Peter Breen

Front End Developer at DemocracyLab
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States, US

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Credentials

  • ES2015: The Shape of JavaScript to Come
    Code School
  • Powering Up With React
    Code School

Experience

  • DemocracyLab
    • United States
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Front End Developer
      • May 2018 - Present

      • Implemented the majority of new user-facing pages and features as part of a site-wide refresh and relaunch • Worked in React, Flux, Python, SASS as needed on both front and back end, including Django views and API endpoints • Advocated for better cross-functional collaboration and proactively coordinated with design, product, development, and marketing to avoid costly rescoping of features late in the process • Developed mobile-first UI, including reusable templates and documentation • Reduced page weight by over 3.5MB and load times by up to 6s by optimizing image sizes, implementing SASS to streamline CSS, reducing number of API calls and CDN requests, and improvements to Webpack configuration Show less

  • Municipal Research and Services Center
    • Front End Developer
      • Jul 2012 - Mar 2016

      • Wrote HTML, CSS, javascript, and JQuery for website and external partner sites• Administered Kentico and custom legacy CMS• Proposed and implemented blog content guidelines and other user experience projects• Served as key stakeholder with external vendors for major site redesign, helped set priorities and communicate feedback on design work and technical implementation quality• Worked with network administration firm to oversee infrastructure improvement projects and resolve technical problems Show less

    • Library and Information Services Assistant
      • Aug 2007 - Jul 2012

      • Led implementation of new initiatives including internal documentation wiki, public Wordpress blog, and revenue-generating webinar program.• Refactored existing HTML and CSS across the site to conform to modern web standards, improve design and code consistency and allow for more rapid feature development• Iteratively refreshed site look and feel including tweaks to page layout, color palette, navigation menus and content formatting.• Maintained mission-critical legacy database system Show less

    • Library Technician
      • May 2006 - Aug 2007

      • Organized, maintained, and circulated library collection• Transformed content documents to valid HTML for website publication

  • Sno-Isle Libraries
    • United States
    • Libraries
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Public Services Assistant I
      • Dec 2005 - May 2006

      • Organized, maintained, and circulated library collection • Transformed content documents to valid HTML for website publication • Organized, maintained, and circulated library collection • Transformed content documents to valid HTML for website publication

Education

  • Code Fellows
    Code 301 - Intermediate Software Development, Computer Science
    2016 - 2016
  • Code Fellows
    Code 201 - Foundations of Software Development, Computer Science
    2016 - 2016
  • Grinnell College
    BA, History
    2001 - 2005

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