Jul 2024 – Aug 2024 · 1 mo · Remote

• Contract architecting and implementing a custom Astro, React, and Pixi.js solution for a stealth startup, driving sales for hundreds of early customers.

Feb 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Helping Convex with developer experience and advocacy!

Nov 2023 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr · Remote

• Helping the developer relations and community teams work with web developers!

Jan 2023 – Jun 2023 · 5 mos · Remote

• Helping shape the future of development and developer tools at Wix alongside Lea Verou, Ben Awad, Shaundai Person, Wes Bos, Jeff Atwood, and Axel Rauschmayer.

Oct 2022 – Jul 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Helped the Plasmic team with developer experience, hiring guidance, developer advocacy direction, and product feedback.

Sep 2022 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Leading engineering and technology efforts on the team, working on various products through startup pivots.
• Contenda open sourced and shut down our product, Brainstory, in June 2024. It was a blast working on such a fun productvity tool, and it's available now at github.com/brainstory!

May 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Advised the team specifically around developer experience, APIs, developer relations tooling, and products for technical content creators.

Apr 2022 – Nov 2022 · 7 mos

• Helping OSS Capital portfolio companies have the best developer experiences possible!
• Also worked with the team on technical implementations, and built out strategies for both internal and external messaging.
• Unfortunately OSS Capital had to do layoffs in November 2022, which is why I ended up parting with them, but we still maintain a good relationship!

Mar 2022 – Dec 2025 · 3 yrs 9 mos

• Helping the Sukha team talk to and reach developers to work better. Also helping with product feedback, roadmap direction, and technical decisions.

Jan 2022 – Sep 2022 · 8 mos

• At Remote I helped start the Remote Open Source organization (https://github.com/remoteoss), organized the Devs For Ukraine event (https://www.devsforukraine.io/) where we raised over $100k for Ukraine, and worked as a cross-functional lead for various community and developer-oriented programs across the organization.

Dec 2021 – May 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Helping the Netlify team with public-facing developer experience efforts, and technical content creation strategy.

Jun 2021 – Dec 2021 · 6 mos

• Working on improving developer experience on Netlify, particularly for React, Next.js, and Astro developers.

Apr 2020 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Improving the experience for React developers on Netlify!

Oct 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Helping Polywork become the next great professional network.

Sep 2019 – Mar 2020 · 6 mos

• We teach React! In this role, I regularly taught React workshops, developed curriculum, and worked on open source.
• Unfortunately due to the pandemic, React Training had to lay off all staff on March 20th, 2020.

Jun 2019 – Apr 2025 · 5 yrs 10 mos · Remote

• I helped start and write the The Overflow (the company newsletter), contributed technical blog posts, and co-hosted the Stack Overflow Podcast.

Aug 2018 – Sep 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo · Seattle, WA

• At CodePen, I worked on and led a variety of engineering projects:
• Site redesigns
• Apollo and GraphQL adoption
• Converting the site from jQuery/Rails to React
• Babel transpiler and processor
• Responsive Pen editor
• Deleted items in the user Dashboard
• Adopting CSS Modules

Jul 2018 – Feb 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos · Seattle, WA

• cKeys is a volunteer-run non-profit that develops and organizes educational workshops centered around teaching the basics of electronics hardware, soldering, and firmware integration using hands-on kits and activities.

Feb 2018 – Aug 2018 · 6 mos · Seattle, WA

• Led programs for Alexa Skills Kit to gather and use feedback from 3rd party developers
• Built Alexa skills with new, unreleased technologies to help refine and demonstrate the platform’s capabilities
• Worked with developer evangelism team to create the most popular Twitch show in the organization
• L6

Nov 2016 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos · Seattle, WA

• Worked on client-facing web/OTT products
• Used vanilla JavaScript, React, CSS (with various preprocessors), Java, BrightScript
• Managed team of 6 engineers

Feb 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 3 mos

• Helping creators make legal ownership of their content easy!

Aug 2015 – Nov 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · New York

• Front-end engineering team using React, Backbone, Less, Gulp, Handlebars, and various other technologies
• Developer retrospective lead
• Build developer evangelism program from the ground up
• Team lead for developer evangelism
• Manage hackathon and event sponsorships
• Speak regularly at hackathons, conferences, and meetups
• Build demos and mentor external developers with various technologies and languages
• Run hackathons and meetups for the developer community

Feb 2015 – Jan 2016 · 11 mos

• Hacker Fund is a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to spreading the hackathon hacker culture to kids across the globe! Our mission is to activate, equip, and mobilize technologists around the world to create social change. We offer fiscal sponsorship, educational resources, and capacity-building services through our incubator and community membership program.
• Guide decision making when the organization works with hackers and organizers across the globe
• Manage messaging to make sure communication is on point with the hacker community
• Reach out to partner companies for involvement with the organization
• Mentor and speak at various hackathons and events

Jul 2014 – Aug 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · New York

• Worked on the Money Team, the Core Team, and the Web Team
• Worked with: React, Backbone, Grunt, Less, Python, Django, Cassandra
• Venmo's first developer evangelist
• Managed hackathon/events budget
• Spoke regularly at various events, conferences, and meetups about tech and women in tech
• My work made Venmo's API the #1 payments API in the 2014-2015 hackathon season

Feb 2014 – May 2014 · 3 mos

• Develop website and graphics for the ISU Money Game Jam competition. Help coordinate and run the event in the Spring.

Jan 2014 – May 2014 · 4 mos

• Teach fellow students about various Adobe products through workshops and one-on-one tutoring.

May 2013 – Aug 2013 · 3 mos · Mountain View, California

• Working on web, Mac, and iOS applications for QuickBooks Online.
• Worked on a team to create a game to teach children about finances.
• Worked on a winning team to create an internal start up company.

Aug 2012 – May 2013 · 9 mos · Ames, IA

• Provide and lead study sessions to underclassmen for Java courses (basic Java and data structures). Plan activities for said students and work with them one-on-one with their homework and projects.

Mar 2011 – May 2014 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Ames, IA

• I blog for Iowa State University at CycloneLife.net to recruit new students and to provide up to date information on the university from the student's perspective.
• I am also the school mascot.

May 2012 – Aug 2012 · 3 mos

• Developed mobile version of adCenter Mobile to be released to the public in late September 2012. Used MVC3 ASP.NET, along with JavaScript, jQuery Mobile, HTML5, and CSS3.

Jan 2012 – May 2012 · 4 mos · Online

• Kicked off Android Development project, planned dates for meetings and deadlines, wrote specifications for project, submitted proposals and specifications to Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing.

May 2011 – Aug 2011 · 3 mos

• SharePoint web development for an internal team. Used SharePoint Designer, Photoshop, JavaScript, workflows, HTML, and CSS.

Oct 2010 – Dec 2011 · 1 yr 2 mos · Ames, IA

• Manual software testing, Python scripting, mockup design.