Experience
2017 — 2019
2017 — 2019
• Conducted Performance reviews, held 1:1s, ran weekly and monthly planning meetings for the Persado self service team.
• Reorganized the team’s development cycle allowing us to release monthly, with a 50% decrease in bug reports and critical bug fixes.
• Developed a curriculum to improve the Object Oriented Programming knowledge and experience of the team.
• Managed the development and deployment of Persado’s first Chrome extension
• Trained new technical leads to be able to manage their teams and deploy their applications without my supervision
2017 — 2017
2017 — 2017
• Managed, wrote MVP code for, and launched Persado Social, an application using the Facebook Graph and Marketing APIs to develop the ability for our clients to use Persado technology to improve the copy on their Facebook ads.
• Lead the development, planning, deployment, and hiring requirements for Persado’s self service applications.
• Wrote Persado’s first web payments integration using Stripe
• Work with UX, QA, Data Science, IT, and Product teams to develop product direction, write user stories, find and fix bugs, and plan future development cycles based on the Product Roadmap.
• Conducted code reviews, improved test coverage, and handled deployments.
• Began the transition of Persado's codebase from Rails 4.x, MYSQL, and Backbone/Marionette to Rails 5, Postgresql, and React.
2015 — 2017
2015 — 2017
• Developed the frontend and backend of the Persado enterprise system.
• Worked on major features such as Aggregate Content Reporting and creation and analysis of Persado based controls.
• Performed several refactors and upgrades such as upgrading Backbone/Marionette and redesigning the grammar parser in OO manner.
• Solely developed two greenfield projects using Rails 4 and Angular.
2013 — 2014
• Researched the relationship between perinatal environment, metabolism, and coping style in Bobwhite quail
• Performed open flow respirometry trials, implemented novel behavioral assays developed the previous summer, and raised a small population of Bobwhite quail from eggs
• Analysed data using Excel and SPSS
Education
Franklin & Marshall College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
2010 — 2014
App Academy