Zachary Kay Email & Phone Number

Lehi, Utah, United States

- Worked on a Scrum team to release new features and upgrade / maintain codebase for one of the world's leading event management platform software companies- Vastly improved my front-end skills working primarily with both functional and class React components, TypeScipt, unit testing & JEST, and WCAG accessibility, while also contributing to to UX and UI decisions and identifying opportunities for improvements- Refined my coding style to be cleaner and more efficient by identifying patterns and opportunities for improvement, and actively adopting them. I greatly value and try to implement readable, easily maintainable, and scalable code while minimizing the potential for errors- Worked on and helped initiate effort to convert older class component React files and .jsp's into modern TypeScript (.tsx) functional components- Significant contributions to preparing the company for WCAG AA rating by incorporating and integrating modern accessibility standards into older files and components- Found and fixed many frontend bugs and issues that I personally identified during my thorough testing and investigation phases while working on other features and tickets- Communicated with the right people across various teams to ensure information was dispersed correctly and potential bugs were discussed

- Developed website from idea to production-Upgraded site with better and cleaner coding solutions as I learned more advanced frameworks, techniques, and skills- Converted project from WordPress site to Vanilla JS and later into Node.js & EJS stack- Finally revamped project into React / Next.js stack that is highly organized and scalable utilizing, mobile-first responsive design, SSR API fetching from custom JSON data, and SEO optimization- Website NOT reliant on frameworks like Bootstrap, everything coded from scratch including more complex components and features- Edited countless photos with Photoshop and optimized for web, properly credited to abide by copyright laws- Extensive use of Google Maps and maps integration with custom place lists that can be saved and shared, satellite geo-mapping of unmarked places

Valencia, Spain

- Assisted with website design and layout, researched and wrote technical articles on Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Industry 4.0- Helped team brainstorm concepts for real machine learning apps to be used by CleverPy's clients- Edited and optimized photos for CleverPy's website and blog