Skills Summary
Software developer with 10 years of experience with JavaScript and Typescript development for the web using modern software stacks, including but not limited to Next.js, React, Redux, CI/CD platforms, Amazon Web Services, UI testing, and Google Cloud. Design experience includes Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma. A lifelong learner always looking for the next way to improve web performance and usability.
Education
Sonoma State University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science | Graduated May 2019
Computer Science GPA: 3.99 | Overall GPA: 3.905 | Computer Science Club President
- Studies focused on Python, C, C++, and Javascript, as well as software architecture, computing principles, compiler design, and research in the field of human-computer interaction.
- As computer science club president, a strong emphasis was placed on community engagement through hosting large-scale hackathons and other events.
Work Experience
Kizen
Principal Front-End Engineer / March 2023 – Present
As a principal engineer, duties include coordinating projects and planning work to ensure features are delivered to customers on time and with a high quality of work, while in parallel spending a majority of the time on implementation of critical features and platform improvements.
- Led a project to build an advanced self-service billing model to drive revenue through product-led growth and free trial accounts.
- Built a powerful, flexible, and secure plugin engine for extending the capabilities of the core Kizen platform, and enabled developers to build and deploy their own applications.
- Led a developer enablement effort to expand the capability of the plugin ecosystem and allow third-party developers to easily build with Kizen.
Senior Front-End Engineer / January 2022 – March 2023
Work primarily consisted of working on the the front-end for the core product, with a focus on using React to build the business intelligence dashboard to allow users to visualize data through a series of charts. Strong emphasis on building performant UIs that are capable of quickly and efficiently rendering large amounts of data.
Pinpoint Software
Software Developer / June 2017 – January 2022
Work primarily consisted of building and maintaining core features of the product using React and Next.js, as well as contributing to the node backend, including authentication flows, email management, and data manipulation.
Vital 38 Media
Owner & Operator / November 2017 – January 2020
Owned and operated a web development firm specializing in custom, full-stack applications. Won contracts from various companies and agencies, as well as managed numerous contractors to meet project deadlines.
Santa Rosa Junior College
Computer Science Teaching Assistant / August 2016 – August 2017
Duties consisted of providing assistance during lab sections, tutoring students, and grading assignments during numerous semesters for programming courses in C++ and later in Java.
Appcelerator, Inc. (Now part of Axway)
Engineering Intern / June 2015 – June 2017
Duties included writing JavaScript web applications, and the writing of unit tests and design verification.
Applicable Volunteer Work
NomaHacks / 2019
Led the effort to host the first ever public, completely free to attend college-level hackathon in the North Bay of California. The event lasted over 24 hours, and saw over 100 participants from all over the Bay Area. Duties involved fundraising from corporate sponsorts, coordinating a team of over two dozen volunteers, as well as doing graphic design work for the event, and building full-stack web applications to support day-to-day activitities.
Sonoma County Rises / 2017 - 2018
Designed, built, and maintained the full stack for Sonoma County Rises following the Tubbs fire, including design mockups and wireframes. Duties also included attending marketing and brand meetings to make decisions on steps to gain further exposure to the movement, and general directional and steering meetings.