Summary
Howdy, my name is Stephen. I’m a Texan living in NYC. I prefer to write code that follows modern web and accessibility standards. I enjoy crafting thoughtfully designed user-facing features and WebApps using React, and prefer working with next-gen APIs with modern JavaScript. I’m a big fan of WordPress, open-source software and Next.js ✌️
Employment
Staff Engineer ∙ New York City
National Basketball Association, 2021–Present
- Built the NBA’s Connect Web Application infrastructure from the ground up with Next.js and React Typescript
- Successfully launched the new NBA App on Hisense, Xbox, PlayStation, and Comcast platforms worldwide in the fall of 2022
- Instilled a culture of documenting processes, debugging tools and workflows for platforms
- Facilitated relationships with Connected TV platforms
Front-end Engineer ∙ New York City
Vimeo Inc., 2018-2021
- Work spanned a wide gamut: internal tools, search, transactions, design systems, localization, video collaboration tools, Vimeo API work, open-source and growth experiments
- Built marketing landing pages, bridging customer data across product and non-product web apps
- React Typescript and PHP stack mostly
- Manage Vimeo’s custom WordPress blog theme
Technologist / Engineer ∙ New York City
Grok, 2016-2018
- Interdisciplinary ad/design studio
- Interactive prototyping, video production, storyboarding/research and web development
- Various clients included: Adobe, Cision, CallidusCloud, FirstQuality, Qlik , VMWare and Marketo
Web Engineer ∙ Dallas
Six Flags Corporation, 2015-2016
- Managed and migrated an aging web infrastructure comprised of multiple systems: PHP, .NET, Java and JavaScript
- Most work was within Drupal and PHP
Web Designer / Engineer ∙ Dallas
Freelance, 2012-2016
- Produced software, WordPress sites and themes, web portals and created automation tools for apartments to manage their web presence
- Clients included, The Perot Museum and other Texas non-profits, Greystar, Redstone, Yardi, and other national multi- family housing corporations.
Education
Bachelors in Interdisciplinary Art & Design — Minor Studies in Computer Science
University of North Texas, 2014
Awards
Over the years, I’ve received a few awards and commendations here and there.
- 2013 DFW Wordcamp Presentee
- 2014 Awwwards Honorable Mention & Nominee
- 2015 UNT Creative Grad Presentee
- 2017 iwantmyname.com Blog Roll Honoree
- 2020 Webby Nominee
Contact
Want to get in touch? My email inbox is always open.