Kate Donaldson Email & Phone Number

North Chicago, IL, US

Oakland, CA, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

Boston, MA, US

As the manager of the Menus Core team, I:- promote individual and group growth by encouraging goal-setting, professional development utilization, team processes such as pairing and mobbing, and ownership of initiatives for 8 direct reports- partner with peers in product and UX to develop a medium-term strategy for our engineering roadmap, in order to.

Chicago, IL, US

Engineering- served data about the Nebraska and Illinois reimbursement rates for the federal child care subsidy program in the initial two-state MVP by building a greenfield Rails API with thoughtful architecture around state-specific data- implemented secure authentication and authorization using Devise and JWTs- established a data model using PostgresQL.

Chicago, Illinois, US

- enabled a client to meet ambitious goals for a nation-wide rollout with over a dozen integrations by building an extensible integration system to connect a Rails API app with CSV flat files, REST APIs, and a SOAP API, under a tight deadline- designed a repeatable process that allowed 10+ engineers on multiple teams to deploy to production weekly by.

Chicago, Illinois, US

- helped direct reports achieve their career goals and get the most out of their experience at Tandem by providing guidance, feedback, and a listening ear, as well as advocating for performance-based pay raises for 5 reports- collaborated with clients to define project requirements, wrangling unknowns and unreliable unknowns, including a project in which.

Chicago, Illinois, US

- eased delivery constraints and drove continuous integration by containerizing a multi-app client on-premise deployment with Docker, building a networked, deployable ecosystem that blended together Python, Angular, Sinatra, Rails, and React apps, reducing a manual deploy process that took at least 6 hours every week to a 30-minute process- enabled a.

New York, US

- built integrations with Twilio and Retool to aid the non-technical staff in customer support tasks- modernized a legacy Ruby app by building new features in Rails- managed automated deploys to production- performed code reviews, and paired with volunteer contributors

Chicago, Illinois, US

- refactored memory retention during report generation to improve performance by a factor of 10- added features to the platform that improved workflow and efficiency, fully spec'ed from back-end to front-end- advised and influenced DEI efforts as a member of the company's inaugural DEI forum

Chicago, Illinois, US

- extracted canonical data from an internal Rails & Postgres implementation to an external graph data API using Neo4j and Rails- led two teams of engineers to deliver a complex feature set that successfully landed our largest deal with a major Fortune 200 financial firm- deployed the customer-facing app on a regular basis and improved continuous delivery.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Connecting world-class companies with talented and diverse women.At the Mom Project, I streamlined essential engineering functions:- implemented a clear, iterative development process- rolled out a bug report/feature request process for staff- enacted a feature planning lifecycle based on user-focused product development- initiated department meetings for.

Chicago, IL, US

- built a greenfield Rails and React app that provided useful information about financial decisions to end users- maintained the internal JS app that configured huge swaths of data to ensure end users got accurate information about their benefits- added features to an internal portal built in Rails that helped non-technical folks deploy conversations.

Chicago, Illinois, US

- wrangled APIs by writing clean code and harnessing Rails' MVC organizational structure- styled and manipulated 3rd party CMS systems using clever JS and jQuery- served small content needs by developing lightweight and elegant static sites- managed PHP-based CMS systems like Wordpress with clever use of version-controlled code and plugins- determined the.

In this role I helped non-technical clients establish a web presence by:- developing new sites in WordPress by hand-coding PHP and modifying available templates- advising clients on graphic design and branding- refactoring existing sites to allow for client content management by porting systems to WordPress

- provided support and testing for EDP and billing software- led testing and tech development projects in conjunction with the IT department- improved inter-departmental communications and facilitated discussion between executives and employees as an active member of the communications team- evaluated new business, renewals and reinstatements through.

- managed software, data systems, CRM, websites, Quickbooks, Microsoft Suite, Firehouse, printers, peripherals, and various operating systems- supported and trained clients on fire industry-specific software including database management and integration with Firehouse- initiated and cultivated client relationships throughout implementation and.

Bachelor Of Science, Theatre Education, Theatre Design/Production, History Education

Web Development

Film Production

Diploma, General