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Orbit is a SAAS community growth platform that leverages integrations to surface data.

Software Engineer, 2022 - 2023

Improved important SQL queries used for filtering across multiple tables, reducing execution time by up to 90% for large datasets.
Collaborated with a fully remote team across 10 timezones to plan, execute, test and deploy features, improvements, and bug fixes.
Reduced time between deployments by working closely with Product and Design to plan and ship incremental features quickly.

Planet Argon is a web development agency that specializes in Ruby on Rails applications.

UX/UI Developer, 2018 - 2021

Lead frontend teams on successful projects for important clients like Nike.
Developed a streamlined process to audit client applications for user accessibility.
Participated in all stages of the product life cycle: ideation, requirements gathering, design, development, reviews, testing, deployment, monitoring and maintenance.
Managed a local development environment that supported multiple client applications with different stacks, services and system dependencies.

Opus Agency provides event services to tech companies.

Senior Frontend Developer, 2017 - 2018

Built complex registration portals for tech events hosted by companies including Salesforce, Microsoft, Google, Dell, and DocuSign.
Created internal productivity-boosting tools, including an extension for Chrome and Firefox.
Wrote custom SQL queries for event managers, allowing them to successfully plan and book attendee accommodations, transportation, and catering.
Provided domestic and international on-site event technical support.

iMarket Solutions is a marketing agency that creates marketing websites for small businesses.

Frontend Developer, 2016

Reduced turnaround time for building a custom website by 50%, reducing the 6 day production time to 3 days.
Developed 20 custom responsive marketing websites to spec, working with designers and project managers.
Mentored peers on best practices in web development and design.
Spearheaded a peer review process for new designs, reducing client review cycles.

American Meadows is an eCommerce company selling seeds, bulbs, and live plants.

Graphic Artist and Frontend Developer, 2014 - 2016

Updated and maintained both eCommerce websites, including 0 downtime during a six-month period as the only technical member of staff.
Discovered and patched a major security vulnerability that exposed credit card information.
Added full mobile/responsive support and optimizations that increased online sales by 20%.
Used A/B testing to make UI decisions that raised product conversion rates by up to 100% and increased ROI.

CollegeNet provides a variety of technical services to colleges and universities.

Frontend Developer, 2011 - 2013

Designed and coded the frontend for a responsive course evaluation app that met user accessibility requirements.
Implemented an interactive internal quality assurance process and audited and maintained documentation to improve developer output.

The University of Oregon is a public research university.

Graphic Designer and Web Developer, 2006 - 2010

Designed and coded university websites, following ADA accessibility standards.
Designed, proofed, and sent to print posters, annual reports, and other printed material for School of Allied Arts, Institute for a Sustainable Environment & Architecture and University Housing.
Developed digital order forms to streamline University Catering services.

Over 5 years experience programming full-stack applications using Ruby on Rails, React, Phoenix (Elixir), PHP, and Node.js.
Designing and building relational databases using SQL, creating safe migrations, and using ORMs such as ActiveRecord, Ecto, and Prisma.
Using Static Site Generators and Headless CMS tools to build websites that are light-weight, easy to update, and low cost.
Over 15 years of UI design and frontend development experience, starting from wireframes and high-fidelity designs, to CSS, HTML, and JavaScript implementation over server-side frameworks.
Experience building unit and end-to-end tests using tools like Rspec, Cypress, and Jest.
Comfortable using different operating systems and shells.

Bachelor of Arts in Art & Technology, 2009

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon