Teaching/Mentoring · Public Speaking · Leadership · Management
I'm a full stack web developer specializing in custom apps written in PHP and JavaScript. I currently lead development for ClickBid, and I've built custom tools for clients like Expectancy Learning and Access of West Michigan. I also love teaching web development to aspiring students.
Custom Web Apps
I'm a strong believer in simplicity. With all the technology out there, it's incredibly easy to get lost in complexity - the best language, the best framework, the best database. My goal is to cut through that noise: reduce complexity, let your users enjoy a simple experience, and give you insights through real data. That last part is a personal passion too - I've been tracking every book, game, and movie I've finished since 2012 in a tracker I built for myself.
2020 - current, Contract work turned full time employment as lead developer. Streamlined software development, added Stripe payment processing responsible for processing over $1B, built third-party integrations, migrated legacy code base to modern framework, and handled significant portions of DevOps.
Teaching
Teaching is something I've enjoyed doing in various capacities for over a decade. Web development is more than just code - it involves problem solving, team building and management (if working with a team), project management, communicating with clients, and much more. I write about it on the blog and share tutorials on dev.to.
Let's Build Something
Have a project in mind? Get in touch - I'd love to hear about it.
