Architecting reusable front-end experiences for security management, enterprise risk, & software management applications with TypeScript and React.
Coordinating with leadership and engineering to define project scope, team structure, and beneficial process changes.
Senior Software Engineer
2019 - 2020
Led a team of 8 to coordinate the implementation of consistent React-based user experiences across 17 products.
Created endpoint security management & software management applications with React.
Kapost
Boulder, CO
Tech Lead
2018 - 2019
Enabled team success through architectural decisions, scope definition, pair programming, code reviews, and general leadership and guidance.
Architected scalable internal cross-application services using Ruby on Rails.
Built consumer-grade application front-ends with React, Redux, and WebPack.
Senior Developer
2015 - 2018
Authored the open-source "circuitry" rubygem for reliable cross-application fanout messaging atop Amazon SNS & SQS.
Senior Developer (Consultant)
Quick Left
2013 - 2015
Boulder, CO
Built MVP mobile app for outdoor social network using Cordova, React, & Ampersand.js.
Outlined and resolved technical problems preventing a financial startup's growth by migrating from MongoDB to PostgreSQL, fixing inherent data structure flaws, and replacing custom encryption with an accepted standard.
Senior Developer
Bloomberg Law
2012 - 2013
New York, NY
Acted as team's Ruby on Rails subject matter expert for the Bloomberg Law product.
Replaced unreliable client architecture with a robust extensible gem solution for use with propriety API services.
Introduced unit and functional test suites for existing code, and presenting an ongoing testing strategy.
Developer
Food on the Table
2010 - 2012
Austin, TX
Utilized lean startup methodology to implement MVP solutions based upon multivariate testing results and user feedback.
Integrated with Facebook Connect to coordinate viral acquisition efforts.
Concurrently iterated iPhone & Android mobile apps using data-driven development.
Developer
Challenge Online Games, Inc.
2008 - 2009
Austin, TX
Led company-wide integration of Facebook Platform into all games, resulting in Zynga acquisition.
Designed and developed reusable cross-game components within the CakePHP MVC framework.
Coordinated the delivery of resources from designers, artists, and programming team members for the duration of an experimental Facebook gaming project.
Applications Developer
QVC, Inc.
2004 - 2006
West Chester, PA
Built Java web services utilizing the Spring Framework for back-end processing.
Designed and developed enterprise solutions within ASP.NET.
Enhanced public websites and internal applications using Java, C#, C++, Perl and ASP languages.
Resolved production issues for QVC.com, QVC.de, and QVC.co.uk via on-call support.
Produced technical documentation formalizing functionality and semantics of enterprise system application processes.
Developed enterprise applications utilizing Java-based web services, formatting XML data with XSL style sheets via ASP to present dynamic XHTML to Customer Service representatives.
Maintained existing applications using ASP and VBScript for presentation and VB COM+ components for data source interaction.
Projects
Lead Developer
nOS
2018 - 2019
Malta
Implemented secure API layer for safely interacting with distributed blockchain applications on behalf of cryptocurrency addresses.
Built custom protocol for accessing apps built for and registered on a blockchain in a familiar browser interface.
Founder
Black Book Singles
2008 - 2013
Austin, TX
Individually coordinated the design and development of a free online dating service.
Developed and released Android mobile application.
Acquired all users through search engine optimization techniques.