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Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

- Lead feature development on nation’s leading childcare/education franchisor’s Django-based CMS, maintaining responsive content and analytics integration- Delivered medium-scale project into timeline and budgets constraints, coming in at less than 25% budget utilization- Maintained and optimized legacy codebase by removing legacy dependencies, simplifying Docker environment and deployment process, leading to a 60% reduction in downtime during deployment process- Lead and structured… Show more - Lead feature development on nation’s leading childcare/education franchisor’s Django-based CMS, maintaining responsive content and analytics integration- Delivered medium-scale project into timeline and budgets constraints, coming in at less than 25% budget utilization- Maintained and optimized legacy codebase by removing legacy dependencies, simplifying Docker environment and deployment process, leading to a 60% reduction in downtime during deployment process- Lead and structured organized unit, integration, and regression testing to reduce tech debt during feature development and deployment- Backport and maintained critical Python libraries to maintain security standard and modernity Show less

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

* Lead development on an automotive-focused multi-vendor API integrated microsite using Django, Postgres, organizing and tying together vendor resources from multiple API endpoints and teams, Amazon S3 services, and streaming data directly to an integrated multimedia hardware setup* Developed HIPAA compliant patient-care web interface and system for use at Texas’s largest medical provider* Lead development on several Django-based subproject for internal use at North America’s largest… Show more * Lead development on an automotive-focused multi-vendor API integrated microsite using Django, Postgres, organizing and tying together vendor resources from multiple API endpoints and teams, Amazon S3 services, and streaming data directly to an integrated multimedia hardware setup* Developed HIPAA compliant patient-care web interface and system for use at Texas’s largest medical provider* Lead development on several Django-based subproject for internal use at North America’s largest baked goods company, ensuring proper delivery tracking and information, invoicing, and inventory accounting across several thousand facilities* Utilized Twilio and Mailgun to create a customer engagement platform, fully integrated with Google Analytics* Leveraged Wagtail and streamlined file/image optimization pipelines to enable content creators to serve content on a site that sees 2+ million pageviews per day* Lead development on a Wagtail based site for a healthcare provider to restructure the site and allow client to perform content updates and entry* Lead, organized and delegated coding tasks and documentation to an offshore team to coordinate and ensure quality code, PEP8 conventions, and unit testing Show less

Waco, Texas Area

Freelance Graphic Design for the Waco area. Experience in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

Dallas, Texas, United States

- Created a comprehensive work order, customer relationships, and sales management platform for PC Repair business- Utilized multi-tenancy with Postgres schemas to separate and create SaaS platform for handling multiple organizations- Achieved tax compliant sales report generation utilizing Google’s geolocation API with sales tax rates- Maximized SEO availability with custom configurable keywords, dynamically generated pages based on search queries- Support for multiple users to… Show more - Created a comprehensive work order, customer relationships, and sales management platform for PC Repair business- Utilized multi-tenancy with Postgres schemas to separate and create SaaS platform for handling multiple organizations- Achieved tax compliant sales report generation utilizing Google’s geolocation API with sales tax rates- Maximized SEO availability with custom configurable keywords, dynamically generated pages based on search queries- Support for multiple users to one organization, technicians, salespeople, and dropoff locations using Django authentication- Exposed a REST API for consumption via VueJS, version two opted for GraphQL API instead- Deployed and maintained using Git and Heroku Show less

Waco, Texas, United States

● Implemented temperature/humidity monitoring and critical level notifications by using ESP-based microelectronics and MQTT protocol to communicate over 2.4Ghz network, leveraging C++ and the Arduino framework, and Twilio● Created a robust temp/humidity logging system using Python/Django and paho-MQTT, utilizing RESTful API calls and Postgres● Reduced inventory tracking time by 40% by using Django and Google Forms integration, leveraging clean user interface and Google… Show more ● Implemented temperature/humidity monitoring and critical level notifications by using ESP-based microelectronics and MQTT protocol to communicate over 2.4Ghz network, leveraging C++ and the Arduino framework, and Twilio● Created a robust temp/humidity logging system using Python/Django and paho-MQTT, utilizing RESTful API calls and Postgres● Reduced inventory tracking time by 40% by using Django and Google Forms integration, leveraging clean user interface and Google OAuth● Reduced blog marketing SEO content production time by 50% utilizing GPT-2 trained on web scraped relevant SEO marketing data, leveraging GPT-2 text generation, Selenium for web scraping, and WagtailCMS for end-user ease of use● Implemented a streamlined online store that syncs with the inventory system, boosting online sales by 30% and removing the need to manually track online vs physical inventory Show less

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Developing a QR-based Django web application for tracking, managing, and labeling educational technology devices throughout a district's campuses.