Ethan Ryan Email & Phone Number

Manhattan, New York, New York, US

Frontend developer on a globally distributed team, developing the frontend of a high traffic real estate website, corcoran.com.* creating maintainable, SEO-optimized pages and UI components with React, Redux, and Next.js based on product requirements and designs* creating and maintaining a UI component library with Storybook* negotiating API contracts.

Manhattan, New York, New York, US

* creating maintainable pages and UI components with React, Redux, and Next.js based on product requirements and designs* creating and maintaining a UI component library with Storybook* negotiating API contracts based on product requirements, and consuming those API endpoints on the frontend* working with 3rd party libraries to integrate with the web.

Calgary, Alberta, CA

• Frontend developer on a distributed team creating an onboarding app for First Command Financial Planning, Inc.
• Fixed bug in public-facing site’s social media content-sharing functionality with GraphQL and Gatsby.
• Architected and developed new React app for onboarding new users, including its logic and component library.
• Styled app's elements using SCSS based on UX designs and assets provided by Creative team.
• Used JIRA tickets for tracking feature branches and updating development progress during weekly sprints.

Sachse, Texas, US

• Frontend web developer for the Enterprise version of Graphite Docs, a decentralized and encrypted alternative to Google's G-Suite, accessible thorough the Blockstack Browser.Duties include:
• developing and implementing collaborative editing features for both publicly and privately shared documents using websockets, Quill text editor, Node, Express, and Yjs, an open-source JavaScript framework for real-time.
• improving user experience by styling new components and elements with CSS and Materialize classes to match app's existing style
• following DRY programming principles by abstracting pure functions from components to create a single source of truth, reduce redundancies, improve organization, and make debugging faster and easier
• refactoring React components and file architecture to improve readability of Graphite Docs codebase and speed up development time

• Provide full stack web development consulting to private clients and startups. Recent projects include:
• building React Native components and implementing UX designs for a social media mobile app startup
• refactoring an EdTech platform's React frontend with i18nliner to internationalize, localize, and translate the website's content into other languages
• consulting for a small business on website redesign and social media integration and strategy

NEW YORK, New York, US

• An intensive training program designed to equip New Yorkers with the skills necessary to launch careers in web development. This program includes three months of intensive, full-time on-campus training, including.
• Studied a variety of web development languages, frameworks, and libraries in-depth, including Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, Javascript, jQuery, React, SQL, ActiveRecord, Git, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Materialize, and Semantic UI
• Collaborated on project teams to develop and present a variety of web-based applications and build web development skills and efficiency, including:WordNerds - https://github.com/ethanryan/word_nerds_clientA fun, Mad.
• Built app with a React frontend and a Rails backend that has full CRUD functionality
• Improved stories and user experience with first and last sentences randomly-generated on the click of a button
• Implemented complex domain model involving users, stories, characters, genres, plots, and paragraphs

• Evaluated potential investments and drafted competitive analysis reports at a small venture capital fund.
• Assisted general partners in identifying, researching, and closing prospective business investment deals.
• Solicited pitch decks from entrepreneurs and startup founders.
• Overhauled digital client information management systems, significantly improving operational efficiency.
• Updated company website on an as-needed basis.

New York, US

• Conducted meticulous review of content for digital ebooks (graphic novels, text books, fiction/non-fiction) to drive high quality assurance standards at a Fortune 500 national bookseller.
• Identified and reconciled conversion errors within various digital ebook formats to ensure product integrity.
• Assembled, edited, and optimized epubs using Adobe Acrobat and XML.

New York, NY, US

• Assisted Associate Counsel to Private Equity department at a private global insurance company.
• Performed comprehensive due diligence for potential mergers and acquisitions.

New York, NY, US

• Provided critical support to attorneys leading nationwide high-profile litigation.
• Authored synopses of deposition testimonies.
• Input, proofread, and edited plaintiff information in databases.
• Supervised a team of contract attorneys and evaluated their work for accuracy and completeness.

New York, NY, US

• Proofread company’s Annual Report.
• Corrected grammatical, typographical, and compositional errors.

Boca Raton, Florida, US

• Answered phones, directed calls, filed documents, greeted job applicants, and scheduled appointments.
• Marketed company information to potential employers.
• Recruited, assessed, and interviewed employees to fill open positions.

Developed lesson plans and prepared activities that encouraged the social, emotional, and intellectual growth of preschoolers. Documented toddlers’ motor skills and cognitive development. Read to and discussed books with children.

Web Development Immersive

Javascript Development

B.A., English-Philosophy

Certificate In Front End Web Development, Computer Software Engineering