- Managed the integration of the engineering team from a newly-acquired fitness video company into a mid-sized wellness service provider, instituting Agile methodologies to streamline processes and improve collaboration.- Transformed deployment practices from large deployments to adopting more iterative and frequent deployments. Coupled with an improved peer-review process, led to rise in code quality and deployment frequency.- Focused on the intersection of product and engineering… Show more - Managed the integration of the engineering team from a newly-acquired fitness video company into a mid-sized wellness service provider, instituting Agile methodologies to streamline processes and improve collaboration.- Transformed deployment practices from large deployments to adopting more iterative and frequent deployments. Coupled with an improved peer-review process, led to rise in code quality and deployment frequency.- Focused on the intersection of product and engineering teams, established and implemented pragmatic processes for documenting, tracking, and delivering features. Clearer requirements and processes reduced churn during the QA cycle and kept expectations aligned across product and engineering teams.- Supported the conversion of infrastructure into Pulumi templates, transforming and securing more than 10 microservice distributed systems to new environments.- Contributed to development efforts by writing new features and fixing high-priority bugs in React, React Native, Django, and PostgreSQL tech stack. Show less

Continued working on previous contract position in a full-time capacity. As well, worked with:- Added features and assisted in upgrading out of date dependencies for two small startups using Ruby on Rails- Improved tests and testing coverage for a large corporate client that needed to handle millions of operations daily. Utilized AWS CDK written in TypeScript to aid in optimizing alerts and providing reliable delivery.- Contributed to greenfield telehealth startup application… Show more Continued working on previous contract position in a full-time capacity. As well, worked with:- Added features and assisted in upgrading out of date dependencies for two small startups using Ruby on Rails- Improved tests and testing coverage for a large corporate client that needed to handle millions of operations daily. Utilized AWS CDK written in TypeScript to aid in optimizing alerts and providing reliable delivery.- Contributed to greenfield telehealth startup application utilizing Nest.js / PostgreSQL- Worked on multiple projects for startups that utilized Elixir, React, PostgreSQL, as well as payment platform API integrations such as Plaid and Stripe.- Headed React Native greenfield development effort for college sports based startup, as well as assisting with Django backend / PostgreSQL DB Show less

Worked as a full-stack web developer on a project involving Azure deployment, Postgres DB, Elixir backend, with React frontend. Mostly worked in backend / Postgres and React, dabbled some with Azure depolyments.

Led a small web app team which built out from scratch a front-end web application in Svelte (with Sapper) and a full-stack application in Next.js with Prisma ORM interacting with Postgres DB.

Worked in Japan as an assistant language teacher, helping students develop English writing, reading, speaking, and listening skills. Also ran a small English club that had between 6-20 students attending regularly. While living in Japan, developed Japanese skills that I continue to practice today. I have not yet taken the JLPT, but would self-rate around an N3-N2 level of Japanese proficiency.

While living in Tokyo, Japan, did some freelance work for various US clients. Mostly worked in front-end and React, but also did some work with Node, MongoDB, and Postgres.

Led a high visibility project for a very large healthcare company based out of Nashville, Tennessee. The project was designed to be a CMMS for all of their hospitals corporation-wide. Acted as a team lead (managerial) role, front-end architect and developer, iOS developer, and interfaced with the client directly (ran meetings, oversaw feature development, etc.)Aside from this project, also created an Electron-based application that was used in multiple kiosks for creating… Show more Led a high visibility project for a very large healthcare company based out of Nashville, Tennessee. The project was designed to be a CMMS for all of their hospitals corporation-wide. Acted as a team lead (managerial) role, front-end architect and developer, iOS developer, and interfaced with the client directly (ran meetings, oversaw feature development, etc.)Aside from this project, also created an Electron-based application that was used in multiple kiosks for creating Powerpoint-type presentations on smart tvs. Show less

Spearheaded all web-based efforts at icitizen, while leading a team of 3 senior front-end developers. Pushed for constant re-examination of best UX practices as they applied to our work, collaborated directly and often with stakeholders at the business, design, and product levels to ensure we were always meeting business goals, achieving deadlines, and delivering the best user experience possible. However, since product department was thin, many projects below did not receive support from… Show more Spearheaded all web-based efforts at icitizen, while leading a team of 3 senior front-end developers. Pushed for constant re-examination of best UX practices as they applied to our work, collaborated directly and often with stakeholders at the business, design, and product levels to ensure we were always meeting business goals, achieving deadlines, and delivering the best user experience possible. However, since product department was thin, many projects below did not receive support from product department, and therefore were entirely self-directed and managed. While this was always a challenge, it assisted in growing my existing understanding of keeping business expectations accurate and appropriate to timelines and deliverables, managing of team members efficiently and effectively, and ensuring all assets required from other teams were scheduled and appropriately prioritized. While at icitizen, I directed, designed and developed the still-in-development web platform as well as a private business intelligence dashboard, directed and developed various static pages that were used within the iOS and Android applications as web-views, and directed the development of the marketing website. Show less

Assisted Lonely Planet in revamping continent, country, and city pages via creating functional prototypes, and then taking lessons learned from the prototyping process and turn it into production-ready code. Other responsibilities include collaborating on designs with the lead designer and creative director, mentoring junior developers, and collaborating on architecture changes for future updates to the Lonely Planet site.

Led multiple developers and designers on various front-end application development efforts - largely internal corporate applications - for mostly Fortune 500 clients. This involved: coordinating efforts with the client for integration, client relationship management and sales to initiate engagements with clients, deciding on application architecture (generally helped guide the entire stack, but always the front end decisions as well), managing the projects and client expectations, working… Show more Led multiple developers and designers on various front-end application development efforts - largely internal corporate applications - for mostly Fortune 500 clients. This involved: coordinating efforts with the client for integration, client relationship management and sales to initiate engagements with clients, deciding on application architecture (generally helped guide the entire stack, but always the front end decisions as well), managing the projects and client expectations, working closely with UX designers on project ideation, delivering the projects to the client, ensuring that the application features and design always met with business goals, and mentoring the development team and assisting with tough problems. Show less

Focused on creating applications people love to use by creating fun, engaging user experiences for corporate applications. Responsibilities also involved engaging with clients and leading a small team of developers. Client education was also prominent in this role, showing them how great UX provides an amazing value add and increases productivity. Focused mostly on front-end development using Coffeescript, jQuery, Sass, HTML5, and D3.

Member of a small team of programmers which developed Foresight on Demand, a web-based prediction market software package. Prediction Markets offer a unique ability to incorporate information-aggregation and the predictive power of markets within traditional corporate structures. A prediction market is established within the company to generate predictions on issues of interest to managers in a manner that directly addresses the foundational communication constraints. Incorporating this type of… Show more Member of a small team of programmers which developed Foresight on Demand, a web-based prediction market software package. Prediction Markets offer a unique ability to incorporate information-aggregation and the predictive power of markets within traditional corporate structures. A prediction market is established within the company to generate predictions on issues of interest to managers in a manner that directly addresses the foundational communication constraints. Incorporating this type of approach in a geographically distributed and virtually managed organization can provide significant benefits by promoting a smart forum with a goal to drive final analysis of influence and intelligence in a particular area.Foresight on Demand was built with a custom made PHP-framework for the front end, Smarty for templating, with jQuery-powered transitions / effects. The back end consisted of Java and PostgreSQL. My responsibilities were mostly adding new functionality to the PHP framework, as well as redesigning / adding some interfaces on the front-end.We have now created a revamped version of this platform which we call Huunu. Huunu is based on Ruby on Rails, with SaaS delivery. On this platform, my responsibilties have involved creating new interfaces for the front end, developing our services on all levels, and creating a more intuitive feel for the market. Show less

Collaborated on a custom Perl/MySQL powered content management system used by employees and management of all levels of Cash Express, LLC; First Cash Express, LLC; and Advance Cash. This software is used to manage drawer counts, print reports and receipts, track customers in collections, handling varying types of transactions, and has many more functions. It is used in over 300 stores nationwide.My responsibilities on this project involved adding new reports and functionality to all… Show more Collaborated on a custom Perl/MySQL powered content management system used by employees and management of all levels of Cash Express, LLC; First Cash Express, LLC; and Advance Cash. This software is used to manage drawer counts, print reports and receipts, track customers in collections, handling varying types of transactions, and has many more functions. It is used in over 300 stores nationwide.My responsibilities on this project involved adding new reports and functionality to all aspects of the software. Show less