Hired as the Front-End Development Manager for RoomsToGo.com. Led a team of 10-12 senior front-end engineers across 4 continents. ● Streamlined production releases with code that touched every department including analytics, SEO, content, infrastructure, and accessibility. ● Analyzed and reviewed every pull request submitted for consideration on GitHub while offering constructive feedback on coding standards and best practices. ● Polished JavaScript and CSS before release to guarantee it matched the UI/UX mockups with consideration for SEO and Google Lighthouse scores. ● Briefed the QA team on changes coming down the pipeline, wrote acceptance criteria for Jira stories, and monitored the overall progress of the release. ● Championed the creation of a design system built with Material-UI and Storybook. ● Overhauled the front-end teams' project management methodology from Waterfall to Agile to better align with the company's desire for incremental improvement through small and frequent releases. ● Conducted over 40 interviews, including: college interns, project managers, senior front-end engineers and directors for the digital marketing arm of the company. ● Designed a “live” technical code assessment for engineering applicants in addition to a project manager “take home” case study to find the best candidate for the role. ● Mentored direct reports during the day with a focus on personal growth and leadership skills while also conducting bi-weekly one-on-ones and yearly performance reviews. ● Cultivated an enticing in-office work environment that ultimately strengthened cross-team collaboration and communication. ● Fostered a trusting relationship with department stakeholders via bi-weekly meeting updates to manage expectations and transfer knowledge. ● Executed the negotiations and billing contracts with several external vendors for resource staffing, tool/software use, and events.

Hired as a UI consultant for NCR Corporation in Midtown, Atlanta to help lead front-end development for several React based web applications within the Business Services Platform. Switched gears to work with eBay as a Front-End Engineering Manager leading a team of 8 offshore developers to build out a new Monitoring & Tooling Dashboard for eBay Payments. ● Developed multiple JavaScript React/Redux applications using Javascript, JSX, Node, and SCSS. ● Converted legacy class-based code to modern functional code with stateful hooks, redux actions, and reducers. ● Designed wireframes and full mockups using Adobe XD with a mobile-first responsive design in mind for both NCR and eBay. ● Mentored new hires by scheduling weekly one-on-one meetings while also working side-by-side with them throughout several months. ● Routinely fielded CSS and UX design questions from adjacent teams and influenced design patterns across the Business Services Platform at NCR.

Hired to lead front-end mobile development for the enterprise software app “NS Trax” which launched in 2018 on the iOS App Store and Google Play Store. ● Swiftly converted professional mockups into working mobile prototypes, websites, and applications using ExtJS 6.x (similar to Angular 6+), modern responsive CSS, and Apache Cordova while mentoring team members on proper use of ECMAScript 6+ (ES6). ● Crafted front-end JavaScript business logic to handle all aspects of data/method binding, user authentication/authorization, CSS output, and site navigation using the flexible object-oriented ExtJS web framework. ● Collaborated with UX designers, architects, and product owners to rapidly prototype responsive web designs using continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD via Jenkins). ● Interfaced with Project Managers and other team members on a daily basis using the Scrum Agile methodology. ● Integrated with back-end JSON API/Microservices team to create secure, reliable, and scalable software solutions. ● Routinely pair-programmed with co-workers from other teams across the company to assist with design flow decisions, CSS specificity questions, icon creation requests, and login flow implementation (which I originally designed for use within NS Trax but was later expanded to be used across ALL Norfolk Southern apps).

Joined as a front-end web developer to complement a small agile-focused team. The first major milestone increased the volume of traffic from IHG brand pages into the booking funnel by 235% which provided a streamlined booking experience for guests and increased sales across all brand partners. ● Utilized Adobe Experience Manager 6 (AEM) to create concise, reusable code for IHG.com, HolidayInn.com, and CrownePlaza.com. ● Redesigned the IHG Rewards Club flow using HTML 5, Node.js (with ECMAScript 6 module enabled), and CSS/SASS to allow members easier access to quarterly promotional onboarding.

Hired to implement business-driven development solutions for the redesign of CricketWireless.com, taking care to ensure complete accessibility compliance under Section 508, WCAG 2.0, and Title II of the ADA. ● Resolved and documented over 600 NVDA (non-visual desktop access) accessibility defects utilizing a variety of Mozilla ARIA tags, HTML 5 best-practices, and JavaScript ES6 solutions. ● Utilized the Kanban Agile methodology to prioritize and complete both technical debt and new development requests in a month-long sprint.

Best described as a mix between Yahoo! Answers, WebMD, and LinkedIn, Sharecare was a one-stop-shop for everything medical-related. ● Led front-end development for major “Find A Doctor” initiative featured predominantly on the Sharecare.com homepage using HTML 5, Google Maps REST API, JavaScript, CSS 3, and Adobe PS CS. ● Introduced UI team to the concept of Peer Reviews which led to increased productivity by reducing the amount of defects reported by offshore QA. ● Coordinated weekly UI developer meetups to share ideas and demo in-progress stories for both constructive feedback and praise.

Converted to full-time employee after initial six-month contract. Transitioned into senior mobile web engineer for all major NBA.com tentpole events, including Fan Night, All-Star Weekend, Draft, Playoffs, Finals, and Summer League. ● Initiated a mobile web navigation header redesign and created a new mobile framework for easier insertion of content by the in-house authoring team using HTML 5, JavaScript/Underscore, CSS/SASS, and CloudDB (a NoSQL database). ● Interfaced with project managers, product owners, structured data, and creative design teams to co-craft requirements and provide precise level-of-efforts. ● Interviewed, trained, and mentored new hires and provided them with useful information to navigate and avoid common pitfalls. ● Managed high-stress “on-call” shifts with patience and grace, documenting all reported outages and defects in Confluence (an Atlassian software “wiki” product) for posterity.

Delivered two single-page applications for Nokia Siemens Networks (now Nokia Networks) which were utilized at over a dozen trade shows across the globe from 2009 to 2014. Worked remotely four days a week while meeting strict budget deadlines. ● Provided on-site development support during trade show events in Las Vegas, Barcelona, and London by live coding using HTML, JavaScript/ExtJS, PHP, MySQL, and CSS. ● Designed full-stack development tools from HTML templates to CSS libraries to JavaScript frameworks to MySQL databases. ● Created a robust mobile web client with Microsoft Outlook integration focused on meeting invitations and global SMS reminder capabilities. ● Developed a "Smart" CheckBoxSelectionModel user extension for ExtJS 2.x/3.x which received overwhelmingly positive feedback.

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