* Tech Lead working closely with Dev Lead for an agile team of 5 engineers in collaboration with Product Owners, Scrum Master, and Architects * Expand loan types serviced via web channel with loans previously only serviced via phone/offline channels * Build consumer facing, accessible web app features that will be used by millions of customers for stakeholders in Fortune 500 financial service + banking client with nearly $100 billion in assets and billions in transactions processed annually* Author/extend/review React+Typescript frontend components, unit tests, and E2E tests* Work with MFE teams to improve and integrate micro-frontends in our team's channel app* Integrate OAuth 2 flow and Apigee proxied scoped services* Collaborate with Apigee API proxy teams in API development, configure Apigee developer app attributes for our channel* SAFe Agile Scrum framework using Jira and Teams for project management* Regular presentations, pair programming sessions, mentoring, and code reviews to improve code quality/knowledge amongst team and in the larger frontend org* Evaluate engineering candidates on team interview panels* Expand documentation to improve knowledge for the entire frontend org* Conduct regular 1:1's with direct reports

* Tech Lead for an agile team of 5 engineers working closely with Product Managers, Scrum Master, and PO* Develop a new web channel for stakeholders in Fortune 500 financial service + banking client with nearly $100 billion in assets and billions in transactions processed annually* Build consumer facing, accessible web app features that will be used by millions of customers* Author/extend React+Typescript frontend components, unit tests, and E2E tests* Work with MFE teams to improve and integrate micro-frontends in our team's app* Integrate OAuth 2 flow and Apigee proxied scoped services* Collaborate with SAFe Agile Scrum distributed teams in frontend/backend/business roles across time zones using Jira and Teams for project management* Honorable mention for implementing an OpenAI powered AI finance application during a company-wide hackathon* Regular pair programming sessions, mentoring, and code reviews to improve code quality/knowledge amongst team* Evaluate engineering candidates on team interview panels* Expand documentation to improve knowledge for the entire frontend org* Continuous learning, development, and sharing of best practices* Tech/Tools used: Styled Components, Tanstack React Query, React Testing Library, Storybook, Jest-Axe, TypeDoc, MSW, SonarQube, ESLint, Bitbucket, Webpack, Jenkins, PCF, ServiceNow, Cypress, Vite, Nexus, Fortify, NPM, VSCode VIM, Confluence, JIRA

Code for San José is a group of volunteer developers, designers, researchers and community organizers who build civic apps, data visualizations and media projects.Catalyze SV Project Tracker MapBuilt in collaboration with Catalyze SV team members using a dataset of development projects & workshops in the Silicon Valley area plotted on an interactive map.* Mapbox GL JS* Vanilla ES6+* Velo by WixDisaster Response San Jose ProjectFor use by city employees and citizens to distribute and receive up-to-date information on local disasters. Uses React and MongoDB.* Write & implement geocoding module using LocationIQ API and Leaflet.js OSM library* Improve general styling/design/UX and add relevant components* Troubleshoot setup, update dependencies, completely rewrite and expand documentation* Refactor address form validation utilities with a hash table lookup of relevant validation functions per form field as alternative functional approach vs a large if statement* Add unit tests with Jest for form validations* Research, organize, and add content to Informational Resources (before disaster prep) tab and FEMA Checklist (recovering after disaster) tab. Improve design with additional CSS styles related to these tabs.* Research API's and implementation of geocoding function for address submissions* Provide some UX guidance and feedback regarding real time form validationsCode for San Jose Website* Optimize CRO & usability of Invision Studio design prototypes* Audit/report SEO/page speed issues on GitHub repoRazing the Bar Website* Help build Wordpress website for local nonprofit Razing the Bar* Integrate online donation payments* Create custom templates and functions, apply custom CSS to match spec and Zeplin prototypesCity of San Jose Website UX Research* Support the Office of Civic Innovation & Digital Strategy team's usability testing session process, * Recruit test participants with in-person intercepts

* Lead an online magazine/blog focused on comics, comic-cons, tv, and movies with regular writers and guest authors.* Develop monetization initiatives, including affiliate partnerships and the Destroy the Comics Shop, the eCommerce arm selling local artist designs on premium 100% Triblend apparel and collectible grade vinyl stickers * Built a responsive, mobile-friendly site using Wordpress/WooCommerce CMS with a customized child theme and optimized continuously for performance. The site is hosted on SiteGround for the backend (Wordpress specialized host that's fast). I've decreased initial page load times around 70% (~8 seconds), with a Page Speed score increase around +50 points.-- Some optimizations: lazy loading, inline loading critical path CSS, concatenation + minification of HTML/JS/CSS, async script loading, automated lossless compression on images uploaded, inline script aggregation , enabling HTTPS for HTTP2, updating PHP to 7+, enabling server level dynamic/mem/object caching, browser caching with expires headers, Gzip compression, switching WP-Cron to a real server cron job, and periodic database audit/cleaning, indexes on some db tables-- Serving Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) for users who want their pages to load instantly on mobile.* Hardened security via permissioning critical files, auditing access to directories, implementing standard Wordpress security plugins, integrating 6G firewall into .htaccess, adding brute force protection, and enforcing stronger password length/username requirements.* Write articles, edit other writers' content and manage marketing/branding/social media communication.* Ensuring compliance/drafting the privacy policy, cookie policy, and consent functions in line with US and GDPR regulations.* Market, promote, track, and analyze using tools like SEMrush, Google Analytics, Moz Open Site Explorer, Twin Word, Yoast, Hootsuite, Google Keyword Planner, Google Search Console, Google Page Speed, Pingdom, GTMetrix, etc.

* Lead UI development tasks and support project management by assigning tasks to offshore team members, code reviews, and specification reviews* Establish and maintain GitHub practices for UI team, including project boards, PR formats, commit message formats, and branch naming conventions* Lead knowledge transfer on proprietary framework for new UI team members* Create, maintain, and develop UI components using mixed React.js, ESNext, nginx, webpack, and other front end technologies, including integrating with existing legacy architecture, proprietary Apple frameworks, and modern React code* Focus on using modern React best practices: functional components, React hooks, and declarative code to maximize code quality* Collaborate with Apple Global Business Intelligence team members in data ingestion, database, service, UI design, and business functions across multiple timezones* Note on title: official title is Senior Systems Engineer, but UI Developer or Frontend Developer better describes what I actually do

* Create, maintain, and develop UI components using mixed React.js, ESNext, nginx, and front end technologies, including legacy architecture, proprietary frameworks, and more modern React concepts* Focus on using modern React best practices: functional components, React hooks, and declarative code to maximize code quality* Collaborate with Apple Inc team members in a cross functional, multi-timezone team* Lead knowledge transfer on proprietary framework for new UI team members

I write short stories and some poetry when I travel. I've collaborated with a friend to self-publish a humorous fictional short story in tribute to my high school English teacher. I've also written and illustrated a short children's story.Some day, I hope to contribute something valuable to the canon, but for now I simply do this because I enjoy it.

* Interface with different teams--UX, inbound comms, advocacy, marketing, public health equity, back end, makers--to get changes implemented on the website that support the overall organizational mission* Implement custom event interaction tracking on various forms and elements, including third party iframe embeds using GA custom events* Facilitate project management and ticketing using Asana* Collaborate with data science team to make Plotly.js/Python based visualizations mobile friendly* Audit and manage links and 301 redirects* Build out FAQ section and collaborate in building other pages on GetUsPPE.org; conduct content management.* Fix bugs, improve usability, and generally support team members with technical tasks* Train non-technical team members on Wordpress usage as a CMS for publishing articles and blog posts* Lead workshops on SEO basics for marketing/comms team members

I focus mainly on designing and developing creative projects to help local businesses. Some work I've done:* Frontend web development for GetUsPPE.org, a national coalition of orgs serving healthcare workers during the COVID-19 crisis, more than 1000 hospitals (25% of the US total) on the network!* Designed vector B/W & color logos/logomarks for Disaster Response SJ, a San Jose civic tech initiative to improve disaster response and awareness.* Designed HR compliance internal marketing materials, reusable, customizable outside recruiting flyer templates, and specialized full page photographic flyers for Goodwill Silicon Valley* Designed brand identity and conducted identity positioning research for a stealthed automotive industry startup* Designed vector b/w and color logos for SunStar Sanitary Supply, a local industrial sanitary supplier* Designed vector b/w, grayscale, and color logos for Five Gold Stars Maintenance, a 200+ employee facilities service company serving corporate clients* Developed 3 hi-fidelity web homepage prototypes for a stealth B2B SaaS startup while working closely with the executive team* Vectorized and refined a logo design based on low fidelity paper mockups for a local medicinal herb provider* Designed a recruitment poster for the SJSU based College Awareness Network, an organization helping disadvantaged youth go to college.

I write, I design, and I solve problems.* Lead design and front end development in a PHP/HTML/CSS/JS environment, including a major full site redesign project* Manage UX/UI development (UI mockups, interaction redesigns, persona definition, user test sessions, user flow charts, heuristic analysis)* Define and manage the Globial brand identity (webpages, press kits, shirts, business cards, email signatures, presentations, brochures, everything visual and written)* Manage the Globial Talks Business blog (1k visitors/day, daily content updates, custom CSS, Wordpress administration, SEO + linkbuilding campaigns) and content marketing* Optimize conversion rates with tools like a/b tests, heatmaps, and analytics* Monitor Globial online reputation on social media (Hootsuite, Klout, Google Analytics)* Build Globial social media presence (10k+ Twitter followers, 1k+ Facebook likes)* Lead, measure, track, and analyze lead generation/user sentiment (Infusionsoft, Optimizely, Crazyegg, Google Analytics Conversion Tracking)* Manage and ensure quality corporate communications and public relations (multiple media mentions, media outreach, press releases)* Interface in cross-functional teams to support sales, marketing, development, and product

Increased monthly unique visitors to multiple web properties by an average of 206.5% compared to beginning of period during my tenure.* Researched, created, and managed content for call center software, web hosting, web conferencing, CRM, and medical software review websites* Optimized on-page content w/ SEO best practices* Implemented internal linking* Researched and targeted keywords* Monitored traffic and analytics to gain insights for improvements* Managed social media marketing, content syndication, and traffic building of websites* Conducted in-depth research to own subject matter of call center software, medical software, ERP, CRM, and web/cloud hosting industries* Supported site concept testing and user experience research projects

Maximized satisfaction in each transaction, supervised employees, managed customer flow, resolved conflicts, and adapted rapidly to varied positions dependent on organizational needs.* Identified the customer/organizational need for a menu redesign* Led the menu redesign project, which included a 10 page layout of full color graphics and original photography. Delivered final prints to be used in daily operation and viewed by all guests. Resulted in increased sales and improved promotion of menu items* Created original design layouts for a 12 page double-sided full color menu specials booklet, shot original menu photographs, retouched photos, and managed final printed deliverables* Led design of a business card size takeout menu from inception to printed deliverables, improving menu distribution, convenience of information access, and takeout revenue* Eliminated need for business cards and associated printing costs with previously mentioned hybrid takeout menu/business card project

Worked with low-income minority students to motivate and prepare them for college. Managed student awareness of campus resources to increase service utilization and linked organizations to target users. * Coordinated creation of an AB540 Student Resource Guide in a special project team. Collaborated with over 20 campus programs and their directors to create the published deliverables for SFSU.