Education

B.A. - Technical Journalism

Computer-Mediated Communication

Colorado State University

Fall 2011 | cum laude

A.A. - Art

Graphic Design

Community College of Denver

Fall 2009

Tools

Code

  • HTML5
  • CSS
  • SCSS
  • JavaScript
  • GraphQL
  • TypeScript
  • PHP

Libraries

  • React
  • jQuery
  • Emotion
  • Apollo Client
  • Storybook

Frameworks

  • Next.js
  • Gatsby
  • MUI
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Bootstrap

Content Management

  • WordPress
  • Strapi

Adobe

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator

Workflow

  • GitHub
  • Bitbucket
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
Work

Senior Software Engineer | Front-end

3/22 – Present (1 year, 6 months)

Roofstock | Oakland, CA (Remote)

Front-end web development with a focus on interactive map based solutions for analyzing and segmenting large data sets.

  • Led initiatives to optimize map rendering performance by leveraging GeoJSON and vector tile data formats

  • Contributed to the success of multiple teams by providing Mapbox expertise and guidance

  • Led development and implementation of an MUI based component library optimized for incremental adoption and distributed as an npm package

  • Worked closely with business partners to simultaneously reduce technical debt and advance the product roadmap through strategic planning

Front-end Engineer

5/17 – 3/22 (4 years, 10 months)

Andrews McMeel Universal | Kansas City, MO

Front-end web development with a focus on highly customized CMS solutions and ad supported content-driven websites.

  • Instrumental in transitioning the company’s core front-end stack to React-based applications developed with Next.js

  • Developed custom WordPress themes for both WordPress Multisite and WooCommerce

  • Developed custom WordPress plugins leveraging the WordPress REST API to integrate with back-office inventory and fulfillment applications

  • Worked closely with end users to improve user experience by developing custom WordPress admin solutions

  • Successfully led initiatives to improve team processes and coding standards

  • Proven leader on project teams, and as a mentor to junior colleagues

Technical Producer

6/13 – 5/17 (3 years, 11 months)

Penton Media | Overland Park, KS

Website support specialist for an enterprise CMS built on the Drupal 6 platform. Duties included content entry, webform and landing page creation, quality assurance testing, troubleshooting, and third-party integrations.

Digital Content Producer

4/12 – 6/13 (1 year, 2 months)

Penton Media | Overland Park, KS

Provided content management and support for multiple magazine titles on diverse CMS platforms while maintaining accuracy, timeliness, and best practices.

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