Programming Languages and Technologies

PHP, Java, MySQL, Python, Javascript, jQuery, LESS, Gulp, Laravel, WordPress, Magento, CodeIgniter, Zend, Git, SVN, Apache, Nginx, Linux (Ubuntu and CentOS), Raspberry Pi, Arduino

Work Experience

Senior Software EngineerJune 2018 – Present

Bounteous

Working with a variety of Enterprise Commerce and Content Management systems including Elastic Path, Magento, and Adobe Experience Manager. Infield Digital was acquired by HS2 Solutions in June 2018 and became Bounteous in November 2018.

  • Built a fully automated, custom integration for the EasyDITA publishing API to ingest DITA XML documents and convert them to end user documentation webpages in Adobe Experience Manager 6.3.

Senior Software EngineerJune 2016 – June 2018

Web Commerce DeveloperApril 2015 – May 2016

Infield Digital

Working with a variety of large Adobe Experience Manager(AEM) applications as well as several Magento Enterprise Edition installations.

  • Integrating REST APIs into AEM and Magento including commerce and authentication providers.
  • Implementing AEM Granite Workflows.
  • Implementing Magento EE extensions, integrations and themes.
  • Created Apache Solr powered AEM search with dynamic filtering and results.
  • Created Brightcove powered configurable video player carousel and car advertising component for AEM.

Web DeveloperAugust 2014 – December 2015

Telegraphics, Inc

Collaborated with Telegraphics' in-house development team on WordPress projects and aided in overall project efficiency and workflow improvement.

  • Travel to client sites to help determine scope and provide technical expertise for upcoming projects.
  • Developed WordPress plugins adhering to strict WordPress Plugin API standards for custom functionality in client websites.
  • Updated and refactored a legacy Zend framework based WordPress plugin, which provided event registration functionality, Authorize.net integration, and communication with a Microsoft Dynamics CRM API.
  • Integrated a Git server into the team’s workflow and trained the team on version control best practices and standards.
  • Helped the development team set up their local environments to handle multiple projects and work more efficiently, which improved their local to production workflow.

Magento DeveloperNovember 2012 – August 2014

Terlato Wines International (Uncorked.com)

Developed new modules for and maintained Magento Enterprise Edition codebase as the direct to consumer portal for over 50 wineries.

  • Primary front end (HTML/CSS/Javascript/jQuery/Prototype) and back end (PHP/MySQL) developer.
  • Improved efficiency and decreased load time by refactoring front end templates.
  • Wrote category population module to automatically aggregate products based on user specified criteria and dynamically sort them into categories, improving category accuracy and saving the marketing team 10-15 hours of work per week.
  • Developed hole punching system to allow dynamic elements to populate into cached pages.
  • Created AJAX based add-to-cart system that integrates product compliance check based on the user’s selected shipping state.
  • Developed payment option filtering module to selectively display options based on product types in the user’s cart.
  • Integrated all new functionality into Magento’s crontab scheduling system for seamless automation.

Owner/Web DeveloperAugust 2009 – December 2015

Orchid Tree Interactive

Collaborated with companies from small start-ups to national non-profits such as the YMCA to build customer facing portals as well as internal web applications.

  • Implemented full-featured e-commerce solutions in Magento and Wordpress e-Commerce.
  • Built custom Wordpress plugins for clients to incorporate a variety of specialized functions into user-friendly widgets, shortcodes, and simple menu choices.
  • Manage Amazon Web Services (AWS) and location based servers.
  • Developed Rated90.com using a customized CodeIgniter/Wordpress platform to utilize the MVC framework of CodeIgniter while still maintaining the easy to use Wordpress platform for blog capabilities.
  • Launched an international professional networking platform for MBAVeterans, Inc. which was featured in the Wall Street Journal in February 2010.

Senior Application DeveloperJanuary 2012 – September 2012

Baseline21, LLC

Built full featured desktop and mobile ready websites as well as internal tools for clients nationwide.

  • Assisted the account team by conducting discovery calls and providing accurate work estimates for clients.
  • Allocated and managed appropriate development resources to accomplish projects on time.
  • Collaborated with designers to align the client’s vision with the working product.
  • Oversaw full life cycle projects from wireframe to delivery.
  • Managed all company and client servers.

Interactive DeveloperAugust 2010 – January 2012

ARS Advertising

Managed projects for Craftsman, Kenmore, and Gladiator Garageworks as lead developer of the Chicago branch of ARS Advertising.

  • Developed scalable solutions using HTML/CSS, Javascript, jQuery, XML, jSON, PHP, Zend, PDO, cURL, and MySQL.
  • Led a 4-person development team through high visibility projects using both SVN and Git version control.
  • Built Magento themes on a multi-store Magento platform.
  • Developed several custom Wordpress plugins and admin panels to control full-featured catalog systems.
  • Worked closely with IT and server administrators to establish and maintain LAMP server environments.

Research AssistantMay 2009 - August 2009

Energy Biosciences Institute - University of Illinois

  • Assisted two post-doctoral researchers in their daily investigation of the biotic stresses of bioenergy crops.
  • Independently completed fieldwork essential to ongoing biological assays.
  • Performed daily microscopy tasks using compound and dissection microscopes.

Education

Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL

  • Majors: Physics, Applied Physics
  • Minors: Biology, Mathematics
  • Study Abroad: Ethnobotany in China – Summer 2008
  • Undergraduate Computational Research: Heat Conduction in Nano-Scale Aluminum Nitride/Gallium Nitride/Aluminum Nitride(AlN/GaN/AlN) Hetero-Structures – Spring/Fall 2006