tech

I'm a self-taught software engineer. I started out building websites back in 2012 after graduating college with a liberal arts degree.

I managed websites, databases, and servers for small businesses and non-profit organizations before starting a tech career in 2016.

I became passionate about web3 technologies and have since been working on projects building blockchain tools and infrastructure.

Chora Studio | 2024 - Present

Chora

Owner, Software Engineer, Protocol Researcher

Chora Studio is a software research and development company building software for commons governance and ecological regeneration. Chora Studio also provides consultation and network services.

Go, TypeScript, Cosmos

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Regen Network | 2021 - 2023

Regen Network

Technical Product Manager, Software Engineer, Network Operations

Regen Network aligns economics with ecology to drive regenerative land management. I primarily worked on Regen Ledger and Cosmos SDK, the underlying blockchain infrastructure for Regen Network.

Go, TypeScript, Cosmos

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Chora | 2020 - Present

Chora

Software Engineer, Protocol Researcher

Chora is software for commons governance and ecological regeneration built with distributed ledger technology. Chora started out as an evolving side project and has since become a product of Chora Studio.

Go, TypeScript, Cosmos

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ChainSafe | 2019 - 2020

ChainSafe

Software Engineer, Protocol Researcher

ChainSafe is a team of developers building tools and infrastructure for a variety of decentralized protocols. I primarily worked on Gossamer, a node client implementation for the Polkadot network written in Go.

Go, Polkadot, Solidity, Ethereum

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Colony | 2018 - 2019

Colony

Developer Relations Manager, Software Engineer

Colony is a platform for open organizations built on Ethereum. I helped build and maintain developer tools, wrote documentation, explored integrations, and managed developer relations.

JavaScript, React, Redux, Webpack, IPFS, Solidity, Ethereum

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Chora | 2018

Chora

Software Engineer

Chora was a project I created to learn about and explore Ethereum. The demo application allowed users to create organizations, projects, and tasks using smart contracts on the Ethereum network.

JavaScript, React, Redux, Webpack, Solidity, Ethereum

Horizon App | 2017 - 2018

Horizon App

Full Stack Engineer

Horizon App uses groups and mutual friends to help members find people and places to stay. I designed and developed the web application, rebuilt the latest version of the API, and integrated email services.

JavaScript, React, Redux, Webpack, Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL

Ushahidi | 2017

Ushahidi

Full Stack Engineer

Ushahidi is a crowdsourcing application with a focus on disaster response that makes it easy to collect and visualize data on a map. I volunteered for three months implementing features and fixing bugs.

JavaScript, AngularJS, PHP

Joglo Northwest | 2017

Joglo Northwest

Full Stack Engineer

Joglo Northwest is a small business that buys and sells Indonesian art, furniture and stone. I rebuilt the website and content management system using my very own simple-cms as the foundation (see below).

JavaScript, React, Redux, Webpack, Node, Express, MongoDB

simple-cms | 2017

simple-cms

Full Stack Engineer

After working my way through freeCodeCamp, I developed simple-cms to test my skills on a larger project - a simple yet customizable content management system for small businesses and freelancers.

JavaScript, React, Redux, Webpack, Node, Express, MongoDB

fcc-projects | 2017

fcc-projects

Full Stack Engineer

To advance my skills, I worked my way through the freeCodeCamp coursework and projects. The freeCodeCamp curriculum focuses on full-stack development with React, Node, Express, and MongoDB.

JavaScript, React, Redux, Webpack, Node, Express, MongoDB

Joglo Northwest | 2014

Joglo Northwest

Web Developer

Joglo Northwest is a small business that buys and sells Indonesian art, furniture, and stone. I designed and developed a simple gallery website with a custom content management system and integrated email services.

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, SQL

Ancient Greek | 2014

Ancient Greek

Web Developer

Ancient Greek was a web application for learning Ancient Greek. The app included a dictionary, interactive reading exercises, and flashcards for practicing vocabulary, verb conjugations, and noun declensions.

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, SQL

Documentary Art Network | 2013

Documentary Art Network

Web Developer

Documentary Art Network was a professional network for documentary artists. Users could post articles and stories, discuss ideas, find people to collaborate with, and rent or exchange equipment.

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, SQL