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Minneapolis, MN, US

San Francisco, California, US

Building scalable design systems at Cloudflare 🎨 🖥️

Chicago, Illinois, US

Enabling web architecture and all things UI/UX to empower engineering across teams.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Led frontend development on Target's internal UI design system library supporting 500+ initiatives and core business applications. Planned product roadmapping and release strategy while collaborating with User Experience leads and customer stakeholders to deliver new features and functionality. Established CI/CD best practices and integration with internal.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Led frontend development and UI design on internal data-catalog and community knowledge base enterprise products. Planned, coordinated, and implemented re-platforming of UI applications from AngularJS to React and modern frontend build tooling. Led UX and UI redesign of data-catalog applications. Onboarded and mentored junior developers, led code reviews.

Chicago, IL, US

As lead web developer collaborated with design and client stakeholders to plan and implement new projects. Notable clients include The Brookings Institute, Maya Romanoff, and the University of California.Responsibilities include architectural planning, project estimation, and full stack development of modern web applications, websites, and data-driven.

Developed the Archlive.tv video streaming service from the ground up, from zero to minimum viable product.Structured and developed a responsive front-end for a web application that processed several thousand streamable videos within a two-week span.Developed a REST API using the Phreeze PHP MVC framework, feeding a Backbone.js driven user.

Provided web content management system consultation, development, and design services for the University of Michigan, Hard Rock Hotel Residences, Dorsia Collection, Dibi Ties, and Akira Chicago.Implemented plugins and custom themes for Craft, Wordpress, and Drupal content management systems.

Chicago, IL, US

Led online operations of all Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership online resources.Advised both Communications and Information Technology staff during design and development of Spertus.edu. Migrated all operations to virtualized hosting environments. Worked closely with vendors to ensure project delivery met project requirements and.

Chicago, IL, US

Assisted in all online and creative operations of www.shopakira.com, a Chicago-based retail company.Responsibilities included front-end design and development of www.shopakira.com, branding and graphic design for all Akira brand marketing collateral, and e-commerce related photo and video production.Advised the Akira founders, Creative Director, and CFO on.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

Served as a staff web developer for the University of Michigan Office of Development and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.Led the development and overhaul of the University of Michigan Office of Development website to launch a new giving campaign that resulted in over $3.5 billion in donations.Contributed PHP back-end development.