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SOUTHERN COMFORT
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Role - Front & Back End
Tech Stack - Ruby on Rails & Redux

Challenge: The deadline — deploy a fully functional backend and responsive front end 6 weeks. Bonus: getting the fixed logo to change colors based on content underneath.

MotorGuide
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Role - Lead Front End Development Magento & Lead Front End QA AEM
Tech Stack - Adobe Experience Manager & Magento

Challenge: Complex hybrid build integrating Adobe Experience Manager and Magento. Establish a Front end baseline so that syles were consistent between AEM and Magento, while wrestling with core CSS required for each environment

SCC
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Role - Front & Backend Development
Tech Stack - Python

Challenge: Portfolio site for the Agency you work for. Up and running in under 6 weeks. Leveraged component libray that we grew with each sucessive Wagtail CMS website.

Arbor Investments
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Role - Lead Front & Backend Development
Tech Stack - Python & React/Redux

Challenge: Fully authorable CMS leveraging Wagtails JSON API to integrate with React Components

Llumar My Car
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Role - Lead Front & Backend Development
Tech Stack - Python

Challenge: Fully authorable CMS leveraging Wagtail's Streamfield block which allows admins to create layouts on the fly. Integrated Hotjar heatmaps and AB testing for post production site optimization

Original Uncle Dougies
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Role - Lead Front & Backend Development Wagtail / Front End Magento
Tech Stack - Python & Magento

Challenge: Create an authorable portfolio site using the Wagtail CMS and Full Ecommerce shop using Magento.

Ideal Industires
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Role - Front End AEM & MAGENTO
Tech Stack - AEM & Magento

Challenge: Provide Front End component architectue for AEM, and styles/javascript that are consistent across AEM and Magento enviroments

Sites under new managament:

Kerrygold
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ROLE - Front & Back End
Tech Stack - Ruby & Backbone

Challenge: Create fully responsive front end build a wordpress-esqe backend using ruby: Polymorphic models, Blog with WISIWIG, Search, Image Cropping.

www.kerrygoldusa.com
Fusion Academy
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ROLE - Front End
Tech Stack - Foundation & Wordpress

Challenge: Create fully responsive front end with customized UI behavior, google maps integration

www.fusionacademy.com
Nathans Famous
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Role - Front & Back End
Tech Stack - Ruby & Backbone

Challenge: Create fully responsive front end and Robust backend CMS, Geo Locater service, Custom Instagram Engine

www.nathansfamous.com
Yalla Mediterainian
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Role - Front & Back End
Tech Stack - Ruby

Challenge: Create fully responsive front end and Robust backend CMS that could accommodate different layouts for a constantly changing menu, google maps integration to add new locations.

www.yallamedi.com
 

Tech Stack

Front End Languages:

  • HTML5, CSS3, SASS & LESS- I consider proper naming and semantic HTML5 markup a craft, and take it seriously. I can write a whole component in HTML just by looking a psd, and later sculpt it with CSS.

    SASS is such a powerful and an effective way to promote maintainable and reusable code. I have a go-to SASS library of mix-ins and variables that I have accumulated over the years that significantly reduce setup up. I have only used LESS as it relates to theming the Magento framework, i prefer SASS.

  • Backbone, Node, React & Redux - Typically I have used Backbone to help organize content specific javascript. Node as a service to interface with APIs and third party data structures. React as a Front End templating engine. And Redux to handle the dispatching of event based states.

  • ES6 Javascript & JQuery - Lately been trying to write as vanilla JS as possible, using ES6 syntax and transpiling using babel. Often times I will try to see how long I can go without including JQuery. I am quite versed in JQuery but recently it has become problematic within new frontend systems and as such I have tried to use it sparingly or not at all.

Back End Languages:

  • Python/Django - I have built and deployed several Python apps, leveraging the Wagtail CMS. And have worked with our team to create a foundational architectue which packages vetted components, that significatly reduces start up time.

  • Ruby on Rails - This is my strongest backend programming language. I have built robust Content Management Systems using polymorphic models, Google Maps API integration, custom social media scrapers/engines.

  • PHP & Wordpress - I have worked on building robust backends in Wordpress which allowed client service teams to effortlessly manage content for monthly newsletters.

  • Servers & Databases - I have worked with Linux servers running some combination of Apache or Puma. Typically working with staging and production environments, and deploying code updates through CircleCI. More recently I have been exploring out the box solutions with either Docker Containers, or Amazons Elastic Beanstalk. My database of choice is MYSQL.

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