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Fort Collins, Co, Us

Fort Collins, Co, Us

Wordal Unlimited (https://wordal.fun) is a free-to-play word puzzle game with no restrictions on the number of games a user may play.Authored an accessible, open source, Progressive Web Application using Angular, Typescript, and SCSS. - Source code: https://github.com/chrisallard/wordalLeveraged AWS’ S3, Route 53, and CloudFront for hosting, domain name services, and content delivery.Implemented a continuous deployment pipeline through GitHub Actions.Wrote Jasmine unit tests (65% code coverage).Integrated with 3rd party dictionary API and added safeguards to fail gracefully if that service becomes unavailable

Pleasanton, California, Us

Led and managed two geographically dispersed Agile teams, overseeing 13 professionals in front-end, back-end, database, and QA roles.Collaborated closely with product management to execute product roadmaps, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.Provided leadership in coaching, mentoring, and technical planning, working alongside other technical leaders to drive successful project rollouts.Orchestrated recruitment initiatives to expand team capabilities and meet project demands.Provided after-hours SaaS incident response on a rolling basis.Encouraged front-end engineers to write E2E tests using Cypress.

Pleasanton, California, Us

Angular, Typescript, AngularJS, C#, SCSS, API Integration, JSON, Atomic CSS, Jasmine, GitHub, LaunchDarkly, Figma, Azure, TeamCity, Jira, Scrum Spearheaded a strategic migration plan from AngularJS to Angular by implementing a hybrid application approach, allowing for a seamless transition over time rather than a disruptive all-at-once migration.Led the conceptualization, front-end technical design, and development of a revamped search experience, playing a pivotal role in enhancing the site's usability and navigation, resulting in a more intuitive and efficient search functionality.Coached junior developers, conducted code reviews, and fostered a knowledge-sharing culture within the team.Mentored new hires as part of Degreed’s new hire mentoring program.Participated in Scrum ceremonies, kept tickets up-to-date in Jira, and presented at Sprint reviews.

Brighton, Ma, Us

AngularJS, RESTful APIs, JSON, JWT, SCSS, Bootstrap, Responsive Design, Jasmine, Google Analytics, Jenkins, CI/CD, AWS, Jira, ScrumServed as Lead Front-End Engineer on Harvard Business Publishing’s first learner-driven microlearning application: Harvard ManageMentor Spark.Established an enterprise-wide front-end engineering practice that supported a portfolio of applications averaging 10MM Monthly Active Users.Accountable for establishing best practices, architecting solutions, managing budgets, hiring, and facilitating performance reviews.Collaborated closely with product owners, managers, and stakeholders to ensure alignment with project objectives and goals.

Brighton, Ma, Us

AngularJS, HTML5, SCSS, Webpack, Jasmine, JSON, Responsive Design, RESTful APIs, Bootstrap, AWS, Jira, Jenkins, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, ScrumServed as Lead Front-End Engineer on the award winning “LeadingEdge” product.Led a global development team of 15 front-end engineers, within an Agile environment, that actively built and maintained a portfolio of applications which generated $60MM annually.Spearheaded the search for a close-shore staff augmentation vendor, resulting in a 40% decrease in development costs.

Brighton, Ma, Us

jQuery, HTML, CSS, XML, SSO, SAML, WaterfallResponsible for the design and development of custom microsites and product customizations for corporate clients.Led a cross-functional team of sales engineers, project managers, front-end engineers, and client administrators that engaged in both pre-and-post sales activities.

Brighton, Ma, Us

Led the Technology department during a time of transition, which required serving on the management team, supervising all technical staff, and being responsible for the on-time delivery of client projects.

Brighton, Ma, Us

jQuery, HTML, CSS, PHP, SSO, SAML, WaterfallSenior sales engineering position focused on the high-end customization of e-learning software as well as B2B integrations of HBP’s hosted offerings via SAML.Worked with the Product Development team on the design and development of new offerings. This included working with a global team of vendors and contractors.

Brighton, Ma, Us

HTML, VanillaJS, CSS, Flash, ASP.net, SQL, AICC, SCORM, Waterfall Built the “Implementation Toolkit”, a multi-tenant application for delivering product implementation guides to client administrators.Sales engineer responsible for the end-to-end implementation and customization of eLearning software for HBP’s corporate clients.Responsibilities included the quoting of billable technical projects, the creation of statements-of-work, hands-on front-end development, and serving as a point-of-contact for clients and internal stakeholders.

Brighton, Ma, Us

Performed quality assurance and customization of e-learning software.

Fort Collins, Co, Us

Node.js, Express.js, Mongoose, MongoDB, Ubuntu, Redis, JWT, API Development, REST, GraphicsMagick, Jenkins, BitBucket, Jira, ScrumCo-founder of a peer-to-peer space sharing start-up.Created a secure 3-tier application infrastructure (Production and QA) with NGINX, Express.js, Node.js, Redis, Mongoose, and MongoDB.Implemented Jenkins and developed pipelines (QA and Prod) for deployment and CI/CD.Wrote RESTful CRUD services for front-end use/consumption.Integrated with Twilio and Stripe for automated end-user messaging and payment processing, respectively.