Freelance web solutions. React, Node, AngularJS, CMS solutions, brand & UI design.- Developed push-the-envelope product highlight websites for Glock: singlestack9.com and glock-19x.com- Conceptualized, designed & developed sixstepsrecords.com (iTunes integration, custom WordPress dev)- Built an ever-evolving library of CMS elements for passioncitychurch.com, louiegiglio.com, 268generation.com, others- Created Americold vendor-management admin dashboard ($1B/yr in transactions thru system)- Extensive work in Laravel, Magento, & WordPress custom back- & front-end development & web applications- Work with large brands, including Nerf, Jeep, L'Oreal, ZTE, 7Up, Goldfish, Marriott, Indian Motorcycles

- Created highly performant teams (and personally writing code) to build green-field web and mobile apps- In 7 months, from scratch to matching all major functionality of >$1B competitors at <0.1% of the budget- In the end, executive team couldn’t secure funding (during early-mid 2022 bear market) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

- Helped build Bakkt from $740M to $10B+ IPO in <2 years, from 0 users to 300K+, with 4.5★ in app stores- Created & grew distributed FE team to 20 devs for Bakkt mobile & web apps, with no team attrition over 2 yrs- Led all planning, development, deployment, & hiring for 6 full-stack teams/50 people, incl. KYC/fraud/admin- Built a resilient team culture of planning, efficient communication, discipline, tooling, & technical excellence- Worked w/ Starbucks, Wyndham, Choice, FiServ, MasterCard on integrations & co-branding to >70M users

Rewrote the foundation of Chik-Fil-A's point-of-sale systems, starting from food trucks and moving on up.

Worked on the future of booking flights, cruises, car rentals, tours, hotels, and other activities for travel. Also focused on improving my team's skills, instincts, and tooling.Built out TST's new state-of-the-art component system to be deployed across flight search, hotel search, and car rental.Created a cutting-edge flight results UI.

Gather's first development hire, I built much of their multi-million-dollar event management platform from the ground up.Heavy work in Node.js, React, AngularJS, Redux, RethinkDB, ElasticSearch, Node.JS, TypeScript, hapi.js, and others.Highlights:- Led & oversaw development on the business-core web app and online booking platform- Revamped entire financial system for dynamic charge categories, fees, taxes, and payment processors- Developed, deployed, & maintained cross-platform mobile app using Ionic Framework & Angular- Built event calendar system from scratch in React/Elasticsearch – now the most-used portion of the app- Switched legacy Node.js PDF generation to performant, modular isomorphic rendering w/ flexible templates- Created charts & reports for high-level insights – client executives used these to shape their strategic goals- Helped build Gather from 6 employees to 75+, from $300K to $7M+ in ARR, from 1K users to 30K+

All aspects of frontend development, as well as UI design, new technologies exploration, data analytics, and business analysis.

Engaged in the entire development lifecycle with countless clients. Project budgets ranging from $3,000 to $60,000.It started out just me & the owner, and in the 2.5 years since I got there, we'd grown to 5 employees with so much profitable work that we could afford to be selective.

I imported and sold Discraft Ultra-Star discs for Ultimate as well as a few other choice discs. Best prices and selection in Australia.

Logo, branding, graphic design, web application interface design & development.

Digital marketing & sales, website & web application development, and consulting for clients for success on the web.

• Found gaps and potential improvements in current methods of determining whether a new product offering is viable in a given market in an accessible, effective way• Created prototype quantitative modeling tool using data from consumers, industry trends, and locations to aid decision-makers in a consolidated and consistent format• Included prototype extensibility for expansion, outsourcing, and use throughout P&G

I maintain a number of small businesses, doing everything from website design and image management to designing and selling custom T-shirts at www.cafepress.com/valunique. When I see a niche that needs filling by someone with my skills, I approach it with enthusiasm, serious consideration, and hard work.

Core Business Systems - Marketing, Business Development, Center for Business Knowledge:Analyze IPO market caps by industry and auditor to determine EY's strengths/weaknessesConsolidate data from scores of Account Management Dashboards and the Priority Account Lists for FSO and Greater China into Consolidated Revenue SheetsCoordinate corporate events on-siteContent manager for Far East Global Markets Community HomeSpace (CHS)Create account briefings of clients for partnersAnalyze current state of FEA in different markets, industries, etc with data from the Forbes 2000 and Boston Consulting Group and compared them to competitorsUse Bloomberg to gather data about industries, currencies, companies, etc.

• Analyzed and documented system for top-down communication from GPC headquarters to NAPA stores• Showed how costs could be decreased by $400,000/year and profitability could be greatly increased • Redesigned business processes to make message-sending much more effective and efficient

• Documented, designed, and standardized internal business processes for future growth• Designed, created, maintained, and search-engine-optimized both internal and client-centered websites (ex. http://joomla.intrannuity.net/, http://joomla2.intrannuity.net/)• Tested web-based (proprietary) applications and managed global software-development team• Created and distributed press releases in order to gain channel partners and increase distribution• Designed, developed, and implemented a solution to manage thousands of families in city-wide charity

Throughout 2007, especially during the summer, orientation leaders ran the one- and two-day orientations, University Days (realistic preview days), and various other events. We interacted with the 10,000 incoming students to make them and their parents comfortable with college and satisfied with the experience, helped faculty and other employees in their presentations to the students, and even wrote and performed skits and speeches. I was also in charge of audio-visual services during the official presentations. At the end of the term, I was honored to receive the "Avanti of the Year" award.