Personal details

Chris M. - Remote

Chris M.

Timezone: Pacific Time (US & Canada) (UTC-7)

Summary

I am a software engineer consultant, entrepreneur, and technologist with over 15 years of experience in web development, UI / UX, IT, and telecomm with start-ups, non-profits, and Fortune 500 companies. I've held roles such as Front End Web Engineer, Web Software Developer, IT Manager, Project Manager, and Telecom Specialist. Along with co-founding an Internet start-up, I've architected and maintained several websites and content management systems, developed e-commerce platforms, integrated cross-platform invoicing systems, and organized social media, SEO, and online advertising strategies. Specialties: web development, front end development, e-commerce, online advertising, display advertising, social media, project management, SEO, SEM, usability and QA testing.

Work Experience

Owner
Wandering Leaf Studios, LLC | May 2014 - Present
Ruby
PHP
Ruby on Rails
WordPress
Zend Framework
RSpec
Cucumber
CMS
React
Comfortable mexican sofa
Wandring Leaf Studios LLC (formerly CJM Consulting LLC) is a small web technology consultancy. * Full-stack web development (HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, WordPress, Ruby on Rails) and product/ project management for a variety of clients. * Enhancing and maintaining Zend Framework 1 web application by integrating AppNexus API for buy-side online ad serving. * Organizing and managing a remote team of designers and developers which include user experience / user interface research, design, and implementation. * Implementing e-Commerce solutions utilizing WordPress and WooCommerce * Assisting social media strategy, optimizing SEM and SEO, and compiling analytics reports * Providing technology strategy consultations, including implementation of cloud solutions
Web Development Engineer II
Goodreads / Amazon | Feb 2013 - May 2014
HTML/CSS
Ruby on Rails
jQuery
* One of a small team of front-end developers for a #92 Quantcast company with 140 million page views and 19 million unique visitors a month. * Mentored co-workers on HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript conventions and best practices. * Assisted in the development of the mobile website (~17.6 million monthly unique visitors) built with Twitter Flight, HTML5 / CSS3, and cross-browser compliant (Android Web Browser 2+, Safari Mobile, and Chrome for Mobile). * Revitalized push for Selenium integration tests and presented company tech talk informing fellow co- workers on our best practices and how to test using BrowserStack. * Worked with the design team to build a living style guide with the KSS gem, which helped give the design and engineering teams a common language and a reusable UI component library. * Assisted Goodreads Android Kindle product team to quickly integrate a prototype search feature before it was fully built.

Personal Projects

Almanac BeerIconOpenNewWindows
2017
WordPress
2017
WordPress
WooCommerce