DarkOwl

Developer

I'm part of a small, agile team of developers at DarkOwl, a cyber security startup working to index and monitor malicious activity on the dark web. As the only developer specializing in the client-facing side of our product, I actively work to maintain, update, and enhance our web app to fulfill business needs and to accommodate our clientele. The tools of the trade are Angular (2.0), AngularJS (1.6, 1.3), and Sass/SCSS.

Uncorked Studios

Development Intern

Uncorked Studios is a creative agency specializing in the merger of digital and physical products. I was on the Google BrandLab project, an interactive and physical installation with a web-based interface. I also worked on a full-stack JavaScript app for quick video captioning (React, Sass, Node, and Express), built an IoT room schedule display with the Google Calendar API (MicroPython and Flask), and developed an interactive office map optimized for a touch TV. All while studying iOS development with Swift.

Simple Finance

Customer Relations Agent

Simple is a financial tech company in Portland, OR that's working on changing the world with better banking tools and practices. I helped customers use our app, track money, and reported bugs that anyone might run into. On my breaks I worked on developing custom Chrome extensions to make the work I was doing more efficient.

Freelance

Audio Engineer

A regular at quintessential Manhattan (Le Poisson Rouge, The Bell House) and Austin (The Parish, Scoot Inn, North Door) venues, I've also worked on albums, film sets, radio shows, and corporate events. I have experienced first-hand the stress of South by Southwest, CMJ Music Marathon, and Fun Fun Fun Fest in ways most people can't imagine. I also built the website for my audio CV.

BookPeople

Network / System Administrator

Over the course of three years I completed a technological overhaul of Texas' largest independent bookstore. Everything from server maintenance (AIX, Linux, Windows) to workstation customization (Linux, Windows, Mac) from corporate requirements (OpenVPN, in-store and remote POS, RAID file repositories) to customer wants (guest WAPs, secure kiosks, Drupal and WordPress websites), really anything that required electricity, fell under my supervision. That for a business that runs 364 days out of the year.

Free Geek

Teacher

Free Geek has been trying to cast a wider net with its education program, so myself and another developer are working to bring programming workshops to the organization. I wrote a course called "Introduction to Programming with JavaScript" which teaches universal programming concepts to beginners and co-wrote "Introduction to HTML & CSS" which teaches the fundamentals of web development.

CS Study Group

Organizer

I co-organize a Saturday morning computer science study group centered around massive open online courses (MOOC). Our first course was Harvard's CS50 where we studied core CS theory from binary to full stack web development with C, Python, SQL, and JavaScript. Now we're working through Stanford's CS193P - iOS development with Swift and Xcode.

Epicodus

Learn How to Program PHP Curriculum

Epicodus puts its curriculum online, so I worked through their PHP course independently. It's a great crash course on PHP and SQL that has an emphasis on proper MVC structure (using the Silex framework), test-driven development (using the PHPUnit testing framework), and templating views (using the Twig templating language).

Austin Community College

AAS in Audio Engineering

Earned an associates degree in Music Business, Performance, and Technology (Magna Cum Laude) while studying audio engineering. Though I specialized in music recording and reenforcement, I also studied music business, production, event management, and audio for radio, television, and film.