I have had the opportunity to work on several production applications in my career. I have worked for product companies and also worked for a consultancy, where I worked on various teams and with various technologies.

• Insurance Mental Health Provider Finder

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  React, MUI, Node, Express, Objection.js, Sequelize, MSSQL, MapBox, Mocha, Chai, React Testing Library

  I worked on a team of 2 developers, one product manager, and mental health staff from the client company to create a wizard style application to quickly allow users to access mental health assistance, particularly during crisis events. This full-stack application allowed for users to directly communicate with potential providers, book appointments, and find care. This project was HIPAA compliant.

  As one of two developers, I was challenged with delivering much of the functionality which involved interfacing with the client company APIs and SMTP. I utilized JSS to style the application according to the client company's design specs. I often paired with the other developer on particularly challenging sections of the application and we reviewed each other's code. I continually delivered my stories fully tested and cleaned on time for each sprint. I also got the opportunity to not only present my work to the clients every sprint, but also brainstorm with the clients to uncover the features their users needed.

• Higher Education Career Finder and College Readiness Tracker

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  React, JSS, Node, TypeScript, Express, Objection.js, Sequelize, PostgreSQL, Cypress, Mocha, Chai, AWS Ecosystem, AWS Cognito

  I acted as a tech lead for a team of 4 developers, one product manager, and the client company to create a wizard style career finder which utilized a psychology-based algorithm to match users to a set of careers. This application also contained a tracker for high school students to prepare for college.

  I was tasked with reviewing code from the other 3 developers, acting as architect, completing features, and mentoring the other developers. I continually identified and fixed issues and worked to future-proof the application. I implemented continuous integration and deployment for this project, as well. I inherited this application in its early life and identified some security issues and also noted that the API was not RESTful. After creating a refactor proposal and presenting it to stakeholders, the team spent 2 sprints fixing the vulnerabilities and set the application up so that future work would be much more seamless and fast.

• Law Enforcement and Prosecution Visualization and Charting

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  Vue, Vuex, D3, Serverless, Vue Test Utils, AWS Ecosystem

  I worked on the R&D team with 3 other developers and a project manager to construct a graphical application to allow law enforcement officers and prosecution teams to create visual aids based on investigation and case data.

  We worked closely with a group of users to design helpful tooling and address unexpected issues. We pushed the boundaries of browser capabilities to render large amounts of data in helpful ways and perform calculations in a serverless situation.

• Building Efficiency Graphing Tool

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  Vue, Vuex, D3, Karma

  This tool consumed the client's API in order to display data regarding heating, cooling, efficiency, charging usage, and parking spaces for a campus.

I tend to build projects to learn something, instead of relying on tutorials or guides. I think it helps me internalize concepts more quickly.

• Track: Learning System

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  Next.js, TypeScript, React, Node, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Vercel

  This project was designed to help learners track their progress and reach their goals. It can be difficult to know if you have mastered a concept or not. This tool allows users to share objective-based learning plans and resources and also track the courses and work they have completed in order to better know if mastery or proficiency has been achieved.

  Deployed Site GitHub

• Custom Metal Creations (Live site for working artist)

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  Vue, Tailwind, Vite, JavaScript, HTML, Vercel, Google Visutalization API, Google Sheets

  This site acts as a portfolio site for the metal artist Terry Lawrenz. I made some interesting choices here, so that the artist could easily make updates with technology he was already comfortable using. For example, instead of utilizing a CMS or a database, I have data coming in from a Google Sheet. I'm hoping to improve the Largest Contentful Paint, compress images, and generally improve the performance of the application in the future.

  Deployed Site GitHub

• Reported UFO Sightings, Visualized

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  D3.js, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, HTML, Vercel

  Once upon a time, I was pretty dang good with D3 and worked on some visualization applications for various companies. I'm really rusty, so I wanted to get my chops back. This project is a playground to do just that. Utilizing data from NUFORC's database of reported UFO sightings, I am building various visualizations to tell a story about the data. I hope to make the site responsive and accessible moving forward, along with adding more charts.

  Deployed Site GitHub

• Big Rico's Pizza (a Domino's Clone)

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  React, JavaScript, TypeScript, React Router, ESLint, TailwindCSS, Vite, Vercel

  I really wanted to get proficient with TailwindCSS. I also haven't built any complex CSS in a few years. So, I decided to make a Domino's clone (based on Domino's October, 2023 website) so that I could get comfortable with layouts, designs, etc. I need to fix a couple of items, but ultimately, I think this site shows that I can match a design quite well.

  Deployed Site GitHub

• 2D Unity RPG Game

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  C#, Unity

  Through my LLC Sweet Pig Studio, ltd., I am building a 2D RPG game and also designing all the assets. I'll add details here closer to when I release the game.