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Lead engineer across a number of projects for a variety of clients and industries. Managing and guiding development with distributed teams to achieve successful launches.

Senior member of a JavaScript engineering team responsible for creating a universal orchestration layer using Hapi.js, vanilla JavaScript micro-libraries, and Nunjucks templating.• Created and maintained product filtering, sorting, and pagination modules, amongst other high priority site features with vanilla ES6 that dramatically decreased page load times by 30%. Also reduced response times on the application tier to ~150ms from ~300ms when compared to the legacy site.• Used functional programming paradigms and other proven software patterns (observable, revealing module, and command) to maximize code reuse between client and server.• Utilized vanilla JavaScript and micro-libraries including Ramda, most.js, creed, and Sanctuary to ensure a clean, null-safe, and fast codebase.• Provided guidance and leadership through tech talks and code reviews to foster a more open and communicative team.• Enhanced npm scripts to create faster and smaller build processes. • Documented and wrote unit tests using Ava and Mocha for optimal code maintainability.

Front-end web developer on a team that created refined experiences for number of well-known clients with highly trafficked websites. Mentored junior developers in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and general development techniques. Some key projects included:Liberty Global InternationalConstruction of a MVR single page app that drives the UI and UX for a new cable set top box• Wrote library-free JavaScript to ensure peak performance in a very constrained browser environment.• Acted as lead developer on PVR (personal video recording) functionality and the channel navigation component.• Helped to re-architect the EPG (TV Guide) feature that involved fixing numerous performance issues on the set top box.• Used HTML5 canvas and CSS3 animations to achieve smooth animation performance on the low powered device.The SourceFront-end development of a complete replatforming of an eCommerce experience.• Acted as a development lead to help advise members of the team in their technical roles.• Reviewed wireframes and designs, provided feedback, and helped impact the creative process.• Estimated work and helped manage the work queue to meet project delivery dates.• Developed lightweight JavaScript library to provide interactive functionality throughout the site.• Created necessary markup and styles to support a responsive layout.Other clients include American Red Cross, Disney, Adidas, Nintendo, Scripps, The Source, Kit Digital, Totalmovie, and DECE.

Member of a development team responsible for the creation, improvement, and maintenance of over 75 company websites that provide potential customers with details about communities in order to generate sales leads for the company.In my time there, I became the lead JavaScript developer and mentored many fellow employees with related issues. As the lead front-end developer, I completely rewrote the search page of TollBrothers.com for a faster and more responsive user experience on the company’s rebuilt and redesigned corporate website.

Implemented a template system that allowed editors to produce their articles more quickly for the weekly paper. This allowed them to add an additional section to the online version of the paper.

Handle La Salle University Student Union building operations through:Setting up AV cartsUnlocking/locking roomsPreparing rooms for meetingsAssisting various University employees with a number of tasks

I assisted the Senior Database Analyst in keeping varied business and sales reports up to date. Upon completion of reports, I then created an internal web application to help manage the data.

This position gave me insight as to how my skills would be utilized in a business setting. By completing my assigned work ahead of time, I was able to help the department with new projects.