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- Managed multi-disciplinary team of 7 remote consultants, frontend, backend, devops, in modernizing Billing and Payments applications to AWS service-oriented architecture- Architected SSO and RSA key management in Node.js, allowing modular library architecture of JWT-based fine-grained AuthN/AuthZ used by 4 other teams within Delta Dental organization- Led lift and shift migration of legacy Billing Management application, helping create a server-side rendered React and Express application for 8k+ billing admins- Automated deployment test suite, alerting, and monitoring in collaboration with DevOps, QA, and Business leadership by identifying key pain points in current processes- Company lead for interviewing and hiring decisions for internal Frontend and Fullstack roles

- Led strategic planning and architecture of UX Design and Form System used by 5 internal AAA teams, improving new products time to market by ~36% on average- Created Storybook system with code playgrounds to drive adoption for internal teams- Managed team of 5 remote developers and led agile ceremonies- Guided lift and shift process to move Quote Web Service from legacy app to a UX optimized, API driven service- Created guidelines and implemented best practices and patterns for React state management, async actions, and React Testing Library- Led creation of monorepo pattern using Lerna for package management- Supported development of automated CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins

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- Re-joined as principal consultant to bundle and sell the RadPad core software architecture- Externally contracted a 6 person software development team (iOS, Android, Ruby, React) - Planned new tech roadmap for a lead-driven business model - Led team in rebuilding payments platform- Led arch planning for external integrations- After delivering on the roadmap of tech features, RadPad was acquired by Priority Technology, an 8-figure exit, citing the payments and technology infrastructure as a main driver of the acquisition

- Founding engineer, leading recruiting and hiring of an in-house tech team for an on-demand fashion manufacturing company- Hired 7 tech roles: 4 web developers, product manager, BI engineer, and one of the best CTOs west of the Mississippi - Managed the full-stack development team for 10 remote engineers spanning 5 time zones- Helped decompose an off-shelf Ruby monolith into API driven microservices- Pioneered a novel concept, Frontend as a Service, (FEasS) which abstracts the frontend to sit behind a thin Node facade, serving isolated React components as a microservice- Led the implementation of our main business differentiator, the dress customization experience- Created analytics and metrics dashboard to lead executive decision-making- Helped lead a "test-first culture"-- transforming broad ideas into testable assumptions, defining how we internally built products- Drove the lifecycle of product development: from engaging UX and marketing to solidify strategy planning, creating tech requirements, managing the developer workload, and continual improvement of products

- Managed and led a team of 5 frontend developers-- we transformed a clunky frontend into a Webby Award Nominee in 2016- Led product implementation and management on our 8 core web applications- Developed Architecture for lift and shift of Angular 1.3X applications to React.js + Redux- Introduced and maintained Segment.io analytic tracking allowing marketing to track KPIs and gain insights into app performance- In 18 months, increased organic web unique MAU from 140k to 370k using server side rendering, SEO content improvement, email retention strategies, and optimizing of page load performance- Created the Babel/Gulp/Lint/HMR build tooling workflow for the Frontend- Helped grow one of the best engineering cores in LA from 5 to 17 engineers, acting as hiring manager and structuring the the technical interviewing process- Facilitated the flow of information between all departments and hopefully put my stamp on building a phenomenal, inspiring culture

- Part of an incredible team that rebuilt the marketplace to be in the top 1% of loading times amongst the web's eCommerce platforms. (★Sub 500ms DOM Content Loaded Faster than Amazon.com) - Front end Javascript optimizations to improve perceived page load times over 65% across marketplace (★Did I mention this is faster than Amazon.com?) - Managed 3 Frontend developers to grow white-labeled site catalog to over 100+ sites- Led interaction redesign of checkout flow. This and page speed optimizations increased conversions of users who have made at least one search from 1.8% to 3.5% in less than 6 months. - Set the technical direction for front end architecture - Team lead managing the process of designing, rebuilding, and testing of the Point of Sales product, an isolated SPA in Angular - Before Babel was vogue, removed jQuery and created a gracefully degrading, polyfilling, ecmascript 5 compatible architecture supporting IE9+

Clients were Angel Round & Series A startups in Chicago and Los Angeles. Focus was on instituting better UX practices in building web and mobile products. Took clients'​ visions for their brand's personality and architected the design/code to align with their user goals.Consulted companies primarily on these topics • Implementing UX feedback loops • User Interface composability • Front End Frameworks and Development • Email Marketing campaigns

Focused on brand engagement, web UI, mobile user experience, and gamification. Designed and coded the frontend user interface for the Sporrior web application, a lightweight platform to consistently engage people with daily fantasy sports. Prototyped the UX flows for the mobile application and user tested to gain insights using agile techniques.