Dan Manchester
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Experience
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Developer Experience Engineer
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Feb 2023 - Present
Teaching thousands of developers how to create global-scale web UIs and push the boundaries of UI engineering. Teaching thousands of developers how to create global-scale web UIs and push the boundaries of UI engineering.
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Web Monkey
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Dec 2021 - Present
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Concentric Sky
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United States
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Director, Front-End Development
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May 2021 - Dec 2021
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Turn Agency
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United States
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Design
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder
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Feb 2018 - Apr 2021
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Founder / Co-organizer
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Dec 2015 - Mar 2020
I organize and lead a 1700+ member monthly Meetup group that facilitates speakers, lightning talks, hands-on workshops, and Bring Your Own Project Nights focused on a broad range of front-end-related topics. I organize and lead a 1700+ member monthly Meetup group that facilitates speakers, lightning talks, hands-on workshops, and Bring Your Own Project Nights focused on a broad range of front-end-related topics.
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Connective DX
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Software Engineer & Front End Practice Lead
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Aug 2014 - Jan 2018
I led front end development and architecture for a a number of Fortune 200 marketing sites, such as Portland General Electric, Kindercare, and Avista Utilities, and assisted integration with various CMS platforms including Sitecore, AEM, Ektron, Umbraco, Drupal, and WordPress. In support of these projects, I developed handoff assets ranging from static HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to Angular and React web applications. I was also a core team member for our in-house React-based front end boilerplate.
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UpTrending
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Netherlands
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Advertising Services
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Web Developer
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Nov 2013 - Aug 2014
I developed and maintained custom WordPress themes for client sites ranging from stealth-mode startup brochure sites to large-scale open source communities. Example projects include Elasticsearch, Hortonworks, and Wrightspeed Powertrains. I developed and maintained custom WordPress themes for client sites ranging from stealth-mode startup brochure sites to large-scale open source communities. Example projects include Elasticsearch, Hortonworks, and Wrightspeed Powertrains.
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Needmore Designs
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United States
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Web Developer
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Feb 2012 - Nov 2013
As the sole developer on staff for much of my time at Needmore, I led production on dozens of WordPress, Drupal, Shopify, Rails, and Magento sites. Projects included sites for Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Literary Arts, and Elk Cove Winery. As the sole developer on staff for much of my time at Needmore, I led production on dozens of WordPress, Drupal, Shopify, Rails, and Magento sites. Projects included sites for Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Literary Arts, and Elk Cove Winery.
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Education
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Skidmore College
Bachelor of Arts - BA, English Language and Literature/Letters -
Indiana University Bloomington
Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Creative Writing -
Pomfret School
High School Diploma, College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program