Rick Steves' Europe, Edmonds, WA 2014 – Present

The de-facto experts in European travel, leading tours for 35,000+ travelers each year.

Software/Web Development Manager (2022 – Present)

• coming soon

Software/Web Developer (2014 – 2022)

• coming soon

Atmospheric Labs, Bremerton, WA 2012 – 2014

My personal freelancing company for web development and design work.

Freelance Web Designer and Developer

• Designed, developed, and administered mobile-friendly websites and web applications for several organizations using Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, and WordPress.

Alliance Academy International, Quito, Ecuador 2012 – 2014

An international K-12 school in the capital city of Ecuador

Teacher, Programming and Design / Yearbook Advisor and Photographer

• Spent 2 years living overseas and teaching AP Computer Science, graphic design, yearbook, and video production to high school students.
• Created new curriculum for programming and design courses and overhauled the school's yearbook program, greatly improving quality, and delivering 600 yearbooks on-time and under budget.

AECOM, Seattle, WA 2009 – 2012

A Fortune 500 company and a worldwide provider of architecture, engineering, and planning services.

Senior Web Developer, Design + Planning Division (2010 – 2012)

• Designed and built 40+ websites for a variety of clients including the the City of Los Angeles, the U.S. Navy, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the State of Hawaii, FEMA, and the Smithsonian.
• Used Ruby on Rails to build a full-featured CMS, utilized on over 30 project websites, with custom modules for event registration, advanced Google Maps integration, and interactive multi-page surveys.
• Created an online collaboration tool used by 250+ coworkers and stakeholders to share documents, announcements, and other project resources.
• Managed multiple projects at a time, providing up-front time/cost estimates, and delivering on-time and within budget more than 90% of the time.
• Worked closely with coworkers and clients to understand requirements, provide feedback during development and to provide ongoing training, documentation, and support as needed.

Contract Web Developer, Design + Planning Division (2009)

• Developed custom Ruby on Rails websites and applications for the State of Georgia, California State Parks, Wirsol Solar and other public and private organizations.

Children of the Nations International, Silverdale, WA 2005 – 2009

A non-profit organization caring for orphans in seven countries throughout Africa and the Caribbean.

Director of Web Development and Information Technology (2007 – 2009)

• Key player in a major rebranding effort, overhauling the entire website to support the new brand.
• Reworked the website's ecommerce section from scratch, improving performance, streamlining the process, and increasing online donation totals by 122% over 2 years.
• Orchestrated the migration of 50+ international employees to Google Apps (for email), a new file server (for documents and media), and a custom ticketing system (for IT support issues).

Web Developer (2005 – 2007)

• Redesigned and rebuilt the public website using Ruby on Rails and provided staff with a custom CMS/intranet, giving them many of the online tools they had been wanting for years.
• Worked closely with the communication department to develop and implement online advertising efforts, increasing web traffic by 58% over 2 years.