Senior Web Developer

Boulder, CO
June 2017 - February 2021

• Optimized Drupal 7 website, over a 3 month period sped up the average web transaction time from 400ms to 165ms, using New Relic slow query and trace tracking.

• Refactored article infinite scroll, generating a 7.68% increase in pageviews per visit and 8.5% increase in total pageviews.

• Set up deployments and automated testing using Jenkins and Travis CI, preventing errors and saving the development team hours in testing and manual deployments.

• Spearheaded and managed edit-form refactor, including content and homepage scheduling, increasing editor efficiency and eliminating the need for off-hours production work.

• Developed contribution model using Memberful for recurring contributions and Stripe for custom single contributions.

• Migrated email signups from Campaign Monitor to Sailthru, including Sailthru’s content API for dynamic email, allowing for automated email creation freeing up editor time.

• Troubleshot HTML email and list issues during Email Marketing Specialist vacancies.

• Fixed a Drupal 7 file crisis where every photo upload was added to the same folder. Found every hard coded image, created a file id for each image, and replaced hard coded references with shortcodes.

• Implemented Amplitude analytics and affiliate Ecommerce Analytics Google Analytics.

• Implemented Facebook Instant Articles.

• Managed and mentored a recent graduate as a Junior Developer.

• Led the development team through multiple gaps without a site director.

Technologies: Drupal 7, PHP/MySQL, JavaScript, JSON, HTML/CSS, Git, Drush, SCSS, Jenkins, Travis CI, Lando, Docker, Restful APIs, Amplitude, Sailthru, Parse.ly, Google Analytics, Memberful, Stripe, Photoshop, Google AMP, Facebook Instant Articles, Apple News

Web Developer

UBM Deusm / UBM Tech, Denver, CO
February 2013 – December 2015

• Built a new Drupal platform to host a network of media websites and migrated from MS Stack to LAMP.

• Secured a conference session proposal system to prevent XSS and CSRF.

• Migrated network of media websites from LAMP to MS Stack. Wrote and updated migration MS SQL scripts.

• Connected Classic ASP platform to RESTful API single sign on (SSO) system. Built admin interface to connect campaign reporting between the old system and new SSO system.

• Connected existing Classic ASP admin interface with RESTful API keyword extraction system.

• Integrated designs with new responsive framework.

• Introduced management to git and source control, reducing overridden code and leading to hundreds of saved development hours.

Junior Web Developer

Light Reading / UBM Tech, Boulder, CO
July 2012 – February 2013

• Coded VBScript, MS SQL, jQuery, HTML, CSS and HTML email.

• Helped migrate from MS Stack to LAMP. Cleaned up data for export to the new database. Cleaned up HTML to optimize SEO.

• Queried database for monthly reporting, sub-queries for newsletter mailings, and developed a newsletter list calculator tool for easier list counts.