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Portfolio

Selected work

Case studies from enterprise marketing sites, nonprofit modernization, and client builds — with CMS migrations called out.

Overview

Owned website infrastructure for a global digital marketing team through a full stack modernization — moving off WordPress to Contentful while keeping international sites live.

Scope

WordPress → Contentful CMS migration, AWS Lambda / API Gateway reverse proxy between Netlify and WP Engine, Figma-to-production page builds, GTM tracking, technical SEO, and sprint leadership across stakeholder requests.

Impact

Completed CMS migration with a dual-stack cutover architecture, localized experiences maintained across 12+ languages, and clearer documentation for content owners.

Completed

WP → Contentful migration

12+

Locales supported

Lambda proxy

Zero-downtime routing

  • Contentful
  • WordPress
  • AWS Lambda
  • API Gateway
  • Netlify
  • GTM
  • SEO

Overview

Bring a national nonprofit website up to modern standards — readability, brand clarity, SEO, and a path off desktop-bound infrastructure.

Scope

Visual rebrand, information architecture, ongoing content updates, SEO improvements, and migration planning from desktop iMIS toward cloud hosting.

Impact

A clearer visitor experience and a documented modernization path so the organization can sustain the site without relying on outdated desktop tooling.

National

Audience scale

iMIS → cloud

Platform path

SEO

Discoverability focus

  • CMS
  • SEO
  • iMIS
  • Content strategy

Overview

Production engineer for CircleCI’s external marketing site — landing pages, Contentful publishing, and SEO health for go-to-market launches.

Scope

Jekyll and Next.js landing pages, GitHub + Contentful publishing, bug fixes, refactoring, backlink/404 remediation, and Agile ticket management with web production.

Impact

Reliable launch support for new products with cleaner production workflows and improved technical SEO hygiene on the live site.

Jekyll + Next

Landing stack

Contentful

Publishing CMS

GTM launches

Campaign support

  • Next.js
  • Jekyll
  • Contentful
  • SEO
  • GitHub

Overview

A custom wedding website for my sister — guest-facing information, schedule, travel, and RSVP flows designed to feel personal without relying on a cookie-cutter template.

Scope

Art direction, responsive layout, information architecture for wedding logistics, and a maintainable build the couple could update as details changed.

Impact

A polished, on-brand microsite that guided guests through the weekend and showcased end-to-end client delivery — from brief to launch.

1

Custom microsite

Mobile-first

Guest experience

Full delivery

Brief → launch

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Responsive design

GitHub portfolio samples

Student and side projects that show full-stack range. Live demos are retired — open the repo to browse the codebase.

Mindflo screenshot

Student project · Full-stack developer

Mindflo

Self-care tracker for logging a wellness journey — React UI with a Node/Express API, MongoDB/Mongoose persistence, and both internal and external APIs.

  • React
  • Node.js
  • MongoDB
  • Express
View on GitHub
Bechdel Billboard screenshot

Student project · Backend lead

Bechdel Billboard

Movie database of films that pass the Bechdel Test, plus a community blog — Node/Express with MySQL/Sequelize, auth, search, and user interaction.

  • Node.js
  • MySQL
  • Sequelize
  • Express
View on GitHub
Ace of Pentacles screenshot

Student project · Team lead & design

Ace of Pentacles

Tarot site with two reading types and daily horoscopes — HTML/CSS/JS with jQuery and external APIs for cards and astrology data.

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • jQuery
View on GitHub