# Kayla Reopelle > Software Engineer Location: Portland, Oregon, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kaylareopelle Full stack web developer with a passion for problem solving. With experience in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/React, and a background in documentary film, I discovered web development through my curiosity to understand how the things we use everyday work. I bring strong skills in team-building and project management that help close-knit companies achieve ambitious goals with modest means. Able to work in the US and European Union. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer Open Source Ruby Agent @ New Relic, Inc. Jan 2021 – Present | Portland, Oregon, United States ### Full Stack Developer (Ruby on Rails) @ HP Inc. (KForce) Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Vancouver, Washington, United States ### Ruby on Rails Developer @ PLANET ARGON Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Portland, Oregon Area - Lead dual-boot upgrade for Rails 2/Ruby 1.8.7 to Rails 3.2/Ruby 1.9.3 application - Contribute full-stack features and bug fixes to existing Ruby on Rails applications - Work with technical and non-technical clients to add value to their products within budget and time constraints Primary technologies and tools used include Ruby on Rails, React, JavaScript, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Docker, automated testing, continuous integration ### Producer @ The Manhattan Front Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area The Manhattan Front is an independent, microbudget feature-length film directed by Guggenheim fellow Cathy Lee Crane. Combining archival material with staged scenes, it explores the United States' period of neutrality during World War I. During pre-production, I produced this project remotely, disseminating information to team members, establishing contracts with crew members as well as union, government and business officials, grant writing, and collaborating with colleagues to secure transportation, lodging, and meals for the cast and crew. I performed the duties of a line producer during production, managing the budget and daily operations off-set, including documentation and reporting for the production's agreements. In post, I am securing archival permissions, coordinating marketing and publicity efforts, and pitching the project to sales agents and distributors. • Management of 85 cast and crew members from pre-production through production • Communication of goals and director’s vision with marketing and publicity team • Documentation and reporting for all union, government and business agreements Including: SAG-AFTRA Ultra Low Budget, New York State Film Tax Credit, payroll • Mediation of disputes between crew members • Secure transportation, lodging and meals for cast and crew • Negotiation of copyright and licensing permissions for archival music and motion pictures • Pitch project to international sales agents and distributors • Write grants for institutional, state, and national support ### Transmedia Producer @ The Manhattan Front Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 During the first year of World War I's centennial, The Manhattan Front took the form of a monthly digest of untold stories from the Great War shared on www.themanhattanfront.com. Archival newsreels, photographs and news articles were published on the site related to themes of sabotage, women's suffrage, innovation, and progressive labor politics. Additional interactive projects, including a mobile tour of silent film history in Ithaca, NY, an interactive documentary of women labor activists, and a German code game, were developed but require additional funding for completion. • Development and research for interactive, online projects to engage the public at large in the history of the American period of neutrality during World War I to accompany feature-length film • Led team of programmers and researchers for monthly web updates • Content management for WordPress-hosted website • Acquisition of artifacts from large and small archives ### Full Stack Web Developer @ Flatiron School Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area Online coding bootcamp designed to equip students with the skills necessary to launch careers in web development. My time in this program involved a combination of self-paced study and participation in a Beta Online Immersive, that included classes/lectures, individual and pair programming projects, presentations, and more. Studied a variety of web development principles, languages, and frameworks in-depth including Ruby, Rails, Javascript, Object-Oriented Programming, jQuery/AJAX, SQL, APIs, ActiveRecord, Git, HTML, CSS, React, and Redux. Built a variety of web-based applications to strengthen web development skills, including: Film Budget Helper • Crafted Ruby on Rails CRUD web application • Used OmniAuth for OAuth authentication with Google • Configured ActiveStorage with AWS for receipt image uploads • Designed policies with Pundit Sinatra Expense Tracker • Written in Sinatra with MVC principles using Corneal template • Protected user passwords with Bcrypt and Session Secret Generator • Designed the database schema and configured ActiveRecord associations and validations • Deployed demo with Heroku ### Lead Researcher for Cultural Relationships to Lawetlat'la/Mount St. Helens @ Aarhus University Masters Project Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Vancouver, WA Cultural Relationships to Lawetlat’la/Mount St. Helens is a Master’s Thesis research project conducted with Evan Raymond Spitzer to fulfill the requirements for a visual anthropology degree from Aarhus University in Denmark. Visual anthropology is a subfield of anthropology that uses multimedia techniques to collect ethnographic information and and analyzes the visual material in cultures. This project aims to explore the human responses to the 1980 eruption, relationships to nature, and lessons learned 37 years after the event. • Contact scientists, tribal leaders and community members to schedule interviews and participant observation • Research the geological, ecological, and cultural history of the mountain before, during, and following the 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens • Photograph and record audio in the field during participant observation • Interview participants using oral history, post modern, and journalistic techniques • Catalog collected data for written and audiovisual ethnography ### Archival Researcher and Publication Assistant @ "Assassin of Youth" by Alexandra Chasin Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 "Assassin of Youth" by Alexandra Chasin is a creative nonfiction biography of Harry J. Anslinger, the first commissioner of the Federal Narcotics Bureau published by the University of Chicago Press. As Chasin's assistant, I traveled to archives around the United States to find primary documents for inclusion in the final publication and acquire permission to publish them. I also prepared the final manuscript for submission to the publisher by writing footnotes and formatting documents according to University of Chicago Press standards. • Acquisition of 63 primary documents from university, state, and local archives • Negotiation of image copyright permissions • Preparation of the manuscript for transmission to the publisher • Wrote 400+ footnotes using the Chicago Manual of Style • Formatted document databases in accordance with the publisher’s requirements ### Community Engagement Coordinator, AmeriCorps @ Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Tacoma, WA Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization that partners with families in need to build and own simple, decent, affordable homes in safe communities. As an AmeriCorps member, I committed to a full year of service with this organization, to apply the skills I acquired during college to further the organization's mission. My position as Community Engagement Coordinator was located in the Development department and involved assisting with marketing, communications, donor relations, and event management. • Managed communication platforms, including social media, digital, and print outlets • Wrote content for Facebook, Twitter, blog, emails, donor newsletter, program pamphlets, speeches • Designed branded images, web headers, brochures, invitations, advertisements, and billboards • Assisted in on-site coordination of corporate team building volunteer program • Recruited and trained staff and homeowners to guide neighborhood tours • Assisted in planning and executing annual fundraising event for 800 attendees that raised $195,000 dollars, a 30% increase over the previous record • Established new brand identity and marketing strategy for the organization’s retail outlet • Crafted new digital retail marketing campaign for one-day sales, resulting in the Store’s highest sales day since opening, $11,000, surpassing the previous record by 45% ### Blogger @ Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival is an annual festival at Ithaca College that embraces and interrogates sustainability across all of its forms: economic, social, ecological, political, cultural, technological, and aesthetic. The theme for the 2014 festival was dissonance. My posts for the Intern Voices blog can viewed here: http://www.ithaca.edu/fleff/blogs/fleff_intern_voices/tags/kayla_reopelle/ • Analyzed and critiqued programmed festival projects on the Intern Voices blog • Interviewed scholars, filmmakers, artists, and musicians to promote events • Participated in flash mobs and social media campaigns to raise awareness for the festival • Acted as an ambassador for guests and audience members ### Film Aesthetics and Analysis Tutor @ Ithaca College Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Ithaca, NY Film Aesthetics and Analysis is an introductory course in the Cinema and Photography department at Ithaca College focused on a critical study of film history, world cinema, and film aesthetics. As a tutor for this course, I led group sessions that reviewed the course material and provided students with guidelines to improve their study skills, adapt to a rigorous collegiate environment. • Review film history, world cinema, film aesthetics, and critical studies course materials with students • Offer strategies and methods for students to improve study skills • Strategize with professors, other tutors, and associate dean to compile effective supplementary lessons for course ## Education ### Full Stack Web Developer Flatiron School Jan 2018 ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Documentary Studies and Production Ithaca College Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kaylareopelle --- Source: https://flows.cv/kaylareopelle JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kaylareopelle/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22