Technology
Work Experience
10 years professional experience that includes platform development, content management, and leadership. Currently using React to solve fullstack engineering problems.
Hixme - Lead Architect
Architect for hixme.com. Code and platform lead that helps shape technology policy for all of engineering.
Our team works to create a first class experience on a reliable health care platform that's hosted by Amazon Web Services.
Workpop - Full Stack Engineer
Engineer on workpop.com. React Developer for a fast moving startup with a tight staff of professional engineers.
We work in a rapidly changing environment that supports desktop and mobile web. Every team member owns and delivers features to match a quickly iterating product specification.
Yahoo! - Application Developer
Developer on screen.yahoo.com. Working in kanban, I implemented product requirements for new projects and iterated on existing software.
My duties included code review, dev ops improvements, and critical code contributions. I mentored and onboarded incoming engineers.
The Foundry Agency - Director of Technology
As technology director, I was responsible for all hiring and training of Foundry staff.
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Masters of Science in Digital Media
Additionally awarded a certificate in film studies
Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelors of Science in Computational Media
Yahoo! Internal Mobile Training
Intermediate Android Development
Yahoo! Internal Mobile Training
Introduction to Android Development
Yahoo! Internal Business Training
Introduction to Advertising as a Business
About
I live in Los Angeles, California and have experience in both media and technology production.
I have experience in public speaking and freely evangelizes the state of technology and its related consumer markets.
I independently develop mobile video games and prototype apps.
Skills
- Redux
- React
- React Native
- React VR
- Kanban
- Agile
- Responsive Design
- ES6
- NodeJS
- Python
- C#
- Unity3D
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Android
- iOS
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Linux
- AWS
- Video Editing
- Content Production
- Social Media
- Analytics and Conversion Tracking
Projects
Gulp SFTP
This open source project is a fairly popular gulp respository on NPM.
This project is my most popular open source library, with an average of 1500 downloads a month maintained over an entire year.
Wordpress Node Command Line Bindings
Originally a tool for optimizing build scripts that involve Wordpress, this open source project was refactored into a standalone library.
This project is my second most popular open source library, with an average of 100 downloads a month maintained over an entire year. It is currently used by a national brand to power its Wordpress blogs.
Secret Handshake
This hackathon entry resulted in a patent granted for two factor authentication using gestures and biometrics.
House bus
Video editing and content management for some talented artists that wanted to contribute to the tiny house movement.
We were able to accumulate over 8500 followers on different social networks and be featured on Yahoo, Apartment Therapy, and several other modern living sites.