Résumé

Objective

To build software that makes a difference to real people. To grow teams that succeed.

Big Cartel2025–Present

Took over the seller admin rebuild as project lead and migrated every seller to the new platform
Established the rebuild's component architecture and broke the work into iterative milestones
Prototyped a new direction for the storefront editor after early user testing trended negative, then scoped and built the final WYSIWYG editor
Built and maintained the company's design system and component preview tool, drove company-wide adoption, and retired two legacy UI frameworks
Managed a squad of 3–4 engineers while also working as an individual contributor; established agile practices and coached the team to apply them
Introduced AI-assisted development practices and tooling across the engineering team

TapKat.com @ TapKat Solutions, LLC2019–2024

Designed, tested, and built a nonprofit fundraising platform
Rebuilt donation processing using a mobile-first methodology to accommodate 70% of traffic
Implemented a GraphQL API using graphql-ruby
Developed multiple SPAs to collect donations, manage campaigns, and administer the platform
Deployed Zapier integration to allow donor data to be sent to other services
Implemented an iframe-based plugin to collect donations on a nonprofit's own website

Many Projects @ MojoTech2016–2019

Led a team building greenfield SaaS product for nonprofit donation-driven sweepstakes
Built an Elasticsearch scoring model for hotel matching
Built out native Android catalog for educational games company
Implemented iOS features for a dental insurance provider
Led full-stack team developing a software solution for disaster recovery management
Built a React Native application to manage petrochemical flanges with a Bluetooth torque wrench
Maintained and extended a 12-year-old Rails CRM for car dealerships

Culturalist @ Project 10 Lab2012–2015

Led a team of remote developers and designers building Rails and Backbone Marionette applications
Designed and supported a JSON API for multiple front-ends
Deployed many self-contained Backbone Marionette applications
Conducted technical interviews to hire developers
Mentored juniors through pair-programming and the use of constant code review and pull-request feedback
Developed and managed a JavaScript SDK for third-party integrators

Culturalist.com @ Project 10 Lab2011–2012

Prototyped, planned, and tested initial product concepts as a founding team member
Developed early design directions with the product owner

Artful.ly @ Fractured Atlas2010–2011

Built a Rails ticket vending application for independent artists
Created drop-in JavaScript shopping cart plugin to allow artists to sell tickets from their own websites

Collaborative Software Initiative2009–2010

Rebuilt major parts of a legacy PHP application that was re-purposed for the U.S. Department of Education
Designed UI for high frequency trading utilities

Lehigh University Digital Media Center2005–2008

Managed 15 student developers and designers on projects for internal and external clients

Toolbelt

Skilled with

Familiar with

BS in Computer Engineering, Minor in Graphic Design, Graduated cum laude