About Me

I have been working as a full-time Senior Web Developer on a team maintaining and developing over 40 large-scale WordPress sites, while also creating and managing my own WordPress websites on the side. Before that I worked with SharePoint for over 10 years and was a Senior SharePoint Developer. I am currently focused on finding work at an organization making positive changes in the world.

I am experienced with WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS/SASS, Bootstrap, TailwindCSS, the WP REST API, WordPress hooks and filters, developing custom WP plugins and themes with external API integrations, MySQL and optimizing database queries, DNS and server administration, site monitoring, caching, CDNs (Cloudflare and Fastly), Core Web Vitals monitoring, performance optimization, accessibility, responsive design, Figma, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, SEO, Git, Docker, CI/CD tools, local environments, and much more. I also have experience with Drupal, React, Vue.js, Next.js, and Python.

I have led the design, development, and optimization of applications and WordPress sites. I'm as comfortable working on the front-end as I am on the back-end, and I enjoy working on and architecting a variety of solutions for complex problems. I have the uncanny ability to scan through lines of legacy code to understand it quickly and know where additions or changes need to be made. I have a curiosity and love of learning that helps me to learn whatever is needed, and a perfectionism that drives me to continually improve my work and find more efficient techniques that will scale.

I have extensive experience managing and troubleshooting dozens of websites and technical infrastructure, and coordinating with DevOps and various department stakeholders. I am skilled in planning projects and coordinating tasks, and I actually enjoy writing and maintaining technical and end-user documentation. I regularly collaborate with stakeholders to refine requirements and translate them into technical solutions. I also have experience evaluating tools and providing recommendations based on needs and budgets. I enjoy distilling the benefits and drawbacks of technology to inform decisions and guide others through the use of those tools. And I enjoy mentoring junior developers and performing code reviews.

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Projects

VegEvents

Logo Design, Website Design, Website Development, Speed Optimization, WordPress, Bootstrap 3, Google Maps API

Unique features:

Weekly email newsletter that sent a custom list of events to 6,000+ subscribers based on their latitude/longitude and other newsletter settings.
Custom PHP-powered administrative interface to import new events weekly from a list of over 500 third-party event sources and remove canceled events.
Custom WordPress plugin to manage event import sources and enable custom filtering and tagging of events as they are imported.
Custom WordPress theme with advanced logic to open events in modal windows, add events to third-party calendars, and share events links.
Custom JavaScript bookmarklet to copy Facebook event details into the VegEvents submission form.

VegMealDelivery

Logo Design, Website Design, Website Development, WordPress, Bootstrap 4, Google Maps API, TomTom Maps SDK

Unique features:

Heavily customized FacetWP WordPress plugin implementation for dynamic search filtering.
Custom FacetWP Facet type for searching for meal delivery services that deliver to a visitor's address or have a pickup location near them. Each meal delivery service CPT is connected to one or more delivery locations (Taxonomy terms). Locations can be a street address, city, state, or country.
Meal delivery service pickup locations are displayed using the TomTom Maps SDK which is a low-cost alternative to the Google Maps API.
Custom WordPress theme that modifies a custom post type’s New/Edit form.

VegMovies

Logo Design, Website Design, Website Development, WordPress, Bootstrap 4, iTunes Search API, OMDb API

Unique features:

Customized FacetWP WordPress plugin implementation for dynamic search filtering.
Custom WordPress plugin that modifies a custom post type’s New and Edit form to:
- Import details from the omdbapi.com RESTful API, including descriptions and movie posters. The movie posters then get stored as the post's featured image.
- Insert various helper links and buttons needed to assist personnel with generating movie listings.
Custom PHP code to display different versions of a listing with stream and purchase links based on the visitor’s country.
Custom WordPress theme using Bootstrap 4 and an image slider.

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Plant Based Information (formerly VegResources)

Logo Design, Website Design, Website Development, WordPress, Bootstrap 4, iTunes REST API

Unique features:

Custom code that modifies a custom post type’s New and Edit form to:
- Import Podcast details from the iTunes RESTful API, including the show title and image. The show image then gets stored as the post's featured image.
- Insert buttons to assist personnel with generating new podcast listings.
REST-powered search (on the homepage and in page headers) that searches for guides matching keywords entered. Keywords are compared to the guide’s titles and assigned tags.
FacetWP-powered Podcast page with a WP cron job that periodically updates the “Latest Episode” date based on the iTunes REST API.
Custom WordPress theme originally modified from a freely-available theme.

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