I'm a lifelong Alaskan. I take pride in my ability to quickly learn and adapt to different environments. While earning a Bachelor's and Minor in southern New Mexico, I extensively self-taught web technologies. I follow the bleeding-edge trends and am always trying to dip my toes into something new. I'm interested in learning every day through writing code. Upon graduation in December 2015, I seek immediate employment.
Front End Web Developer
I've worked for Vinney on and off for 2 years. Most of the time I was part time, but there were times I worked 30 hours a week. Most of my work involved creating and maintaining web-based user interfaces for a custom built database management system (DBMS). Specifically, it handled all the tasks with ordering, composing, dehydrating, testing, and shipping Chile products. It employed a .NET server end, with a (mostly) single page application facing the user interacting over JSON-REST (Representational State Transfer). 98% of my work was spent with JavaScript. I was mentored the importance of modularity while given the opportunity to independently design and create interface components. Often worked from home.
Subcontractor
Set up Wordpress-hosted sites for local Alaska businesses. Worked closely (mostly remotely) with the lead developer turning design mock-ups into responsive web designs. Learned a lot about Wordpress plugins and sharpened my SASS skills.
Computer Science
Computer Engineering
National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
28-day backpacking adventure through the Talkeetna mountains. Used topological maps to navigate to ration points until catching a train back home. Learned leadership, cooperation, and survival skills. Inquire for more details.
ACM/GDC
The Game Development Club (GDC), with sponsorship from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), hosted a language-agnostic coding competition for groups of 1-3 NMSU students. I competed solo and managed to barely let 1st slip away to a group of 3.
Snapchat
I submitted a pretty severe bug to SnapChat's bug-bounty program. The bug was in the password reset form allowing an attacker to hijack a user's account by tricking them to change their password with a specially/maliciously crafted URL. They awarded me with 2nd place in their October 2015 competition.