About
A highly adaptable and self-aware software engineer with over 20 years of experience building scalable, high-performance mobile and web applications. My passion lies in driving product innovation and engineering team efficiency, with a focus on clear communication and low-ego collaboration.
Skills

Web Development 25 years

UI/UX Engineering 15 years

Backend Engineering 15 years

Mobile App Development 10 years

Experience

Founding Engineer

Ampwall ampwall.com

Oct 2024 to Present

Brought on to help aggressively build out a very ambitious roadmap of features to provide a platform for artists in the DIY music industry

  • Full-stack Next.js development
  • Zero-to-one, early stage startup work environment

Staff Software Engineer

Convictional convictional.com

Dec 2021 to Aug 2024

Became the head of UI/UX product development with a focus on engineering productivity to increase developer productivity by more than 60%.

  • Rewrote & stabilized the entire frontend architecture
  • Mentored others through code review and documentation
  • Mastered remote work & efficient written communication

Senior Software Engineer

Tophatter tophatter.com

Feb 2020 to Dec 2021

Built a gamified commerce experience for a popular auction-based mobile application.

  • Enjoyed a fast-paced, experimental work environment
  • Mastered React, React Native, Redux, & TypeScript
  • Worked closely with Product & Design teams

Senior Software Engineer

Workarea workarea.com

Aug 2013 to Feb 2020

Built and launched many high-profile commerce websites before creating a highly extensible, full featured, open source commerce platform.

  • Cultivated the art of feedback gathering
  • Enjoyed end-to-end product development on a very small team
  • Mastered writing highly performant, extensible, self documenting code

Software Engineer

I-SITE i-site.com

Jan 2012 to Aug 2013

Built and managed many non-profit mobile and web applications rapidly on a very small team.

Founding Partner

Pepperlillie pepperlillie.com

Jan 2008 to Dec 2012

Built and managed beautifully designed small-to-medium sized boutique websites in this entrepreneurial partnership.

Staff Web Developer

IntuitSolutions intuitsolutions.com

Jan 2004 to Dec 2007

Built and managed the custom storefronts of over 200 customers using eBay ProStores & BigCommerce.

Web Developer

Johnson & Johnson jnj.com

Jan 2003 to Dec 2003

Converted an internal quality assurance website into the company's new content management system.

Web Developer

Merck merck.com

Jan 2002 to Dec 2002

Converted many internal department websites from ColdFusion to static HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Education

University temple.edu

Bachelor (cont'd), Computer Science

Jan 2003 to Dec 2004

University mc3.edu

Associate, Computer Science

Jan 2001 to Dec 2003
Volunteer

Puddletown Montessori School puddletownschool.com

Volunteer

Jan 2018 to Sep 2024

Worked with the administrative team to provide maintenance for their parent portal application.

Languages

HTML ⋅ Mastered

CSS ⋅ Mastered

TypeScript ⋅ Mastered

Ruby ⋅ Advanced

Python ⋅ Moderate

Golang ⋅ Moderate

Interests

Pinball

Art

Music

Reading

References

Roger Kirkness (CEO @ Convictional)

I highly recommend Curt on the basis of competence, character, detail orientation, and overall frontend engineering ability. I'm happy to provide a more detailed reference over email, and could not recommend him more highly.

Patti Murphy (Leadership Coach @ Convictional)

Beyond Curt’s technical skills, his ability to lead and collaborate within a team has been one of his most valuable assets. His deep compassion, open heart, integrity, authenticity and humor allows him to seemingly effortlessly build and maintain strong bonds across the team. He shows a natural aptitude for mentoring others and fostering a productive and positive working environment.

Prentice Bjerkeseth (Engineering Manager @ Convictional)

Curt’s the kind of engineer every team needs—smart, collaborative, driven, and experienced. I’d gladly work with him again and recommend him for any opportunity that comes his way.

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Posts

Open Source Activity

Public Repos: 64
Pull Requests: 276
Contributed Repos: 0
Starred Repos: 35
Watched Repos: 158
Organizations: 0
Public Gists: 16