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Modern web software application development
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I'm a web developer and designer who has worked in a variety of industries,
Hi. Thanks for coming to my cloud -- here's a little bit about me...
I'm a professional web software developer who was grown from artistic roots. I've always been a relatively creative person with an interest in creating art (drawing, painting, sculpture), so naturally, after having earned a degree in Graphic Design & Computer Graphics, I worked in production graphics for a couple years doing book layout, catalog layout, high-volume business cards, etc.
I first discovered web development by slicing apart my own PhotoShop designs and building out HTML templates. The need to store things in a database quickly became evident and so, like a lot of people, I learned PHP and MySQL. One of my first paid projects was installing a streaming webcam on the dance floor of a club and hooking it up to live-stream to their website.
I'm currently a web UI developer at a fantastic company in the marketing space - Clutch, a customer relationship marketing platform. In the past I have worked for smaller startups such as Gr8 People, a Human Resource Management platform, to a multi-national corporation such as Johnson & Johnson. At J&J I worked as a front-end developer, where I helped build out several healthcare applications of all types. I've worked on Diabetes, Bariatrics, Orthopaedic, and Eye Surgery applications. Most of these application's main purposes were to improve the health outcomes of the treatment of some disease state. In addition to these, I also worked doing web development for The Bank of New York's private client services division.
Today, I focus on creating user interfaces and experiences that provide a seamless path for the user to accomplish whatever they wish to. I focus on front-end architecture and programming including frameworks such as React, Gatsby or NextJS. I am passionate about all-things front-end development including Javascript, ES6+, CSS, SASS, HTML5, GraphQL, Node/NPM, Git, and more!
When I write applications now, I make a concerted effort to offload as much back-end workload to cloud providers (i.e. AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) as possible and working toward a truly "serverless" architectures -- but only when the use-case is appropriate.
I ride bikes. Mountain bikes. Road bikes. Cyclocross bikes. Indoor bikes. You name it...I like to ride when I can!
I have a quasi tech blog here: ES6.TODAY |^| (opens in new window)
I’m a web software developer and designer, grown from print-graphics roots, who is currently focused on building in the React and Node ecosystems. I am a purveyor of top-flight user experiences (UX) and user-centered design (UCD). My professional experience spans a variety of industries including advertising agency clients (MRA Group), Talent Acquisition, Banking and Finance (Bank of NY), Medical Devices (LifeScan) and other pharma and healthcare-related software (Johnson & Johnson).
MBA Anywhere track
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies (Public Relations Track)
No degree - Business Administration & Marketing track
Associate of Applied Arts in Graphic Design & Computer Graphics