Professional Profile

Current Positions

Web Developer

For Hire - Your Project or Organization

If your company is looking for a disciplined developer with operations and support experience, I would like to hear from you. I was first introduced to the Internet in 1993 and created my first Website in 1994. Since that time, I have worked with many frameworks, libraries, CMS's, and stacks. To date the highest position one of my sites achieved in a Google search was 2 of 340,000,000.

The Open Source Community

In early 2016, I began devoting some time to my favorite open source projects on GitHub. I've had pull request accepted for some amazing projects including Kubernetes and Polymer Elements - App Layout. Additionally, many of my own projects are shared on GitHub under MIT license.

IT Manager

For Hire - Your Project or Organization

Mismanaged IT will damage every part of the business it touches. Together, we can develop and execute a clear strategy for IT service management with clearly measurable performance results.

Republic First Management & Republic Equity - (January 2013 - Current) Winter Park, FL

Over the past 4 years I’ve had the opportunity to help turn things around for faltering businesses. I stepped into businesses with deferred maintenance and no support, which lead them down a path of crisis-driven piecemeal spending. For 15 offices across 4 states, I’ve implemented a basic triage of service plans and tracked their success. Most importantly, I’ve had the opportunity to build some great professional relationships.

Community Involvement

Tech & Dev

I'm proud to be part of Orlando's close knit community of tech professionals and developers. You can regularly find me attending many local developer and tech Meetups including:

Orlando Devs

University Tech

Agile Orlando and Agile Alliance Member

Front End Orlando

Orlando Golang

Orlando JavaScript

Visual Arts

Up until 2010 I devoted several hours a week to my local art community. It was a chance to enjoy fine art with great people. During that time I had the opportunity to serve on the Associates Board at the Maitland Art Center (now the Art & History Center).

Education

University of Central Florida

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Graphic Design

U. S. General Services Administration

Certification - Designing Accessible Web Sites

Udacity

NanoDegree - Front End Web Development (Completed August 2016)

ud893- Responsive Web Design Fundamentals
ud304- Intro to HTML and CSS
ud882- Responsive Images
ud804- JavaScript Basics
ud245- Intro to jQuery
ud015- Object-Oriented JavaScript
ud292- HTML5 Canvas
ud860- Browser Rendering Optimization
ud884- Website Performance Optimization
ud110- Intro to AJAX
ud989- JavaScript Design Patterns
ud549- JavaScript Testing

Additional Certificates

cs271- Intro to Artificial Intelligence (The original AI-Class)
cs101- Intro to Computer Science (The original CS class)

Other Courses

ud775- Git and GitHub
ud892- Web Tooling and Automation
ud777- Writing READMEs
ud611- Intro to DevOps
ud615- Scalable Microservices with Kubernetes

Coursera

Stanford University

Machine Learning (Grade 94.4%)
Human-Computer Interaction (Grade 93.8%)
Natural Language Processing (Grade 86.8%)
Game Theory (Grade 90.1%)

University of Maryland

Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies:The First Step in Entrepreneurship (Grade 100%)
Innovation for Entrepreneurs: From Idea to Marketplace (Grade 100%)
New Venture Finance: Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs (Grade 95.4%)

Lynda

Agile Project Manager - (Completed October 2016)

Agile Project Management
Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile Project Management
Agile at Work: Building your Agile Team
Agile at Work: Planning with Agile User Stories
Agile at Work: Driving Productive Agile Meetings
Agile at Work: Reporting with Agile Charts and Boards
Agile at Work: Getting Better with Agile Retrospectives
Agile Project Management with Microsoft Project