Front-end Honcho Resume

SUMMARY

Engineer and team - lead with deep experience in full-stack web development, team management and product development.
Modern JavaScript (ES6/ES7) with Webpack and BabelReact, Redux, Redux-Saga, material-ui, PostCSS, immutableJS.
Vanilla JavaScript/node.js as well as frameworks/services such as deepstream.io, horizon.io, express/koa, redis, RethinkDB and AWS lambda/Firebase, modern CSS and HTML5.
Perl and the Catalyst framework, SQL, Python/IronPython, Java, jQuery, backbone and other legacy JavaScript libraries
Created one of the very first resources about JavaScript optimization, highlighted in the book Even Faster Websites by Steve Souders. (I finally took the page down in Dec 2015, but it can still be seen at

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Front-end Honcho

Responsibilities:

Created the Confidential Tools system for use by our own executives and employees as well as commercial partners. These tools allow everything from curation of property listings to partner on-boarding and lease related activities. Built with node.js, deepstream.io/redis, WebPack/Babel, React, Redux, Redux-Saga and Material-UI.
Also integrates with a Rails API server.
Created all web sites and HTML launch/marketing emails
In charge of AWS set-up and configuration for front-end hosting and node.js servers
Hiring of front-end developers and designers

Confidential

Senior Engineer

Responsibilities:

Created the ZipResume system which parses submitted resumes, stores the data in a canonical representation and displays the resume in a standardized, easy to read format. Utilizes Handlebars templates and vanilla JavaScript.
Also responsible for the creation of Editable ZipResumes, which gives job applicants the ability to modify and save multiple versions of the standardized ZipResume.
Designed and implemented Resume Database front-end search functionality, including a custom parser/UI for power-user boolean queries.
Created the optimized and enhanced Confidential embedded job widget.
My fingerprints are all over several of Confidential 's most used systems, including PDF generation code for invoices and resumes, UI implementation and back-end code for QuickView resume scanning, and optimized JavaScript library loading.

Confidential

Manager of Web Development

Responsibilities:

Photo-tray web app as a central hub for managing event photos and photo processing such as visual effects (sepia tone, rotations, templates), color correction and print ordering.
Custom print ordering. A single page web app utilizing HTML5/SVG features to create prints using custom borders and ordering options, as well as templated photos for calendars and greeting cards.

Confidentia

Game Programmer and Infrastructure

Responsibilities:

Custom trigger and timer systems for multiplayer, scripted interactions and power-ups, and all server/client programming for game behaviors, pursuit/evasion algorithms.
Python/IronPython gameplay code and build system for both client and server, as well as cross platform (Windows/Linux) game configuration scripts.
Installed and managed VMWare virtualized Linux/CentOS game servers for testing and product demonstrations.

Confidential

Senior Web Application Developer

Responsibilities:

Created a fully custom web UI framework that was consistent with the company's native Windows MFC environment.
Developed the base libraries for forensic data-loading AJAX components to deal with multi-gigabyte streams.

Confidential

Manager of Application Development

Responsibilities:

Developed the Javascript network code for the first of its kind internet enabled high-def DVD title designed to interface with custom server software and security protocols.
Created animation timing tools to parse vendor animation formats and transform them into fully realized, disc-compatible animations for special features and games. These tools were used every day by all of our programmers.
Managed six developers in a fast paced production environment.
Participated regularly in high level client meetings with Toshiba, Deluxe, Microsoft, Warner Bros. and others.

Confidential

Lead Web Programmer

Environment: JavaScript, Css, HTML, C#

Confidential

Senior UI Developer

Environment: JavaScript, C#, CSS, HTML

Confidential

Lead Front-end Developer

Environment: JavaScript, C++, CSS, HTML

Confidential

Lead Web Developer

Environment: JavaScript, CSS, HTML

Confidential, NYC

Network Tech/Help System Web Developer

Environment: Hardware management, JavaScript, HTML