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Plano, TX, US

Mclean, VA, US

Seattle, WA, US

Coppell, Texas, US

Dallas, TX, US

• Coding manager and tech lead at IoT startup. Pioneered transition of legacy software to modern tech stack including JavaScript, React, Node.js, MongoDB, InfluxDB, Meteor
• Recruited and managed team of 15 developers (back-end, database, cloud hosting, front-end, UI, UX) in lean venture capital startup.
• Led multi-level code reviews of back-end, database, front-end, multi-tier architecture, and cloud hosting solutions. Managed CI/CD solutions in AWS, Digital Ocean with Chef and Ansible
• Led team and company in combing three disparate legacy software packages into one cohesive system with modern desktop web and mobile (Android and iOS) front-ends.

• Hands-on coding as well as mentoring of junior developers in React, JavaScript, Node.js, Redis, jQuery
• Architected REST API for high-availability real-time trading platform. Supports 1,000s of concurrent users streaming real-time pricing, quotes, and financial service trades using node.js and redis.
• Trained and mentored team members in Agile, Test-First, and BDD. Introduced regular peer reviews.
• Managed critical infrastructure project team across multiple SBUs, including business analysis, requirements gathering, and system architecture.

Richardson, Texas, US

• Architected and built a web API on top of an existing service and database infrastructure. Design supportsexisting Windows client UI as well as future mobile-first responsive web client UIs.
• Designed and built RESTful API on top of existing ASP.Net services layer using ASP.Net Web API.
• Architected responsive web UI using Bootstrap, Backbone, jQuery, HTML5, and React. Same codecan run on the server and the client aiding in testing as well as browser compatibility.
• Trained and mentored teams of developers in HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, Backbone, and React.

US

• Helped form and provide day-to-day leadership of open source non-profit entity supporting thedevelopment of jQuery and related projects (jQuery UI, jQuery Mobile, Sizzle, QUnit). Manage $2 millionannual budget. Direct.
• Grew annual revenue from $500k to $2 million in 18 months and helped make jQuery the mostusedJavaScript library, on 9 out of 10 websites that use JavaScript.
• Pioneered the open-sourcing of all jQuery websites to make contributions to web site content anddesign as accessible as contributions to source code.

US

• Contributed on active development team with 51 developers. Developed jQuery UI Dialog widget,Progressbar widget, Selectable interaction, Slider widget. Architected jQuery UI Core, Widget Factory,Autocomplete widget.
• Led as top code contributor to jQuery UI with 699 commits since 2008.
• Managed project for releases of jQuery UI 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, and 1.9; co-managed for releases 1.0, 1.5.
• Co-authored jQuery Cookbook: Solutions & Examples for jQuery Developers (O'Reilly Media).

Boston, MA, US

• Develop and deliver modern web development courses on subjects such as HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery,Open Web Platform (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), and Backbone.
• Facilitated hundreds of programmers in transitioning to front-end development.
• Advanced Bocoup brand as leading development experts by delivering innovative training on cuttingedgetechnology while teaching the history of the web (and why it matters).

• Worked on Web Content Management System for the National Assessment of Educational Progress(NAEP). Architected web-based offline assessment system. Led technical review and cleanup effort forNAEP public web site.
• Designed and built multiple rich User Interface controls using JavaScript and jQuery, such as dialogboxes, treeviews, sitemaps, and drag-to-select.
• Created and maintained multiple systems using ASP.Net (C#), SQL Server, and SharePoint.

Mclean, VA, US

Designed and built enterprise system for the IRS to manage criminal investigations. Built withASP.Net, C#, SQL Server, Reporting Services.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Pioneered Ajax-like functionality using hidden iframes, DHTML and JavaScript to allow for in-placeWYSIWYG editing of content fields for LMS (Learning Management System) for IRS.