January 2019 - Present

I design and develop applications and software solutions. I collaborate with my team to provide smart and strategic recommendations to clients, and work on multiple projects using many different technologies in a deadline-driven environment. This also entails being able to communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences, and align with clients on their objectives and execute with a team to make it happen.

With a knack for user-focused critical thinking and a demonstrated ability to deliver valuable work, I bring my experience with JavaScript and frameworks (Vue.js, React and AngularJS), CMSs (WordPress, Drupal, Laravel, Magento), web development tools like NPM, Webpack, Gulp/Grunt, and Less/Sass, and version control systems like Git. I’m driven by excitement for (and understanding of) web and accessibility standards, best practices, responsive design, and emerging web technologies.

October 2018 - December 2018

Reporting directly to the CTO, I was responsible for developing and maintaining web applications, troubleshooting issues, and finding efficient ways to improve services. This entailed continuing to enhance and refine my ability to solve problems with PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS.

I provided professional training and support directly to clients of varying sizes, demonstrating my knowledge of web development concepts, practices, and procedures including API integration, object oriented programming, and the development of extensions for 3rd party content management systems.

Other work duties included setup, configuration, and management of hosting environments, database management, functional website testing, cross-browser website testing, content loading, multi-system data ETL (extract-transform-load), project management, and customer relationship management.

I relied on my gained experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals within assigned jobs across a variety of complex web technology tasks.

I left aimClear after a month due to a cultural mismatch, which was difficult due to my rampant eagerness to join this company, the leaders and employees of which I've known for many years. However, expectation does not always align with reality, and this was a harsh reminder of that fact.

November 2017 - Present

I programmed user-interfaces and some full-stack solutions for our ASP.NET MVC internal software, learning C# and advancing my familiarity with SQL.

I handled all front-end & UI development tasks for our client-facing AngularJS web application, taking on more full-stack tasks as my knowledge of our code base increased.

I solely managed our custom-themed WordPress website. I implemented design updates, requested changes, formatting issues, styles, and functionalities, and performed a site code (CSS & PHP) cleanup.

I performed SEO audits on company-owned websites to ensure that they were conforming to current web development standards and SEO visibility, and made informed, confident, and knowledgeable technical SEO recommendations for client websites in order to ensure that the content that Brandpoint produces for their clients could be as performant as possible.

I left Brandpoint with mixed feelings after the preceding departures of former employees left me with little work to do and a gap between my ability to meaningfully contribute and the abilities of the other developers on the team.

October 2017 - January 2018

On behalf of DRPM, I developed a new WordPress website for Professional Wireless Communications, a prominent radio & communications company in Burnsville, Minnesota. I received assets and mockups from their graphic designer, and met with them to go over scope, estimations, and expectations. I stayed on time and under budget, and strengthened my time management skills as well as my ability to work completely unsupervised as a contractor.

April 2017 - October 2017

I worked on client websites, which entailed creating, updating, or migrating existing websites to current, custom-coded WordPress themes and plugins based on client specifications. I worked extensively with WordPress and become familiar with WP’s codebase, as well as WordPress architecture, themes, plugins, and design.

I assisted in the development of a React.js project that challenged my skills and learning curve, and in this endeavor, levelled up my working knowledge of vanilla JavaScript and jQuery as I wrote custom scripts and functions as needed to solve problems.

I began using Less and Sass regularly as they improved efficiency & flexibility across projects.

I used Git for version control and learned how to handle merges & conflicts with multiple developers and branches.

I left LuminFire when they ceased assigning meaningful work to me, and later, were no longer willing and able to pay me for hours submitted on my invoices.