Truss is a software consultancy working in both the public and private sector

CONTRACTS

Direct File, IRS 2023-current (React/Java/Scala/XML)

Built pilot application to provide tax-payers a free tax filing tool. Over 140k users successfully filed taxes in 2024.

Unemployment Insurance Pilot for US Dept of Labor

• Integrated identity verification process into unemployment insurance (UI) pilot application (Django/Python, React)

• Modernized UI application form while navigating integration into legacy systems and databases for State of NJ (Java, React)

• Developed team processes for ensuring accessibility throughout the software development life cycle

EASi for Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)

(Go, React, GraphQL, Launch Darkly)

Developed an internal application for software approval process

• spearheaded code coverage improvement plan that increased coverage by >20%

• supported 508 compliance to ensure accessibility

Milmove, United States Transcom

(Go, React, Postgres)

feature lead roles:

• client communication on connecting with government data systems; customer onboarding flow; static analysis security process

• implemented CSS Modules and Sass to improve styling reliability and best practices

• developed practices to support cohesion and camaraderie within teams

• served on Technical Risk Assessment Committee, gathering data and developing processes to address technical risk

COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS

Compensation Committee June 2019-May 2020

co-created process of evaluation of salary adjustment proposals and equitable compensation

Facilitator for weekly all-company "Being Humans Together" session connecting coworkers in an inclusive welcoming space

Contributor to open-source react-uswds library

Accessibility guild:

• developed a quick-start guide to accessibility for the sales department

• contributed to a11y development guide wiki

• Developed protocols and processes to support company-wide adoption of accessibility practices and standards within projects

VectorCare (formerly Medlert) provides patient logistics software for health care providers

Full stack engineering using Python/Django, React/Redux, PostgreSQL, AWS, and agile methodology. Responsible for implementing redesign of main product, new features, testing, and bug fixes, and periodic support tickets

A project owner to implement software to simplify the on-boarding of new service providers to our scheduling application. In charge of full implementation from design to deployment.

Accomplishments:

• Designed and built an online onboarding workflow to accommodate organic and marketed customer leads that creates a new account with plan-specific product features and limitations

• Created a data generator based on complex model relationships which is currently used for testing and development

• Restructured and built APIs to fully use REST Framework for the front-end re-design

• Revised the entire primary app touchscreen and keyboard accessible

• Researched and evaluated product accessibility and wrote company guidelines and recommendations

• Tech lead for over 25 training webinar sessions worldwide for international client: designed and led trainings for instructors and tech support in four times zones around the world; coordinated with client and incorporated feedback into ongoing webinar sessions

• Supported instructors before, during, and after webinars for workplace mindfulness programs

• Researched and trouble-shot webinar tools (GoToWebinar, Google Hangouts and Cisco Webex)

• Wrote custom documentation and updated course materials for the learning management system

• Tested and wrote 17+ bug reports for Android beta version of learning platform

• Led elementary and middle school classes on hands-on agricultural lessons at the Sunol AgPark

• Executed in-school classroom presentations on soils and watersheds

• Performed lesson planning, preparation, and evaluation

• Modified and adapted curriculum to teacher and program needs

• Collaborated with farmers on farm use and supply requests

• Helped establish, define and optimize internal development structure as the first in-house developer

• Created an internal dashboard for Safe Shelters app that helps shelters house victims of human trafficking

• Transformed Range mobile app (Cordova Jquery/JS) to be open source-ready by reorganizing and refactoring code, making dependencies transparent and easily adaptable, and logging issues on GitHub

• Researched and prototyped data visualization tools

• Learned to incorporate a community-centered design approach to software development

• Exposed to full software development life-cycle

• Focused on more effective use of best practices and coding conventions