Recent Projects
Resume
Education
Maryville University
Bachelor of Fine Arts
GPA 3.2
- Web Design
- Web Design 2
- Interactive Applications
- Interactive Applications 2
- UI / UX Design
Awards & Honors
Cum Laude
Graduated
May, 2020
Wildwood Community College
General Studies
- Web Design
- Intro to Database Management
- Linux
- Intro to Programming (C#)
Parkway South High
High School
- Web Design
Graduated
May, 2012
Employment
Simpson Strong-Tie
UX Engineer
February 2023 - Current
- Architected enterprise-wide design system migration from Legacy React Components to Web Components, React 19, and Blazor conducting performance research that revealed 500ms improvements and guided company-wide technology adoption
- Rapidly mastered multiple technologies including Lit.js and .NET Blazor within 2 months each, becoming lead technical architect for cross-platform component libraries
- Delivered 70+ production components across React, Blazor, and Web Component libraries, serving 40+ applications and establishing deployment infrastructure for NPM/NuGet distribution
- Facilitated stakeholder adoption by creating comprehensive documentation and POCs for 9 development teams, resulting in streamlined component integration with minimal sprint disruption
- Led strongtie.com technical migration from external vendors to internal team, upgrading Next.js framework, implementing SSR for SEO optimization, and enhancing CMS integration
- Established development standards including Semantic Versioning guidelines, component documentation templates, and deployment processes that improved team efficiency and developer experience
- Conducted UX research and feasibility analysis for component development decisions, creating data-driven recommendations that influenced strategic technology choices across the organization
Skills
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Lead Frontend Developer
September 2019 - February 2023
- Collaborated cross-functionally with marketing and project management to develop innovative ideas, initiatives, products, and services, leveraging expertise in JavaScript and front-end frameworks.
- Enhanced and maintained the organization's JavaScript and PHP applications.
- Developed front-end applications and user interfaces using React, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Next.js, and Gatsby, while integrating with various back-end CMS platforms including Dato, Contentful, WordPress, and .NET.
- Applied working knowledge of REST API development with Express.js, Next.js, and Laravel, and effectively utilized REST APIs and GraphQL APIs within front-end frameworks.
- Managed code repositories using Git in Github and Gitlab environments
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