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Encoura provides custom technology solutions that combine Eduventures research, data science, strategic enrollment services, and multichannel marketing to serve over 2,000 higher ed institutions. As the E4E (Encourage for Educators) technical lead, collaborated across engineering teams to design, develop, and deploy new features, and enhancements for the company’s E4E product ecosystem. Led a team that expanded from 5 to 8 members, driving critical migrations and team improvements during a significant company transition. Key Achievements Collaborated with the CTO to secure approval for a comprehensive migration plan

Led engineering at The Lookbook as interim Fractional CTO during a pivotal pre-launch phase. I directly consulted with the CEO on technical decisions, hiring, and VP of Engineering responsibilities—collaborating with a cross-functional team of 3 engineers and 1 designer to develop and ship innovative engineering solutions. I assessed technology trends for long-term engineering strategies, positioning the company for scalability during the user acceptance testing (UAT) phase. Coed demographic means security, performance and site reliability.

In the Tech Lead role, architected, developed, and deployed new applications, new features, and enhancements to the company's e-commerce web applications built to scale with AWS CloudFront using Lambda@Edge Amplify triggered off of Github actions. Oversaw outsourced team varied from 8-12 engineers. Mentored engineers on & off shore.

TechStyle has become one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies in history. Five portfolio brands, JustFab, ShoeDazzle, Fabletics, Savage X Fenty and FabKids provide over 4 million VIP members with on-trend fashion at an exceptional value

LandCycler is a real estate investment operation, buying and selling rural vacant land. As sole engineer, architected, developed and deployed entire 3-tier data driven, cross-platform compatible web application with real estate data aggregation from 3rd party endpoints, real estate comparable sales analysis, acquisition and sales, custom CRM and content management admin tools in React, Node.js...

ScreenBid, LLC, is a leading source for certified authentic, screen-used Hollywood memorabilia and collectibles. Part of two-consultant mobile application team. Advised designer consultant from early wireframing process to the design of final icons for seamless user experience. Mastered SAM Auction's MySQL database architecture and software application on tight deadline to mirror the web application in...