North UX — March 2016 - Present

Owner & Lead Developer

  • Facilitate discovery sessions with clients to understand business needs, and create a big picture technology solution to add value to their business
  • Implement a continuous development model and advise clients regarding priorities and timelines inline with ongoing user feedback
  • Extend off-the-shelf plugins including WooCommerce, Restrict Content Pro, Gravity Forms, LearnDash with custom functionality to meet project requirements
  • Integrate APIs to streamline business operations for clients and ensure communication between all portions of their technology solution. This includes connections to Stripe, MailChimp, SendinBlue, Customer.io, Keap, Asana, Harvest and other third-party tools
  • Develop custom stand-alone plugins to meet the unique data and functionality needs of the project when a suitable existing plugin was not available
  • Hire and lead development team members including project managers, front-end and back-end developers in a remote work environment, and ensure that workflow tools met team and project needs for effective and efficient collaboration
  • Adhere to WordPress Coding Standards and provide documentation for code written to additional team members and relevant client steakholders

Level Five Solutions — February 2016 - April 2016

UX Engineer

  • Tech lead for Level Five on BNSF Auction Site Phase 1, built with React
  • Worked with BNSF Development team to ensure compatibility with existing systems and processes as well as train them on new technology through daily stand-ups, and bi-weekly code reviews

Honeystreet — October 2007 - January 2016

Lead Web Designer & Developer

  • Managed web projects, from initial quote to delivered website, including account management, discovery, UX, wire-framing, design, and development
  • Implemented new web technologies and best-practices for the company as a whole
  • Directed decisions on site architecture, plugins and development process for each website, based on user needs and client expectations
  • Worked with clients including Sprint, Walmart, FedEx, The Kansas City Ballet, and Lenexa Baptist to produce motion graphics, websites, video communications, and print and digital branding

Things I'm good at

Skills

    • Problem Solving
    • Creative Thinking & Brainstorming
    • Leading Collaboration
    • Project Management
    • Adobe Creative Suite
    • InVision
    • Figma
    • Userflows
    • Wireframes
    • Prototypes
    • Front-end development
    • Back-end development
    • API integrations including Stripe, MailChimp, Keap, Asana, Shapediver along with other proprietary data management systems
    • WP-CLI commands
    • Custom block theme development
    • Custom plugin development
    • Familiar with build and workflow tools including git, node, npm, gulp, composer

  • WordPress as a Headless CMS
    LoopConf, February 2017

    What Do You Do With a Problem?
    LaunchCon, April 2017

    Integrating 3D Visual Customizations in WooCommerce
    WooSesh, April 2022