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Bedford, Nh, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

West Hartford, Ct, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Managerial Related- Grew the engineering team from 6 to 26.- Facilitated ongoing retrospectives to improve internal processes.- Participated in efforts to build a 3 year technology roadmap.- Collaborated on engineering measurables to ensure that alignment on the engineering team existed.Engineering Related- Built a platform that identifies engineering bottlenecks over time.- Built several chat bots for internal use.- Architected and engineered several ETLs for data warehousing purposes.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Managerial Related- Created an engineering culture that produces sustainable, maintainable software.- Cultivated an environment of constant learning that keep individuals engaged and motivated.- Crafted career paths for every engineer.- Grew the engineering team from 0 to 6 engineers.- Grew the product management team from 0 to 4.- Participated in mentoring and coaching every engineer and product manager in the organization.- Participated in active collaboration around test design, architecture, and the use of various design patterns.- Guided the engineering team to establishing consistent style guides for all languages utilized.- Helped install a 1-1 structure for all departments to utilize.- Helped establish using discourse as a means to breaking down knowledge silos and increase company transparency.- Created a relationship with Northeastern's Coop program.- Created various play books to help define consistency of processes and services.Engineering Related- Created many API endpoints using a variety of languages and frameworks.- Contributed to a variety of front end applications leveraging React and web sockets for real-time updates.- Utilized service oriented architecture patterns in developing the technology ecosystem.- Created asynchronous communication (choreography) via Redis and message brokers.- Built a monolithic application that increased underwriting efficiency by 300% (20 minutes to 5 minutes a file).- Architected and built a data transformation pipeline to assist in creating reproducible data files for consumption in predictive models.- Participated in setting up continuous delivery on all services and most monolithic applications.- Built a single sign on service to help facilitate authentication with all of the services.- Built a service using R and Elixir that created reproducible performance curves for the organization.- Built a service that acted as an asynchronous clearinghouse for one of our 3rd party data providers.

Boston, Ma, Us

Architected Single Page Application utilizing React and Flux for www.cooksillustrated.com.Implemented various caching strategies for JSON and HTML content.Implemented a cache service that will both delete and write cache based on a set of standardized cache keys.Implemented responsive designs using CSS3 media queries.Created domain design and implementation for the new Daily Homepage.Implemented a feature flag concept for metered rollout of features to various groups of authenticated and non-authenticated users.

Boston, Ma, Us

Architected the infrastructure for Cook's Illustrated's mobile website utilizing EmberCLI and Rails.Provided mentorship to developers and co-ops.Provided technical leadership to various internal stakeholders.Helped maintain and improve current best practices around code review, unit testing, and continuous deployment.Stack: Rails 4.0.x, Postgresql, Heroku, RSpec, Capybara, EmberCLI, React, SCSS, Javascript, HAML, Ruby

Boston, Ma, Us

I was part of a team that completed the following:* Migrated 3 websites (on various implementations of .NET, ASP, and PHP) onto a multi-tenant platform using Ruby on Rails* Implemented event tracking using Mixpanel across all 3 websites.* Crafted logic for determining the visibility of content for various types of users.* Implemented Continuous Integration via TravisCI.* Wrote many unit tests and acceptance tests in tandem with feature development.Infrastructure: Ruby on Rails, Heroku, Postgresql, Ember

Created viral channels for social distribution of GoLocal and member businesses.Managed social media campaigns on Twitter @GoLocalBoston.------Developed iPhone / Android applications using PhoneGap.Developed and implemented migration plan from ExpressionEngine to Ruby on Rails.Built a SaaS-based platform utilizing role management, ecommerce (Stripe), image uploads, and more.Designed and implemented an API for iPhone and Android applications to utilize.Full Test Driven Development on models.Full suite of integration tests.Infrastructure: Rails 3.2.8, Heroku, Postgresql.

Neptune Township, New Jersey, Us

Built and maintained various websites using Ruby on Rails.

Helped Adam navigate the fantasy sports industry.Provided advice with regard to feature sets and timelines for development.

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Created and implemented marketing plan using social media, email, and trade shows.Designed trade show booths and created messaging for the trade shows.Developed web pages using HTML / CSS / Javascript.Created all copy and blog content.

Conducted a brand laddering study to determine product attributes that resonate with customer segments.Created appealing web pages using HTML / CSS.Analyzed various marketing metrics using Google Analytics.

Developed an aesthetically pleasing website that meets the needs of JR Realty customers.Used PHP and MySQL to create dynamic pages which reduces overhead related to maintaining the website.Utilized Search Engine Optimization techniques as a way to increase visibility online.

Created a website as a means to inform potential customers about the consultants as well as the services these consultants provide. Doubled client base three months after website completion.Developed long-term marketing strategy to retain current customers as well as attract potential customers with specific marketing messages.

Concocted marketing strategies and feature rollouts to best engage consumers.Created detailed marketing plan to maximize user growth on a budget.

I worked as an Engineer-in-Training for various highway projects in the state of Texas. I worked on US 181, US 281, SH 45, and other highways.

Bs, Civil Engineering

Mba, Entrepreneurial Management

High School Diploma, General Studies