• Responsible for the uptime of the entire ecommerce platform• Led the migration to a new payment processor, Vantiv, in order to optimize fees, leverage customer retention features, advanced fraud features, and ensure PCI compliance• Improved the build time (test suite, and deployment time) of a key monolithic application by over 52%• Identified the need for and worked with the business to develop Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for key services• Developed and started executing a plan to break a monolithic application into microservices using Agile methodologies

• Led the rebranding of Plated.com including launching a new home page, a new logo, and new fonts and colors using Agile methodologies• Architected and launched a new customer referral program• Led and developed several dozen landing page experiments• Led the scaling and conversion rate optimization of the website for significantly high-traffic events (Shark Tank and Beyond The Tank)

• Hired as the first engineer reporting directly to the CTO• Developed and maintained technologies supporting all aspects of the business including digital product, order fulfilment, customer service, and business development which enabled the business to grow 70x• Led the front end development for a major site redesign resulting in an average 11.8% decrease in browser page load time• Contributed to front and back-end refactors restructuring the product from an a-la-carte service to subscription only• Launched multiple new product categories including Chef’s Table and deserts which introduced variable pricing into a fixed-price subscription modelBuilt back-end JSON APIs to support both web and iOS clients

Co-founder, Lead Web Developer and the CTO of CrowdEndowed: a crowdfunding startup in Atlanta• Responsible for all technology related decisions for the startup• Developed several crowdfunding tools and web applications including: an interactive crowdfunding readiness wizard, a crowdfunding platform, and a campaign prototyping tool

Verified Local worked to help enable community members to shift their spending to independent locally owned establishments.• Created and executed the company's vision, marketing plan, and product• Developed the product while working full-time and attending university full-time

• Maintained over 100 static custom built websites• Migrated static content into a custom built CMS• Developed and advanced key customer relationships