Experience

Svend3r Charts

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • 2022 - Present

  -Engineered a Svelte-specific plug and play charting library with a small team of engineers with the goal of creating reusable UI components that reassigned the task of manipulating the DOM from D3 to Svelte-Leveraged D3 to develop and render sophisticated, easily readable data visualizations with real-world applications-Utilized Svelte to create reusable and extensible front end components, complete with customizable data parsing to accept a variety of different data types and formats-Designed a minimalistic UI using functional utility classes, conditional styling, and pseudo-selectors via Tailwind CSS while also increasing readability by using CSS3 ‘apply’ directives-Applied WCAG 2.1 standards in development of accessibility guidelines and deployed standardized strategies, tools, and techniques, like WAI-ARIA and WAVE, to vet all visualization components-Developed clear and concise documentation for all visualization components through a team code review process, giving users the ability to troubleshoot issues without having to refer to documentation of component technologies



Open Source

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer | NutrifactsIX

  • 2022 - Present

  -Developed a user-facing application with React & Redux Toolkit, implementing a modularized component structure for easy maintenance and extensibility-Leveraged MaterialUI’s component library for React to build a clean, clear, and accessible user interface with a focus on readability for both users and future contributors-Deployed a Node.js server with Express routers and controllers to modularize requests both to the API and to the NoSQL database and increase readability and extensibility -Created a cloud-hosted NoSQL database with MongoDB Atlas and Mongoose to hold user data such as login information, past user requests, recipes, and nutritional information

• Software Engineer | HOP

  • 2022 - Present

  -Built a React frontend, complete with reusable components for extensibility and efficient maintenance, utilizing React hooks for event-driven state management, reducing DOM re-rendering, and increasing efficiency-Implemented React Router to conditionally render components and optimize the user experience with fast first contentful paint times due to the router’s reduction in data volume rendering-Used express routers, and controllers to modularize requests to the backend with a clear chain of responsibility to enhance code readability and debugging

• Software Engineer | TaskGaffer

  • 2022 - Present

  -Deployed a cloud-hosted SQL database with ElephantSQL and constructed an efficient table join system to store relational data between tasks as well as maintain user data system-wide-Created a Node.js server with Express for optimized HTTP request handling, utilizing the middleware design pattern



Hospitality Industry

• United States
• Accounting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Chef & Co-Founder

  • Jan 2011 - Nov 2021

  Led creative development and operations of diverse, high performing teams of up to 25 in Michelin starred restaurants, non-profits, and start-upsReduced overhead 10% through aggressive cost control and analysis of critical control pointsIncreased employee retention up to 15% through staff training, safety guidelines, and performance reviews Led creative development and operations of diverse, high performing teams of up to 25 in Michelin starred restaurants, non-profits, and start-upsReduced overhead 10% through aggressive cost control and analysis of critical control pointsIncreased employee retention up to 15% through staff training, safety guidelines, and performance reviews