A relentless pursuit of 'why'.

About Me

I am a freelance developer having just completed a bootcamp style front-end program. I persistently ask 'why' to get the clearest picture of the project goal and how best to accomplish it. I have a simple and clean design aesthetic. I work best in collaboration and I enjoy taking abstract ideas and creating something concrete, efficient and beautiful.

A little more 'About Me'

Two years ago I decided to make a change. I left a career in the non-profit field to pursue web design. Why? I am convinced I can make a wider impact on the world via web applications.

Software design is about changing behavior, making things more efficient, and being a catalyst for decision. In my opinion, the harmony between design and development (and the people behind both) combine to create better solutions for the end user. I'm looking for a position on a design team as a front-end developer where I can be part of that process.

Resume

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Hobbies

  • Photography
  • Gluten free baking (because I have to)
  • Home remodeling
  • Chasing after four my kids

My Very Best Work (so far)

Rushing Family Practice

This was a project for a clinic in my hometown. The staff were a great group of people and I especially loved this project because I was able to do a lot of design and branding. The didn't have an existing site and the only artwork I was provided with was their logo. With their input I created the design concept and a lot of the copy to give a small town clinic a professional feel that was still warm and inviting.


  • *HTML
  • *CSS
  • *Branding

Live Site

Etsy Lighting

One of the technologies we spent time on while at TIY was Backbonejs. I created this simple site using the backbone framework to pull in items using Etsy's API.


  • *HTML
  • *CSS (Sass)
  • Twitter Bootstrap
  • *Backbone
  • *API Integration
  • *Branding
  • *GitHub Code

GitHub Site

Money Law Firm

I built this site for a lawyer who had an interesting request. His office was located in a small town outside of Dallas. He wanted a professional site that would appeal to his Dallas area clients without feeling alienated from his local patrons. One solution I implimented was using local area photos (which I took myself) as a key component for the design.


  • *HTML
  • *CSS
  • *jQuery
  • *Branding/Logo Design

Live Site

TaleSpinner Splash Page

While attending TIY, I participated in a StartUp Weekend event. I was excited to work on an application that created personalized stories using pictures loaded up by the user. I thought the idea was phenominal and I'm personally passionate about the future of education for our children.

For my part, I created the landing page we used in our social media campaign that connected those who were interested with our newsletter (via MailChimp). We ended up winning the competition.


  • *HTML
  • *CSS
  • *Branding

Live Site

Neighborgood App

(My Last Assignment at TIY)

This was my final project at TIY. When you are looking to buy a home, finding information about the surrounding neighborhood can be difficult. Myself and a fellow classmate created this to help. We created a datatbase of homes for sale that users could select. We used Instragram's API to pull nearby Instagram activity to give a feel for the surrounding area.


  • *HTML
  • *Sass
  • *Twitter Bootstrap
  • *JavaScript/jQuery
  • *Ember
  • *API Integration
  • *Handlebars Template
  • *Mobile First Design
  • *GitHub Code

Live Site

Mobber (from png to browser)

(My First Assignment at TIY)

This was the first assignment we had at TIY. We took a png of a website design and were told to create the website with pixel perfection.

You can view the original png we were given here.



GitHub Site