Experience
2023 — Now
2023 — Now
San Francisco Bay Area
Created an NPM package to succinctly view and modify CSS styling on web based applications
Accessed and manipulated target application CSS selectors on the DOM through Chrome DevTools Protocol, enabling dynamic styling adjustments and improving development efficiency and user interface customization
Displayed target application CSS rules via user-friendly modular React components in browser sidebar
Managed state of CSS rules coming through CDP with Redux Toolkit Queries to simplify state updates
Modified CSS rules in place by locating and decoding target source code with source maps, enabling on-the-fly updates to CSS that are displayed in the target application
Created robust test suite with Jest to assist the development team in debugging and ensure product met specifications. Documented using best practices with JSDocs to improve readability
2023 — Now
San Francisco Bay Area
Created modular React components to render user and global library
Connected React components to Google Maps and OpenLibrary APIs to link books to users based on location
Designed user, book, and location data models on MongoDB for efficient and performant communication between frontend and backend operations, using document model and JSON for scalability and compatibility with multiple data formats
2023 — Now
San Francisco Bay Area
Iteration on open source project to expand feature set to easily incorporate sets of user data and improve accessibility and maintainability for developers
PostgreSQL and MongoDB database migration and re-modeling to optimize database calls and improve performance. I used the SQL database for relational tax bracket data and NoSQL for user, income, and expense data
Integrated Plaid API to take advantage of its interface with major banking data to connect to itemization tool
2020 — 2022
2020 — 2022
San Francisco Bay Area
Owned IT infrastructure integration activities with cross-functional teams throughout acquisition and divestiture lifecycle. Responsible for hardware upgrade decisions that aligned with standards for security compliance, performance, and user support capability
Coordinated efforts and managed resources within Cloud Engineering, Networking, VOIP, Field Engineering, and various teams outside of IT to support acquisitions and divestitures
Oversaw a technical team of 20+ onsite, ensuring a seamless transition to Lithia IT infrastructure during acquisitions by addressing challenges and providing robust support, resulting in minimal downtime and enhanced operational efficiency
2015 — 2020
2015 — 2020
San Francisco Bay Area
Systems and Network Administrator for 5 sites and 400+ employees, with 2 direct reports in IT Support / Helpdesk roles
Assessed and upgraded IT systems by conducting scheduled hardware and software audits that involved collaborating with executives and department managers to determine effects on productivity and cost benefit analysis
Developed IT helpdesk, networking, and security policies and procedures along with standards for hardware maintenance and procurement
Education
Drexel University
Bachelor's degree
Mt. San Jacinto College