American Express Technology. Don't without it.∙ I am the face of technology for American Express.∙ Built the role of Developer Relations from the ground up with the goal of attracting top engineering talent∙ Directed many thousands of prospective hires to the careers site∙ Managing Editor and principle author for the Technology Blog at americanexpress.io publishing articles on React, Kotlin, and more∙ In 2018 wrote the #1 SEO article for “React best practices”∙ Gave technical presentations at conventions and meetups∙ Evangelized Amex Technology through Twitter and LinkedIn∙ Elevated Amex onto the hired.com list of NYC Top 10 Tech Brands

∙ Led two full stack scrum teams of 7 people each supporting the logged-in experience for the highest-trafficked website at Amex∙ Evangelized coding best practices and lead the internal React Communities of Technical Practice (CTP)∙ Worked with Product team to determine and execute backlog features

I write for Hacker Noon from time to time.You can read my articles here: https://hackernoon.com/@donavon

freeCodeCamp "Top Contributor for 2018" award winner.

∙ Led the entire 120-person engineering organization as acting CTO∙ Oversaw 25 people covering all aspects of front-end client development for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and SPA web as Director of Engineering∙ Co-led the leadership team defining enterprise processes and guidelines∙ Worked with Project, Product, and Design teams to define product vision

∙ Advanced from individual contributor, to lead for a 10-person team, to engineering manager∙ Wrote the Windows and Mac desktop eReader for the NOOK Study platform

President and lead designer/developer for LiveGadgets.net, the leading experts in live.com and Vista Sidebar gadget development.Some of our customers include:* Real Networks* America Online* MicrosoftProponents of the Web 2.0 concept and specialists in mashups.Visit LiveGadgets.net for more information

.Products/websites responsible for: * http://LiveGadgets.net* http://ModernYarn.com* http://donavon.com* http://ExploreTheStudioSpace.com* http://VehiCROSS.net* http://Suite927.com (WAP groupware)* ElectronMicroscope (an Apple QuickTime atom viewer).

.While at Nextel (and then Sprint Nextel), I designed and developed many internal web based applications. I am very familiar with the business and the Ensemble database.Products responsible for: * AFP (order fulfilment)* WIAT (Wireless Add-On Tool)* Ensemble Robots* SOC Lookup Tool.

.Worked as a Software Development Manager in the consumer division of one of the top three largest PC software companies at the time. Lead the development of fax and data applications.Products responsible for:* WordPerfect Works (fax/data communications)* WordPerfect ExpressFax (fax software).

.Owner of a small software development company (with 12 employees) creating fax and data communications software for the OEM market. Ran the day-to-day operations, met with potential customers, and planned development and marketing strategies. MagicSoft was acquired in 1992 by WordPerfect Corporation.Products responsible for:* ExpressFax (send/receive faxes from your desktop)* MTEZ (software based MNP error correction for modems)* Monolith (a DOS task switcher)* SideTalk (a background terminal emulator).

.Worked as a Firmware Design Engineer for a major modem manufacturer. Designed and wrote the code to implement the command set for one of the first 2400 baud modems on the market, the Courier 2400.Products responsible for:* Courier 2400* Courier 2400 with MNP.