Experience

Various Clients`

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Freelance Developer

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  I am a full stack developer with over twenty years' experience, with a current focus on the Node/Express/Mongo/React stack. I am also a Pulitzer-nominated journalist and author of two books. I am a full stack developer with over twenty years' experience, with a current focus on the Node/Express/Mongo/React stack. I am also a Pulitzer-nominated journalist and author of two books.



Various clients

• Las Vegas, Nevada Area

• Freelance designer/developer/consultant

  • Jan 1999 - Present

  Freelance designer/developer/consultant for numerous clients, doing everything from custom app development to Wordpress site customization to graphic design/illustration and music composition. Freelance designer/developer/consultant for numerous clients, doing everything from custom app development to Wordpress site customization to graphic design/illustration and music composition.



Givn.io

• Las Vegas, Nevada Area

• Backend Developer

  • Aug 2018 - Mar 2019

  Designed and implemented a Node/Express/ApolloServer-based GraphQL API for timebanking for nonprofits and volunteers. Designed and implemented a Node/Express/ApolloServer-based GraphQL API for timebanking for nonprofits and volunteers.



Guyvorce

• Yakima, Washington Area

• Editor in Chief

  • Apr 2014 - May 2015

  Editor in chief for online resource for men undergoing divorce. Duties include hiring and managing authors, editing content, some basic SEO and social media management. Editor in chief for online resource for men undergoing divorce. Duties include hiring and managing authors, editing content, some basic SEO and social media management.



Maidly

• Las Vegas, Nevada Area

• CTO

  • Apr 2013 - Nov 2013

  Built online cleaner booking service, using the Meteor hybrid frontend/backend Javascript framework (based on Node.js and MongoDB). Also responsible for realizing frontend UI from concepts and developing algorithms for matching requested user appointment times to available times in cleaner schedules. (This was surprisingly complicated.) Also helped design and develop branding and marketing collateral. Built online cleaner booking service, using the Meteor hybrid frontend/backend Javascript framework (based on Node.js and MongoDB). Also responsible for realizing frontend UI from concepts and developing algorithms for matching requested user appointment times to available times in cleaner schedules. (This was surprisingly complicated.) Also helped design and develop branding and marketing collateral.



NSFWCORP

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing

• Lead Developer

  • Nov 2011 - Jan 2013

  Built online magazine platform from the ground up, including a content management system, subscription system for paying users, and backend accounting system (for tracking payments to authors based on word count and stipends), using PHP/MySQL on the backend and jQuery/Bootstrap on the front end. I also worked on experimental mobile interface design and co-hosted and produced an audio podcast, and wrote a series of stories which were turned into an Amazon.com bestselling e-book called An American Vampire In Juarez, about getting dental work done in the most dangerous city in the Western Hemisphere.



Medweb

• United States
• Medical Device
• 1 - 100 Employee

• UI Developer

  • Mar 2009 - Feb 2010

  Developed interfaces in HTML/CSS/AJAX for web-based medical software. Also worked on prototypes for Flash-based video communication tools. Developed interfaces in HTML/CSS/AJAX for web-based medical software. Also worked on prototypes for Flash-based video communication tools.



Las Vegas CityLife

• Las Vegas, Nevada Area

• Columnist

  • 2000 - 2007

  Wrote a Nevada Press Award-winning weekly technology and culture column for the Las Vegas CityLife entitled "All Tomorrow's Parties" which was syndicated by Alternet and other weekly publications. Wrote a Nevada Press Award-winning weekly technology and culture column for the Las Vegas CityLife entitled "All Tomorrow's Parties" which was syndicated by Alternet and other weekly publications.



Bitpass, Inc.

• Creative Director, Mperia

  • 2003 - 2006

  Co-created and served as creative director for pioneering online music store/community Mperia.com, geared to allowing independent musical artists to sell their work directly to their fans. Co-created and served as creative director for pioneering online music store/community Mperia.com, geared to allowing independent musical artists to sell their work directly to their fans.