My Résumé

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Summary

A career musician turned programmer. Seeking to leverage 8 years of intense production in website development and single-page applications to contribute to an outstanding team. Can plan large, technical projects to be delivered on a deadline. A specialist in website performance optimization, frequently delivering a speed index of 1 second or less.

Work History

Full Stack Developer Zehlm Web Development

11/2022 - Present

(Remote) Morganton, NC

Integrated APIs, including Stripe and Google Maps, enhancing functionality for client projects.
Coached team members on techniques of performance optimization, increasing page performance scores to 90+.
Led a library re-factoring, centralizing re-used code and easing the difficultly of future edits.
Spearheaded the inclusion of single-page application dashboards, maximizing user-satisfaction, and cutting server blocking time by 1/3.
Engineered and executed a complicated application with 4 user login types, delivering deliverables for a client worth $10,000+.
Authored a library to split large files into pieces and sending the pieces to the server, increasing upload capacity by a factor of 10.
Communicated clear documentation for libraries and folder structures, eliminating the need for future communication on the subject.

Lead Software Engineer Web Apps Actualized

05/2016 - 10/2022

(Remote) Walnut Cove, NC

Constructed a suite of powerful tooling, reducing production time by many factors of 10.
- VCR.js: Developed a minimalistic front-end application framework, reducing the server-load by up to 60% per page on the site.
- Ready Made Form: Engineered and implemented a CRUD interface renderer, reducing interface production time from 8-10 hours to a mere 20-60 minutes, for entire databases.
- Invoice to Inbox: Built accounting and business management software managing billing, payments, and report generation: increasing the client's perception of professionalism 2x.
- The Daily Wizard: Founded an application to collect data and schedule work.
- Site Generator: Designed a tool to meta-code websites based on a configuration form, eliminating 3-5 days of development time.
Optimized fully-functioning single-page applications as websites to score 99-100 across the board on Google Lighthouse.
Collaborated with other developers and communicated with clients to settle on solutions.
Implemented a dashboard for a REST API to check prices on a daily basis, saving the client thousands of dollars per year in lost revenue.

Front End DeveloperCheyenne Studios

02/2016 - 04/2016

(Remote) Las Angeles, CA

Collaborated via Slack with cross-functional teams of developers to troubleshoot and develop solutions to technical challenges.
Built a JavaScript calendar and organized server requests in such a way as to reduce query times by 50%.

Hard Skills

JavaScript
PHP
MySQL
SQLite
HTML + CSS
HTACCESS
Git + Bash
Algebra

Soft Skills

Teaching
Leadership
Communication

Specializations

Single-Page Applications
Performance Optimization
REST API
E-Commerce
Secure Login
SEO
Server Administration
SSL Instalation

APIs

Google Maps
PayPal
Stripe
Brain Tree
Ship Station
Twillio
Memberstack
PriceCharting.com
GreCaptcha
MSDN (C++)

Location

Germanton, NC

Education

Some Community College