Resume
Web Developer and User Experience Designer in Virginia
Key Skills
- Drupal Development (7,8 & 9)
- Pantheon & Acquia Hosting
- Front End & Back End Development
- UX/UI Design
- Responsive/Mobile Design
- Paper & Interactive Prototyping
- HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Work Experience
Web Developer
Custom Applications & Consulting Services, Information Technology Services, University of Virginia
September 2023 — Present
Technologies used:
- Drupal 7, 8 & 9
- Acquia Cloud Platform
- Visual Studio Code
- GIT
- Github>
- Sass/CSS
- Drush
- Twig Templates
- Drupal 8 Theming
- HTML
- PHP
- JavaScript
- Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator)
- Figma </ul>
- Drupal 7, 8 & 9
- Wordpress
- Acquia Cloud Platform
- Amazon Web Services
- Visual Studio Code
- GIT
- Sass/CSS
- Drush
- Twig Templates
- Drupal 8 Theming
- HTML
- PHP
- JavaScript
- Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator)
- Drupal 8
- Pantheon
- GIT
- Sass/CSS
- Drush
- Twig Templates
- Drupal 8 Theming
- HTML
- PHP
- JavaScript
- Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator)
- Wordpress
- Drupal 8
- Pantheon
- GIT
- Sass/CSS
- Drush
- Twig Templates
- Drupal 8 Theming
- HTML
- PHP
- JavaScript
- Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator)
- Wordpress
- Jekyll
- Acquia Certification
- January 2014 - User Experience Design - Career Foundry
- December 2009 - PHP - Piedmont Virginia Community College
Assistant Director Web Design and Development
Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia
March 2019 — August 2023
At the Batten School, I reported to the Director of Information Technology and play a critical role as technical developer & design lead with the Director of Communications and entire communications team. I managed multiple web projects create dynamic rich experience for visitors of our websites. I partnered with stakeholders throughout the School to identify goals, set measurable objectives, gathered requirements and implement the vision into digital reality. Migrated content from Drupal 7 using automated scripts to Drupal 8 and successfully upgraded Drupal 8 to 9 in Acquia Cloud and Cloud Next.
Technologies used:Web Developer 3
Advancement Communications, University of Virginia
December 2017 — February 2018
Led transition of technology stack from Wordpress to Drupal 8. I developed accessible websites built with Drupal 8, Pantheon, Terminus CLI, CircleCI, Git, Ruby On Rails and Unix. I built database applications and managed the day-to-day relationship with vendors to meet our technical requirements.
Lead Organizer and Women TechMakers Ambassador for the Mid-Atlantic Region, USA
Google Developer Group - Central Virginia
Janurary 2015 — Present
Work with ongoing support from Google to provide technical training to UVA Faculty/Staff/Students as well as the local greater community on emerging Google technologies.
Web Developer 3 & UX/UI Designer
University of Virginia Library
March 2011 — December 2017
I worked as a UX Designer and Web Developer for the UX Team and Library Communications. I served as a liaison for the UX research arm of our team to translate user research into personas, wireframes, mock-ups and interactive prototypes to be tested on users and refined through a user led design process. I collaborated with the technical arm of our team to further develop and design in an agile environment while continuing to work with the UX researchers to test and iterate web applications before they were pushed to production. I built websites using Wordpress and Jekyll, Git, Ruby On Rails, HTML, CSS & JavaScript. I also managed, designed, developed and maintain various UVA Library websites built with Wordpress, Jekyll, Drupal 8, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript using Headless CMS architecture.
Web Developer 2
Web Communications, University of Virginia
August 2010 — March 2011
Managed, designed, developed and maintained the main College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences website, Campaign for the College fundraising website, and various A&S department websites. I wrote HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP as well as built themes in Wordpress.
Web Developer 2
College & Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia
March 2008 — July 2010
Managed, designed, developed and maintained the main College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences website, Campaign for the College fundraising website, and various A&S department websites with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP. I practiced user experience design processes, user testing, and user interface design. I also maintained a Wordpress blog for the Dean.
Entrepreneur & Web Developer, Equinox Multimedia
September 2003 — March 2008
Consulted with clients, planned and managed web and graphics projects, designed and developed graphics materials, websites, Flash web applications, and other forms of interactive media. I built websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, and Wordpress.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Software Developer & Graphic Artist, School of Education & Human Development, University of Virginia
2002–2003
Flash Developer & Graphic Artist, Boxer Learning
1999–2001
Web Designer & Graphic Artist, Rosetta Stone
1998–1999
Certifications
Awards & Recognition
Three Reward and Recognition Rewards at U.Va. Library for the creation of APTrust website, U.Va. Library content management system, and project management for Research Data Services website. Winner of Google Glass Hackathon - New York City, “Active” category, Arts & Sciences Excellence Achievement Award, uWeb Steering Committee 2015 – 2016.
Software & Languages
Drupal, Wordpress, Jekyll, Adobe Creative Suite, HTML 5, CSS 3, SASS, JavaScript, PHP, Unix, AppsScript, QuestionPro, Git, Unix
Speaker
edUi, C-Ville Mini Maker Faire, U.Va. Library, Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, Teaching with Technology Fair, U.Va. Library 2014-1015.