Experience

Statespace

• United States
• Computer Games
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Engineering

  • déc. 2022 - - aujourd’hui

• Engineering Manager

  • avr. 2022 - déc. 2022

  At Statespace, we create products to help gamers get better at the games they play. Currently, our flagship products are Aim Lab (available on Steam!) and Aimlabs.comKey Responsibilities: - Technical Lead on Aimlabs.com,- Responsible for leading and growing a team of frontend and backend engineers to achieve ambitious product goals,- Establishing and maintain best practices for software development,- Taking a hands-on approach when needed to fix problems and remove obstacles,- Partnering with Product and Project management to help define and craft the technical and product strategy to deliver an awesome player and creator experience on a social video platform.



Aftercamp

• United States
• Software Development

• Co-Founder, Software Engineer

  • juil. 2020 - - aujourd’hui

  The Aftercamp Meetup is a meetup designed to help new engineers close the gap to their first placement after graduation, as well as help facilitate the first years of growth in their career. Accomplishments:- So far, have provided over 12 hours of free content to developers new to the industry, focused on topics such as architecture, cloud services, software design principles, and more.- Built a community of over 450 learners in ten months.Find out more: http://www.aftercamp.io/Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/aftercamp-meetup/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-fWWJYaWVZ9yn5ONSm4AHg



Nerdery

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Principal Software Engineer, Manager

  • août 2021 - avr. 2022

  Development Project Leadership and Individual Contribution Highlights:- Lead developer and system and software (front-end and back-end) architect on multiple applications.- Leading distributed, cross-functional teams, to develop rich, scalable, well-architected client projects while working side-by-side with partners such as Google, Verizon, and Best Buy.- Leveraging technologies such as React, Angular, Redux, NgRX, Node/Express, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Flask, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, and Docker to build multiple custom solutions for our clients.Engineering Domain Leadership Highlights:- Owner of Node.js best practices and methodologies, disseminating those throughout the Nerdery, providing guidance on software architectural considerations.- Mentor and train Senior Software engineers in terms of domain leadership, working to position them for promotion, staging them to take over the Node.js domain.People Leadership Highlights- Focused on building development teams that leveraged a humility-first mindset, developing a team culture that was able to swarm and lift up each others’ understanding of complex challenges.Process Leadership Highlights:- Redesigning the hiring process to reflect the current market for hiring developers in a candidate’s market. Work includes process mapping the existing process and working cross-functionally across the organization to source pain points and ideas. Building in new metrics and data so the organization can measure hiring performance and iterate.Accomplishments:- Assisting in the design, launch, and management of Nerdery’s Associate Developer program, allowing Nerdery to recruit, develop, and retain high potential, new-to-market talent.- Assisted in the design and launch of Nerdery’s Lead Developer program, allowing Nerdery to give a clear path of progression and professional growth options for software engineers.



Artisan Technology Group

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Software Engineering

  • déc. 2020 - août 2021

  People Leadership Highlights:- Leading a highly performant team of 30+ software senior managers, engineering managers, all levels of software engineers, cloud engineers, and software architects.- Provide one-on-one coaching and motivation through direct mentorship with Software Engineering Managers, Software Engineers, Architects, and Cloud Engineers through intentional and structured conversations, designed to develop relationships focused on their career goals and growth.- Interview and evaluate candidates, measuring their technical abilities, technical potential, and alignment to our core values and contribute to our positive team culture.Engineering Leadership Highlights:- Partner directly with clients and the internal development team filling in as product, design, architecture, development, and project management were needed across multiple projects.- Regularly team up with leaders across the organization, including product, user experience design, project management, quality assurance, and sales to plan, staff, and deliver on our project portfolio of over 20 client projects.Accomplishments:- Built and executed a stratification plan within the growing organization, bringing new management and individual contributor career paths to the engineering team.- Designed and launched new developer growth practices including new one-on-one structures, a robust measurement tool for developer progression, and self-directed training structures.- Brought intentionality to the staffing process around attracting LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and women-identifying candidates, increasing the team diversity by 15% in Q1 2021 and 10% in Q2 2021.



Prime Digital Academy

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Lead Instructor & Senior Software Engineer

  • déc. 2018 - déc. 2020

  Engineering Leadership Highlights:- Designed and developed the Full Stack Engineering program, Prime’s flagship product, which included the technical curriculum and full-time, 20-week experience (activities, assignments, discussions, etc.).- Shared expertise with aspiring software engineers, including conceptual areas such as architecture patterns, design patterns, object-oriented programming, and web development technologies.- Coached and counseled hundreds of program participants, developing deep relationships, to help them navigate the balance between a difficult growth program and their personal challenges. Mentored a distributed team of software engineers, engineering leaders, and support staff.- Provided meaningful code reviews and code examples to 15-30 concurrent developers.People Leadership Highlights:- As employee one, recruited, hired, trained, and coached the full-stack instruction staff, eventually selecting and training new leaders to run the department. Accomplishments:- Partnered with hundreds of companies, to design and develop an advanced technical curriculum focused on full-stack JavaScript development that ultimately secured jobs for hundreds of graduates, achieving a placement rate of 87% within 6 months of graduation.- Built, trained, and led a software engineering mentor team that has maintained an average rating of 4.8/5 on Course Report, the industry’s standard for reviews, awarded “Bootcamp of the Year” for 2018-2020.- Launched Prime Digital Academy’s diversity scholarship to provide financial support for LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, women-identifying, and socio-economically challenged candidates, effectively lowering the barrier to work in tech for communities of untapped talent.- Expanded the Prime Digital Academy campus to Kansas City, onboarded 75+ companies as hiring partners, community advocates, and curriculum advisors within 2 years, while navigating the pandemic.



The Nerdery

• Accounting

• Software Engineer

  • avr. 2018 - déc. 2018

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Grand Canyon University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Education - Non-Degree Technology Programs, Software Engineer

  • oct. 2017 - mai 2018

  Accomplishments:• Launched a new program, complete with curriculum, translated for an immersive format which was informed by traditional computer science courses, within three months.Relevant Responsibilities:• Worked with Higher Education to bring modern, immersive web and software development training to a rapidly growing University. This includes authoring new policies and operational models that are unique to the traditional educational infrastructure. • Partnered with multiple and diverse teams to create programs in full-stack Java Development and Cyber Security, bringing deep knowledge of the Instructional Model needed to compete in the current immersive education landscape.• Built relationships with various community partners, to find and recruit individuals who would benefit from an immersive technology education.

• Principal Director of Programs, Software Engineer

  • oct. 2014 - oct. 2017

  (Prime Digital Academy is/was a Sierra Bravo Company)(Previously Sr. Director of Instruction, Director of Instruction, and Instructor)Information consolidated above. (Prime Digital Academy is/was a Sierra Bravo Company)(Previously Sr. Director of Instruction, Director of Instruction, and Instructor)Information consolidated above.



Sanford Brown College

• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adjunct Instructor - Game Development, Software Engineering, Animation, and Graphics

  • févr. 2010 - mars 2015

  Accomplishments• Nomination for Educator of the YearRole Responsibilities:• Mastery in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash/Actionscript coupled with the proven ability to effectively communicate difficult concepts led to remotely teaching highly sought after classes in programming and design.• Acted as a mentor to students to showcase not only how to execute complex ideas and methodologies, but also modeled behaviors that lead to retention and ultimately success in the field.

• Software Engineer

  • août 2011 - oct. 2014

  (Nerdery is/was a Sierra Bravo Company)Information consolidated above. (Nerdery is/was a Sierra Bravo Company)Information consolidated above.



Best Buy

• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interactive Content Developer

  • mai 1999 - août 2011

  (11 years of experience at Best Buy Co., Inc. truncated for brevity - 1999-2011)• Managed the development of interactive online courses focused on the roll-out of a company-wide order management system.• Coordinated with multiple internal business partners to develop and iterate e-learning content written in JavaScript and Actionscript 3.0, with a focus on ensuring the material was highly engaging, relevant, and accurate. (11 years of experience at Best Buy Co., Inc. truncated for brevity - 1999-2011)• Managed the development of interactive online courses focused on the roll-out of a company-wide order management system.• Coordinated with multiple internal business partners to develop and iterate e-learning content written in JavaScript and Actionscript 3.0, with a focus on ensuring the material was highly engaging, relevant, and accurate.