilitating goal setting and progress tracking to drive continuous improvement and career development• Participated in semi-annual zone and chapter calibration meetings with department leaders and people business partners, providing feedback on engineers and presenting performance reviews for direct reports• Led small group of engineers to build customizable UI theme for web app, improving user experience for customers

Colorado Springs, Co, Us

• Assisted in planning sprints, upcoming projects, and quarterly roadmaps, meeting regularly with Engineering Manager and Product Manager• Partnered with recruiters and engineering leaders, interviewing candidates, reviewing code challenges, and presenting job offers, while delivering feedback to improve recruitment, hiring, and onboarding practices• Mentored junior engineers with goal setting, code reviews, and pair programming, conducting routine 1:1s• Led high-priority project with short timeline, adding Sandbox section to core product, building custom charts in D3, and creating React components with bespoke CSS animations

New York, Ny, Us

• Oversaw hiring efforts for Frontend Engineers, creating job description, writing code challenge, utilizing Greenhouse to review and score applications, conducting first-round interviews, and preparing onsite interview documents for team• Onboarded new engineering hires, setting up development environments, introducing codebase, and teaching team procedures• Managed codebases for Glamsquad websites, including main booking site and e-commerce shop, focusing on code quality and web performance• Improved page speed of core website by 42% through CSS and JavaScript optimizations while managing remote team of 4 engineers in redesign of company’s website, conducting code reviews, updating company branding, and winning Employee of the Quarter award for contributions• Supervised and led development of e-commerce website for Glamsquad hair and makeup products using Shopify Plus and Liquid, building 90% of code to generate funnels for registration, shipping, payments, and checkout, and receiving praise from Head of Engineering and Co-Founders

Agency Labs• Developed websites for local businesses, including redesign of Visit CT website and initial launch of Understood.orgRoutehappy• Led frontend development for Routehappy Hub, a product attribute platform that helped airlines organize and deliver rich content about products, collaborating with VP of Product and Backend EngineerTotalHousehold• Converted designs from Lead Designer into AngularJS code, improving homepage and adding new features to website

Norwalk, Ct, Us

• Led frontend development, creating websites, microsites, and promotional apps for BIC, Campbell’s, and Malibu

• Hired Junior Developer, leading onboarding and training, managing day-to-day tasks, and reviewing code• Launched first version of mobile website, overseeing a cross-functional team• Led migration of company blog to WordPress, increasing traffic by more than 500%• Developed new platform for event planning section, featuring more than 100 events

• Hired as second full-time developer• Developed Press Kit page, used by over 10,000 performers• Created database-driven system to manage leads for Sales Department, developing console application that contacts sales leads using multiple email campaigns

• Taught Spanish II, Spanish III Regents, Spanish III Honors, and Spanish IV.

Chestnut Hill, Ma, Us

• Taught Intermediate Spanish.

• Taught Spanish II and AP Spanish.

M.A., Hispanic Literature

Advanced Certificate In Web Design & Development

B.A., Spanish

Diploma