Experience

United for Respect

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Engineering

  • Dec 2019 - Present

  In-house engineering hire number one. Creating in-house and white label software tools to empower workers across industries to get answers about their rights at work and come together for a better life, for social justice organizations to crowd source and track injustices, and for organizers to level up their ability to activate and organize workers more efficiently. Building and supporting a team to rapidly iterate with high quality code on new applications and maintain legacy code while migrating to completely new architecture. Flutter/dart, Node.js, GraphQL, Neo4j/cypher, Ruby on Rails, Svelte.js, Mongodb, Laravel/PHP, NativeScript, MySQL.



Give Lively

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Technology

  • Feb 2018 - Nov 2019

  As VP of Technology, I led the development team. I contributed as a developer, advisor, code reviewer, architect, motivator, noise filter, and decision-maker. I also work closely with people in every department so that the products we build as an engineering team reflect the best possible work for all involved.When I started at Give Lively it was an organization whose donation stream was measured in thousands and whose number of nonprofits members was measured in hundreds. When I left our donations were measured in millions and our number of nonprofit members in thousands. It was thrilling to be a part of this team as we grew together and to hear the stories of our impact from so many nonprofits.

• Lead Engineer

  • Nov 2016 - Feb 2018

  Ruby on Rails, React, Javascript, HAML/HTML, CSS, Bootstrap.Give Lively is a philanthropic organization that builds tools to help nonprofits. For free.When I started this role I worked side by side with the CEO to maintain and improve SmallToken.org, a website that allows users to send a meaningful gift by donating to a nonprofit on behalf of someone they care about. We solved bugs, improved stability, added numerous features and a gift registry product that lives side-by-side.We eventually hired 3 more developers and I led this team in building a new platform to allow nonprofits to receive donations directly, both on our site and through a widget. We built many features such as campaign pages, peer-to-peer fundraising, text to donate, and many others to create a world class fundraising experience for all 501(c)(3) orgs at no cost to them.Due to my level of passion and contribution, as Give Lively grew, I was promoted to VP of Technology.



TurnToTech

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Instructor and Product Manager

  • Feb 2014 - Nov 2016

  Mentoring beginners and professionals to help them become top-notch professional software developers using project-based one-on-one guidance. Curriculum building and teaching full time bootcamp, online bootcamp, part time evening courses. Nearly 100% of full time students completing program successfully gain employment in field of choice. iOS with Objective-C, Swift, and C. Android with Java. Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, Javascript, HTML, CSS, other common front end technologies. Interview preparation, coaching and resume feedback. Leading teams in product development of apps built by the incubator side of the business. Working closely with founders, advising, and taking leadership on a full array of business decisions, from day-to-day operations to long term strategy.



Red Cloud Creations

• Technology, Information and Internet

• Founder and Software Developer

  • Dec 2009 - Dec 2014

  Ruby on Rails, Grails, jQuery, javascript, HTML5, CSS3, JSON, Amazon EC2, heroku, mySQL Past Projects: Contract work using Ruby on Rails for http://farmersweb.com. Created a CMS portfolio site for a high profile graphic designer http://liadbaniel.com with Ruby on Rails. Developed a booking management application and dynamic website for a music venue in Grails. Ruby on Rails, Grails, jQuery, javascript, HTML5, CSS3, JSON, Amazon EC2, heroku, mySQL Past Projects: Contract work using Ruby on Rails for http://farmersweb.com. Created a CMS portfolio site for a high profile graphic designer http://liadbaniel.com with Ruby on Rails. Developed a booking management application and dynamic website for a music venue in Grails.



Sub Rosa

• France
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Developer

  • Oct 2012 - Aug 2013

  Creating software/web applications for high profile clients both on the web and for physical installations at places like the TED conference in Long Beach, California, and SXSWi in Austin, Texas. Using tools like Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, MongoDB, Redis, Event Machine, Facebook API, Twitter API, Instagram API, HAML, SASS, git, and many others. Creating software/web applications for high profile clients both on the web and for physical installations at places like the TED conference in Long Beach, California, and SXSWi in Austin, Texas. Using tools like Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, MongoDB, Redis, Event Machine, Facebook API, Twitter API, Instagram API, HAML, SASS, git, and many others.



InteliSpend

• Brazil
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Developer

  • Jul 2011 - Feb 2012

  Built a site for prepaid card holders to create an account, edit their profile, and check the balance, transaction history, and other card info of multiple cards associated with that account. Used test driven development with Rspec in a collaborative agile environment together with designers, engineers and product managers to build a dynamic and user friendly site with an exciting UI using JRuby, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, jQuery, SVN, SQL Server, HTML, and CSS. Built a site for prepaid card holders to create an account, edit their profile, and check the balance, transaction history, and other card info of multiple cards associated with that account. Used test driven development with Rspec in a collaborative agile environment together with designers, engineers and product managers to build a dynamic and user friendly site with an exciting UI using JRuby, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, jQuery, SVN, SQL Server, HTML, and CSS.



Vincent Gray Academy

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Instructor

  • Oct 2009 - Feb 2012

  Created curriculum and instructed high school students in Ruby/Scratch/HTML/CSS. Created curriculum and instructed high school students in Ruby/Scratch/HTML/CSS.



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• Organizer and Job Center Coordinator

  • Jun 2007 - Dec 2008

  Organized casino workers. Created and ran a job center. Coordinated a team of three to assist 700 job applicants in 2 1/2 months. Office-wide technology and multimedia services and support. Organized casino workers. Created and ran a job center. Coordinated a team of three to assist 700 job applicants in 2 1/2 months. Office-wide technology and multimedia services and support.



KFAI

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer

  • Aug 2004 - Jun 2007

  Co-host of Local Sound Department Radio Show. Co-host of Local Sound Department Radio Show.



Turf Club

• United States
• Public Safety
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Talent Buyer/ Promoter

  • Jul 2003 - Jun 2007

  • Coordinated with a team of four to fill 25-31 nights per month with three or more musical acts per night • Created press releases and maintained relationships with members of the media • Implemented calendar system to coordinate multiple promoters • Promoted venue and acts via various forms of media • Maintained website • Coordinated with a team of four to fill 25-31 nights per month with three or more musical acts per night • Created press releases and maintained relationships with members of the media • Implemented calendar system to coordinate multiple promoters • Promoted venue and acts via various forms of media • Maintained website