Experience
2023 — Now
2022 — 2022
2022 — 2022
Remote
• Improved explainability of AI products with frontend components while prioritizing reusability and reliability with testing.
• Built frontend components with Typescript, the Highcharts library, and GraphQL while collaborating closely with data science, design, and backend teams to experience the full web development process.
• Deployed Explainable AI components to production to be used by over 1,000 customers.
2021 — 2022
Trucking Exchange Network - https://trucking-exchange-network.herokuapp.com/
Marketplace platform connecting trucking asset capacity with logistics-dependent industries.
• Engineered user interface with React/Javascript, SemanticUI/CSS/styled-components, and a Ruby on Rails backend
• Allows user to create, organize, and publicly post industry specific marketplace offerings
• Allows browsing of marketplace posts consisting of offerings from many users
• Created Navigation tool with react-router to multiple client-side endpoints
• Tracks and aggregates marketplace data such as average bid per mile, top destination/origin locations, and marketplace participation by user
• Custom backend routing allows for frontend access to relational databases
• Validates user and marketplace inputs for clean backend data
Movie Blogger - https://github.com/theoferguson/Movie-Blogger
Movie blogging application for saving, reviewing, and searching movies.
• Engineered user interface with React/Javascript, HTML, Bootstrap/CSS/styled-components as well as a JSON server to persist activity
• Allows user to search a large public movie database API with useEffect and view details of specific movies via modal pop-up
• Created Navigation tool with react-router to multiple client-side endpoints
• Persist reviews left for specific movies via submission of a custom form component
• Filter listed movies alphabetically, by release date, and by reviewer rating
• Program allows user to persistently delete and edit previously written reviews
Star Love - https://github.com/theoferguson/SWAppProject
Single Page Application in which you can search, save and comment on your favorite Star Wars Characters with examples provided.
• Engineered user interface with Javascript, HTML, CSS as well as a JSON server to persist activity
• Communicates with a public API using JSON format to read, search for, and display data on the DOM
2020 — 2021
2020 — 2021
New York
• Managed outsourced and internal accounting teams for a wide variety of clients that were preparing for or actively going through fundraising rounds
• Directed audit correspondence and due diligence requests related to client fundraising rounds as well as acquisition transactions
• Led monthly-close processes including balance sheet analysis, updating revenue and budget models, reconciliations and preparation of supporting schedules
• Managed up to 14 client accounts across multiple industries including Service Providers, SAAS/Tech, Product/Retail, and Media
• Worked across a vast array of Accounting and ERP systems, HR and other appropriate operational and financial SAAS platforms
2019 — 2020
2019 — 2020
New York City
• Managed all revenue operations from quote and order placement to cash collections to GAAP reporting
• Prepared revenue-side monthly and annual financial statements and closings
• Implemented and managed revenue recognition analysis and ensure compliance with ASC standards 606 and 340 including extensive review of an array of SAAS product lines, performance obligations, contract costs, and 3rd party partnerships
• Prepared financial reporting for presentations to the Board of Directors as well as revenue models in support of FP&A activities
• Maintained data integrity across financial reporting including GAAP accounting, billing processes, and Sales KPIs
• Netsuite Implementation (from Xero)
Education
Saint Michael's College
Bachelor's degree
Flatiron School
Certification - Software Engineering - JavaScript
2021 — 2021
University at Albany
Master of Science - Professional Accountancy
Flatiron School