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New York, Ny, Us

Jersey City, Nj, Us

● Expanded responsibilities to lead the combined analytics tracking, privacy, and SEO optimization teams. Evolved web performance from a team focus to a shared responsibility across engineering.● Optimized web performance on 700k pages to enhance search rankings and visibility. Led a team of 4 engineers and collaborated with departments to achieve a 60% pageview growth YoY. Technologies used: React, Typescript, Next.js.● Implemented targeted optimizations on affiliate pages using A/B testing. This led to a 400% increase in pageviews and net commissions on the top performing page. For all pages, this led to a 1 million pageview increase Q/Q.● Collaborated with stakeholders on analytics integrations to reveal purchasing insights on affiliate pages. Cross-trained the team to handle tracking requests, eliminating information silos.● Reduced potential litigation risk by identifying 80% of trackers across the site. Established a recurring auditing process with consultants and Legal to ensure regulatory compliance.

Jersey City, Nj, Us

● Led a team of 4 front-end engineers to optimize forbes.com. Executed a strategy with SEO to resolve bottlenecks, improving web performance by 20%.● Mentored and empowered the team to identify bottlenecks. One member optimized how we split our code, reducing bundle size by 15%. Another member removed unused vendor code, reducing 150ms of main thread work.● Led development of components for high revenue products. Resolved performance and scalability issues ahead of new launches. Technologies used: React, TypeScript, Sass/CSS.● Collaborated with engineering teams and vendors to optimize third-party code. Removed over 1000kb of unused code and eliminated over 1000ms of long tasks. Technologies used: JavaScript, Node.js.● Collaborated with design to improve branding consistency across products. Developed an architecture to scale across codebases, eliminating time developers spent modifying styles.

Bloomfield, Ct, Us

● Led development of cigna.com web components serving over 16 million monthly visitors. Components used on over 800 pages and 30 apps. Technologies used: TypeScript, Lit, Sass, Storybook, BrowserStack.● Collaborated with 7 teams across 4 departments to align development efforts. This led to a 17% increase in site performance, a 38% increase in traffic to the shopping experience, and a 67% reduction of accessibility issues.● Developed a REST API to handle CRUD operations for over 9K page redirects. Efforts eliminated the department’s reliance on external vendors and on-premise infrastructure. Technologies used: Node.js/TypeScript, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Lambda, Jest.● Identified component styling limitations as a blocker for the team to complete work on schedule. Investigated and implemented a solution which increased reusability by 47% in 40 lines of code while meeting our deadline.● Developed the mycigna.com login banner generating a 3% increase in traffic to the claims portal. Technologies used: Okta API (OAuth 2.0), Lit, Sass, and TypeScript.● Created a CI/CD pipeline automating publishing and versioning for 12 repositories. Pipeline enabled code reusability for over 30 repositories. Standardized build tooling for 14 repositories.● Refactored team’s Node.js code and test suites from AWS SDK v2 to v3 to leverage v3’s 75% reduction in bundle size.● Mentored 2 developers in our tech stack and hosted 10 training sessions for 3 scrum teams.

Bloomfield, Ct, Us

● Automated data entry of over 3K annual medical claims using JavaScript/jQuery and Bootstrap.● Integrated team’s elasticsearch utility into 7 sites for improved UI and search results using CSS/Sass and JavaScript/jQuery. Developed Lambda and fuzzy search integrations to support indexing for 3 sites.● Improved maintainability of a file search app by rewriting legacy code from Perl to Node.js. The team leveraged code for a CMS asset scanner.● Developed a language switcher providing access to 200 translated pages using JavaScript/jQuery.● Oversaw direction, managed budgets, and led interviews for 8 social committee positions across 6 offices.

Bloomfield, Ct, Us

● Migrated web content of 10 VoIP services spanning over 100 media assets to a new platform. Designed 60 pages and collaborated with departments on content management strategies.● Researched UX impact of software changes affecting over 20K employees. Developed over 30 new training assets based on feedback from surveys.● Transformed conferencing data into population and usage metrics. Data used by leadership to make funding decisions across 25 offices.● Liaison for 3 Incident Response teams. Triaged software issues to prevent disruptions to critical resolution processes.● Resolved over 2K emails of software issues in 6 months. Hosted 15 training sessions for over 500 employees.● Organized over 30 social events for colleagues to meet with peers, mentors, and executives.

Bloomfield, Ct, Us

● Analyzed power requirements, deployed hardware, and planned infrastructure deployments for contractors.● Won 1st place with a team on the TECDP Intern Project. Presented a prototype for a mental health app.

B.S., Networking Information Technology - Minor In Management Information Systems

A.S., Computer Systems Technology