Work

Current Roles

VP of Communications, Veilid Framework. I am a member of the core team. I help with the website and community outreach. This is a volunteer, unpaid position.

Past Roles

Senior Computer Specialist, University of Washington.
Assisted with Drupal content migration and Drupal upgrades.
Web Designer, Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Originally on contract via United Global Technologies. Then hired as an employee. I was brought in to help and advise on their Drupal 7 to Drupal 8+ migration.
Web Developer, TEN7.
Drupal website front-end specialist. HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Drupal configuration and management, as well as receiving basic DevOps training.
BlackFire Security, Lousiville, KY, Individual Contributor.
I apprenticed with my mentor in the Cyber Security field and took a CISSP bootcamp.
Contract Web Developer, Cyber Coders.
Assigned to a contract with the Boston Museum of Science to aid with their Drupal website UI rebuild.
Founder and Developer, Tiny Garden Club LLC.
I started an LLC to freelance under while doing the stay-at-home parent thing so I could make sure my kids with special needs got extra support.
Web Engineer, OmniTI.
LAMP stack and Drupal Specialist for the web agency. Worked on multiple client projects including Drupal and a custom PHP e-commerce website.
Founding Developer, Guddina Coffee.
Did not launch as originally planned. However, I learned how to build a Django e-commerce platform from the bottom up.
Web Developer II, SSATI.
Cleared LAMP stack work. Custom web applications and web pages for in-house use.
Programmer, Aegis Inc.
After graduation I continued working with Aegis. I worked on a data collection system where I had to know how use (or at least compile) Java, MySQL, Python, C++, Bash, HTML, JavaScript and jQuery, and CSS. Also, cleared work on site for a customer.

Internships

The UMBC Career Center was immensely helpful in providing help with paid internships that provided practical, hands-on industry experience.

The Retriever Weekly, Baltimore, MD, Web Master. At the time, the university newspaper was completely student run. I learned computer administration, PHP, and more.
E-Site Marketing, Bethesda, MD. Web Development Intern. I built out web pages from designer source files and modified the PHP code base as needed (SugarCRM).
Maryland Department of Human Resources, Baltimore, MD, Student Programer. Full stack LAMP work and introduction to Section 508 accessibility standards.
Glazer-Kennedy Insider's Circle, Towson, MD, Web Development Intern. Drupal 5 website and client portal multi-site install. Custom Drupal 5 intranet. Bought, built, and configured: File server with Samba shares, in-house XMPP messaging.
Aegis Inc, Columbia, MD , Intern. Custom company HR intranet. Website based on graphic designer's new branding for the company. Managed product documentation wikis which I configured to produce PDFs to distribute to the customers. Web work was LAMP stack mostly.