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Sightware is building the next generation of defense and monitoring systems for private security, military, law enforcement, real estate developers, and extractive/industrial (oil & gas, mining, refining, etc) markets at actually affordable prices.

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San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

From small businesses to scalable startups to publicly traded businesses, provided the following services:-Full stack web, mobile, and product development and occasional design work with Node.js, Golang, AWS, React, AngularJS, RDBMS/PostgreSQL, NoSQL/MongoDB, and Caching/Redis.- Advice on product development/management, software architecture, and fundraising for early stage startups and founders.Worked on various projects for multiple fortune 500 companies – some details are under NDA for public display, but can be shared on a one on one basis.

New York, Ny, Us

- Developed Web Auth SDK and Preact Login Portal for a custom OAuth 2 system to unify login UX across all WeWork acq. and internal apps to meet compliance for IPO & reduce drop-off rates by around ~30% while adding g11n/i18n for Auth.- Built Locations Proj. w/React to centralize location data for 500+ locations, reducing 3-4 hrs of work on avg. per user.- Lead spike for HID (RFID keycard) integration for Device Squad to test functionality for mobile keycard for 10k test users. - Helped found the Tech Ethics Committee and Web Tech Chapter; Contrib. web monorepo & CI infra with Docker & K8s

Livermore, California, Us

- Built AI Engine for natural language processing of slack messages to surface insights within large companies of over 5k- Identified key users within a 5k+ slack user base that were experts on given topics- Managed engineering resources, recruitment, fundraising, and sales- Closed due to extenuating circumstances from serious illness in co-founder's family

Oakland, Ca, Us

- Lead the 4-person team tasked with the launch, architecture, code review, and development of Pandora Premium Family Plan for desktop web and payments domain by setting milestones and negotiating resources while collaborating with product and backend engineering on API design within a high intensity 5 month time frame (delivered 2 months early).- Supported the public launch of Pandora Premium for desktop web to over 10 million dedicated desktop listeners and maintained frontend payments domain for all 74+ million listeners with SASS/BEM, React, Redux, and Redux-Saga.- Became the domain expert on desktop web payments for Pandora and created Jenkins scripts for QE/QA to automate deploy processes which originally could only be done by engineering, saving an average of 1-4 hours per day as reported.

- Facilitated fundraising of $500,000 in pre-seed and $2.3 million in total funding by conducting user interviews to pivot idea to “luxury hotels on demand” based on top 30 user usage patterns.- Engineered MVP of frontend mobile platform with JavaScript, AngularJS and Ionic and RESTful API backend utilizing Node.js, Hapi.js with a MongoDB database on AWS in less than 2 weeks to test idea.- Scaled servers to handle initial launch with Google Cloud Platform which reached the top of Product Hunt for 3 days with over 1,000 downloads on the first day on Apple app store.- Built hotel dashboard for real-time guest checkin/checkout, surcharge additions, and security verifications of Recharge requests for hoteliers in AngularJS, which processed over 500 requests for stays.- Contributed to card.io credit card scanning open source repo by fixing proper callback control for Android.

- Developed platform in JavaScript, AngularJS and Ionic allowing customers to have native mobile experience instead of using previously mobile unoptimized web site, increasing user engagement by over 200%.

- Constructed microsite for Pokemon that drew in over 150 million votes and more than 300 million views on tournament bracket of people's favorite Pokemon for month long promotion using Laravel and PHP.- Scaled site on AWS globally and load-balanced servers to ensure 100% uptime for scheduled 4 week event.- Implemented designs in JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3 for Academy of Art San Francisco’s revamp and Kenneth Cole’s “Look Good for Good” campaign, receiving 1,000+ video submissions and processing 10K vote tweets.

Pleasanton, California, Us

- Established full-suite web and mobile consultancy creating systems using JavaScript, Node.js and PHP with over 15 local and 3 major countrywide clients; oversaw acquisition of larger rival company in East Bay Area.- Started Nov 2011 part-time; Apr 2013 as partnership with full-time partners; incorporated in Mar 2014 as LLC, sold in June 2014.

Livermore, Ca, Us

- Maintained and secured IT system infrastructure and website for local, community non-profit.- Part-time remote Oct 2013 to Dec-2013

- Modernized legacy, high-traffic site for demographic over 40 while maintaining IE6 compatibility, integrating analytics via Crazy Egg and Google, and incorporating new account page that increased signups by > 300%.- Increased user retention by 25% and optimized Coldfusion database lookups by up to 500% which allowed customers to checkout faster and enable customer service representatives to perform order lookups promptly.

- HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, PHP, and general front end development with the latest technologies in a startup environment.- Integrated front end with previously back end systems to create a seamless experience for the user.

Walnut Creek, Ca, Us

- Launched landing page for Mobitor, increasing time viewed by 2X, using PHP, WordPress and Google analytics.- Designed and developed screens for StoreX (in store auditing) and a coupon distribution app for Safeway.

- Worked as a robotics instructor and in the summer of 2009 and 2010 taught a workshop in the elements of programming and foundations for concepts of logic for children ages 6-10 years old.