about

No matter the platform or language, I like to build software (dreams of hardware, too). I am interested in and passionate about solving problems with all things technical. I enjoy writing about technology and giving talks.

I am currently the senior lead front-end engineer for Manufactured, Inc., helping enterprises bring their physical products to life and finance their growth. I live outside New Orleans, LA with my wife, four sons, and one daughter. We love gardening, hiking, lacrosse and catching salamanders.

current interests

These are my favorite things I am presently learning or actively making an effort to include in projects/work:

TypeScript
JavaScript
React
AI

Three.js
Arduino
GraphQL

Work

mfd, inc. (Nov. 2023 - current)

Lead front-end engineer improving physical product development and financing using our Next.js app and LLM-based agents

netlify (Mar. 2023 - Nov. 2023)

Conducting React site performance audits for enterprise clients. Supporting large Netlify users to build and maintain first-class web experiences.

gatsby, inc. (2020 - 2023)

Performing Gatsby site performance audits for enterprise clients. Supporting Cloud platform users to get the most out of Gatsby.

mediacurrent.com (2018 - present)

Leading developer on a large distributed team. Building enterprise level websites using React, Gatsby, Node.js, and GraphQL around a strong team of Drupal developers.

virtualjobshadow.com (2016 - 2018)

On a small development team for a thriving ed-tech SaaS. Responsible for full feature builds, from the browser to the database and covered with tests. A handrolled JS front-end framework, effective libraries when needed, PHP on the backend, and SQL for the database.

Projects

gatsby-plugin-remote-images

A Gatsby.js plugin for downloading and linking remote images from another node's field for the benefits of gatsby-image.

A fun tool that takes text and tranforms it in to Emojis with similar shapes. Inspired by the Mediacurrent team Slack. Built with Gatsby.

A ReactVR project allowing the user to choose a workplace, enter a 360 view of the workplace, and select an view "hotpoints" related to that career.

Web based canvas tool to create color palettes and exported stylesheet files with semantically named color variables. Built using JS, with a Node.js/Express server on Heroku. Also offered as an npm package.

A site based Catholic lorem ipsum generate made with React. Also offers a node.js based API for use within projects, as well as an npm package.