I work closely with designers, product managers, leadership, and engineers to clearly define and plan our product roadmap, priorities, and velocity while ensuring the delivery of quality software by defining the architectural and technical direction and best practices. In addition, I► Monitor site performance across the entire technology stack (including Web Vitals, SEO, GA, Datadog...) and proactively work with other teams to identify and address system bottlenecks. ► Communicate the team’s progress both upward and outward.► Mentor other developers and assist in unblocking my fellow engineers.► Champion a culture of standardization and testing using ESLint, Jest, and puppeteer while enforcing test coverage and standard coding practices.

I work closely with designers, product managers, leadership, and engineers to clearly define and plan our product roadmap, priorities, and velocity while ensuring the delivery of quality software by defining the architectural and technical direction and best practices. In addition, I► Monitor site performance across the entire technology stack (including Web Vitals, SEO, GA, Datadog...) and proactively work with other teams to identify and address system bottlenecks. ► Communicate the team’s progress both upward and outward.► Mentor other developers and assist in unblocking my fellow engineers.► Champion a culture of standardization and testing using ESLint, Jest, and puppeteer while enforcing test coverage.Accomplishments to date:► Pushed 90% of our pages into the green on Search Console's Web Vitals► Sliced 4 seconds off our page load time across the board.► Increased growth in Market Traffic from SEO by 10X through the use of proper JSON Schemas.► Reduced build times from minutes to seconds by removing redundant or unnecessary dependencies and splitting monolithic repos into separate systems.

Reporting directly to the Director of Engineering, working to inform the technical design in addition to extending the implementation of existing products and creating new ones. Primarily utilizing Node, React, Python, AWS, and Postgres.Accomplishments to date:► Introduced and standardized lining with ESLint across all teams and projects.► Implamented and standardized Unit testing with Jest across all teams and projects.► Replatformed Both the CMS and the Article Renderer using KOA, React, and docker.► Created a Repo template for creating front-end projects (Nextjs, React, KOA, Docker, and CircleCI. We included hard dependencies on testing, lining, and WebVitals budgets) ► Upgraded the Job Search functionality from an old Tornado/Python system using the above template.► Extracted the Job Renderer functionality from an old Tornado/Python system using the above template.► Redesigned the homepage into a microservice using the above template.

Working with a highly-visible engineering team in support of the ad-tech mission to make online advertising beautiful and effective. Most recently, we constructed a cross-brand ads implementation from the ground up. This resulted in increasing viewability from 45% to 85% across the board, while reducing unfilled impressions. This includes brands such as Bon-Appetit, Glamour, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and Wired.ACHIEVEMENTS: ► Set the bar for unit and integration testing in our work-flow with most projects at 80% coverage.► Implemented documentation standards (JSDoc, Readme, and wiki) across all ad-tech products.► Stripped jQuery out of our working process to reduce file size and increase performance.DUTIES:► Review and approve code.► Develop tools to be used throughout the organization.► Mentor junior developers.► Handle tech interactions with 3rd-party vendors.► Advise management on appropriate frameworks, plug-ins, and tools. ► Prepare technical approach documents.► Manage tool upgrades, changes, and migrations.► Propose new team integrations, work-flows and processes.

Working closely with Design, Product, and Content in an Agile shop, I develop interactive web applications with test-driven mobile-first responsive design for high-traffic sites serving millions of hits/day. I write fast, efficient, compliant, and scalable code that works across browsers, devices, and platforms. Recent work has involved implementing an object-oriented architecture including SASS with BEM, Bootstrap, JavaScript, and jQuery where appropriate.ACHIEVEMENTS: ► Developed a JavaScript object to manage ad loading based on viewport position, video play state, slideshow rotation, social interaction, and debug state. ◆ Reduced page load time by 54% ◆ Increased ad click-through rate by 86%, while reducing ad impressions by 29%This enabled a guarantee that an impression will only trigger when within the viewport, earning a higher rate.►Wrote APIs for staff to manage ad usage, menus, and article promotion, replacing manual processes.► Implemented CSS and JavaScript coding standards.► Automated the JavaScript documentation process using JSDoc and node.js.► Developed the JavaScript object model used on all modules within the project, reducing our JavaScript to one namespace.► Instituted a data mocking process for front-end engineers to reduce dependency on back end during development.► Updated the corporate homepage to a modular design with 2 carousels and a Pinterest-style grid while increasing performance and staying within our 4-second metric: ◆ Reduced requests 53% ◆ Reduced load time 11.5%DUTIES:► Review and approve all team front-end code.► Write tools to be used throughout the organization.► Mentor junior developers.► Handle tech interactions with Google, Swoop, ClickTale, Taboola, Adobe, and various other 3rd-party vendors.► Advise management on appropriate frameworks, plug-ins, and tools. ► Prepare technical approach documents.► Manage tool upgrades, changes, and migrations.► Present talks on new technology within the company.

Developed multiple web applications:- Foster parent recruitment tracking application- Adoptive child advertisement tracking application- Foster/adoptive parent mentor message board- Foster/adoptive parent training database* These four products better than halved processing times for child placement state-wide- Web-based child development evaluation system- Survey customization and development system- Integrated email report package- Tracking software for mobile machines with Wi-Fi connections- Integrated Exchange/ColdFusion login system- Secure wireless connections between remote users and remote monitoring systemsAlso assisted in promotion of the following initiatives:- To increase public awareness of foster parenting in Indiana- To integrate multiple organizations/agencies for fluid transition of data

Developed solutions using HTML, CSS, jQuery, javascript, PHP, Smarty, MySQL and multiple custom frameworks. Identified system deficiencies and suggested effective solutions. The Shade Store's web store carries 146 products with more than 2500 materials each with their own variety of colors.- Taught myself how to use PHP, Smarty, MySQL and 2 custom frameworks.- Designed and maintained The Shade Store's Facebook presence, which included contest pages and catalog/sample requests. Traffic was 5000+ likes in the first month, and on average 36,000 wall views per week.- Created a dynamic, rather than static, metadata solution and interface which greatly increased traffic.- Introduced and formalized a project management bug tracking system.- Trimmed 1.1 GB of unused and redundant data from their MySql backend.- Tuned many critical scripts, lowering some page loads from 30 seconds to a few milliseconds.- Suggested and implemented the replacement of multiple JavaScript frameworks and standardized on jQuery, also dramatically improving responsiveness and code integrity.- Launched The Shade Store's blog utilizing Wordpress.- Instituted the use of gzip compression for all non-image/flash content.- Implemented the use of browser caching for static portions of the site such as CSS and JavaScript.- Initiated the use of sprites throughout the site.* These last 3 items alone reduced the load time of the front page from 7.91 seconds to 3.10 seconds

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Provided ongoing updates of information security policies, procedures, and guidelines that help to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all information systems in use. Assisted with implementing, managing, and enforcing information security directives as mandated by FSSA, Indiana Office of Technology, and by HIPAA. This included the construction of:- Active Directory-linked CRUD web application and reporting engine. * This initiative reduced the footprint of user objects from 37,000 to 9,000, saving the agency tens of thousands of dollars annually in cross-agency billings- Application Inventory: This app was used to show the interdependencies and data flows between the 300+ in-house developed systems- HIPAA training, testing, and reporting system- Worked with other developers to ensure that separate system accounts were used for the different aspects of CRUD activity.- Held "brown-bag lunches" to explain SQL injection, XSS and CSRF to developers.- Analyzed various applications for vulnerabilities.- Helped to automate account and role management. ACHIEVEMENTS: Authored several policies and procedure manuals including:- Digital Data Removal and Digital Media Destruction policy- Security of Data and Computer Systems policy- Protected Health Information and Records Confidentiality policy

- Co-wrote Indiana’s 508 compliance standards and guidelines- Co-wrote Indiana’s HIPAA compliance standards and guidelines- Co-wrote Indiana’s acceptable use policy for personal computers- Developed an automated time and activities system utilizing ColdFusion, Adobe Acrobat, and Oracle 9i- Increased overall web footprint to 210,000 pages- Received awards from the National Public Health Information Coalition in both in 2002 and 2003