A. Lauren Abele Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas

Frontend Developer (Contract) | Digital Experience Scrum Team | Fortune 500 Financial Services Company• Helped architect and build a design system -- with an emphasis on reusability, extensibility, maintainability, and scalability -- for a Fortune 500 financial services company in preparation for a major multi-site migration to a new CMS and new global codebase. Main goals for the project were to allow for (1) ease of code maintenance and (2) low level of effort for variance. • Delivered cross-browser compatible, responsive UI components utilizing atomic design (HTML, CSS (SASS), and JavaScript).• Worked closely with in-house Accessibility Team to ensure that components achieved WCAG2 compliance.• Trained and onboarded other frontend developers, including developing documentation and leading code review of pull requests in Bitbucket.• Utilized Docker for containerization, debugging, and testing.• Worked closely with QA team to ensure that all ticket acceptance criteria were well understood and met.• Participated in Agile methodology by updating team in daily stand-ups, estimating efforts during grooming sessions, and actively engaging in sprint retrospectives.

Austin, Texas

• Managed Kasasa’s B2B and B2C websites, including: building new assets and features, developing and executing quality assurance practices, advocating for user experience and accessibility best practices, and general maintenance/troubleshooting. • Collaborated closely with interdepartmental teams across the company, including: Creative, B2B + B2C Marketing, Marketing Automation, and Project Management.• Analyzed website performance analytics and user experience data (heat-maps & click-path recordings) to deliver actionable insights.

Austin, Texas

• Develop custom websites and plugins for small/medium enterprises and startups. • Collaborate with creative team around site strategy and design. • Integrate with teams' agile workflow using Git, Jira, and Trello. • Create custom "How-To" documents for clients needing assistance managing their custom backend solutions.Skills include: WordPress, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, SQL, JavaScript/jQuery, SASS/LESS, Git, Bootstrap, Google Maps API

New York, Ny

• Built early-stage, high-profile startup from an idea to a revenue generating company with 70+ graduates who committed over US$350,000 in investment capital within 3 years. • Developed first of its kind early-stage investment education program, including scoping, curriculum, development, and pricing. • Produced 5 all-day angel investing conferences and 7 pitch summits. Scaled national program to multiple cities in the U.S. (New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago).• Pipeline Fellowship has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, and Tech Cocktail.

Provided administrative and teaching assistance to professors for graduate-level statistics courses and undergradute-level policy courses; Ran weekly labs using SAS statistical software and mentored students in the development of statistics projects using multivariate regression analysis

Initiated independent research and produced a policy report on E.U.’s Kyoto Protocol commitments and implementation; Organized, guided, and reported on trips of U.S. government delegations visiting Brussels; Obtained security clearance

Was part of an interdisciplinary team composed of engineers, doctors, and lawyers. Collected, evaluated, and organized legal and technical data for a National Ambient Air Quality Standards case.

Ba, English & Environmental Studies

Mpa, Economic Development And Comparative & International Affairs

Education record

Conservation And Natural Resource Management

Independent Study Project: Economic, Environmental and Social Impacts of Australia's Cotton Industry