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Norwalk, Ct, Us

Norwalk, Ct, Us

To establish and lead the User Experience, Platform team. Responsibilities include establishing a common mono repo and the onboarding of teams into it. The establishment of a unified graph, or federated GraphQL service(s). To develop relevant centers of excellence to promote best practices and/or to reduce barriers that might prevent teams from being successful.To maintain a number of APIs, including authentication and several other nonproduct specific services. Our objectives have been to understand these systems well and build them into the cloud. To evaluate existing service patterns and design and roadmap with stakeholders on the way forward, while keeping an eye on productivity and quality of life.In addition to these larger project requirements, to develop and deliver workshops and personalized coaching sessions to connect complex technology concepts with stakeholders. To provide training on GraphQL for our native application teams, our product teams, our program management, and many more in an effort to establish a culture around a new way of thinking about APIs.Furthermore, to foster and maintain several guilds within the organization that include the design system, tech blog, developer experience, and several more. To effectively communicate requirements and collaborate on the timing of work across multiple teams.Finally, being strategically involved in the recruitment and the professional development of our wonderful engineering staff. Contributing to the continued development of our engineering growth framework and working with engineers on how they want to develop as professionals by connecting great talent with great opportunities.

Norwalk, Ct, Us

To lead the priceline.com hotel UX teams. To aid in defining standards for software development and processes like scrum and agile. Design cross-functional teams based around various initiatives that range from new product development to cleaning up technical debt. To recruit new team members and to keep track of the general developer culture within the hotel organization. To lead conversations around producing new products with technology. To build relationships between the various business organizations.Actively participating in code review and code quality while identifying critical areas for improvement. As Director it has also been my responsibility to contribute to the authoring and general education or transformational technology initiatives. For example, the introduction of component-based architecture, state management, and orchestration technology.Throughout the years I had led the introduction of unit testing and paired programming.To work with developers to set goals and track progress throughout the year. The management, coaching, and continued education of developers.I had led an initiative working with outsourced companies to build software with us. This required me to study existing software, discover and document business requirements, and work with the development team to make sure the products were being built as required.

Norwalk, Ct, Us

Front end web development using HTML, CSS and Javascript. I had worked mainly on the priceline.com mobile web experience. I had lead technical projects in collaboration with Google and integrating Google Wallet into the priceline.com mobile web ecommerce flow.I had lead teams into projects that worked with putting embedded software into the GM in dash platform.Had introduced Angular 1 into the company while architecting and launching priceline.com's multiple currency initiative on mobile web. Later priceline.com had adopted the use of Angular across just about all of their products.Later I had introduced React.js into Priceline.com as a universal javascript solution that would solve for building SPWA's that are fast and indexed by web crawlers. Later I had continued to champion the use of React at Priceline, built and provided educational seminars for the developers that had reported to me and encouraged the use of modern javascript in our work.Tech info: HTML, CSS and Javascript. Worked with tools like Angular 1, React and the equivalent stack of packages and build tools.

Norwalk, Ct, Us

Front-end Mobile Web Developer / Software Engineer

Design and development of advertising, marketing from print to web. Web standard design and development, enforcing guidelines through Internet marketing and event user response.

Redesigning and developing brand new websites and content management for all of our major events in New York and Boston. SEO and keyword building, site maintenance and optimization. Handling all site updates and creating new graphics where needed.During my time here I had designed and built an adaptive mobile and desktop experience for all major events. Architected, designed and developed a custom CMS for the companies specific needs. I had also designed and developed new products that increased the value proposition for our clientele.Tech stack: PHP, HTML, CSS and Javascript + jQuery.Integrated with common social API's like twitter and built custom apps on the Facebook platform.Designed and built HTML emails.

Working on private projects for small to mid-size companies. Work with other enthusiasts in the creation of brand assets and web applications to solve problems and patch holes in our everyday process.Developing graphics for all mediums, designing / managing / updating websites.

A small freelance based firm working on complex web solutions and applications.Mostly responsible for web design and UX development. To code up complex web applications using javascript. Development of complex calculators, various dynamic interfaces and spread sheet software.Tech stack: PHP, HTML, CSS and Javascript + jQuery.

Farmington, Connecticut, Us

Development of 3D models using 3DS Max of interior design concepts for retail projects. Eventually learned and implemented the new 3D drafting software REVIT2010 into the work flow and established REVIT libraries for the staff to use in their project work-flow.Project manager for GUESS by Marciano retail outlet project planning. Coordinated and developing plans for outlets across the country.

Wethersfield, Ct, Us

3D Modeling and preparation for medical based animated projects. Worked with the game development group on testing the games they had been working on and giving user feedback as to what or how it could be more interesting.

Bachelors Of Science, Web Design And Development

Visual Communications, Graphic Arts