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• The Empathy Equation

  Self Published February 27, 2015

  A conference talk on how to cultivate empathy, when to speak up, when to stay quiet, how to build trust, and how to handle conflict without imploding.

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• Andreessen Horowitz (a16z): NodeJS + SalesForce Web Infrastructure Improvements

  Aug 2019 - Apr 2020

  My team and I were contracted to update and maintain legacy Node.JS applications deployed on Heroku using PostgreSQL, Angular 1, React 16, Meteor, and MongoDB. We were also responsible for updating all legacy applications to support syncing data from SalesForce during a migration to the Lightning platform; schema changes, cron jobs, performance tuning and more.

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• Northwoods Consulting Partners: AngularJS 1.0 and Rails Remediation

  Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

  My team and I were contracted to remediate a legacy AngularJS 1.x application on top of Ruby on Rails. We were responsible for delivering features for a legacy system, refactoring technical debt, and improving the quality of life for developers on the team by pairing with and mentoring them regularly.

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• Gamut/Grainger: Web Performance Audit

  Aug 2017 - Nov 2018

  This project involved extensive performance auditing and improvements to a Server/Client Rendered React application.

  My team and I worked to:

  - Audit and improve JavaScript, Browser Rendering, and API performance
  - Upgrade from Node 6 to Node 10
  - Analyze and prune a large number of JavaScript dependencies
  - Migrate deployments from Azure to AWS
  - Automate Infrastructure using AWS CLI, Terraform, and Docker

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• Riot Games: Web Infrastructure Improvements

  Jul 2016 - Jul 2017

  This project involved infrastructure improvements completed over the course of a year to modernize, secure, and improve the deployment workflow for many of the core NodeJS web services that power leagueoflegends.com.

  Specifically, the team and I worked to:

  - Improve Build Automation Systems through use of Jenkins, Docker and the Jenkins Job DSL
  - Centralize and Normalize Logging systems for all Node JS Web Services
  - Dockerize all Node JS Web Services for ease of deployment…

  This project involved infrastructure improvements completed over the course of a year to modernize, secure, and improve the deployment workflow for many of the core NodeJS web services that power leagueoflegends.com.

  Specifically, the team and I worked to:

  - Improve Build Automation Systems through use of Jenkins, Docker and the Jenkins Job DSL
  - Centralize and Normalize Logging systems for all Node JS Web Services
  - Dockerize all Node JS Web Services for ease of deployment on AWS
  - Develop Encrypted Configuration Management Tools for use on multiple Cloud Service Providers
  - Modernize the Developer Experience for Web Engineers responsible for maintaining core web services
  - Mentor and Onboard Junior Developers

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• Shutterstock: Contributor, Catalog Manager

  May 2015 - Jun 2016

  Shutterstock Contributor is a portal that allows content creators to upload and manage creative assets for use in stock licensing. Work was completed to migrate from legacy Perl/Mason/MySQL to an API-based architecture using Express/Node/Swagger.

  The Catalog Manager was a rewrite of an existing legacy tool (jQuery) into a modern UI leveraging React and Redux.

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• Occidental Petroleum: OxyLIFT

  Nov 2014 - Apr 2015

  OxyLIFT was a real-time metrics dashboard for visualizing oil well data. Written with JavaScript using AngularJS 1.x and HighchartsJS.

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• Occidental Petroleum: Well Tracking System 2.0

  Apr 2014 - Nov 2014

  The Well Tracking System (WTS) is a workflow and workload management tool. The system allows
  authorized users to view the status of a well, prioritize and accomplish tasks in the Funding, Drilling and Production Cycles.

  Written in JavaScript and AngularJS 1.x, WTS was composed via modular JSON schemas that allowed non-developers to configure the UI and workflow tooling.

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• Viterra: Grain Price Calculator

  Mar 2012 - May 2013

  Development and maintenance of the Grain Prices and Nitrogen Calculator apps, using Backbone.

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• Comverge: SmartConsumer

  Sep 2012 - Apr 2013

  Comverge SmartConsumer is a residential customer engagement solution designed to increase energy awareness among utility customers and inspire them to use electricity more efficiently. Test Double built this mobile-optimized responsive web-application using Ruby, Rails, Backbone JS, CoffeeScript and Lineman JS.

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• Cengage Learning: Delmar Healthcare

  Jul 2011 - Mar 2012

  Delmar Healthcare is a digital companion targeted at Healthcare Students and Instructors. It links printed materials like textbooks and instructional tools to an online portal where students can redeem codes to access videos, animations, articles and other rich media.

  We built Delmar Healthcare using Backbone.js, Twitter Bootstrap and a service layer backed by Apache Tomcat and Java (Jersey, Spring).

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• Cengage Learning: Gale Business Insights - Global

  Mar 2011 - Jul 2011

  Gale Business Insights: Global combines an international perspective and sophisticated research tools with convenient access to a range of comprehensive learning materials. Designed to move researchers quickly to higher levels of understanding and application, Gale Business Insights: Global uses case studies, statistical data sources, news articles, academic journals and topical reference materials organized by country, company and industry to quickly engage users in the global business…

  Gale Business Insights: Global combines an international perspective and sophisticated research tools with convenient access to a range of comprehensive learning materials. Designed to move researchers quickly to higher levels of understanding and application, Gale Business Insights: Global uses case studies, statistical data sources, news articles, academic journals and topical reference materials organized by country, company and industry to quickly engage users in the global business environment.

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• Gordon Food Services: CIL+

  Nov 2010 - Mar 2011

  CIL+ (Customer Item List Manager Plus) is an internal utility used by Sales Representatives at Gordon Food Services that allows users to manage quoting inventory for current and potential customers.

  The solution was implemented using Struts2, with heavy use of test-driven JavaScript via Jasmine on the front-end that involved extensive customizations to YUI 2 Widgets and Custom-Built components.

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• Potash Corp: Corporate Training Solution

  Feb 2010 - Jul 2010

  * Moving paper based training materials into Moodle, a PHP based Learning CMS.
  * Custom modifications to Moodle
  * Developing interactive Flash content
  * Improving UI/UX of the back and front end

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• Vendasta Technologies: StepRep

  Sep 2008 - 2010

  StepRep is an online reputation management tool that helps small and medium businesses listen to what people are saying about them online.

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• The MVP Award : SurveyMonkey Engineering

  Robin Ducot, CTO

  Mar 2021

  The MVP Award is given to the person with the most votes across all of the SurveyMonkey Engineering Team Awards categories, as voted on by peers.