With Scuttlebyte, I focus on working directly with small business owners to craft custom back-end web platforms that to launch their business to the next level of automation.If you run your business from an excel spreadsheet like I and so many other small business operators have, you probably spend most your time managing complicated formulas that always seem to break. Long gone are the days of focusing on the reason and passion that propelled you into business in the first place.That's where Scuttlebyte comes in. Ask me how I can help you by delivering a handcrafted web platform to help you make data-driven decisions with sustainable growth in mind. Let me help you get back to your passion.

As Build and Release engineer at GCE, I pilot the DevOps Platform for the marketing team at the largest education services company in the U.S.- Create and manage CI/CD workflow for dozens of projects utilizing Azure DevOps, bash scripting, Ansible and more- Set up and monitor Qualys scanning for projects of various sizes, ranging from single pages to 175,0000 requests

Maintain and develop new features for a large web-based application serving millions of requests each day.Therabill is a medical-billing focused application geared towards Speech Language Pathologists, and Occupational & Physical Therapists, which also offers a full Electronic Medical Records system functionality.

Interface directly with internal project management and design teams as well as fellow developers to architect meaningful web solutions on behalf of a wide ranch of clients. Duties included:- Primary architect for back-end development including REST APIs, custom CMSs, and third-party integrations- Utilization of many software design patterns including Factories, Repositories, Commands, and more- Modernization of legacy codebases from procedural, script-based PHP to model-view-composer-based (MVC) object-oriented architecture- Integration with many third-party APIs including Salesforce, HubSpot, Stripe, Mailgun/Mandrill, Campaign Monitor, Amazon Web Services, and more- Light sysadmin duties including production deployments and staging server maintenance- Development of large custom CMS application deployed on multiple projects and maintained as a separate package via Composer- Documentation of existing and new systems including diagrams, comprehensive internal and external code documentation, database architecture and and development guides- Creation of automated test suites for both third-party APIs and internal projects- Maintenance on dozens of very diverse legacy codebases from a diverse group of developers- Creation and implementation of mission-critical processes and systems, including: - Automated build and deployment tools such as gulp.js, Laravel Forge - Custom JIRA development workflow to facilitate the QA and release process - Semantic versioning and release process utilizing git pull requests and published release notesExtensive use of advanced technologies used daily:- Laravel 4/5- Vue.js- Eloquent ORM- Symfony2 components- MySQL (Sequel Pro)- Vagrant and Virtualbox- gulp.js- Composer

Oversight of the discovery, design, and development processes from start to finish for more than 30 website projects ranging from: - International medical device manufacturer - Numerous real estate web products - Ecommerce applications - Learning management systems - Journalism and news sitesDuties included creating and managing project budgets, schedules, and requirements while managing day-to-day client relations including weekly status, project kickoff, and requirements-gathering meetings. Coordinated a team of two designers and four developers including daily standup meetings and general project milestone accountability.During my time as Lead Project Manager, I oversaw the migration from various web-based project management tools, eventually resting on JIRA, for which I developed a workflow custom-tailored to our development teams.I also assisted in the estimation process for new projects and even oversaw ongoing maintenance (supporting dozens of legacy projects) and direct-to-client support.

Epiphany is a small, full-service technology consulting firm catered to enterprise-level companies with a need to integrate multiple systems and teams. My passion is working directly with teams both large and small to root out inefficiency and leverage technology and automation working in concert with sound operational processes to ensure accuracy and consistency.Some of our projects include customer support portals, e-commerce websites, and general technology consulting.

As Web Content Manger:Coordinated and scheduled articles and content for more than 5,000 websites throughout the US. Managed a team of freelancers and leveraged crowd-sourcing tools to produce content for new sites, and revive content on outdated sites.As Front-end Developer:- Developed and maintained thousands of websites on the company's proprietary real estate platform - Helped in planning, overall strategy and inter-team operations with the content and operations teams - Extensive troubleshooting over a large .NET application and SQL Server database.

Operate company websites for Quail and Scottsdale Plumbing, and work as an administrative assistant in both offices.