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.