Ensure that the company's products are visually appealing, user-friendly, and meet the needs of both the customers and the business.- Set design visions: develop and communicate the design vision for the company's three products (KPI Fire, Plan Plus Online, Pocket Informant), ensuring they align with the company's overall strategy and goals.- Lead UX/UI - manage, lead, and collaborate with cross-functional teams: work closely with managers, marketing, software engineers, product owners, customer service/sales and CEO to understand their needs and use this insight to inform design decisions.- Front-end developer team lead - design, assign, and manage all front-end development work for KPI Fire.-Developing design systems - develop and maintain design systems that ensure consistency and efficiency company wide and within each unique product.- Staying current with industry trends and business methodologies - stay up-to-date with the latest design trends, development techniques, and popular productivity, management, and business practice methodologies to ensue that the company's products remain competitive in the market.

Proficient with 2-D, 3-D, and digital mediums. Quick to learn new technical skills and can easily apply design principles to any visual medium.- Paintings: acrylic, watercolor, oil, mixed media, and house paint. Landscapes, murals, figurative, animals, illustrations, and human portraits. - Graphics: logos, business cards, printed and digital marketing material: web banners, ads, infographics, flyers, icons, billboards.- Photography: studio and product photography- 3-D Art: ceramic and wood sculptures

- Meet with clients to determine user needs and understand available resources for design solutions.- Create design solutions that satisfy user needs in an intuitive and efficient manner.- Draft design images, user flow sequences, and supplementary written instructions.- Deliver timely solutions to maintain product timelines.

- Current Instructor of 5-week basic InDesign course. Spreading the joy of where technology and art intersect. Working on a team to update the course curriculum.- Instructed 3-week basic CSS course. Prepared in-class lesson plans, delivered material, and debugged students’ code using Visual Studio and assisted with assignments. Students created single-page, personal websites.

- Manage team of software developers and QA persons for a web and mobile SaaS project management tool designed for Continuous Improvement and Lean practices.- Run daily huddles, plan and manage sprints, conduct weekly one-on-one's with team members- Build out, prioritize, organize, and assign tasks based on customer requests, functionality and performance bugs, feature enhancements, and UX/UI improvements.- Create and implement QA processes for regression testing and feature development- Document product release notes internally and via Wordpress blogs for users- Update product manager on team KPI's- Meet with customers to discuss use cases, company goals, bugs, and paid development work- Coordinate with Marketing and Sales team to create unified strategies based on current and future status of app

Key Technologies Used: C#, ASP .NET, Python, Django- Worked in a remote Agile/Scrum environment with teams of 6-10 developers in three two-week sprints on two separate projects. Communicated via Slack and GoogleMeet. Collaborated and managed version control with AzureDevOps and Visual Studio.- Contributed to a web application in C# using ASP .NET and MVC for a Theater Production client. The site enabled admin to manage unique and related data across multiple tables within the database. Back-end coding entailed creating and writing models, views, controllers, and helpers. Front-end coding entailed modifying and adding CSS classes for admin views.- Created a web application in Python using Django to store data from an API service, a scraped web page with BeautifulSoup, and input from an admin. Created a model, index and details page, edit and delete functions and code to connect to the main app.- Explored and applied existing code in different contexts to provide efficient solutions. Learned to progress through stories in a meaningful way to maximize effectiveness and depth of learning.

- Completed 1000 hours of training to program and develop with front and back-end languages such as: C#, Python, Javascript, HTML, CSS, and SQL. - Utilized frameworks: ASP .NET, Entity, Django, jQuery, and Bootstrap. Applied OOP, MVC architecture, and Agile/Scrum methodology. - Learned DRY coding practices and debugging techniques to create effective console and web applications.

- Improved UI of WordPress site with a sticky navbar, a search window for the site and job board, widget areas for advertising, and a custom footer for sponsors using CSS and installed plugins.- Designed graphics for ads, publication covers, and infographics using Photoshop and Illustrator.- Managed event coordination via MailChimp, Growthzone, Eventbrite, Asana, and G Suite.- Managed social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. - Set-up and helped host networking events for 50-200 attendees.

- Resolved UI issues on WordPress site with CSS and plugins and integrated MailChimp and Google Analytics. - Mentored owner on marketing and blogging strategies. - Designed Wordpress site layout and photographed jewelry products.

- Led client evaluations, created training plans. Instructed group courses, private lessons, and board & trains. - Trained staff on socialization techniques. - Designed courses and wrote curriculum.

Developed WordPress site for newly operating company with a contact form and employee emails which enabled customers to find and contact the business online in addition to Google My Business and Facebook.

Trained horses, taught private riding lessons, and provided animal care.

- Developed WordPress site using Divi theme builder. Created online presence via Google My Business and Facebook. Leveraged SEO words and keywords throughout site content. The business returned in the top 3 of all related searches and the majority of new clients were from online.- Managed office phone and paperwork- answered training and kennel inquiries, conducted over-the-phone behavioral assessments, organized staff scheduling and client reservations. - Implemented cross-selling, up-selling, referrals, and utilized various marketing outlets to attract new and existing customers.