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As a Senior UX Engineer, I acted as the "bridge" between the design and engineering teams for EverTrue's ThankView product. My work involved design systems development, UX design, and scaling front-end UI development. I also served as the team's primary accessibility engineer.

As a Senior Front-End Developer at ThankView, my responsibilities include:* Improving application front-end architecture, performance and accessibility* Shaping product direction by collaborating with the design team on new features* Implementing and expanding our in-house design system* Performing code reviews* Mentoring new engineers

Joined ThankView as a founding engineer, focusing on front-end feature development for ThankView’s personalized video delivery platform, and growing the engineering team.

Developed web-based software that powered ClickSpark’s call center operations. Major projects included UI modernization of the agent experience, PHP version upgrade from 5.3 to 7.0, and the expansion of in-house data reporting tools.

mySpiderweb is a social media publishing tool that streamlines a multi-network presence for small businesses. Developed the groundwork for a social media analytics feature integrating data from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Worked in a classroom setting for a freshman enrichment course. Responsibilities included planning and facilitating lessons and activities, and acting as a mentor and point of contact for freshman students. Also responsible for planning and facilitating team meetings, and reporting to professional staff.

Worked with professional staff to develop and deliver the Orientation experience for new students at RIT. Recruited and hired staff, managed operations, developed and facilitated a training program for more than 150 staff.

Provided technical support and services for computers personally owned by RIT students, faculty and staff. Also responsible for quality assurance checks in both technical- and customer service-oriented tasks. Also the lead developer for an internal PHP / MySQL application used as a ticketing system.

Completed web development projects for Brand Networks' clients using various technologies, including Wordpress, Node.js, and AngularJS. Internal projects included an embeddable widget framework, project generator, i18n framework and a livestream Q&A widget.

Instructed a class of 8 school-aged children weekly in various topics including programming in Java, and web design and development. Additional responsibilities included leading group activities, interacting with parents for camp operations, and serving as a mentor / resource for other instructors.