Experience

Software Engineer at BetterHelp

December 14, 2015 to Present

Full stack developer and product manager responsibilities including end to end design, development, monitoring, and improvement of products and features leading to increased customer signup and retention.

  • Audio & video messaging allowing more intimate communicate between customer and providers
  • Appointment scheduling system which increased customer retention
  • Facebook Messenger chat bot provided an alternative funnel channel increasing lead volume
  • Online status and notification system that also serves as the platform for real time video, phone, and chat communication services

Senior Web Developer at Automation Anywhere

January 21, 2014 to December 11, 2015

As head of web services for this B2B technology company I redesigned their web properties improving lead generation, customer experience, search engine optimization, and maintainability. Designed all graphics and collateral for the marketing team.

  • Continuous design experimentation generating a 67% increase trial downloads
  • Transferred website infrastructure to Amazon Web Services improving scalability, performance, and fault tolerance
  • Redesigned several web properties incorporating responsiveness for mobile and tablets and optimizing for search engines and lead generation

Web Designer at HeritageHotelGroup.com

October 12, 2007 to December 31, 2008

Custom-built a marketing site for this hotel management group. Designed graphics, layouts, and typography. Developed custom PHP/MySQL back-end. Created online advertising campaigns and promos.

Instructor at AcademyX

September 9, 2009 to January 18, 2014

Over five years I helped hundreds of students learn and build careers in web services, teaching introductory and advanced classes in design, development, and marketing.

  • Design - Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
  • Development - LAMP bootcamp, HTML5 & CSS3, JavaScript, PHP, SQL
  • Marketing - SEO, Social Media Marketing, AdWords, Analytics

CTO & Co-founder at BidPie

June 15, 2011 to March 15, 2013

As CTO and Co-founder I was responsible for designing and building the entire technology stack and application infrastructure for this online auction startup. We offered real-time auctions with a gameified interface and multiple auction and bidding types.

Owner & Founder at TweetFleet

September 1, 2009 to December 15, 2011

Automating friend-finding and contacts on Twitter. As Founder, I brought this idea from concept to production. I created all of original design and development assets, eventually managing 3 developers.

Skills

  • Performance and scalability optimization
  • Product management
  • Multivariant testing design
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Visual and UX design

Technologies

  • PHP
  • SQL
  • JavaScript
  • NodeJS
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • SASS
  • NGINX
  • Docker
  • VB.net
  • AutoIt
  • Ruby on Rails

Passionate About

  • Data-Driven Testing
  • Awesome User Experiences
  • Teaching & Learning