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Technical Skills
JavaScript + jQuery, HTML/CSS, SASS+LESS+Bootstrap, Jade, Node, Express + Mongoose,
MongoDB, Python, responsive design, git and github.
Familiarity with Angular, Django, SQL
Education
- Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp, Python/Django-based, PDX Code Guild, 2014
- Master of Arts, Postsecondary and Adult Education, Portland State University, 2011
- Bachelor of Arts, General, magna cum laude, Portland State University, 2009
Work Experience
Full Stack JavaScript Program Specialist/Guest Teacher/Mentor
Treehouse
Oct 2015 - present
- Subject matter expert in the Techdegree program's 12 Full Stack JavaScript projects, covering topics in object oriented programming, third-party APIs, RESTful APIs, Gulp, node, Express, Mongoose, MongoDB, Angular
- Taught Introduction to HTML and CSS course: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/introduction-to-html-and-css
- Manage and facilitate online learning community of 300+ students: help students work through coding problems, learn best practices, conduct research and ask the right questions
- Conduct detailed coding project reviews and mentor coding students
- Project management and logistics for a rapidly growing code school program
- Developed a training program for 20+ independent contractors (Mentors and Project Reviewers)
- Authored and performed two online courses on effective code reviewing
Front End and UI Developer
Cinder Solutions
Oct 2015 - March 2016
- Responsible for all things front end as part of a small agile team building web-based
business management software with Python/Django.
- As the sole front end developer on the project,
became an expert in Reading Documentation and Figuring It Out.
- Taught myself Angular and implemented it into the project.
- Also used JavaScript/jQuery, HTML, SASS + Bootstrap, git, Django
- Converted entire project to SASS
Front End Web Developer
JAST Media
April 2015 - Oct 2015
- Wore many hats at growing startup web agency. Build out fully responsive websites for small and mid-sized businesses using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, Bootstrap, LESS
- Created complex and dynamic custom HTML forms
- Designed and build content page templates
- Worked with senior developers to implement elegant solutions to complex client requests
- Researched UX Design principals and work with management to improve UX in our designs
Specimen Processing and Data Entry Specialist
ZRT Laboratory
October 2012 - December 2014
- Quickly and accurately processed laboratory samples and client files for 50+ patients per day.
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Collaborated with coworkers to plan and implement company-wide recreational events
for 80 employees.
Curriculum Specialist and Instructor
Portland Community Media
February 2010 - February 2012
- Researched and designed a curriculum aimed at developing career and college skills through filmmaking and other multimedia projects. The curriculum was recently adopted by Street Level Youth Media in Chicago
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Worked with a wide variety of culturally and economically diverse students to develop basic technology, multimedia and employment skills.