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Took a break from full-time software engineering to write my first book, a humorous and educational travelogue about China called Journey to the East. Available on Kindle on May 1st, we take a trip through eight cities in China, from the megacity of Shanghai to idyllic Dali. It's a crash course in Chinese history, culture, family and technology that gives you an understanding of real people's lives, outside of the news headlines. We even take a quick jaunt to Singapore, a country where 30% of its people speak Chinese at home. Come laugh and travel with us as we explore China.

▪ Led engineering for the creation of ARMS Mobile, a cross-platform Flutter application that runs in production on iOS, Android & web, onboarding over 20 railroads and over 150 industrial daily active users.▪ Built a variety of advanced modules,such as large, performant, indexed list views with multiple interaction patterns, optical character recognition using on-device machine learning models, tree-based directory structures to enable dynamic navigation, customizable navigation bars, permissions-based access to UI components, internal release notes, push notifications through Firebase and APN, and more.▪ Managed deployment workflows on all three production environments, including iOS, Android and Web▪ Contributed code across multiple cross-functional teams, delivering REST & GRPC API services using Python, working in maximally typed codebases w/ Pydantic & generated Typescript & Dart types. No ‘any’s.▪ Built UI in React with Typescript, managing state with a combo of Redux, Hooks and Context. In addition to critical feature work, added quality of life codebase improvements, ex: Error Boundary to prevent WSOD.▪ Built & maintained reusable components for internal component library, used across front-end codebases.▪ Added new Webflow.io web pages on our marketing site cedarai.com for mobile, transload, intermodal.▪ Continuously served on-call for Sev-1 or Sev-2 incidents for the mobile application.▪ Traveled to five different states (CA, AL, KY, GA, WA) to onboard clients, build relationships & code onsite.▪ Directly worked with customers to gather feedback, triage bugs & establish a product backlog

• Created a Software Developer mentorship process with built-in collaboration functionalities, learning modules, job aides, cheat sheets, keyboard shortcuts, and playing cards to teach JavaScript APIs• Designed & developed web apps using React, incl. live multiplayer productivity leadership competition with API Gateway websockets, to provide structure, accountability, & mentorship for code students• Built landing page using Next.js, which generated 100+ static pages from crowd-sourced & internal CMS• Collaborated with 10+ open source contributors to address GitHub issues

• Developed full stack JavaScript educational materials to be used in offline-only development environment • Trained cohort of 8 software engineering students in full stack JavaScript and related technologies to support mission; oversaw transition to remote classroom during COVID• Created accountability structures for students; secured freelancing projects to give real-world experience• Built & deployed multiplayer business simulator with React, Serverless Node.js & AWS

• Created and facilitated 6-hour weekend meetups to teach students React, AWS, sprint planning, standups, and retros; utilized open-source React Native application to help engineers train junior developers• Built curriculum on mobile application, onboarding with Github, instructed how to navigate Nodeschool modules, through to building full-stack products for student portfolios• Shaped participant experience through curriculum design, weekly sprint planning, and standup & retrospective meetings; served as product owner and Scrum Master as well as lead engineer

• Designed and implemented platform for social workers to manage confidential client records, caregiver information, in-app messaging, and scheduling reminders via email and SMS • Deployed advanced skills utilizing development tools including; React, Serverless Node.js, MongoDB data-store, AWS, AWS Cloudfront, AWS Parameter Store, and Twilio webhooks• Trained software development intern to work with React, HTML/CSS & serverless framework

• Studied full-stack development using Node, React Web + Native & AWS infrastructure deployment, including a 2 month & 1 month immersion period• Built freelance book of business while studying & traveling to 12 different countries

• Worked within "start-up" division of the business for small business customers• Collaborated with business development, account management, digital marketing, and product management teams, resulting in division bookings growth over 125% YoY, 2015-2016• Monthly retention improved by avg 5% from July 2015, to Dec. 2016• Scaled customer service operation from 400 to 900 clients, w/o additional division headcount.• Produced webinars, podcasts and blogs to establish B2G thought leadership• Crafted targeted, automated email campaigns w/ Marketo, landing pages, and blog posts• Devised & implemented strategies to increase customer retention & acquisition.• Collaborated w/ product & dev teams to prioritize product backlog items, writing user stories• Worked with User Experience (UX) to implement multiple design optimizations for platform.• Trained new hires on internal systems