I lead the UI Developer Experience team at Netflix. Our mission is to provide a world-class development experience for Frontend developers at Netflix by supporting the software development lifecycle for JavaScript libraries and services. We also build and support the internal Design System named Hawkins :)

I teach online courses and workshops on Technical Leadership topics.

Providing technical leaders with soft skills and tactical methods to truly embrace the human side of software development.- Led 50+ full/half day workshops for new technical leaders- Spoke at 75+ conferences on the topic of technical leadership

The myDay team builds mobile capabilities for Stores team members to complete their everyday tasks and routines. We partner with UX designers and Product partners to build an intuitive user experience collective that is designed to seamlessly navigate any operational function of Target's business.- Attract and retain a culture of learning, innovation, trust, inclusivity, and collaboration- Advocate for shared technologies, frameworks, and thoughtful design patterns - Build strong partnerships with Product and UX organizations to ensure we deliver the best possible solutions to our end users - Deliver and support library of shared design and technical components that will replace 40+ independent applications with one cohesive event-driven experience- Champion cross functional initiatives such as internal meetups, learning sessions, and tech demos- Built curriculum and led workshop for new technical leaders (attracting/retaining talent, giving feedback, D&I, authentic leadership, facilitating effective 1:1s, time management, prioritization & empowering others) - Led the 9th annual Target Women in Science & Technology Girls' day - inspiring high school girls to pursue STEM careersAKA #dreamjob

The Supply Chain UI team builds web capabilities for Supply Chain - HQ & Field team members to complete their everyday tasks and routines. We partner with UX designers and Product partners to build an intuitive user experience collective that is designed to seamlessly navigate any operational function of Target's business.- Led 3 Engineering teams to build front end (ReactJS, Typescript, Webpack, graphQL, Lerna, Nginx) tools used by Target's Global Supply Chain & Logistics HQ & Field teams- Advocated, established, and executed vision of standing up a centralized UI Engineering organization - Delivered library of shared technical components that integrates with a new enterprise design system to accelerate front end development while ensuring a consistent and enjoyable user experience - Refactored and consolidated 10+ legacy applications into one shared monorepo that serves as a single web application with customized views based on the user's role.- Led weekly team huddles where Engineers shared technical demos/resources that pertain to modern front end development, and heard from guest speakers to build user empathy

The API Platform enables teams to focus on their core products by providing a unified set of solutions to advance Target’s API and edge compute strategy.Solutions included several workflow-based apps including a homegrown API gateway (golang, previously node.js), a platform to seamlessly integrate with an external CDN provider, and Target's Developer Portal (https://developer.target.com/) (react.js, graphQL, node.js).

API & Integration Platform- Drives change across Infrastructure & Operations IT pillar by focusing on organizational effectiveness, product dependencies, and strategic priorities- Leverages relationships across leaders to shape culture to allow scrum development teams to thrive- Focuses on partnering with Product Managers and coaching the engineering team to ensure they have a thorough understanding of the backlog and that Agile processes are followed to improve team effectiveness.Project experience:- API development- NoSQL DB (Cassandra) enterprise platform engineering- Kafka enterprise platform engineering- External facing API developer portal - Monitoring, metrics, alerting, and logging enterprise platform (Graphite/Grafana, Elastic/Kibana, Sensu)- Internal and cloud-based application deployment (AWS, GCP, Openstack)- Panel member for various conferences (DevOps days, MSP Project Management Network, Girls Who Tech)

Financial, resource, and project management for the Target.com Mobile portfolio.

Worked with project team and key stakeholders to devise best practices and continuous improvement of project delivery across the organization. Continuously reviewed project to ensure requirements are met, budget, and complies with standards. Assessed project issues and identify solutions to meet productivity, quality and business' goals.- Managed cross-functional development and implementation of a product price management application to prepare for the launch of Cartwheel coupon service.- Managed development team and budget of $1.2M to implement the merger of 3 organizations’ distribution center IT operations (Target.com, Cooking.com & ChefsCatalog.com)

Infrastructure/Support - Network Engineering - LAN Engineering Team-Owned stand-up and continued adoption of the IP address management (IPAM) tool on the Infrastructure & Support LAN engineering team. -Led planning for the migration from current manual spreadsheet network names and numbers assets to a more streamlined IPAM driven approach

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Assisted CISC 131 students in questions regarding CSS, HTML, and Javascript.

Pitched advertisement ideas, built relationships with, and sold TommieMedia.com to potential clients. Researched and assessed local competition prices.