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Dallas, Tx, Us

• Mentoring and guiding my direct reports' professional and personal growth in 1:1s by providing proactive, constructive, and empathetic performance feedback. Helping identify and formulate actionable and measurable yearly goal opportunities, and fostering a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive team culture• Collaborating with cross-functional teams like product, strategy, and design during sprint planning to align engineering efforts with business goals, while driving both product roadmap execution and technical strategy• Member of Engineering Leadership team driving technical and personal growth initiatives company-wide; championing adoption of innovative technologies to enhance product capabilities and team efficiency• Front-end architect and team lead for a team of 6 web engineers, developing a MACH-driven omnichannel (multi-channel) site for a global home building materials company using a DXP platform, with personalization, localization, ordering, and custom design system• Led 5 cross-platform engineers in rebuilding a healthcare mobile app, enhancing engagement and cost-efficiency for 2.3M members through streamlined patient journey and benefits management• Engineered a high-performance mobile web drive-thru web app for 140 restaurant locations, improving service metrics with in-car mobile pay and real-time order tracking• Coordinated with talent management to develop a more inclusive and standardized technical interview process, including interviewing and onboarding new team members

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Led the front-end architecture and team of 4 web engineers for a real-time order fulfillment, delivery, and picking management web app, supporting 16K in-store users across 1,600 stores for America’s second-largest supermarket chain• Collaborated with engineering leaders to establish a project architecture process, enhancing delivery effectiveness, reducing tech fragmentation, and boosting team efficiency to meet company and client objectives• Promoted to team lead within 3 months of initial start date, participated in regular training on engineering management, project scoping, recruiting, and leadership strategies• Coaching my direct reports in 1:1s, and identifying new growth opportunities which align with their goals, passions, and technical skills• Empowered and coached direct reports and client engineers with empathy during code reviews and paired programming, providing context and continuous feedback to build their confidence in design principles, industry best practices, and trends, while challenging them to grow as individual technical leaders.

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Contributed to the rebuilding of the front-end architecture and UI for the new version of Axios.com using modern JavaScript, React (Hooks), TypeScript, Styled-Components, AMP, Next.js, and GraphQL, and Apollo alongside internal engineers to make it clean, fast, and visually aesthetic• Lead engineer for a team if 3 for a travel industry B2C reservation booking web app using React, Formik, GraphQL, and Next.js, including handling deployments and monthly executive client demos• Actively participated in scoping new features, backlog refinement, spikes, and retros in an agile and nexus environments• Invited to participate in regular training sessions on engineering management, product development strategies, effective leadership, team performance, and project planning• Prototyped tools and technologies to help assess feasible technical capabilities and approaches*Affected by Covid-19*

New York, Us

Engineering manager and technical lead, in a full-stack (full cycle) role, on the digital team for Discovery’s in-house creative agency. I provided digital solutions and strategic recommendations for interactive experiences across Discovery’s portfolio of networks such as Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, and Science Channel.• Lead technical development and architecture of the Discovery VR video platform using React and React Native for iOS/Android; expanded content distribution to Oculus Rift and Gear VR, configured HLS and adaptive bitrate streams• Chosen to represent the company to pitch Discovery VR during media advertising tour• Introduced a modern front-end development stack; JavaScript (ES2015+), Stylus, Sass, Webpack, PostCSS, React, Redux, and shared UI component library• Built custom server-side apps using React, Node.js, MongoDB, Express, EJS, and GraphQL• Experienced building internationalization (i18n) sites for global company campaigns• Used Firebase to create a real-time user-generated content site for fans of Discovery Channel’s Street Outlaws to upload pictures and videos of their custom cars• Created immersive and educational storytelling experiences for popular TV shows like MythBusters, Deadliest Catch, and Shark Week• Responsible for configuring Heroku and AWS services; S3, EC2, Elastic Load Balancers, CloudFront, and Lambda• Prototyped emerging technologies like Alexa, AR, VR, and WebVR• Directly involved in ideation settings and throughout the creative refinement process offering solid vision to designers, creative directors, and strategists• Fostered internal team growth across all roles and skill levels by introducing new tools, best coding practices, and leading technical strategy• Managing engineers with actionable feedback and provided a environment in which they could succeed and grow in their role• Scoping out technical requirements, resources, cost and risk analysis with program and project managers

New York, Us

Worked on the digital team for the in-house creative agency at Discovery, Inc. My main responsibilities were to build engaging front-end user-interfaces, animations, JavaScript applications and to support senior creative designers, directors, and senior developer.• Worked on interactive elements for the digital storytelling site, "Blood and Water" for Animal Planet’s final season of "Whale Wars"• Developed an internationalized (i18n) content-rich digital accompaniment to support Discovery’s “tent-pole” project, "Skyscraper Live", a live globally televised event with nearly 26M pageviews and ad impressions on the day of the premiere• Built a mobile-first single-page applications with Knockout.JS, jQuery, CSS, Node.js, and Python for Science Channel’s video aggregation platform, SCI2.tv• Migrated our existing Grunt build tools to Gulp for faster compile times and lower new project configuration pains for all team members• Built OTT (over-the-top) one-page campaigns as part of Discovery’s content distribution push to platforms like Amazon• Using the social firehose API service Spredfast, I productized a custom aggregation service and front-end interface for on-air hashtags viewers tweeted during commercial breaks to unlock exclusive digital-only content on TLC.com from a custom Node.js/Express API• Templatized Gulp builds specifically for one-off live cam promotional sites to be easily embeddable in Discovery’s CMS for use across all network sites• Composed an easily shared custom FreeWheel (ad delivery network) and Google Analytics library to abstract away repetitive ad and video page tracking• Researched, scoped and presented technical feasibility so as best to meet client goals and expectations, such as development tools, static vs. dynamic sites, and hosting environments• Supported the entire digital team by researching and scoping technical feasibility to meet project goals, expectations, and brand standards

New York, Us

Actively building and supporting, in a full-stack and cross-platform development role, the various digital properties across Discovery's portfolio of US Network sites, including, but not limited to, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Animal Planet Live, TLC, Science Channel, Investigation Discovery, Velocity, and HowStuffWorks.• Worked with Digital VP of Animal Planet to build, “Animal Planet L!VE”, a fun mobile-focused hub curating 20+ live HD animal cams to complement the TV network brand; averaged more than 12 minutes per session.• Managed and enhanced the core Python libraries that drove the Django-based US Network sites via web service API; revamped search experience to weigh video results more heavily for pre-roll impressions.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Worked daily with on-site Directors, Program Managers, Project Managers, UX designers, and developers in building a custom CMS for the new DiscoveryEducation.com using XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and ColdFusion 8. Participated with designers and third-party agencies in developing sponsorship websites and user-interfaces for companies including Toyota, 3M, Elmer's, and Siemens using JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, CSS 2, XHTML, ColdFusion, and Django.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Engaged in the ongoing development of PBS’s new online video platform delivering the full line of shows broadcast on national PBS stations.

New York, Us

Proactively collaborated with on-site team leads, designers, project managers, program managers, directors, and network producers on the continual development of Discovery Channel’s network of websites including: Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, Planet Green, Discovery Health, Military Channel, Turbo, Discovery Kids, Science Channel, Investigation Discovery, Fit TV, and some international sites.

Cary, Nc, Us

Design, develop, and assist marketing department with the redesign and migration of current external customer support websites using XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript.Design for W3C standards, cross-browser functionality, and 508 compliance.

Cary, Nc, Us

Develop eLearning applications for Fortune 500 companies using Flash 8, ActionScript 2, JavaScript, and XML.Design complete user-interfaces, custom graphics, interactive animations, and content development from storyboards; including video and audio editing using Adobe Premiere 2 and Sound Forge 8.Work directly with clientele, Instructional Designers, Project Managers, and other developers in a team setting from initial concept to final product.

Designed, developed, and produced new installment of GazetteNET.com with ColdFusion MX 7, MySQL, XML, and custom-built content management system to manage and produce daily website content. Daily production and design of the online newspaper, special content websites, and provide web development for external client businesses.Develop web-based applications and marketing solutions using ColdFusion MX 7, MySQL, XML, ActionScript 2 and various other web technologies.

Amherst, Massachusetts, Us

Design and develop a Flash MX and ActionScript course curriculum, website, and syllabus.Implement the course curriculum with a co-instructor on a bi-weekly basis using ActionScript and Flash MX.Evaluate student performance and assignments during office and multimedia lab hours.