I have over a decade of experience building things for the web. Alongside
developing software, I’ve played a key role in product thinking/management
and have always worked extremely close with designers to ensure users get
the best experience possible.
Lacking a formal education, I've had to consistently push myself out of my
comfort zone to grow and learn. I love to challenge what I think I know, and
be challenged to improve by my peers. I'm a big believer in the growth
mindset, and work best in teams where that's the default way of thinking.
Unsplash is one of the largest free (as in beer) stock photography
websites. If you've been on the internet for any amount of time from
2015 onwards, you've probably seen an image from their catalog!
Firstbloom was a mobile app to help people find, brew and rate
specialty coffee. Think Vivino or Untappd, but for coffee.
Video of an early version of the app.Screenshots of the app from the early days.
Engineering
Architected and maintained 3 code bases consisting of a React
Native mobile app, Ruby on Rails REST API, and an Angular 2+
roaster platform
Built the
largest data set
of coffee tasting notes and coffee region information known to
the industry at the time
Built a serverless web-scraper that would pull the latest
information on partners' coffee offerings, greatly reducing
the time needed to add coffees to our app
Product
Led user interviews with coffee lovers and roasters
Setup product management processes for development and data
quality
Analyzed user behaviour through Amplitude and custom Jupyter
dashboard
Sportlogiq is one of the leading sports analytics platforms. As
employee 15 I was able to affect the shape of their early products and
culture.
Engineering
Mentored junior developers through code reviews, pair programming
and internal talks on key technologies in our stack
Led the architecture of their soccer analytics single-page web
application
Co-architected the front-end to their core hockey analytics
single-page web application that generated tens of millions in
revenue
Tech used
SASS + BEM
Canvas
Angular 2+
Ngrx
RxJS
PHP
Python
HLS
Koodzo | Lead Product Engineer
2015–2016
Koodzo was a marketplace for influencers and content creators to find
brand deals with larger businesses. The idea behind the platform was
to help smaller creators get paid for posting or reposting content
that companies would create, and take part in ad campaigns.
Engineering
Lead the architecture, design and user-experience of their
marketplace single-page application
Implemented agile workflows that greatly increased product
velocity
Product
Lead interviews with business partners and influencers to define
product direction
Designed the user interface for the influencer platform
Tech used
AngularJS
PHP / Laravel
MySQL
Freelancing | Web Development & UI/UX
2008–2019
Built and designed websites for clients in various industries; including
fashion, music, construction and video conferencing
Most sites were built in the traditional LAMP stack of the day, or were
using WordPress themes (custom or modified)
Hobbies & Interests
Outside of programming and playing around with new languages, frameworks
and paradigms, you’ll often find me
writing blog posts or essays,
making photographs, cooking
& baking or calisthenics training.
