ME

javascript
react
redux
typescript
es6
webpack
html
css, sass, less
git
Atlassian
Frontend Engineer
- Building features for Confluence on a cross-functional team with engineers, product, and design
- Led the development of Presenter Mode, which was featured at TEAM '22, and is the subject of the most-liked community blog post of all time
- Contributing to major refactor of inline comments in Confluence
- Acting as my team's Customer Champion to ensure we are prioritizing customer support issues and practicing empathy for our users
- Writing unit tests and integration tests to ensure excellent code quality
- Debugging complex issues within a large-scale web application
- Improving developer productivity by building tooling to ease in-editor test running
- July 2020
Favor
Frontend Engineer
- Focusing on Favor’s consumer and internal web apps, using React, Redux, Node, Webpack
- Working closely with Product and Design to build beautiful, user-centric interfaces with extreme attention to detail and care for the user’s experience
- January 2019
OneSpot
Frontend Engineer
- Focusing on Frontend development for OneSpot's Onsite and Insights products using React, Redux, Flow, Node, Webpack
- Strong focus on performance and bundle size as third-party Javascript application
- BDD and integration testing with Mocha and Cypress
- Maintain and prioritize client work backlog
- September 2016
ShoreTel
Summit Platform Product Manager
- Developed and maintain the product roadmap
- Acted as product owner on SCRUM team
- Maintained the product backlog and prioritize development
- Managed all aspects of the software development lifecycle
- Guided user interface additions and improvements with an eye toward user experience
- Evaluated key market trends and competition
- Acted as voice of customer and subject matter expert on all aspects of the platform
- Ensured that the proper requirements are defined, understood, and developed
- Led customer training for platform development and ensure documentation accuracy and completeness
- June 2015
Corvisa
Platform Marketing Manager
- Led marketing strategy, including branding, visual design, and content
- Designed and created collateral and email campaigns
- Coordinated and attended trade shows and events as representative for the platform, including conducting demos
- June 2014
Advent Financial/Corvisa Services
Marketing Manager
- Developed and maintained overall marketing strategy
- Led team of marketing professionals and designers through re-brand
- Provided guidance, direction, and feedback for Advent marketing team
- Guided development of marketing websites
- Created engaging and attractive marketing collateral and sales materials
- Coordinated and executed marketing campaigns across multiple channels and audiences
- September 2013
Advent Financial/Corvisa Services
Marketing Coordinator
- Assisted in planning and implementation of marketing strategy
- Coordinated creative and execution for print, email and social media marketing campaigns for both B2B and B2C audiences
- Planned and executed trade show presence for multiple shows and two brands, including booth design
- Maintained and updated company websites
- October 2012
Journal Communications/Journal Interactive
State Street Digital Product Manager
- Developed websites for small business clients including front-end development, content editing, search engine optimization, and user training
- Acted as client relationship manager and technical consultant
- Provided effort estimates for projects
- Created project plans, progress updates, statements of work, proposals, and training manuals
- July 2011
Journal Communications/Journal Interactive
Interactive Project Manager
- Responsible for launching more than 45 websites within timelines and with results beyond expectations
- Analyzed site metrics and trends in order to help direct clients in organization and development of website redesigns
- Created project plans and timelines, and documented requirements
- Acted as the go-between for the client and the development team
- March 2010
Journal Communications/Journal Interactive
Special Features Producer
- Produced original content for websites and coordinated sponsorship opportunities with sales staff
- Conducted SWOT analysis for classified verticals
- Created feature comparison charts for use in evaluating current and potential vendor relationships
- Analyzed site metrics to determine optimal content positioning and improve traffic
- May 2008
Journal Communications/JSOnline.com
Web Content Producer
- Posted daily content in a variety of media to JSOnline.com
- Created polls, forums, and blog posts to enhance reader interactivity, moderated comments, and responded to reader feedback and questions
- Developed special topic pages as necessary to help facilitate community dialogue and interaction
- Made decisions on placement and presentation of content
- Shot and edited video, edited audio and photos
- Worked with editors to help coordinate online coverage daily and for special projects
- Maintained several section pages on JSOnline.com to assure content was produced is adherence with set style and standards
- December 2007
Daily Illini
Managing Editor Online
- Oversaw a staff of 15, including training and feedback
- Responsible for management of all content on DailyIllini.com
- Developed and maintained overall vision of progress for website
Bachelor's, Print and Editorial Journalism
University of Illinois, May 2008
Rails Web Development
Bloc, March 2016
Frontend Web Development
Bloc, October 2016
Girl Develop It
Teacher's Assistant
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast
Code Crew Volunteer
Humane Animal Welfare Society, Waukesha
Volunteer
2011 Editor and Publisher's Magazine EPPY
Best Weekly Newspaper Website with under 250,000 unique monthly visitors
as Interactive Project Manager for Journal Interactive
2009 Honorable Mention, Best Reader Interactive, American Association of Sunday and Features Editors
with Mary Louise Schumacher as Web Content Producer
2007 Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker Award
as Managing Editor Online for DailyIllini.com
2007 Illinois Associated Press Editors Associations Best Newspaper Website, Division B, 2nd Place
as Managing Editor Online for DailyIllini.com
2007 College Publisher Award of Excellence for DailyIllini.com
as Managing Editor Online for DailyIllini.com
2007 Illinois College Press Association, Best Online Publication
as Managing Editor Online for DailyIllini.com
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