Sherri Alexander Email & Phone Number

Somerville, Ma, Us

• Lead a team of sixteen, including two engineering managers that lead teams of five and two, respectively.• Promote a remote team culture of inclusion and empowerment, resulting in a 93% team retention rate last year — in a job-hunter’s market! — compared to 70% for digital agencies on average • Empower the team to be proactive problem solvers, through modeling, mentoring, and coaching. Team-led internal initiatives have vastly improved developer experience, giving us significant efficiency gains and time saved across all projects — helping us stay competitive in a fast-moving field• Updated our team’s hiring and interviewing processes, enabling us to recruit excellent developers and grow despite a very competitive market — with several candidates saying that our interview process was the reason they accepted our offer, even over more lucrative ones• Crafting compelling job descriptions with inclusive language and adopting “blind” code review processes has reduced unconscious bias, which significantly increased the diversity on the team — promoting creativity, innovation, and high performance

Somerville, Ma, Us

• Transformed a team of 10 into a growing, thriving department of 16 frontend developers (a 60% increase), creating a culture of trust with a people-first approach

Westboro, Ma, Us

• Developed beautiful and performant websites using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Craft CMS, WordPress, and Greensock Animation Platform (GSAP) animations. Adapted challenging new front-end techniques like CSS Grid.• Boosted registrations to a major technology conference by rebuilding their Craft CMS site so their pages loaded up to 75% faster.• Increased registration clicks on an event landing page by more than 3,000% by adding GSAP scrolling animations to improve user engagement.• Improved the team’s productivity by creating workflows and internal documentation to streamline the development process, thereby increasing project cost-effectiveness.• Created a website to showcase cutting edge CSS concepts, and presented a “Lunch and Learn” session using the website to inspire the design team with new design possibilities.

• Established a successful web development business, creating unique and highly functional websites for companies like National Geographic, Prudential, Mass General, SAP, and Biogen. • Attended conferences to keep up with the cutting edge in web development, including An Event Apart in 2011, 2012, and 2015. • Rewarded with many returning clients who were happy with my reliability, customer service, and high quality work.

• Coded frontend templates mainly for educational institutions and biotech firms, in collaboration with a strong UX and design team. • Coordinated web projects with a network of third-party vendors and developers, and managed all IT operations for the company (and its sister company within the same building).

Johannesburg, Gauteng, Za

• Hand-coded templates using HTML and CSS, and integrated the finalized, browser-tested code into an ASP.NET framework. Enhanced accessibility and search engine friendliness wherever possible. • Mentored a team of frontend developers and interns, creating assignments and monitoring their development and progress. • Wrote articles, presentations, technical details for use in RFPs, and documented internal guidelines for the development team.

Created award-winning intranet and internet websites for clients like DuPont Pharmaceuticals, Rohm and Haas Company, and Total Tec Systems.

Boston, Ma, Us

Met new challenges and solved problems at a dizzying variety of companies, from Fortune 500 to local family firms. Honed web skills on fast-paced projects using a variety of languages and techniques.

Rosemont, Pa, Us

Taught a new Web Site Construction course for the English and Publishing Masters Program at Rosemont College. Facilitated seminar discussions, created assignments and lesson plans, and managed all aspects of the course personally.

Conceptualized, designed, and implemented large web sites for corporate clients in the pharmaceutical and medical fields. Occasionally assisted with printed pieces or multimedia (Macromedia Director and Shockwave).

Swarthmore, Pa, Us

• Hired, trained, and supervised 80 student employees. • Created web pages for various divisions of the Computing Center while assisting as Webmaster for the College. • Completely reorganized the campus computing Help Desk, redefined procedures for maximum efficiency, and wrote a manual for staff reference.