I want to create things
that change the world.

About

Self-driven Software Developer with a passion for eye-catching UI design, teamwork, and entrepreneurship.

Detail-oriented, organized and meticulous Software Engineer with 4 years of experience, gifted at finding reliable solutions for software issues. Facilitated the development of 2 award-winning mobile applications, and 2 others that increased the productivity of its users by a large margin. Experienced at managing software projects from their infancy to completion, while focusing on producing cutting- edge designs and hitting all technical milestones in a timely manner.

I am also a staff writer for "The React Native Log" on Medium.com and a frequent contributor to several technology-related blogs.

As a Software Developer, I enjoy using my obsessive attention to detail, my love for creating things, and my unequivocal work ethic to change the world - one line of code at a time!

Experience

Senior Technical Writer

Prepare, review, revise, and maintain technical blog articles and API documentation related to Software Engineering

  • Utilized exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills to produce engaging and error-free content contributing to ~15% increase in subscribers MoM over 6 months
  • Strong understanding of software development and programming concepts, with experience in documenting APIs, SDKs, and developer guides
  • My technical articles have received quite a bit of attention. One was even translated into multiple languages and has over a quarter-million reads
Tools
  • Wordpress / VSCode
November 2018 - Present | Remote
Lead Mobile Developer

Developed and maintained codebase of two award-winning React Native mobile applications. One app lets a Doctor manage their patients, while the other lets a patient manage their Healthcare Team. The Doctor and patient can message and video call each other with high quality video, even on slow-connections.

Develop Core Product
  • Design, prototype, and work with manager to roadmap features and timeline
  • Build new features, both via product roadmap and self-designed
  • Manage feature sprint life cycle
    • proposed approaches, tools and technologies to improve the development process and customer experience
    • process product requirements
    • assess current functionality
    • estimate total work time and completion dates
    • break down feature into smaller deliverables
    • weekly meeting with managers to demo app's progress
    • continuously measure and document progress
    • analyze sprint execution retrospectively
Tools
  • React / React Native / GraphQL / Apollo / Redux / Node / Yarn / NPM / Sketch / Lucid Chart / VS Code / GitHub
Accomplishments
  • Successfully increased patient/doctor engagement by 35% with introduction of both apps into Apple App/Google Play store.
October 2018 - December 2019 | Remote
Full Stack Developer

Developed React apps, that were used by our Health Care clients, to display useful data and run metrics on their hospitals and patients

  • Participated in Scrum meetings daily to gauge the progress of each team member’s assigned work
  • Employed AWS Lamda, CloudWatch, & S3 buckets to host the app on the cloud
  • Created endpoints using GraphQL, Apollo, & SQL (which was accessed from the React app) to access data in various databases
  • Used Jest and Enzyme to test React components to ensure that the project was following our client’s specifications
  • Establishment of the DevOps practice by implementing fully automated CI/CD pipelines leveraging tools such as Terraform and Jenkins to manage infrastructure and deployments
Tools
  • React / JavaScript / Node / NPM / Redux / MobX / GraphQL / Apollo GraphQL / SQL / PostgreSQL / AWS Lamda / AWS CloudWatch/ Jest & Enzyme / Jenkins
February 2018 - June 2018 | Remote
React Native Mobile Developer

Built an iOS & Android application, which allows employees of Parametric Solutions to manage their work charges (Clients, Tasks, Dates, Hours Worked, etc).

Develop Core Product
  • Developed project plans and managed scope using methodologies to guide mobile app from conceptualization to implementation and finally, maintenance.
  • Provided fiduciary oversight to remain within budget constraints, recommending project adjustments where necessary.
  • Manage feature sprint life cycle
    • process product requirements
    • assess current functionality
    • estimate total work time and completion dates
    • break down feature into smaller deliverables
    • utilize Expo to display app to management weekly
    • continuously measure and document progress
    • analyze sprint execution retrospectively
Tools
  • React Native / Node / Yarn / NPM / REST / Expo / MobX / NativeBase / Atom / GitHub / Sketch / InVision / Photoshop
Accomplishments
  • Single-handedly designed and developed mobile application for employee time management, saving 2 hours per week for average user.
February 2017 - November 2017 | Remote

IBM

AngularJS Mobile Developer

Led team responsible for developing IBM Work Portal (dashboard) on iOS and Android. providing employees with overall view of their tasks, services, processes, and claims

Develop Core Product
  • Resolved defects on IBM Responsive Portal
  • Created custom directives specific to DOM manipulation, adding logic within controllers to communicate feedback to the user, and modifying angular services to retrieve variables used within the templates
Improve Code Operations
  • Met in daily scrum meetings where we discussed user stories and defects to ensure our objectives would be achieved by the end of each sprint
  • Reviewed and approved code before release into software builds
Tools
  • AngularJS / Cordova / Sublime / GitHub
Accomplishments
  • Produced 2x average boost in user productivity
June 2015 - August 2015 | Remote
Java Software Engineer

Designed and developed application for F-35 Lightning II Engineering Team

Develop Core Product
  • Developed on JBoss using Java Servlets and JavaServer Pages
  • Created functional use cases for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter's Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) using Enterprise Architect
Innovation Jam
  • Designed embedded systems utilizing Raspberry Pi, python, and circuits within a team of four to solve design challenges proposed by Lockheed Martin’s Research and Development team
Tools
  • Java / Java Servlets / Java Server Pages / JBoss Application Server / Windows Server 2012 / MySQL / Apache / Rasberry Pi / Python
Accomplishments
  • Resulted in 30% quicker onboarding process for F-35 Lightning II Engineering Team
June 2014 - August 2014 | Orlando, Florida
Laboratory Chemist

General Laboratory Chemist and Engineering Intern

Develop Core Product
  • Synthesized coatings that completely seal in asbestos surfaces, encapsulating hazardous materials
  • Spearheaded research and reformulation team on project to increase slip resistance in all floor coatings
  • Maintained stock supply levels and communicated directly with chemical distributors to optimize purchases and explore cost saving alternatives
Accomplishments
  • Identified and corrected several situations in which pH fluctuation was affecting product shelf life, saving the company upwards of thousands of dollars per year
  • Researched surface bubbling production anomaly with The Renewable Corporation’s flagship coating product and submitted a comprehensive reformulation proposal that eliminated all inconsistencies
August 2012 - August 2013 | Lakepark, Florida
Private Tutor

Led private chemistry, algebra, trigonometry, calculus (I, II, & III), physics, and differential equations tutoring sessions

Accomplishments
  • Most tutees reported an increase of at least one letter grades
March 2012 - December 2012 | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Sales Associate

Sales associate for the men's shoe department of Nordstrom

  • Highly accomplished sales associate with a track record of success in the men's shoe department at Nordstrom, consistently exceeding sales targets and providing exceptional customer service to drive business growth
Accomplishments
  • Consistently ranked among top sales representatives in region
  • Winner of over 19 performance contests for highest overall net sales and highest ranking in customer satisfaction
March 2008 - January 2011 | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Projects

PSI Employee Timesheet

An iOS/Android app that allows users of Parametric Solutions to configure their hours, charges, time tracker, and more.

Accomplishments
  • Utilized React Native’s “Fetch” function to make REST calls to Parametric Solution’s database
  • Used React Navigation, React’s newest navigation library, to nest app’s navigators
  • Employed MobX to persist state across all views
PSI Employee Timesheet

An iOS/Android app that allows users of Parametric Solutions to configure their hours, charges, time tracker, and more.

Accomplishments
  • Utilized React Native’s “Fetch” function to make REST calls to Parametric Solution’s database
  • Used React Navigation, React’s newest navigation library, to nest app’s navigators
  • Employed MobX to persist state across all views
React-Native Test

Written to compare the performance to its identical Swift counterpart.

Accomplishments
  • For my Summma Cum Laude thesis, I published a research paper comparing React-Native to Swift.
  • Has Facebook Login (with user Photo, Name, and email), To-Do-List, Page View, and Geolocation
Swift Test

Written to compare the performance to its identical React-Native counterpart.

Accomplishments
  • For my Summma Cum Laude thesis, I published a research paper comparing React-Native to Swift.
  • Has Facebook Login (with user Photo, Name, and email), To-Do-List using NSUserDefaults, Page View, and Geolocation
Online Gainesville

Small mobile and web development studio for businesses, non-profits, and individuals.

Accomplishments
  • Aqcuired customers, such as SafeBriight and Parametric Solutions
  • Generated over $20k in revenue within first year of business (part-time only), without marketing or promotion
SafeBriight

Created the company website for SafeBriight, the Smart Street Light

Accomplishments
  • Used MaterializeCSS & JavaScript to create a responsive, mobile first website
  • Utilized Photoshop to touch up background and shape images to design contraints
  • Coded contact form using PHP & JavaScript
Shell in C

Recreation of terminal's shell which was coded using lex and yacc in C.

Accomplishments
  • Made to imitate many of Unix/Mac's terminal functionality
  • Written in C using Lex & Yacc
No Satellite GPS

Mobile application for interpreting spatial SQL maps (can't login since Parse closed).

Accomplishments
  • Used Ionic & Cordova to create a cross platform application
  • Peer used AutoCAD to map out my Computer Science Department, while I programmed a way to interpret the results
  • Integrated SpatiaLite JavaScript library into the app to assist with 3D map (GIS) interpretation
Turnup

Find or host local video game tournaments (can't login since Facebook closed Parse.com).

Accomplishments
  • Used Ionic & Cordova to create a cross platform application
  • Wrote directives in Angular to serve data
  • Developed CSS & JS responsive menu
  • Created member list via Parse API
The Beats Captain

Database project written in PHP and HTML with an Oracle DB backend.

Accomplishments
  • Found music data from the last 100 years
  • Stored 110,001 tuples of music at random from the data on an Oracle DB backend
  • Constructed a frontend using jQuery & Bootstrap
  • Used PHP to query the database & for input validation

Skills

Languages

Java
C++
C

HTML/CSS

HTML5
CSS3
Bootstrap
Materialize
SASS

Javascript

Javascript
React
MobX
jQuery
Node
JSON

Back-End

PHP
SQL
MySQL
MongoDB
REST

Mobile

React-Native
Swift

Other

Github
Heroku
Photoshop
Sketch

Awards & Affiliations

Summa Cum Laude

University of Florida | 2016

  • Academically outstanding students who graduate with a Grade Point Average of at least 3.8 and complete an approved research project are granted with highest honors.

Toastmasters Member

University of Florida Chapter | 2015

  • Toastmasters is a nonprofit educational organization that helps its members improve their communication, public speaking, and leadership skills.

Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award

Palm Beach State College | 2013

  • Presented to the student who has made the most innovative contribution toward improving the lives of others in Palm Beach County.

Vice President

Student Government (PBSC) | 2012 - 2013

  • Preside over all SGA senate meetings.
  • Make all committee assignments.
  • Assume duties of the SGA President in his/her absence.
  • Shall be responsible for other SGA duties that the President deem necessary.

Outstanding Senator Award

Student Government (PBSC) | 2012

  • Given to those senators who go above and beyond what is required of them (given to me when I was a Senator, before becoming Vice President)

NASA Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program

Student Government (PBSC) | 2012

  • Worked within a small team of engineering students to put together a proposal for NASA's Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program.

Education

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL | 2013 - 2016

  • B.S. in Computer Science Engineering
  • Summa Cum Laude
  • 3.9 GPA

Palm Beach State College

Palm Beach Gardens, FL | 2010 - 2013

  • Associates Degree
  • 4.0 GPA

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