I'm a Vancouver based Front End Developer, currently working at Goldsky building a real-time data platform for blockchain data. Previously I was a Senior Staff Web Developer for Shopify, most recently on the Blockchain team. I've been building software professionally for over 15 years.
In my free time time, you can catch me tinkering on open source projects, designing 3D models in Onshape and printing them on my Prusa MK3S, riding my Onewheel, crafting custom cocktails for my bi-annual menus, or exploring the Canadian west coast.
Professionally, I like working with designers and building design systems that help developers efficiently create beautiful and intuitive web experiences. On my own time, I like building small front end applications for various ideas and concepts, most often to learn new tools and libraries. I have a passion for learning and sharing my knowledge with others through talks and mentorship. I am passionate about quality software while balancing timelines and scope to meet the needs of a project. I like to spend my down time with my pomeranian, walking around town meeting up with other dog friends and visiting various dog friendly venues. I am a social extrovert, I love meeting new people whether at a local pub or an external tech event.
Primary degree, focus on algorithms and compiler design, President of the computer science student group.
Technical skills and intro to programming.
I joined the startup Goldsky early in 2023 to help grow their blockchain data services product by working closely with our designer to rewrite the marketing site and web app front end from scratch. I have been a core part of our small engineering team, helping out from the AWS k8s layer, to front end engineering in all capacities, all the way up to DevRel at external events.
I worked at Shopify for 5 years on many different teams building various large scale projects. I started out as a web developer and quickly grew into a senior web developer role a few months after joining. I then grew into a staff web developer about 1.5 years after joining, and was promoted to senior staff shortly before departing. I built teams, ran projects, supported other teams, orchestrated relationships with external parties, and operated the after work social program in Vancouver.
More history available on my LinkedIn profile.
Give me a shout if you want to collaborate or have an interesting idea to chat about.