About
As a professional software engineer who cut his teeth in the days of the early internet, I consider myself beyond lucky to have had the opportunity to turn my burgeoning hobby into a professional career. In my free time (which admittedly is infrequently actualized) I choose to write software, now currently in TypeScript-based React and React Native. My true love has always been for the front-end and I consider myself a designer advocate, doing all I can to ensure my final products are as beautiful as the designs provided. However, as a joyful code meddler, I am not constrained to the front-end and strive to master all aspects of the development stack with which I work.
Skills

JavaScript 23 years Expert

Ruby on Rails 13 years Advanced

BEM CSS 13 years Expert

A11Y 13 years Advanced

React 8 years Advanced

Jest 8 years Advanced

React-Native 5 years Advanced

TypeScript 4 years Intermediate

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Tophatter tophatter.com

Feb 2020 to PresentSan Francisco, California

Specialized in gamifying the shopping experience of an auction-based Wish.com competitor. Shipped numerous buyer-facing features to increase engagement.

Senior Software Engineer

Workarea workarea.com

Aug 2013 to Feb 2020Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wrote & maintained the entirety of the production front-end code for an open-source Shopify / Magento competitor. Mentored and authored sane BEM CSS, self-documented and elegant JavaScript, and semantic markup with an emphasis on accessibility which shipped to hundreds of developers for extension and implementation.

Software Engineer

I-Site i-site.com

Jan 2012 to Aug 2013Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Maintained budgeting software for a massive beverage distributor & developed smartphone apps for non-profit organizations. Cut my teeth on MVC frameworks & smartphone app development in a fast paced work environment with tight deadlines.

Partner / Principal Developer

PepperLillie pepperlillie.com

Jan 2008 to Dec 2012Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Specialized in boutique online commerce development for small to medium sized business in and around the Philadelphia area. Felt the hustle of entrepreneurship and importance of self-motivation on a very small team.

Senior Web Developer / Ecommerce Specialist

IntuitSolutions intuitsolutions.net

Jan 2004 to Dec 2007Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Creation & management of hundreds of small to medium sized online commerce sites for users migrating from eBay. Did everything from hiring, training, networking, sales, development, to search engine optimization.

Education

Philadelphia University

Computer Science

Jan 2006 to Jan 2007

Temple University

Computer Science

Jan 2003 to Jan 2004

Montgomery County Community College

Associates Degree, Computer Science

Jan 2001 to Jan 2003
Interests

Drumming

Drawing

Tabletop Gaming

Philosophy

Mentoring

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Open Source Activity

Public Repos: 74
Pull Requests: 276
Contributed Repos: 2
Starred Repos: 34
Watched Repos: 163
Organizations: 0
Public Gists: 16