Portfolio

Skills

Software Development

  • Full-stack Web and API Development: Strong Experience with PHP 5/7/8 development, enterprise site legacy code migration, XML/JSON RESTful API services, CSS, Javascript, Python, WordPress, Drupal
  • E-Commerce Business Platforms: Shopify Plus, Magento module/theme development
  • SEO and SMO Implementation: Schema.org markup integration, Open Graph SMO, programatic asset minification and compression, CDN delivery
  • Reporting and Analytics: Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Shopify Dashboard and Reporting, Omniture
  • Browser Security: XmlHTTPrequest cryptography, CA and digital certificates, SSL

 

Leadership

  • Architecture Planning, QA Process Management: Work across teams to lead technical implementations and meet business needs, continuously work with developers to test, train and document new development.
  • Effective Project Planning and Scope Management: Transparent communication between peer department leaders, clients, vendors and other teams to implement a strategic agenda and begin project execution.
  • Highly Effective Analytical Decision Making: Continuously analyze critical changes and progress in project milestones.
  • Flexible Adaptability: Demonstrated ability to manage contingency planning through unforeseen team and project changes, maintain smooth transitions to meet new criterias, and report new requirements in a timely manner.
  • Efficient Cost Management: Analytical service billing reductions through optimizations and improvements.

Server Deployment and Management

  • Cloud Deployment and Virtualization: AWS (EC2, Route 53, Load Balancing, CloudSearch, S3, ECS/Fargate), Vagrant, Docker, VMware, VirtualBox
  • Network: Load balancing, failover protocol, clustering, SiteScope monitoring, Bind9 zone management, OpenVPN
  • Caching and Indexing: Solr, ElasticSearch, AWS CloudSearch, Redis, Memcache
  • Operating Systems: Debian, Arch, Alpine, OpenSUSE, CentOS, Windows, MacOS

Data (API, SQL, Document Oriented Storage, Filemaker)

  • MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, FileMaker, MongoDB
  • General Skills: Indexing, normalization, advanced database administration, security and monitoring, stored procedures/triggers, application storage, backup automation, enforcing referential integrity, replication, partitioning.
  • Informatica (“Big Data”): Bulk geocoding and address normalization for firm and legal data.

Software Quality Assurance

  • Test coverage: Test planning, test cases, regression, acceptance, performance, and production
  • QA Execution: Concurrency and scalability analysis, test automation (Ranorex), grey-box testing, bug reports
  • Reporting: Acceptance criteria, user stories, progress reporting with metrics and graphing tools (TFS, PractiTest)

Experience

NextGen Healthcare June 2023 - PRESENT

  • Senior Engineer
    • Strategize hosting and deployment solutions for DevOps and Migration teams.
    • Automate and deploy cloud applications, services and infrastructure.
    • Build and maintain tools to support the deployment of healthcare services in AWS.

 

PMI Worldwide March, 2021 - June, 2023

  • Web Operations Lead
    • Serve as the business technology subject matter expert including features and functionality of our “direct-to-consumer” sites and other corporate websites.
    • Collaborate with business partners, clients, vendors, and stakeholders to identify project requirements and ensure project goals are met in our fast-growing “direct-to-consumer” business.
    • Migrated our customer service platforms to scale, support, and lead development as account owner towards a global solution for all of our stores internationally.
    • Architect, document, and train new infrastructure processes cross-collaboratively for all web-related operations.

 

University of Washington December, 2018 - September, 2021

  • Senior Web Consultant    March, 2021 - September, 2021
    • Build a collaborative and comprehensive documentation wiki for administrators and developers.
    • Conduct interview and provide hiring consultation.
    • Continue to prioritize Drupal and internal web application maintenance while constructing a roadmap for future development.
  • Senior Web Developer, Statistics, PhD Program    December, 2018 - March, 2021
    • Architect, supervise, and develop internal applications for the Statistics PhD program, consisting of a series of PHP/MySQL based applications which assist with reviewing applicants, student advising and student employee evaluations.
    • Integrate ORCID, a persistent digital identifier vendor, to allow students, faculty and researchers present their preprint publications and promote their research on the UW Statistics website. As of late 2020, I am proud to announce that our department is the first on campus to take this to production.
    • Architect production site hosting with Docker, and lead our team in the migration of production websites to Docker-based environments for our department websites and internal applications.
    • Lead multiple website migrations, including moving our legacy web applications to Drupal 8 and 9. This process includes building custom modules for syncing data from various API services on campus.
    • Routinely coordinate with developers across campus to present and discover new development strategies, covering topics such as Drupal development, reporting tactics, data security, and deployment processes.

FDB Health (Hearst) October, 2016 - December, 2018

  • PHP Developer (PHP/Postgres) for MedsTracker®
    • As client implementation lead, I work directly with hospital/ambulatory software vendors and their environments on troubleshooting, software updates, building solutions, and providing custom reports.
    • Integrate SOAP and RESTful API services for single sign-on (SSO), patients, allergies, medications, and encounters between each vendor application and their embedded instance of MedsTracker®.
    • Implement Solr for efficient retrieval of insurance formulary information, enhanced search picklists, and accurate geolocation for pharmacies.
    • “Dockerizing” our dev and QA environments locally for development and in AWS Elastic Container Services and enhancing cross-collaboration between teams. Build custom web containers to better mirror our deployment environments and improve performance.

    • Roadmapped and executed on legacy code enhancements (PHP5 -> PHP7.1 migration, autoloading, feature branch automation).
    • Implement Two-factor authentication for EPCS identity proofing and ePrescribing - Imprivata, Exostar.
    • Lead the development and implementation of Meducation® - a solution to assist patients with simplified and multilingual prescription instructions within our ERM/EHR systems.
    • As part of moving our team to agile, I led Jira API automation for version control integration and deployment management.

Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) October, 2013 - October, 2016

  • Web Application Developer (PHP7/MySQL)
    • Led and executed the development of SuperLawyers.com relaunch (and family sites).
    • Strategize and lead SEO markup development and implementation across all attorney profiles and the SuperLawyers.com directory.
    • Build solutions for online store, shopping cart and affiliate tracking using PHP, MySQL and Google Analytics to drive online sales.
    • Architect and develop a series of CMS platforms for marketing, editorial, event planners, and product management using PHP/MySQL, CKEditor, and AWS S3 for asset management.
    • Administer server and workstations in our office and off-site locations.

Corbis Entertainment June, 2013 - September, 2013

  • QA Analyst Intern
    • Wrote test coverage plans that cover unit, integration, system, regression and acceptance levels. For each development release, I write extensive test cases that meet each plan's criteria and file bug reports accordingly. I use test automation tools, such as Ranorex, to design scripts that automate build acceptance tests.
    • Increased data syncing performance and scalability, by converting sync process API to utilize FileMaker's XML publishing.
    • Developed an approved business case. Proposed a project for our current roadmap that will automate data entry, and move our clients to a UI that is proven to be faster and more reliable.

GlobalSign GMO Internet Group July, 2012 - October, 2012

  • Software Developer Intern
    • Designed a UI model that tested certificate trust over XMLHTTPrequests in an SSL state. The goal of this project was to test browser, OS, and device compatibility with competitor Certificate Authorities by gathering various browsers and recording whether or not they trusted samples of intermediate certificates.

Projects and Related Experience

Board of Directors, HOA March, 2023 - PRESENT

  • Vice President

    • Help schedule and run board meetings.

    • Serve as a main point of contact for our association and vendors.

    • Sign bids and association documents in the absence of the President.

 

Gaseous Content Management System August, 2020 - PRESENT

Butter London, LLC April, 2018 - April, 2019

  • Website Development Consultant
    • NetSuite Administration
    • SEO enhancements
    • Marketing integration with Bronto
    • eCommerce Migration (NetSuite -> Magento)
    • SuiteCommerce API development

University of California, Santa Cruz May, 2017 - May, 2018

  • Genomics Institute Volunteer
    • Built an internal web application to process database exports for staff reports and emails
    • Scholarship website development and maintenance (WordPress)

"Bolt 2 The Barn" Horseback Riding March, 2016

  • Website Developer (PHP7/MySQL)
    • Developed and designed an SEO enhanced, mobile-friendly (responsive) website

Holy Smokes! Clan December, 2010 - October, 2011

  • Community Owner/Programmer (PHP/MySQL)
    • Hosted a gaming community for Valve™ Orange Box games
    • Designed, built and hosted our PHP/MySQL website
    • Custom images/themes
    • PHP/MySQL stack on Debian
    • Map Level Designer
      • Created/hosted 3D maps for online multiplayer environment with Valve Hammer

Education

Schools

  • Central Washington University
    • Bachelor's IT Administrative Management
    • Graduated: June, 2014
    • Concentration: Web/DB Management
    • Major Coursework:
      •     IT Security, Privacy, and Ethics
      •     Business Math Applications
      •     Systems Analysis
      •     Leadership and Supervision
      •     Financial Analysis
      •     Project Management
  • Bellevue College
    • AA Arts and Sciences
    • Graduated: June 2011