Summary

With over 20 years of public sector IT service, I’ve broadened my horizons into web design and development. I’m a U.S. Army veteran, hold a SECRET clearance, and have a Bachelor’s Degree in Management, Computer Information Systems. I am fluent in English and Spanish, a focused team player, a lifetime learner, and am excited to take on new challenges that combine my creativity and business sense.

Work Experience

NOV 2021 - Present

Front End Developer/Designer, 10x - Technology Transformation Services (GSA) team @ Flexion

  • Lead project deliverable and research activities (e.g., workflows, information architecture, sketching, mockups, prototypes, design patterns, microcopy, interaction design, usability testing) understand requirements, goals, and constraints, generating insights that shape the UX strategy and design decisions
  • Work with designers on other product teams to help ensure user interaction and design consistency across the program
  • Advocate for the users while balancing business needs/goals throughout the project
  • Effectively communicate goals, designs, research, feedback, ideas, and requirements (both verbally and visually, when needed) to the team and stakeholders
  • Pair and mob with UX designers, researchers and strategists to collaboratively develop and refine designs, while providing feedback on proposed technical solutions that affect the user experience
  • Prototype, test, and iterate on designs
  • Facilitate collaborative client discovery and design workshops

OCT 2017 - Present

Co-Founder, sacodersunited - San Antonio, TX

  • Co-Founder of sacodersunited
  • Veteran-owned Digital Agency that provides web design, branding, and web development

AUG 2015 - OCT 2021

Front-End Engineer, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence - San Antonio, TX

  • Design, develop, and maintain public facing and internal websites and applications
  • Lead adoption of modern web practices, version control, design guidelines, agile methodologies, and continuous integration/continuous deployment
  • Proficient with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Gatsby, Bootstrap, USWDS, and the Adobe Creative Cloud

NOV 2014 - AUG 2015

Web Developer, AM Digital - Ft. Worth, TX

  • Full stack web development using Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
  • Part of the web development team for the AM Digital Agency

MAY 2014 - OCT 2017

Freelance Web Developer, Self - San Antonio, TX

  • Owner of Pigeontec, a single person Digital Agency
  • Full stack web design and development

Previous Experience

  • IT Project Manager and IT Customer Support for MEDCoE
  • Served as a 74B Computer Operator/Analyst in the U.S. Army

Education

Codeup

Full stack web development bootcamp using the LAMP stack

Regis University

Computer Science leveling courses

Park University

B.S., Management, Computer Information Systems

Kansas City Kansas Community College

A.A.S., Computer Information Systems