Summary

I'm a software developer with experience in Ruby, JavaScript, and Python. I also have 12 years of experience in eLearning design. I focus on clean code, clear outcomes, and comprehensive testing as part of simplifying onboarding user experiences.

Work Experience

PrimeRevenue -- Software Engineer: Supplier Onboarding

Feb. 2025 - Current: remote

• Created Proof-of-Concept prototype of UI redesign using Flowbite components. Adoption of Flowbite will reduce development costs by giving react devs and UX designers a common language for specifying user interface design.
• Implemented customer-centered flow to allow new users to register as members of existing Supply Chain Financing programs.
• Researched and specified requirements for integrating Plaid account services as an alternative to manual account-creation workflow. This will simplify the onboarding process by importing bank account information and reducing manual error-correction.

Aug. 2024 - Jan. 2025: remote

• Created modular React components to provide users with navigation through multi-step process of setting up business-to-business financial service accounts.
• Implemented i18n-react internationalization for new users of Supply Chain Financing and Payments as a Service systems.
• Researched and implemented JavaScript unit unit testing features including Mock Service Worker to reduce development costs caused late discovery of bugs during quality assurance.

Freelance -- Machine Learning Code Trainer and Evaluator

Nov. 2023 - Sep. Aug. 2024: remote

• Evaluated large language model (LLM) responses to code-generation prompts for general programming and data-analysis tasks.
• Reviewed LLM-generated Python and JavaScript code for quality, functionality, style, and applicability to the original prompt.

Amazon -- Software Engineering Intern

Mar. 2023 - Jul. 2023: remote

• Expanded existing shopper authentication system with a database service to record and provide users with preferred challenge authentication method.
• Implemented features from high-level and low-level design documentation as new Java API libraries and services within a Java microservices framework.
• Configured and tested new functions of the full authentication system through alpha pipeline deployment.
• Designed unit tests to meet requirements for 100% code coverage and multiple success and failure conditions.
• Merged new and revised code into main branch using git and CI/CD tools.

Savannah College of Art and Design -- Instructional Designer

Mar. 2008 - Nov. 2020: Savannah, GA

• Developed, deployed, and maintained 80+ full-quarter eLearning courses in HTML and CSS for departments across the organization including Photography and Interactive Technology and Game Design.
• Provided one-on-one support for instructors teaching virtual classes via Zoom and Blackboard.
• Collaborated with instructional writers and media designer to create reusable content and interactive features.

Volunteer Experience

Trans Formations Project -- Technical Team

Jul. 2023 - Jan. 2024

• Developed Python software to convert 10,000 Airtable records to an SQL database.
• Wrote design documentation based on analysis of existing systems and interviews with stakeholders.

Education

Ada Developers Academy -- Student Software Engineer

Aug. 2022 - Jul. 2023: remote

• Created user-facing web services using React and Python.
• Developed interactive and data-driven Single-Page Applications using JavaScript and React.
• Created cross-platform applications that delivered consistent user experiences using Electron and Webkit.
• Collaborated on projects through pair programming, code reviews, and test-driven development.

Indiana University, Bloomington

Instructional Systems Technology, M.S. 1997; PhD 2010

• Developed Discourse Analysis tools in Python, R, and Common Lisp.
• Used Social Network Analysis and Discourse Analysis to examine gender equity in online project using chat and message logs pulled from SQL database dumps.
• Applied Discourse Analysis in a published study of internet trolling.

Microbiology, B.S. 1994

• Independent study of light-triggered Selenium toxicity in C. reinhardtii

Skills

• Programming Languages: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java
• Web Development: React, HTML, CSS, Linux, Vite, AWS
• Databases: PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, SQLite
• Version Control: git