About Dan
I enjoy solving problems by building maintainable, well-engineered Web applications. I'm from Wayne, PA and now live in Washington, DC. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my wife Jen and our baby daughter Lucy, reading about new things in Web development, traveling, and playing pinball.
I've been working in development and operations support roles professionally since 2009. I've worked in some interesting industries including casino gaming, online advertising, e-learning and field service management software. I've worked with some great folks who have taught me a lot. I've built production systems and maintained production machines.
I graduated from Penn State in 2007 and began my career working in technical support. I was then promoted to an IT role, followed by a promotion to a web development role. I currently work as a Django developer at U.S. News & World Report.
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Technical Skills
Ruby on Rails
Python / Django
JavaScript
HTML5 / CSS3
jQuery
PHP
C#
Linux
SQL
Work Experience
Present
U.S. News & World Report
Senior Software Engineer • Washington, DC
- Developed backend code for high-traffic Django application, the U.S. News Best Cars site.
- Completed major features including car faceted search, local car deals and partner integrations.
- Optimized existing code to improve security, response times, capacity and SEO.
- Lead project to change domain name while successfully minimizing SEO and traffic disruptions.
- Lead efforts to start using unit tests and database migrations.
- Trained four developer new hires on product, infrastructure and setting up environments.
Jan 2016
WorkWave
Senior Software Engineer • Neptune, NJ
- Developed features on existing classic ASP application, an enterprise CRM for managing pest control and other field service companies.
- Overhauled internal documentation covering development environment setup, allowing new developers to get themselves up and running in hours rather than days.
- Trained three new developers on architecture of application, source control workflows, manipulating application data and completing other common maintenance tasks.
- Wrote complex SQL queries, optimized existing queries and performed one-time data updates.
April 2015
Bizyhood
Consultant • Remote
- Developed a Django application for start-up offering small business marketing tools.
- Completed projects requiring a variety of skills including consuming REST APIs, building a front-end with AJAX, designing a DB schema and authenticating users through oAuth.
- Followed an Agile workflow, participating in daily stand-ups via video chat.
Oct 2013
Yashi
Front End Developer • Toms River, NJ
- Developed two Ruby on Rails applications for company delivering online video advertising.
- Developed front-end JavaScript code to provide interactive graphs and charts.
- Developed features on existing CodeIgniter application.
- Administered two dozen Ubuntu Web servers on AWS.
June 2013
Achieve3000
Applications Engineer • Remote and in Lakewood, NJ
- Developed PHP and Ruby on Rails applications for this SaaS company serving K-12 schools.
- Served as Salesforce.com administrator, developed data integrations between SFDC and other systems.
