About
With a career spanning more than seven years in the digital industry, I have cultivated expertise in designing and engineering digital experiences. I hold the conviction that effective design is fundamentally rooted in meeting the diverse needs of users, and seamless engineering and development serves to enhance and actualize these designs.
Currently, my primary focus revolves around spearheading the design and engineering of innovative products and overseeing projects at Insight Enterprises. In this role, I have had the privilege of architecting software solutions tailored to the unique requirements of a diverse clientele spanning various industries.
Beyond the realm of software engineering and design, my interests extend to engaging in home improvement projects, attempting to teach my old dog new tricks, pursuing rock climbing endeavors, and teaching and practicing martial arts.
Work
Migrated the existing Nevada Department of Education site content from their previous CMS to Strapi CMS. Created custom data migration utilities in NodeJs to crawl, parse, and migrate the ~1,300 pages of legacy content. Developed a custom front-end component system and backend functionality. Leveraged Next.js SSG functionality to create a completely static site. Set up CI/CD pipelines to support all backend, build, and deployment functionality, and hosted on the Azure cloud.
- React
- Sketch
- TypeScript
- NextJs
- Azure
- Strapi
- GraphQL
- Nodejs
- MariaDB
Architecting, developing, and maintaining front-end components, analytics, and CMS systems for Kroger corporate and other banner sites.
- React
- Redux
- TypeScript
Building search tool to aggregate and refine physician search based on the provided search criteria.
- Jquery
- Sharepoint
- Sass
- HTML
Assisted in directing technology stack decisions and overall design direction and implementation of new corporate site.
- PHP
- Wordpress
- Jquery
An educational quick-start repository outlining the step-by-step process to establish a simple Three.js application.
- Threejs
- WebGl
Experience
2021 – 2024 Deliver high-quality, robust production code for a diverse array of projects across multiple industries, including health life sciences, finance, food retail, and more. Provide mentorship and guidance to junior developers and designers. Collaborate with designers, product managers, and clients to deliver the best possible user experience.
- NodeJS
- TypeScript
- React
- Nextjs
- Angular
- Vue
- Redux
- Storybook
- Azure
- GraphQL
- MySQL
- Figma
- Sketch
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
2020 – 2021 As the sole Digital Designer and Front-end Developer for the Quantum-Health Marketing department, I helped guide digital strategy, design, technical development, and implementation of a major site refresh. Along with the maintenance and development of new and existing digital marketing tools.
- NodeJS
- TypeScript
- React
- Vue
- Jquery
- PHP
- Sketch
- Illustrator
- InDesign
2019 – 2021 Implementing, developing, and maintaining custom website designs for clients using Drupal, WordPress, and Squarespace. Working with and implementing proprietary APIs.
- JavaScript
- Jquery
- React
- PHP
- Wordpress
- Squarespace
- Drupal
2019 – 2020 Designed and developed content strategy for all product portfolios, collaborating with editors and product marketing managers. Helped lead the design and development of McGraw Hill’s first digital product review platform, used to assist with multi-million-dollar sales opportunities.
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- Photoshop
- Sketch
- After Effects
Jul – Dec 2018 Delivered various design and web materials for a variety of clients, providing creative direction, art production, SEO optimization, and maintaining client websites.
- JavaScript
- Wordpress
- Squarespace
- PHP
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- Photoshop
- Sketch
- After Effects
2016 – 2018 Worked with various internal departments across the university to develop and design various print and digital communication materials and large campaigns. Provided mentorship and guidance to a team of 5+ interns.
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- Photoshop
- After Effects
2015 – 2016 Design industrial marketing materials for product displays and large-scale marketing graphics. Prepare client artwork to be handed off to production.
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- Photoshop
Speaking Engagements
August 2023
Insight Mastery
Each year, Insight hosts an internal conference for teammates from all over the USA, Canada, and Australia to gather and share ideas. For Mastery 2023, I partnered with a UX Designer and a UX Researcher to present on the topic of how to best utilize different UX roles on your product team. The presentation covered the collaboration of UX Research, UX Design, and Development and how those roles could be empowered to do their best work on a product team.
Novemebr 2023
Insight Front-end Guild
Every month, the Front-end Guild meets to discuss new technologies, share ideas, and learn from each other. In November 2023, I presented on the topic of looking past the semantics of HTML and CSS and focusing on accessibility. I presented on general design tools and shared how to use Chrome, Axe, and Lighthouse Accessibility Audit to identify and fix accessibility issues.
July 2023
Insight Front-end Guild
Every month, the Insight Front-end Guild meets to discuss new technologies, share ideas, and learn from each other. In July 2023, I presented on Three.js and how it can be leveraged to create 3D animations and rich experiences on the web. I shared a high-level knowledge-sharing session on how to use Three.js to create a 3D scene, add objects to the scene, and animate those objects. I also covered how to optimize 3D models for the web and manipulate those models with code to create unique experiences while still accounting for web performance. Additionally, I provided a sandbox starter with steps to begin their own Three.js project.
Coded in Visual Studio Code by yours truly. Built with Next.js and Tailwind CSS, deployed with Vercel.