About Me

I'm a front-end web developer with strong full-stack skills. I like working with JavaScript libraries and frameworks. I strive to deliver code that is test-driven, fast, performant, and scalable. My best "soft" skills are problem solving, reliability, determination, and communication. I love succeeding in my goals and making the best out of everyday!

Experience

Product Engineer

(February 2015-October 2018)

TheBlaze

As a Product Engineer at TheBlaze my main role was to develop front-end and back-end features for www.theblaze.com and premium.theblaze.com/tv, as well as features for TheBlaze Android app. My responsibilities and successes were:

  • Developed extensive front-end features using HTML5 / CSS3 / SASS / ES6 / Handlebars / NPM / Grunt / cross-browser, mobile compatibility, and performance optimization
  • Developed content management plugins with React / Redux and Backbone.js
  • Built a custom testing suite that utilized Codeception and Selenium for unit, functional, and acceptance tests and emphasized Test Driven Development
  • Built a Docker container and configuration script to run Codeception in Bitbucket Pipelines CI
  • Contributed features and testing to two REST APIs based on Yii and Rails 5
  • Created a custom video analytics data reporting system with ES6, JWPlayer, Google Analytics
  • Developed features for TheBlaze Android app with Java / Kotlin / Android Studio
  • Delivered project goals by collaborating with team members using Git, Jira, Agile, and Slack

Digital Media Developer

(May 2012-June 2014)

Sametz Blackstone Associates

  • Developed front-end and LAMP / CMS based backend for mobile responsive websites

Interactive Media Developer

(April 2011-April 2012)

Transmyt Marketing

  • Developed e-commerce, service-based websites utilizing front-end and LAMP best practices

Freelance Web Developer

(2010-February 2015)

Various Clients

  • Responsible for HTML5 / CSS3, JavaScript, CMS and responsive development

Recent Projects

Skills

HTML5 · CSS3 · SASS · ES6 · Node.js · Angular · React · TypeScript · jQuery · Bootstrap · PHP · MySQL · Rails · UI / UX Design · CMS · Git · Photoshop · Problem Solving · Communication

Education

Web Design & Interactive Media, Bachelor of Science
The New England Institute of Art, 2012