Cameron Van Orman Email & Phone Number

Spokane, Wa, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

- Team Leadership: Lead a multidisciplinary team of web developers, DevOps engineers, and integration specialists, focusing on architecting scalable web applications at Northeastern University.- Mentorship & Collaboration: Mentor students and developers in front-end and back-end development, while consulting with faculty, IT leadership, and staff to ensure web solutions align with university goals.- Data Integration & API Development: Spearhead data migration processes, consolidating data from various systems into centralized content services accessible through GraphQL and REST APIs.- Cloud & Hosting Management: Manage hosting environments on platforms like Netlify, AWS, Pantheon, and WP Engine. Ensure compliance with security protocols and handle website migrations.- Project Leadership & Code Quality: Lead project development, including planning, code reviews, and releases, while establishing coding standards to improve collaboration and reduce technical debt.- Design System Leadership: Oversee the development of the University’s design system, “kernl(ui),” integrating UI components across frameworks like React, Vue, and AlpineJS, with TailwindCSS for branding and accessibility.- Content Management Expertise: Serve as technical lead for platforms such as WordPress and Contentful, centralizing content like program info, leadership profiles, and events, delivered via REST JSON and GraphQL APIs.- Technical Leadership & Standards: Provide leadership in planning, documenting, and architecting web solutions, setting standards and guidelines to maintain consistent development practices.- CI/CD & Automation: Implement CI/CD pipelines for development, staging, and production environments using Docker, bash scripts, and GitHub Actions workflows. Create reusable templates for use across the University.- Change Management: Plan and manage production environment changes, ensuring minimal downtime through clear documentation and communication processes.

Blue Beetle Technology specializes in full-service web development, hosting, and management, providing tailored digital solutions to a diverse range of clients.- End-to-End Web Solutions: Architect, scope, plan, design, develop, and deploy custom web applications based on client specifications.- Security & Digital Footprint Management: Conduct comprehensive security audits and assist clients in maintaining a secure online presence, ensuring their business operations and customer interactions are safeguarded against threats.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Oversaw the creation, maintenance, and monitoring of the agency's web infrastructure while providing development and support for hosted applications. Collaborated closely with support teams and external clients to ensure projects were delivered on time.- Infrastructure & Security Enhancements: Upgraded legacy platform security by implementing password hashing in compliance with NIST standards and transitioning all internal server-to-server communication from legacy FTP to secure SSH protocols.- Application Development: Developed Atlas, an internal application designed to track company servers, backups, and costs in cloud hosting providers, improving efficiency in infrastructure management.- Content Migration & Process Automation: Built import processes to streamline content transfers between content management systems (e.g., WordPress) and the agency’s platform, FusionCMS v5.- Design System & Documentation: Contributed to the development of internal design systems and pattern libraries, while also maintaining internal process documentation to ensure information is up-to-date and accessible to the entire organization.- Server & Infrastructure Management: Managed over 300 web and proxy servers, maintaining firewall rules, DNS records, and handling all support and incident responses related to application and client infrastructure. Achieved an average 99.98% SLA for web services monthly.- Open-Source Contributions: Contributed to open-source projects initiated at the agency, including FusionCMS and Proton UI, enhancing the internal CMS and UI capabilities for future projects.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Collaborated within a small, fast-paced digital agency alongside front-end developers, back-end developers, designers, and account managers to deliver client projects while contributing to internal development processes.- Framework Development & Documentation: Contributed to the creation and refinement of internal frameworks, developing and documenting reusable boilerplate code to streamline development for junior team members.- Deployment & Configuration: Managed and configured deployments to client hosting environments, ensuring smooth transitions from development to production.- Best Practices & Code Quality: Authored documentation on Git best practices and led code reviews, establishing development standards that improved workflow efficiency and code quality across the team.

Kenmore, Wa, Us

- Custom Web Kiosk Development: Designed and developed an interactive web kiosk using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (jQuery), allowing users to browse and engage with over 1,500 products. Products were efficiently categorized by type and sub-type to enhance user experience.- Responsive Web Design: Transformed design wireframes into fully functional, responsive web pages for marketing emails and landing pages, ensuring optimal performance across devices.- Marketing Analytics Integration: Implemented tracking for marketing emails and landing pages, capturing valuable data such as email clicks, opens, landing page redirects, and form submissions. This allowed for better data-driven marketing strategies.- PDF Merging Feature Development: Researched and implemented the mPDF parsing library to create a PDF merging solution for a large Life-Science corporation. This feature enabled the client to append technical drawings to server-generated product specification sheets, streamlining their product documentation process.- WordPress Administration: Managed WordPress setups, including user roles, accounts, and MySQL databases, to ensure secure and efficient content management.- Responsive Web Development: Developed responsive web pages for marketing emails, landing pages, and WordPress sites, ensuring a consistent and engaging user experience across all platforms.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Collaborated with the Global Marketing team to develop new international websites for Concur. As part of a small, agile team, I worked extensively with Drupal to create custom fields and integrate interactive functionality across multiple page types and templates. These templates were then leveraged by the production teams to efficiently generate new pages and manage content, streamlining the website creation process.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Provided technical assistance to customers over the phone, addressing issues related to Amazon's Kindle devices, Instant Video service, and the Appstore for Android. Resolved reported problems through effective troubleshooting or by escalating complex issues to the appropriate development and leadership teams.Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborated with key stakeholders across various departments, including meetings with the CFO, to discuss customer feedback and identify areas for improvement in service delivery.Operational Excellence: Participated in operational excellence training, including Kaizen processes and daily scrums, to enhance team efficiency and foster a culture of continuous improvement.Customer Experience Improvement: Contributed to a 24-hour hackathon focused on enhancing the customer experience. Our project aimed at analyzing social media sentiment for products listed on Amazon.com, providing valuable insights to inform product development and marketing strategies.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Contributed to a large-scale mapping project at Google, focusing on enhancing navigation and mapping data for Google Maps users.Geographic Data Management: Initially served as an editor for mapping data across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and parts of Europe, addressing user-reported issues to improve data accuracy and usability.Administrative Responsibilities: Promoted to an administrative role, enabling me to resolve complex mapping issues efficiently and audit changes made by users and Google reviewers, ensuring the integrity of the mapping data.Training & Community Engagement: Volunteered to train new team members on best practices for interacting with community mappers involved in the Google Map Maker project, fostering a collaborative environment and enhancing the overall quality of contributions.