About

I am a Front-End Software Engineer who values clean coding practices, simplicity, and test driven development.

Skills

JavaScript

Typescript

React

Redux

Webpack

Node

GraphQL

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2021 - Present
Smartsheet
  • Tech Lead for a team of 3 through an initiative to improve and re-design the user’s home page.
  • Tech Lead for a team of 2 through an initiative to modernize the legacy left navigation in the product.
  • Collaborated and delivered on the new Search experience within the product.
  • Mentored other engineers on best practices and career trajectory.
  • Participated in a culture of rigorous code-review.
  • Delivered on various operational excellence tasks to work on improving the overall maintainability of code.

Senior Software Engineer

Dec 2018 - Nov 2021
Microsoft
  • Tech-led crew of 3 through an initiative to improve and re-design the publishing experience in Yammer, delivering on many strategic and compete-scenario features including rich text, Q&A, and polls.
  • Delivered faster typing, and publisher performance improvements.
  • Steered best practices and instilled a culture of rigorous code-review.
  • Collaborated on front-end realtime scalability challenges in order to improve the web experience for customers.

Software Engineer II

Aug 2015 - Dec 2018
Microsoft
  • Sought opportunities to reduce technical debt in a large codebase
    • Simplified the codebase by converting several pure components into functional components.
    • Measured and improved test coverage
  • Introduced a tool to help generate response fixtures to improve test performance and reliability.
  • Planned and executed on the technical roadmap for an initiative to develop a version of Yammer that would be consumed by the Teams application.
  • Participated in learning sessions sharing my knowledge to the broader team.

Software Engineeer

Jul 2012 - Aug 2015
Whitepages
  • Built out profile features like addresses and avatars.
  • Built out phone verification features like sending verification codes via SMS.
  • Delivered features to funnel customers into Whitepages Pro.

Education

BS Network Communications Management

2005 - 2008
DeVry University

Graduated Cum Luade.

Projects

League Wrangler - An alternative front-end to http://teamcowboy.com focusing on simplicity and responsive design
Little Alchemy 2 Web - A react front end to search for Little Alchemy 2 combinations