OBJECTIVE:

I want create tools, build products & architect environments that help other people do their jobs easier.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Node.js
• JavaScript
• React.js
• Mocha.js
• React Native
• Backbone.js
• D3.js
• Ruby (Sinatra)
• Python
• PHP
• C#.Net jQuery
• Other JS libraries and frameworks

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Schenectady, NY

Cloud Automation Developer

Responsibilities:

• Architected and developed Cagophilist - A toolbelt for easily managing AWS keys for those that need to switch between roles while using the SDK or CLI.
• Principal developer on SkyWatch - A policy enforcement framework for AWS resources using AWS Lambda (Node.js, Python and Java) to check resources and React.js Dashboard UI to display the status of the policies.

Technologies used: AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, EC2, Node.js, Python, Java, React.js, React-Redux, Lodash, Moment.js, ES6, Webpack, Babel.js, Node.js, Mocha.js, AWS S3 & EC2

Confidential, New York, NY

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Architected and developed React-Redux solution inside React-Native app
• Architected and developed the Meteor.js backend with websockets for communication using DDP
• Developed remote app testing using Mocha.js

Technologies used: React Native, React.js, React-Redux, DDP-Client (EventEmitter), Lodash, Moment.js, ES6, Webpack, Babel.js, Node.js, Mocha.js, Meteor.js, DDP, WebSockets, MongoDB, Twilio, Mandrill, Modulus, AWS S3 & EC2

Confidential, New York, NY

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Moved the UI to use react on rails gem and setup the automation process
• Developed features in multiple rails apps

Technologies used: Rails, Ruby, RSpec, Capybara, Selenium, Foreman, Bootstrap, HAML, SCSS, CoffeeScript, React.js, jQuery, Node.js, Webpack, ES6, PostgreSQL

Confidential, North Olmsted, OH

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created a proof of concept editable dashboard using React.js.
• Architected and created development plan for a core dashboard web platform.
• Lead the UX design and web development on the core platform.

Technologies used: HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, JavaScript, React.js, React-Bootstrap, React-Router, WebPack, Twitter Bootstrap

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Lead Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Architected and developed Python/Django REST APIs to access Twitter and other social data from MongoDB and ElasticSearch
• Architected and developed UI for search products using React.js
• Wrote python scripts to process the big data for easier access and to index the data for searching
• Scripted ETL process from MongoDB and Pipl API to ElasticSearch using Python to facilitate analytics querying and indexing.

Technologies used: Python, Django, DRF, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Big Data, HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, JavaScript, React.js, Node.js, Superagent, Underscore.js, Browserify, React-Bootstrap, React-Router, Gulp.js, WebPack, Twitter Bootstrap, Ansible

Confidential, Newnan, GA

Lead Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Lead the engineering team until a permanent VP of Engineering was hired
• Architected the backend API and the frontend UI system
• Put together hardware and salary cost estimates for the whole company
• Presented development cost estimates and roadmap before investors and advisory board

Technologies used: Node.js, Python, Django, DRF, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, JavaScript, React.js, Superagent, WebPack, React-Bootstrap, React-Router, Twitter Bootstrap, NMAP, network packet analysis, Ansible, Docker, Packer.io

Confidential, Santa Monica, CA

UX Architect & Product Owner

Responsibilities:

• Release planning and feature break down into feature flows, mockups, user stories and live prototypes where necessary.
• Conducted User Experience research through user interviews, and prototype walk-throughs.
• Architect, implemented and trained the rest of the teams on a new UX and engineering process workflow

Technologies used: Solr, Impala SQL, Big Data, OpenTSDB, HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, jQuery, Backbone.js, Underscore.js, Require.js, D3.js, Mocha.js, Twitter Bootstrap

UI Team Lead / Senior UI Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Primary architect of the UI for the flagship application, Sentinel 5.0
• Coded the single page architecture in CoffeeScript, using AMD-style modules (Require.js) with Pub/Sub-like Event Aggregator for the inter-module communication
• Wrote Impala SQL queries for the raw API for search related data
• UI Team Lead accountable for the UI team, both UX/IxD Designers and UI JS Engineers

Technologies used: Ruby Sinatra, Grape API, Swagger API, Swagger UI, HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, jQuery, Backbone.js, Underscore.js, Require.js, D3.js, Mocha.js, Twitter Bootstrap, Solr, Impala SQL, Hadoop, Hbase, BuildBot, Cloudera

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Tech Lead / Senior Web Presentation Architect

Responsibilities:

• Architected and Developed UI design pattern framework
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the SDL Tridion CMS architecture, JavaScript, internal Ruby tools, Ally Storefront Velocity implementations, and all the Ally Rates displays and feeds (both xml and json)
• Trained new resources on internal policies and standards

Technologies used: Ruby, Apache Velocity, C#.NET, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Ember.js, Cucumber

Content Delivery Systems Architect

Responsibilities:

• Architected and developed the content and front-end structure of numerous sites for Ally.com in SDL Tridion in C#
• Primary architect and developer of the Ally Rates Unification Framework and Platform for all Ally rate displays and Action Script 3.0 Ally Rate library
• Architected new version of Tridion implementation, and helped with the C# interfacing services
• Wrote Ruby scripts to test and scrape data from the already published pages into Excel spreadsheets for easier tracking, processing and analysis

Technologies used: Apache Velocity, C#.NET, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, ActionScript 3.0

Senior Web Presentation Architect

Responsibilities:

• Primary architect and project lead for the whole UI/UX team on the GMAC Auto Account Center redesign, a $35 million project with over 1 million unique visits per month
• Lead the development team which worked with offshore developers to integrate front end XHTML, CSS and JavaScript with Java Server Pages (JSPs)

Technologies used: Apache Velocity, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Co-founder, Lead Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• Architected and developed web and desktop applications using Node.js (node-webkit)
• Architected and developed Ruby/Sinatra web and mobile application

Technologies used: Node.js (and node-webkit desktop apps), Ruby/Sinatra, Ruby scripting, PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, Ember.js, Backbone.js, Capistrano, Cucumber

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Lead Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• Architected and developed complex external web applications for external clients
• Web site redesign and logo ideation, extensive work with PSD to HTML conversion on all projects

Technologies used: PHP, Zend, Ruby/Sinatra, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Adobe Air, Media Temple configuration (server provisioning, smtp setup, database configuration) and deployment

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Project Lead / Senior Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• Architected and developed main application for Confidential subscription services, with grossed sales of $250,000 per week that was used for the call center agents and online to process orders
• Primary architect of 13 major tools for company wide use, including a dashboard application with heavy AJAX integration.

Technologies used: PHP, Nagios, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery

Confidential, Mayfield Village, OH

Agent Tech Support I

Responsibilities:

• Answered tech support calls from agents with computer issues

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

Website / Network / Database Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Database and Network Administrator for the internal applications as well as the websites

Technologies used: PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Confidential, State College, PA

Intern Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• Tweaked PHP solutions as needed by IST
• Developed interactive Flash tutorials for the IST

Technologies used: PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ActionScript