Profile
I'm a software engineer and a lifelong coder who is looking for new opportunities.
Experience
Benchprep
- Developed and maintained a large enterprise SaaS B2B learning platform as part of an agile project team of designers, developers and QA engineers
- Built and maintained a converter to process XML books into HTML documents, suitable for ingesting into a content API
- Implemented new features including learner certificates awarded on course completion, a new continuous learning modality, a new question taking experience, and a new user portal.
- Created and maintained multiple new channels for peer to peer help between developers, including a slack channel, confluence documentation called Snack and Learns, and Stack Overflow for teams.
- Participated in numerous spikes to determine the viability of using Vuejs more widely on our platform.
- Created and ran numerous educational presentations for the engineering team.
Fullstack Academy
- Conducted lectures on JavaScript and supervises in-class workshops
- Helped students debug their code and troubleshoot blockers during workshops
Improv Resource Center
- Built Ruby on Rails application for class promotion and sign up (see above)
- Installed, customized and maintained several WordPress sites
- Produced streaming video content, live coaching sessions and audio podcasts
Under the Gun Theater
- Solo developed website using Ruby on Rails
- Solo developed website to keep track of bar's inventory
- Created content for several social media accounts
Other Projects
- Cage-Match.com A php site, built from scratch with custom template system and admin dashboard. Built in 2000 and still works with latest versions of PHP
- Del Close Marathon, built several early versions of this site in PHP, handled festival submissions, created algorithm to aid in the selection process, and a web calender listing all shows
- Chicago Improv Festival, built a submission system in Ruby on Rails