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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Kirkland, Wa, Us

RISE Theatre is an online directory of film and theatre professionals.- Organized and oversaw open source bug bash to improve experience for 2200+ registered users- Ran UI tests using lighthouse to assess SEO, performance, & accessibility, implementing features to increase scores up to 15%- Enforced additional security when creating, resetting and/or updating passwords- Implemented feature for users to “bookmark” profiles with data that persists between sessions- Increased upload efficiency time by up to 50% with drag-and-drop upload capability- Improved onboarding flow documentation (readme)- Streamlined UX through enhanced site navigation

OSS is a comprehensive GraphQL development tool with integrated code editor and schema visualizer.- Leveraged GraphQL APIs with schema introspection to enable the discovery of available resources and relationships, as well as query/mutation requests for the efficient retrieval of data through minimal API calls, free from over-fetching and under-fetching.- Employed React to optimize development with dynamic, reusable, stateful, and functional components that conditionally rendered content, such as performance metrics, and were selectively re-rendered via the virtual DOM, additionally using hooks to manage state between all aspects of the application while taking advantage of React’s unidirectional data flow design.- Utilized React Flow to create an interactive visualizer for GraphQL schema, building custom functionality for nodes & edges such as expand/collapsibility, fullscreen control panel button, target handle location selector & optimized graph positioning via ElkJS.- Integrated Monaco Editor into a web app, providing a powerful in-browser code editor for GraphQL query generation that actively references the fetched schema to provide real-time code completion, syntax highlighting, and validation by using virtual models.- Collaborated with a team using GitHub’s workflow, providing application security with required team code review before merging in feature branch PRs, and automating redeployment to Vercel triggered upon PR merges into main branch.- Product developed under tech accelerator OS Labs (opensourcelabs.io)

TMnT is a highly collaborative tool for team workflow and organization.- Incorporated Google OAuth for secure user authentication & authorization, integrating it with existing login functionality for improved security and more direct access to Google APIs for improved collaboration.- Set up a NoSQL database, using MongoDB as a flexible data model to store semi-structured data input from multiple concurrent collaborating users with low latency, planning for future scalability and cost-effectiveness.- Configured build with webpack, pairing Hot Module Replacement convenience with maximum browser support through ES6+ transpiling & PostCSS auto-prefixing, while minimizing bundle file size through HTML injection, minification & uglification.

QuizCards is a full-CRUD flashcard app for studying user-created card sets - Utilized React Router to handle client-side routing for conditionally rendered pages, thereby improving user experience as a SPA requiring minimal network communication.- Deployed PostgreSQL as a relational database management solution for storing standardized data, supporting many simultaneous clients, and simplifying shared relational data between users with PK & FK, while providing reliability with ACID compliance.- Implemented PostCSS for modularized, maintainable, app styling that improved dev efficiency with reusable styles & complex stylesheet management, while providing advanced features such as auto-prefixing, custom media queries, mixins, & nested rules.- Constructed backend using Node.js and Express.js framework for project consistency with JS / React frontend, providing methodical handling of concurrent server requests with semantic router/middleware/controller architecture for organized DB CRUD interaction.

Bfa

Relevant Coursework: - Programming & Data Structures - Intro to Differential Equations - Elementary Programming Concepts Awards: - Dean’s.

Education record

Masters level coursework: - Programmed CNC Router to play music with G-Code in Flashcut, - Encoded complex projects for laser cutter.