Portfolio

  • Mar 2018 - Pres

    LeapLife Insurance
    Head of Engineering, Lead Software Engineer

    LeapLife is a digital life insurance agency available everywhere in the United States. The San Francisco-based company combines leading data science, deep underwriting knowledge, and proprietary technology to match consumers with the right carrier.

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    Skills: Vue, Node, JavaScript, ES6, Nuxt, HTML, CSS, Server Mgmt, Project Mgmt, Sass, NPM, Git

    Originally brought in to architect the front-end, I have had an effect on the entire codebase. From crafting a website server-side rendering Vue UI components or multiple scoring and recommendation engines, I have been the entire LeapLife experience.

    • Architected Vue + Nuxt server-side rendered front-end web app utilizing common UI component best practices, integrating our Node backend.
    • Integrated third-party API to offer our UI experience to users in all 50 states, answering questions then generating, filling, and signing PDFs.
    • Built recommendation engine to offer users honest, customized quotes.
    • Developed dynamic underwriting and scoring engine as users progress through the online application experience.
    • Created dynamic question generator engine, a common UI experience, and PDF-filling services to digitize an online experience for multiple companies.
    • Acted as Project Manager for off-shore team to extend our lineup of companies.
    • Worked with marketing and partners to supply recommended quotes as API.

  • Apr 2017 - Mar 2018

    Marketo
    Staff Front-end Engineer

    Marketo, now an Adobe company, offers the leading Engagement Platform that empowers marketers to build brand value, grow revenue, and prove impact.

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    Skills: React, Redux, JavaScript, ES6, HTML, CSS, Project Mgmt, Sass, Webpack, NPM, Git

    Following the purchase of ToutApp by Marketo, ToutApp operated as a separate entity within Marketo. We continued to maintain our own codebase and website. I was the lead front-end engineer, who beyond my normal scope of work was responsible for code structure, coding standards, and architecture decisions as we integrated Marketo styling, added teams in Ukraine & India, and internationalized our application in five languages.

    • Continued the architecture and implementation of React + Redux front-end and common UI component library as ToutApp continued it's urban renewal strategy operating as separate codebase.
    • Concentrated five repositories into single mono repo structure to manage all code across main webapp, Gmail, OWA, internationalization, and UI component library.
    • ToutApp's repesentative for front-end architecture guild.
    • On-boarded three teams in Ukraine, managing coding efforts and maintaining high code quality standards.
    • Managed the internationalization effort by a third-party vendor that used our baked-in-from-the-start architecture choice to serve six languages.

  • Jun 2015 - Apr 2017

    ToutApp
    Senior Front-end Engineer, Front-end Engineer

    ToutApp, now a part of Marketo, is a Saas productivity software company helping you increase pipeline coverage and drive consistency in the sales process.

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    Skills: React, Redux, JavaScript, ES6, HTML, CSS, Sass, Webpack, NPM, Git

    As one of the first-dedicated front-end engineers, I was responsible for architecting and implementing React within the legacy BackboneJS webapp. Originally brought in to architect the front-end, I have had an effect on the entire codebase. Proving out React in a complete Gmail Chrome extension re-write, a common UI component library allowed fast integration in an OWA extension before slowly replacing all features within the main webapp.

    • Architected and led adoption of React + Redux front-end and common UI component library.
    • Integrated React into Backbone legacy app as part of urban renewal strategy.
    • Built out developer tooling and maintained front-end repositories.
    • Wrote Chrome Extension in React which saw 1.9 million emails sent from Gmail, a 100% increase, within three months.
    • Proved out common components architecture by creating Outlook Web add-in.

  • Oct 2011 - May 2015

    Coyote Logistics
    Mobile & Web App Developer

    Coyote is a leading third-party logistics provider based in Chicago. A UPS company since 2015, Coyote built it's reputation an innovator in the space through a commitment to providing visibility and reliability to both customers and carriers.

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    Skills: JavaScript, C#.NET, PhoneGap, AngularJS, BackboneJS, jQuery, Android, iOS, Ionic

    Upon joining Coyote Logistics as a general developer, I helped start the mobile development team as I had self-taught Android experience creating apps. After prototyping different frameworks, we settled on PhoneGap to allow our small team to develop cross-platform hybrid mobile apps for both Android and IOS. Alongside our mobile work, our team worked on features for the main webapp built using Backbone and Handlebars on the front-end with C# and .NET on the back-end.

    • Led full stack development of CoyoteGO, a hybrid mobile check-in application for commercial drivers to find and manage loads, which cut call volume by 14%.
    • Took the initative to prototype an employee mobile app in my free time using Ionic and Angular, eventually becoming BazookaMobile.
    • Begun third mobile app, a customer analytics app that would eventually be released as Coyote Howl.
    • Collaborated on customer-facing single page app as full-stack developer.

  • Jun 2007 - Oct 2011

    Rockwell Collins
    Software Engineer

    Rockwell Collins is a leader in aviation and solutions for commercial and military customers around the world.

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    Skills: C++, C, Embedded Systems, Project Mgmt, Satellite Communication, Subversion

    Led a multi-disciplinary team as Software Lead and Cost Account Manager to add full-duplex functionality to satellite communication (SATCOM) waveforms utilized on SwISS AMF radio project. Four years of diversified experience throughout the software development life-cycle working with SATCOM software systems for the fifth generation of ARC-210 radios.

    • Documented project from requirements phase through software development plan.
    • Managed the schedule and budgets for achieving on-time, on-budget milestones.
    • Delivered presentations to the customer and reported project status to program management
    • Successfully took software from requirements phase through design, implementation, integration, and testing phases.
    • Demonstrated ability to learn complex systems quickly by becoming lead developer on two satellite software systems.
    • Employed fast problem solving to meet integration and testing deadlines.
    • Collaborated with cross-functional team to plan and resolve issues while integrating software and hardware systems across the radio.

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