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Worcester, MA, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

Boston, MA, US

Boston, MA, US

Boston, MA, US

Palo Alto, California, US

• Pair programmed with folks on hundreds of projects and received great reviews (see profile linked below)

Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, AE

• Built the MVP using a niche tech stack (ReScript, GraphQL, Elixir, PostgreSQL, GCP)
• Set up our continuous deployment pipelines using Puppeteer, Docker, GitHub & Gcloud CLI
• Hired and trained a team of amazing engineers
• Worked with the team to successfully launch the product to market
• Mentored my successor after exiting my role

Boston, MA, US

• Full stack development using React, Angular, Node, WordPress, Laravel & Drupal
• Created custom chatbots & Alexa skills using AWS & Microsoft Cognitive Services
• Collaborated with designers and content strategists to bring experiences to life

Boston, MA, US

• Created a frontend framework for survey apps, written in a functional style, that uses a JSON data file for survey content, logic, and theming.
• Automated our internal screenshot process using Python, Selenium and ImageMagick® with a simple API that accepts a list of URIs and JavaScript actions.
• Created a mini-framework for interactive touchscreen apps to quickly create interactive experiences useful for trade shows and showing off company projects to clients. To help non-technical members of the team, custom.
• Worked with design and strategy teams to develop several web sites and apps using LAMP and MEAN stacks, HIPAA compliant APIs, and stunning animations.

• Designed and developed a live updating, responsive SaaS application to automate industry invoice management, inventory, scheduling, and business communications using AngularJS, Laravel, MySQL, Redis caching, HTML5.
• Designed and implemented server architecture for this SaaS application to allow for separate database servers for each company via private networking and multiple web servers with one code base to maintain.
• Designed and developed a clean, intuitive UI to enable users to focus on data.
• Implemented an algorithm to efficiently search a large customer base.
• Implemented multiple layers of authentication as well as 100% TLS encryption.
• Implemented client-side image compression and optimization.

• Built several helpful apps to aid in data entry
• Managed the business' day-to-day operations
• Liaison for many folks including our accountant, banker, suppliers, contractors and others

• Provided quality customer service.
• Maintained QuickBooks accounting records and provided up-to-date reports as requested.
• Implemented a scheduling system to efficiently deploy company resources.
• Handle logistical concerns as applicable.
• Maintained a team of skilled professionals.

• The winter months were slow, so I decided to take on the task of updating the company website. Over the years, I learned more and more, eventually getting bit by the bug.
• Developed a responsive and ultra lightweight WordPress/WooCommerce theme and achieved a ~500ms first visit load time.
• Designed and developed small web applications using PHP, jQuery and the Google Drive API to automate tasks such as appraisal creation.
• Integrated a popular online quote generator enabling customers to instantly find the cost to clean their rug based on their rug's size and needs.
• Achieved top Google Rankings for industry keywords.

• Labor
• Daily pick-ups and deliveries of our customer's oriental rugs for cleaning and/or repairs.
• Up-sales.
• Weekly cleaning and processing of oriental carpets within a team of professionals.

• My friend and programming mentor, Anton Bachin, asked me to help him out when he heard I was looking to become a full time developer. This was an amazing experience and opened my eyes to many new programming paradigms.
• Exposed to functional programming in OCaml.
• Created Python scripts to programmatically scrape and process large amounts of structured and unstructured data.
• Gained extensive git experience resolving conflicts and maintaining clean, linear commit history while working autonomously as part of a two person team.
• Gained extensive regular expression experience while cleaning noisy datasets.
• Mapped datasets to various formats based on schema changes as needed.