Kevin Reese
experienced engineer
software engineer
electrical engineer
web applications engineer
front-end web developer (HTML/CSS/JavaScript)
experience
Akamai . senior software engineer 2020 - 2024
- Experience the Edge with Akamai
- Akamai Identity Cloud | Customer Identity Management
- Masterfully architecting greenfield React Typescript UI User Lifecycle Management web application
- Writing and utilizing Node.js JavaScript modules
- Creating Go API backend-for-frontend supporting React UI
- Developing Python security focused Hosted Login software
- Supporting and maintaining legacy software
GotSoccer . full-stack engineer 2018 - 2019
New Relic . software engineer 2013 - 2016
- Front-end web development lead on the business enablement engineering team
- New Relic building and maintaining the full-stack of a Ruby on Rails website
- APM pricing calculator writing JavaScript and designing UX used for price estimation through November 2019
- CMS driven architecture designing and migrating to prismic.io API-based CMS
- Resource library designing Ajax UX and building a searchable compilation of content from multiple database sources
- German market create and launch localization i18n websites in to the same Rails app in multiple regions
- Marketing, tracking, and conversion events reported to produce data driven digital campaigns
- Domain name management (root, subdomain, international domains) and acquire SSL certificates
- Writing Jenkins scripts for automated Ruby on Rails deployments from Git branch to Docker containers
- Migrating to Docker hosting for testing, development, and staging environments
- Forum launching and skinning a greenfield Discourse (Ember.js) forum in early 2014
- Blog installing WordPress (PHP) updates, controlling WP Engine admin account, maintaining skins and plug-ins
Thought Matrix . web developer 2011 - 2012
- Thought Matrix was a leading construction consultant in digital space, ultimately acquired by Rauxa
- Demonstrating mastery in the front-end skills HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Developing websites for clients Sun Power, The Northface, Equinix, and DocuSign
- Adapting to any client's content management systems to utilize modules and construct templates
- Leading construction of an Ajax sales calculator and creating an interactive map with an SVG or VML canvas
- Refactoring thenorthface.com online store codebase while implementing a reskin design with fresh style guides
RootMusic . front-end engineer 2010
- RootMusic had been creating BandPages on Facebook for free
- Developing web application software using Ajax, PHP, and web technologies
- Extending class inheriting jQuery for custom, reusable, and compliant user interface elements
- Saving and loading asynchronously with databases through our backend API, as well as partner APIs
- Maintaining PHP framework for scalability, reducing load speeds, and improving user experience
Noble Studios . developer 2009 - 2010
- Front-end programming, Flash, Ajax, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, CMS, eCommerce, domain management
- Noble Studios the company website
- Autodesk 'our story' Flash banner
- Nevada Commission on Economic Development state government website
- Historic Fourth Ward School Museum touch screen display Flash application for interactive exhibit
- Barnes & Noble Flash prototype of the user interface for the Nook
Creative Circle . freelance Flash and web developer 2008 - 2009
- Producing a variety of clients' campaigns featuring Flash and other contemporary front-end technologies
- Ignited Minds Sony Vaio Flash website and rich media ads
- Other projects include Flash video game prototypes, campaign landing pages, and small CMS architecture
Sony Pictures Imageworks Interactive . web developer 2006 - 2008
- Front-end programming on design-driven projects for Television and Movies
- Controlling the custom CMS which publishes to the sonypictures.com web property
- Building websites, email templates, Facebook pages, and MySpace skins
for Spiderman 3, Surf's Up, Resident Evil, Walk Hard, The Shield, Seinfeld, and others
Boeing . research and development engineer (intern) 2005
- Cabin systems 787 dreamliner
- Writing programs in visual basic to control robotic equipment
- Testing electromagnetic signal for internet and cell phone use on flight
Sabbatical . poet 2017 - 2018
- Living millennial #vanlife traveling national parks and collecting poems
- Sprinter conversion build upfit used cargo van into instagramable camper tinyhome
- “Casted to Be a Poet” but only caught one poem...
- “Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Data” a poem considering potential pitfalls of big data mining
- “Preposterous” fun words that we almost never get to use
- “#vanlife” two millenials and a dog making it happen across america in a van
skills
- running developer utility Node.js server Typescript ES Modules
- practicing clean code hygiene with testing suites such as Jest, Behave, and Cypress
- constructing software with the Ruby on Rails framework, ideal for scalable web applications
- integrating website designs into robust CMS architectures including API-driven Prismic.io
- refreshing JSON content loaded asynchronously coding Ajax applications running in a browser
- adding interactive elements by writing JavaScript functions and, sometimes, clever CSS4 and HTML5
- connecting with Google Analytics, Marketo, Optimizely, Salesforce, and Flickr using their APIs
- committing clean, maintainable code adhering to a common style guide with pruned Git branches
- structuring and manipulating databases by SQL query and compiling complex regex matches
- controlling test, development, staging, and production deployments with Jenkins test and deploy jobs
- managing domain and hosting accounts with SSL certificates for root, sub level, and international URLs
- breathing semantic code and embracing HTML 5.3 standards
- creating dynamic content with server-side PHP, Ruby, or JavaScript
- navigating Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and other design software
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grasping new syntax quickly, such as ECMAScript 2019 for example:
let,promise,then,catch,finally - crafting design-driven, front-end HTML styled by elegantly minimized CSS
- problem solving with the mindset of an engineer
education
- The Pennsylvania State University 2002-2006
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering