Profile
Highly experienced Full Stack Developer and UI/UX Designer with a proven track record in delivering innovative digital products. I offer a unique combination of technical skills and a creative vision which enables me to manage all stages of product development. Currently, I am a contractor for Cyno, where I've been working closely with the leadership team since I was their first employee.
Professional Experience
Cyno - Full Stack Developer & UI/UX Designer (2017 - Present)
- Started as a UI/UX Designer, quickly evolved into a full-time front-end developer, then transitioned into a full-stack development role.
- Worked as the Project Lead Developer, managing the development team and liaising directly with the CTO and CEO.
- Built and maintained a broad range of app functionalities including:
- video calling
- multi-modal input
- secure cloud file management
- appointment booking
- dashboard and marketplace functionality
- e-commerce
- business analytics
- Ensured compliance with complex HIPAA privacy and security requirements, including the creation and maintenance of symmetric and asymmetric encryption systems for secure messaging and document sharing.
- Adapted to new and shifting business objectives and improved UI based on user feedback and new technology trends.
Avery Coffee Company - Founder (2020)
- Managed all aspects of business operations, from incorporation to compliance.
- Built up an email marketing list of several thousand people and a core group of early adopters through Facebook ads.
- Developed CAD drawings to create a working physical prototype.
Technical Skills
- Programming: JS, React, GraphQL, Node, Docker (recently Python)
- Testing: Jest, Cypress
- Design: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects
Key Project
- Bible Databases (Deployed to translation-ambiguity-project.netlify.app)
- Highlight of a recent project relevant to Bible translation technology and web development.
- This project utilizes natural language processing to compare the semantic similarity of Bible verses across different translations. By generating embeddings for each verse and computing their cosine similarity, it provides a quantitative measure of the translation variance in the Bible. Quantifying this variance is a proxy measure for the ambiguity of the original Greek and Hebrew that can help inform AI-driven translation at Clear Bible and elsewhere (all data is open sourced).
- View the codebase on Github.
Education
York University/Sheridan College - Bachelor in Design (BDes Hons) (Graduated 2014) Sheridan College - Diploma in Art Fundamentals (Graduated 2010)
Certificates
- Aptible Secure Development Training:
- HIPAA for Developers
- HIPAA Awareness
- GDPR for Developers
- ISO 27001 for Developers
- GDPR Awareness
- Wiser Security Awareness Training:
- Advanced Phishing
- Remote Working
- OWASP Top-10
Design Portfolio
View my design and branding contract portfolio on my website.
Patents
- Holder of a patent US11096515B2. This patent was designed from the ground up, requiring problem-solving, initiative, understanding complex new problem domains, and arguing for specific claims with patent lawyers.
- This patent describes a float system for brewing full immersion percolation coffee (pour-over). The system can be used to automate pour-over coffee without the need for any electronic components. More details can be seen here not-drip-coffee.netlify.app
Books On My Nightstand Right Now
- Invention: A Life of Learning Through Failure by James Dyson
- War And Peace by Leo Tolstoy