About
After a career change into software engineering in my mid 20's, I've experienced first-hand how much work it requires to get involved and be successful. My passion is to help everyone build their career as a developer and teach the required skills to be a contributor on an engineering team.

I ❤️ TypeScript/JavaScript, React, GraphQL, Go
Experience

Founder

gitconnected gitconnected.com

2019 to PresentAustin, TX

The community for developers to grow their careers

Principal Software Engineer (Growth Product)

Postmates postmates.com

Nov 2016 to Oct 2019San Francisco, CA

Software engineer for both the growth and consumer teams. Building an industry-leading customer experience in local delivery using Go, React, Redux, GraphQL, and TypeScript/JavaScript.

Vice President of Engineering

GrubMarket grubmarket.com

Aug 2015 to Nov 2016San Francisco, CA

Lead engineer generating rapid company growth by receiving both series A and B funding within a year. Managed a team of 12 engineers with an application on the web, iOS, and Android platforms. Also held roles as director of frontend engineering and frontend engineer.

Skills

React 6 years Advanced

TypeScript 4 years Advanced

JavaScript 7 years Advanced

Go 3 years Beginner

Education

CodingHouse

Bootcamp, Web Development

May 2015 to Aug 2015

A coding boot camp focused on JavaScript and full-stack web development

University of California, Berkeley

Masters, Financial Engineering

2014 to 2015

• Python, C++, R, MATLAB • Computer science, big data analytics, asset valuation, risk assessment, stochastic calculus, econometrics, statistics, optimization techniques An interdisciplinary program in computer science, big data analytics, finance, mathematics, and statistics that trains professionals for careers in derivatives pricing, risk management, and quantitative portfolio management

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Bachelor's of Science, Nuclear Engineering

2008 to 2013

Minor in Business Administration

Volunteer

Mentor / Co-Founder

Full Service Community School

2009 to 2011Knoxville, TN

• Contributed to team that implemented a full-service community school model for Title I school • Collaborated with local community and businesses leaders to create a network of volunteers • Tutored students individually at two separate Title I schools • Mentored students for ten hours weekly as an after school group leader

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Posts

Open Source Activity

Public Repos: 129
Pull Requests: 44
Contributed Repos: 12
Starred Repos: 222
Watched Repos: 81
Organizations: 1
Public Gists: 140