Kin Insurance

Associate Engineering Manager•December 2022 - Present

Leading and coordinating work for a small team to drive improvements for our Electronic First Notification of Loss application. Responsible for delivery of the product. Actively coaching and direct reports in their career growth.

Software Engineer•March 2022 - December 2022

Worked on the Electronic First Notification of Loss angular application; developed small features, investigated issues, and mentored associate level engineers.

Member of the Front End Guild and organized and ran "Kinversations," a weekly engineering meeting where we discuss, share, and collaborate on ideas and projects.

Kin’s mission is to reimagine home insurance. Kin is built for the future and prepared to meet its challenges head on while helping our customers do the same through technology and direct-to-consumer model, we provide affordable pricing without compromising coverage, even in areas most impacted by climate change.

Shogun

React Engineer•June 2021 - March 2022

Worked on the Shogun Page Builder team to develop new features for our customers.

Shogun is an ecommerce experience platform empowering brands to drive higher conversions, revenue, and brand loyalty. Our products Shogun Page Builder and Shogun Frontend help teams build and optimize their online stores to deliver exceptional experiences. Our products integrate with ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce, and our 18,000 customers include Leesa, MVMT, Timbuk2, and Chubbies.

Suncoast Developers Guild

Part-Time Instructor•March 2019 - Present

Instructor for the part-time Web Development Test Drive and React I: Building Interactive Websites courses. Class meets for 2 hours twice a week over the course of 6 weeks. These programs are developed for those curious about web development, and for experienced developers to skill up.

The Academy at Suncoast Developers Guild is a code school that serves people, not profit. We are changing lives and teaching people to be the best software developers they can be.

Agile Thought

Consultant•January 2020 - June 2021

Technology consultant specializing in the Front End development and Azure

Member of the Development Community of Practice team, which works to create learning opportunities for Agile Thought's employees

DXC Technology

Professional Software Engineer•May 2019 - January 2020

Developing custom applications for clients; utilizing React, Redux, Angular, and Python.

DXC Technology is the world's leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, serving nearly 6,000 private and public-sector clients from a diverse array of industries across 70 countries. The company's technology independence, global talent and extensive partner network deliver transformative digital offerings and solutions that help clients harness the power of innovation to thrive on change.

Mad Mobile

Javascript Developer•January 2018 - Present

Worked on a React Native mobile ordering app using Redux (Reselect, Redux-Saga), GraphQL, Jenkins, and Expo for a Fortune 500 company. During this project, I was in charge of our daily builds and I worked closely with the lead developer and QA team to ensure continuous delivery of our product to our clients.

I also lead the development of the rebranded company website and the transition from a GatsbyJS and GraphCMS static site to a Wordpress site. On this project, I worked closely with the designers and VP of UX and Innovation to develop the site, transition the site to Wordpress, and trained them to continue their own work on the new site.

Daniels Corporation

Fullstack Developer•March 2017 - December 2017

Built and managed ecommerce sites for a select group of family owned companies. Worked on the migration of a Rails 3 site to Spree Ecommerce framework (built with Ruby on Rails) while maintaining a legacy Coldfusion site. I also managed the Ubuntu and Microsoft Servers, and worked closing with the marketing team to optimize our search engine results.

Women Who Code Tampa

Tampa, FL

Talk: "How Not to Get Sued: Basic Web Accessibility"•June 2020

Web Accessibility is everyone's responsibility. In this talk, you will learn the basics of web accessibility, how to read the WCAG, and things you can implement immediately in your work.

Women Who Code Connect NYC 2019

NYC

Talk: "Why Can't We Be Friends": Lightning Talk•December 5, 2019

React Native is advertised as a framework for developing native apps with JavaScript. However, developing Android apps requires more effort. This talk will look at the ways in which my team and I learned, sometimes the hard way, how to develop a React Native app for Android, as well as my experience as a JavaScript developer being thrust into the native world.

Chain React 2019

Portland, OR

Talk: "Why Can't We Be Friends": Lightning Talk•July 11, 2019

React Native is advertised as a framework for developing native apps with JavaScript. However, developing Android apps requires more effort. This talk will look at the ways in which my team and I learned, sometimes the hard way, how to develop a React Native app for Android, as well as my experience as a JavaScript developer being thrust into the native world.

DevFest Florida 2019

Orlando, FL

Talk: "Dispatches from React Native"•January 19, 2019

"React Native is advertised as a framework for developing native apps with JavaScript. Roughly 90% of the time, my team is able to work strictly in JavaScript, with only occassional trips into native code. In particular, my team has found our Android build to require more care than its iOS counterpart. This talk will look at the ways in which we have learned, sometimes the hard way, how to develop a react native app for Android, as well as my experience as a JavaScript developer being thrust into the native world. In particular, I will discuss our use of the react native device detection package to work through our Android style audits and ways we have worked around react native's shortcomings."

Startup Week Tampa Bay 2019

St Petersburg, FL

Panel: "Inclusive Design and Development with Web Accessibility Panel"•February 4, 2019

"The focus on improving web accessibility has indavertently shifted to avoiding lawsuits when, more importantly, on the other end of the screen is a user base that is being excluded. In this panel discussion, you'll hear from two front-end developers/accessibility advocates and two assistive technology users to hear how incorporating a focus on web accessibility can transform your users' experiences for the better."

Women in Data + Science Conference

Saint Leo University - San Antonio, FL

Panel: "Get Your Code On"•March 1, 2019

Organizing and participating in a panel about alternative opportunities to learn to code in the Tampa Bay Area.

Fanoos Magazine: The Lantern-Bellydance Quarterly

Shimmy Your Way into those Search Results!•Spring 2020

Let’s do a quick exercise. Open your search engine of choice (mine is Google) and type in “bellydance” followed by your city. Take a look at the results. Are you in there? Well done! You’ve mastered the art of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). If you aren’t there, try searching for your name and city. Are you there now? Great, you’re doing pretty good, but wouldn’t you prefer to be in that first search? If you aren’t, don’t worry I’m here to help you. With a few tweaks we can set you on your way to rising in the search results.