Experience

Salt Lake Running Company

• United States
• Sporting Goods Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Lead

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  Salt Lake City, Utah, United States * Increased online customer sales by 20% and 86% in 2022 and 2023 by using data-driven analytics to improve customer engagement by making it easier and quicker to search for products, optimizing page layout and product listings, improving desktop and mobile website usability and responsiveness, and integrating Google Reviews to build customer trust. * Increased organic search traffic by 11% in 2023 by analyzing Google Analytics and Google Search Console data to optimize frequently viewed… Show more * Increased online customer sales by 20% and 86% in 2022 and 2023 by using data-driven analytics to improve customer engagement by making it easier and quicker to search for products, optimizing page layout and product listings, improving desktop and mobile website usability and responsiveness, and integrating Google Reviews to build customer trust. * Increased organic search traffic by 11% in 2023 by analyzing Google Analytics and Google Search Console data to optimize frequently viewed web pages, create new marketing content based on popular queries, and build brand and category specific shopping pages to increase SEO reach. * Developed custom solutions using HTML, JavaScript and CSS to add new functionality and design elements for e-commerce and marketing requirements not directly supported WordPress.

• Sales Key Holder

  • Oct 2019 - Apr 2021

  Salt Lake City, Utah, United States * Increased sales by 31% during the 2020 holiday shopping season as Key Holder at the Draper store by improving visual merchandising of high value products and accessories, enhancing the spatial design of the store, proactively managing inventory levels, and training employees. * Received 18 five-star Google and Yelp reviews from customers for my expertise in fitting customers to the proper running shoes and/or insoles for their needs and goals.



REI

• United Arab Emirates
• Information Technology & Services

• Footwear Sales Specialist

  • Oct 2018 - Oct 2019

  Salt Lake City, UT * Increased sales in the Run category and recognized by the Footwear Manager and Sales Leads for my product and fitting expertise and providing outstanding customer service.



JackRabbit (formerly Running Specialty Group)

• Running Gear Specialist

  • Jun 2015 - Oct 2018

  Striders, Ogden, UT | Boulder Running Company, Denver, CO * Generated the most gross sales of all part-time sales associates and the highest sales per transaction on the sales team during the summer and fall of 2015. * Created engaging social media content on Facebook and Instagram to grow the weekly group runs, promote store events and running products, and educate customers.



VMware

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Management Engineering

  • Jul 2008 - Jul 2014

  San Francisco, CA * Led a team of 3 engineers, mentored junior engineers, presented technical demos, performed code reviews, conducted stand-up meetings, and strongly advocated agile development. * Improved security, performance, scalability, and reliability of application provisioning for the vRealize Application Services Java web app. * Enhanced alerting intelligence and improved the performance of infrastructure, application, and middleware monitoring for the vRealize Hyperic Java web app.



Nextag

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer, Seller Dashboard

  • Nov 2006 - Jul 2007

  San Mateo, CA * Led a team of 4 engineers that developed self-serve features for over 3000 product shopping merchants to manage and optimize their accounts to improve click-through rates.



HedgeStreet

• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Developer

  • Apr 2006 - Nov 2006

  San Mateo, CA * Led a team of 3 web developers that quickly delivered new features for virtual trading, predictive markets, and white-label partner integration.



Merrill Lynch

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Developer, Bond Market

  • Aug 2004 - Mar 2006

  Jersey City, NJ * Led a team of 2 developers that delivered international bonds, portfolio management, and multiple order execution to a Java trading platform for over 15,000 financial advisors. * Increased revenue and commissions for Merrill Lynch by designing a bond portfolio optimizer that recommended ways to optimize income for client’s accounts.



Gen Re

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Application Developer, Life & Health

  • May 2001 - Jul 2004

  Stamford, CT * Automated 70% of underwriting workflow processes for 7 insurance companies by developing Java web services to perform case submission, decision screening, and work distribution. * Developed a Java web-based client management system that centralized data from 5 sources and integrated with legacy systems to web-enable marketing and treaty processes.



Keane

• United Kingdom
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Jan 1998 - May 2001

  Danbury, CT * Streamlined GE's human resources workflows by creating a new Java web-based employee review system, adding new career services on GEcareers.com for 8 GE businesses to replace CareerMosaic.com, and integrating an internal job search system with HireSystems.com.



Pratt & Whitney

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Design Engineer, Commercial Engines

  • Jun 1996 - Jan 1998

  East Hartford, CT * Designed PW4000 engine parts for Boeing 777 airplanes for manufacturability and durability by modeling thermal engineering problems to predict vibratory motions and stresses.