Experience

ParentPay
• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Analyst Developer

  • Jun 2022 - Present


School Of Code

• Student

  • Nov 2021 - Mar 2022

  Full stack app development in Agile teams with a strong emphasis on pair programming. Build with technologies including Node, Express, Postgres, React, and Next. Developing a keen interest in creating secure REST APIs, CI/CD deployment of projects to cloud services, and following DevOps best practices. Full stack app development in Agile teams with a strong emphasis on pair programming. Build with technologies including Node, Express, Postgres, React, and Next. Developing a keen interest in creating secure REST APIs, CI/CD deployment of projects to cloud services, and following DevOps best practices.



Cook Au Vin/ La Boulangerie

• Instructor / Executive Sous Chef

  • Mar 2013 - Mar 2020

  Chef-instructor for French-centered cooking classes focusing on classic and contemporary techniques. Oversight of menu design, inventory, and kitchen staff for cafes and catering. Coordination and resolution of client-service needs in catering and cooking-class operation. Chef-instructor for French-centered cooking classes focusing on classic and contemporary techniques. Oversight of menu design, inventory, and kitchen staff for cafes and catering. Coordination and resolution of client-service needs in catering and cooking-class operation.



Stuart-Rodgers Photography

• United States
• Photography
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Assistant

  • Jul 2009 - Dec 2012

  Operated, maintained, and troubleshot minilab print processing systems. Tracked inventory and ordered supplies. Photo retouching and database management with proprietary software. Handled customer service issues as needed. Accomplishments: - Proofread and edited company communications and marketing materials. - Drafted manuals to outline technical procedures related to proprietary software. - Successfully assumed role in minilab with no prior experience working with print processing machines. Show less



University of Notre Dame

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sparks Fiction Fellow

  • Aug 2007 - May 2009

  Instructor of record for undergraduate creative writing courses. Worked as office assistant to the Creative Writing Program, answered queries about the program, organized and maintained the program library, and wrote and edited press releases and other documents. Organized student readings. Accomplishments: - Received Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award. - Managing editor for Re:Visions. Instructor of record for undergraduate creative writing courses. Worked as office assistant to the Creative Writing Program, answered queries about the program, organized and maintained the program library, and wrote and edited press releases and other documents. Organized student readings. Accomplishments: - Received Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award. - Managing editor for Re:Visions.



US Army

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Public Affairs Specialist

  • Mar 2001 - Mar 2007

  Wrote and edited features and news articles for internal military publication and public release, and shot accompanying photographs. Served as press liaison, escorting civilian media on the battlefield and answering interview questions. Accomplishments - Earned Joint-Service Commendation Medal for deployment to Iraq. - Received Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware Award “Rising Star,” for overall work as a writer and photographer in Kuwait and Iraq. - Honorable discharge at rank of sergeant, E-5. Show less