Experience
2024 — Now
2024 — Now
• Built new admin dashboards for managing core app data from an external Postgres database.
• Contributed to the style and architecture of a greenfield codebase in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Used Recharts to create new user-facing visualizations for various projects and combined data.
• Designed custom Clerk sign-in & sign-up pages.
• Configured new API routes to the app’s calculation server to standardize fetches.
• Implemented a system for users to edit the energy use intensity of a project by either percentage or raw units without requiring a database migration by using client-side calculations.
2022 — 2025
2022 — 2025
New York, New York, United States
• Maintained and improved a legacy Order Management System for a leading global logistics company and significantly contributed to the billing module.
• Designed and implemented a custom two-factor authentication system based in Devise and integrated with an in-app mailer.
• Automated the mass assignment of QR-code-enabled invoices to their respective orders using ImageMagick and ZBarImg, eliminating human error and saving over 500 (annual) man-hours of manual sorting.
• Designed and re-engineered the client’s existing billing system into a scalable and highly modular system, greatly reducing processing time (automated & manual steps) from 20 hours per cycle to less than 2 hours per cycle (90% reduction).
• Migrated messaging architecture from AWS SQS to RabbitMQ during a platform shift to Azure, ensuring robust language-agnostic inter-application communication between codebases.
• Created a custom database validation and UI components for a legacy subsystem that lacked user feedback on transaction and processing errors.
• Scripted a migration to collect historical changes and authors to delivery accounts and built a searchable UI to navigate them.
• Ensured secure data transfer and improved security by adding authorization headers for inter-app communication.
2019 — 2022
2019 — 2022
St. Louis County, Missouri, United States
2017 — 2019
2017 — 2019
St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States
• Oversaw daily operations, staff training, and customer service excellence, leading Vicia to become a James Beard Best New Restaurant semifinalist.
• Directed event planning, vendor negotiations, and inventory management to ensure seamless operations across both restaurants.
• Built a culture of continuous improvement, introducing processes and training programs that enhanced team performance and guest experiences.
• Earned recognition as a certified sommelier, providing expert wine pairings and education to elevate dining experiences.