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Resume

Overview

Full-stack software engineer with over 20 years experience in politics, higher ed, and sports, excelling in Ruby on Rails, React, and AWS. Expert in creating SAAS applications and managing development teams.


Work Experience

Director of Development

2008 - current

Trilogy Interactive, Chicago, IL

  • Lead technical projects for a design agency, boosting service quality for over 100 political campaigns and non-profits.
  • Developed Ruby on Rails-based CMS that hosts more than 125 production websites serving 1MM+ pages monthly.
  • Oversee budgets up to $500K and coordinate resources to successfully deliver SAAS applications using Rails, React, SQL, Node, AWS, Docker, and GitHub.
  • Engineer RESTful API tools with Asana to boost design team efficiency and improve client delivery times.
  • Create production tools that have migrated 10+ client websites to WordPress, streamlining the process with ACF, All Import Pro, and Ruby/JS scripting.
  • Built applications for federal agencies as a certified governmental subcontractor.

Manager of Information Services

2005 - 2008

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

  • Managed the web presence and related IT initiatives for the University of Chicago's central communications unit.
  • Designed and implemented innovative web applications with PHP, MySQL, Mac OS servers and Apache.

Senior Producer

2004 - 2005

Classified Ventures, Chicago, IL

  • Defined and managed a portfolio of website products for cars.com, a major automotive consumer site.
  • Developed and implemented channel and site branding solutions while managing freelance editorial staff.

Managing Editor

1999 - 2004

Sportvision / Ignite Sports Media, Chicago, IL

  • Managed dozens of dynamic websites for NFL, MLB, NHL, and MLS teams, enhancing fan engagement and ticket sales.
  • Spearheaded the creation of a syndicated sports portal for clients like the Washington Post, FOX Sports, Britannica.com and others.

Education

Masters in Computer Science

2007 - 2008

University of Chicago


Bachelor of Science in Journalism

1990 - 1994

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign