Experience

Freelance Web Development

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance Front-End Developer

  • Oct 2013 - Present



Harvard Medical School

• Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Scientific Software Engineer

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Developing software enabling cutting-edge biomedical research as a member of Gygi Lab, a world-class mass spectrometry lab. Full-stack software development, contributing to all stages of the development life cycle. Design and manage relational databases. Perform maintenance and development of an existing web application, Mass Pike, built with PHP in a LAMP environment. Develop web-based interfaces for visualization and manipulation using React, Typescript, NextJS. Developing software enabling cutting-edge biomedical research as a member of Gygi Lab, a world-class mass spectrometry lab. Full-stack software development, contributing to all stages of the development life cycle. Design and manage relational databases. Perform maintenance and development of an existing web application, Mass Pike, built with PHP in a LAMP environment. Develop web-based interfaces for visualization and manipulation using React, Typescript, NextJS.



Ricardo De Lima

• Artist

  • Jan 2002 - Present

  Visual Arts. Visual Arts.



Affectiva

• United States
• Embedded Software Products
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Front End Developer

  • 2020 - 2021

  Principal developer and architect for the reimplementation of an in-house video labeling tool, a web app used for the annotation of videos for the creation of ML training datasets. The application was developed as a micro front-end embedded in a legacy Django application. The stack was typical of a Typescript-based React application, and it used Context for state management, React Router, Ant Design for UI Library, Styled Components, React Hook Forms, LinguiJS for i18n, Axios, and Jest for testing. Storyboard was used for developing UI components in isolation. A prototype React Native iPad app was developed for all the in-house tools. Show less



Zipcar

• United States
• Consumer Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Frontend Developer

  • 2019 - 2020

  Part of an engineering team engineering a technical rewrite of Zipcar's member website, a browser-based application in React, Redux, and Typescript. Managed complex requirements gathering between various groups within the organization. Paired and mob programming with members of the team of varying backgrounds and levels of experience. Led architecture and development of several epics, including the creation of a new login page to allow access to the member website, as well as the creation of a large reusable component to be shared across technical teams in the organization. Show less



Framework Homeownership

• United States
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Front End Engineer

  • 2018 - 2019

  Responsible for all aspects of frontend architecture and development, including business-focused trade-offs around technology, features, quality, and test strategy. Developed the new Framework platform, features, and enhancements using React, React Native, Redux, Styled-Components, NextJS, GraphQL, NodeJS, and Postgres. Responsible for all aspects of frontend architecture and development, including business-focused trade-offs around technology, features, quality, and test strategy. Developed the new Framework platform, features, and enhancements using React, React Native, Redux, Styled-Components, NextJS, GraphQL, NodeJS, and Postgres.



Slalom

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Front End Software Engineer

  • 2018 - 2019

  Helped lead a small team on the development of the Liberty Mutual Certainly mobile app using Typescript, React Native, Material UI (Paper), Redux, React Router v4, Styled Components and GraphQL. Also participated in the front-end development of a complex React (Redux, ES6, Jest, Webpack4) Single Page Search Application for Boston Consulting Group using the Semantic UI component library. Helped lead a small team on the development of the Liberty Mutual Certainly mobile app using Typescript, React Native, Material UI (Paper), Redux, React Router v4, Styled Components and GraphQL. Also participated in the front-end development of a complex React (Redux, ES6, Jest, Webpack4) Single Page Search Application for Boston Consulting Group using the Semantic UI component library.



Jack Morton Worldwide

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tech Lead

  • Mar 2016 - Jul 2018

  Full Stack JavaScript developer, leading all aspects of a project’s development from initial conception through launch. Planned the architecture, created technical specifications and lead a team of developers through the entire lifecycle of a project. Served as an advisor to the existing development team as we transition from ASP.NET to a full stack JavaScript environment using the MEAN stack: MongoDB, Express, Angular, NodeJS. Full Stack JavaScript developer, leading all aspects of a project’s development from initial conception through launch. Planned the architecture, created technical specifications and lead a team of developers through the entire lifecycle of a project. Served as an advisor to the existing development team as we transition from ASP.NET to a full stack JavaScript environment using the MEAN stack: MongoDB, Express, Angular, NodeJS.



Unidesk

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Javascript Architect

  • Oct 2015 - Jan 2016

  Responsible for assisting in the architecture and development of Unidesk’s next-generation platform. Provided domain expertise and architectural input to Unidesk architects. Trained scrum teams on the design patterns and strategies they need to know to develop solid JavaScript services. Worked with motivated developers and architects in a fast-paced development environment as we figured out how to deliver an API-first platform that extends from the data center to the cloud. Helped developers with limited JavaScript experience get up to speed on the correct design patterns and usages of technologies such as .NET, Node, Angular, non-relational databases, and other proven technologies. Show less



Spectacle

• Curator

  • Jan 2008 - 2016

  Spectacle Boston functioned as a collaborative performance space for experimental music and visual art. Spectacle Boston functioned as a collaborative performance space for experimental music and visual art.



Moderna

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Front End and Mobile Development Consultant

  • Jul 2015 - Oct 2015

  Cloud-based platform development to enable the real-time design, ordering, and production of products. As an Informatics Software Engineer, I worked with the on-site engineering team to deliver user-facing web applications built on the MEAN stack (MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, node.js). Developed client-side tools to integrate production instruments and systems (.NET, Java, etc.) Cloud-based platform development to enable the real-time design, ordering, and production of products. As an Informatics Software Engineer, I worked with the on-site engineering team to deliver user-facing web applications built on the MEAN stack (MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, node.js). Developed client-side tools to integrate production instruments and systems (.NET, Java, etc.)



Harvard Graduate School of Education

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Applications Development Manager at the Learning Technology Center

  • Aug 2011 - Jun 2013

  Managing a 7-person application/database development and supporting this team whose primary emphasis is to provide ongoing service to the Graduate School of Education. Key responsibilities include analyzing business systems, managing integration and the refinement of applications, managing simultaneous projects, and allocating work among team members. Additionally, I conduct research on new technologies and provide innovative solutions to solve customer needs. I'm also responsible for the professional development of team members, fostering good relations with the community, and managing deadlines. Show less



Center for Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School

• Cambridge, MA

• Software Development and Team Lead

  • 2010 - Jul 2011

  Responsible for all phases of the application development life cycle including: prototyping, requirements gathering, functional specifications, design, iterative execution, unit/integration/system testing and release management. Worked closely with members of the Query Application, Data Collection and Repository team to design and develop the primary semantic web search application for the Eagle-I project. Developed and released semantic data collection tools used within the project using GWT, the JENA API, and Sesame. Developed and released the federated network components of the project using the SPIN libraries, a SOAP-over-SSL framework for distributed computing. Show less



Harvard Medical School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Project Engineer

  • Feb 2008 - Sep 2009

  Linking existing clinical and genomic databases across HMS locations for translational research requiring access to robust case sizes. Developing real-time data interfaces to hospital and research databases, developing and extending the peer-to-peer network, upgrading the natural language processing utilities (patient de-identification and medical term classification), and building software tools for statistical analysis using hidden markov models, semantic relationships, etc. Linking existing clinical and genomic databases across HMS locations for translational research requiring access to robust case sizes. Developing real-time data interfaces to hospital and research databases, developing and extending the peer-to-peer network, upgrading the natural language processing utilities (patient de-identification and medical term classification), and building software tools for statistical analysis using hidden markov models, semantic relationships, etc.



Harvard University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Application Developer - Artificial Intelligence Research Group

  • May 2006 - Nov 2007

  Colored Trails (CT) is a java-based test-bed for investigating the types of decision-making that arise in task settings where the key interactions are among goals (of individuals or of groups), tasks required to accomplish those goals, and resources. The CT architecture allows games to be played by groups comprising people, computer agents, or heterogeneous mixes of people and computers. The purpose of the CT framework is to enable to design, learn and evaluate players' decision-making behavior as well as group dynamics in settings of varying complexity. Show less



Boston Symphony Orchestra

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Web Developer

  • 2004 - 2006

  Improved the performance of the website (an ATG Dynamo 6 Application) with the Tessitura Software Application (ticketing operations, development & fund raising and marketing application). Improved the stability and scalability of the web infrastructure built on Microsoft .NET and ATG Dynamo Java/J2EE Developed new functionality into the ticketing infrastructure that resulted in sales 50% over the previous year's revenue as well as surpassing past year's online renewals. Improved the performance of the website (an ATG Dynamo 6 Application) with the Tessitura Software Application (ticketing operations, development & fund raising and marketing application). Improved the stability and scalability of the web infrastructure built on Microsoft .NET and ATG Dynamo Java/J2EE Developed new functionality into the ticketing infrastructure that resulted in sales 50% over the previous year's revenue as well as surpassing past year's online renewals.



Weekly Dig

• Photographer

  • 2004 - 2005



Sun Microsystems

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Member of Technical Staff

  • 1998 - 2002

  * Lead the development of the Workgroup Server platform specific subsystems of Sun Management Center 2.x and 3.0 - a multi-tier multi-platform system and management software system (Console, Agent, and Server). * Designed and developed new Sun Management Center Agent modules for the Sun Enterprise 220R, 420R, and 280R Servers using a combination of C, SNMP, TCL, and Java. * Served as group liaison for System Support Engineers and Technical Support Engineers. Lead team through customer escalations issues. * At Sun Microsystems Laboratories, Agent Research Team, participated in the development of Gropius, a peer-to-peer agent-based calendaring system using JINI, RMI, and XML as a data schema. Show less