tech
I'm a self-taught software developer. I built my first website back in 2012 after graduating from university with a liberal arts degree.
I managed websites for small businesses and non-profit organizations but only started pursuing software development as a career in 2016.
I became passionate about web3 technologies and have since been working for companies building blockchain tools and infrastructure.
Chora Studio | 2024 - Present
Owner, Software Engineer, Protocol Researcher, Network Ops
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
Regen Network | 2021 - 2023
Technical Product Manager, Software Engineer, Network Ops
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
Chora | 2020 - Present
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
ChainSafe | 2019 - 2020
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
Colony | 2018 - 2019
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
Chora | 2018
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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