Professional Experience

UW-Eau Claire LTS Web Development Intern, May 2011 - Present

What I did
  • Created an internal application for the management of UWEC Continuing Education program offerings.
  • Used test-driven development, integration testing, and agile development.
Technologies Used
  • Ruby, Rails, RSpec, Cucumber, and HAML/SASS
  • JavaScript, jQuery
  • HTML, CSS, and Photoshop
  • Vim, Bash scripting

Web Development Recipes, Co-Author →

What I did
  • Collaborated with four other authors on a web developer's companion book. The book covers topics that web developers use every day as well as new technologies and ways to improve your workflow.
  • Published under the Pragmatic Programmers
Technologies Covered
  • HTML and CSS
  • JavaScript, jQuery, Knockout, Backbone, jQuery Templates, and more JavaScript tools
  • Cucumber, Selenium, and other testing techniques
  • Server deployment and management

Personal Projects

thesetimes thesetimes.info Simple one-page application for drawing a time schedule. The timeset is shareable with others so that you can easily tell people when you're available. Built with Rails and a bit of JavaScript. Full unit test suite using RSpec.

Education

Attending UW-Eau Claire studying English with an emphasis in Scientific and Technical Writing

Interests and Groups

  • EC Ruby Users Group
  • Hwa Rang Do/Tae Soo Do (martial arts)
  • UWEC Jazz Ensemble