"any fool can know. the point is to understand."
- Albert Einstein
skills
Python, Django, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, SQL (PostgreSQL & SQLite), JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, React, RSpec, TDD, Active Record, Git, Amazon EC2 Management, Heroku, MS Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, OSX
Experience
Pivotal, Chicago, IL Practice Lead
- Create and maintain key content that documents process and practices (e.g. user research guides, hiring documentation, workshop content, etc).
- Deliver workshops, lunch and learns, office hours, coach, and participate in key product meetings
- Identify, scope and qualify product initiatives identified for the practice
- Educate internal audiences on core practices
- Coach product teams on modern software practices
Earshot, Chicago, IL Software Developer
- Develop and write code for social media engagement platform
- Work with a small team to deliver deployments to production enviornment on a daily basis
- Helped structure and build a complete system rewrite, switching the system from a Java Spring app to a Python/Django backend and AngularJS frontend
- Help contribute to and manage development operations, using AWS and NewRelic (monitoring)
Credit Union National Association, Madison, WI Digital Media Specialist
- Created and maintained web presence for periodicals
- Developed mobile app using Conduit mobile system, written in HTML
- Developed mobile app using Mag+ plugin for InDesign using macro