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Schedule Interview NowMy name is Michael L. and I have over 13 years of experience in the tech industry. I specialize in the following technologies: JavaScript, Kotlin, PHP, Swift, Ruby, etc.. I hold a degree in Master of Science (MS), Bachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Science (BS). Some of the notable projects I’ve worked on include: Upstate Coin & Gold, Fanium, Mannequin, eHandshake, GL Stock, etc.. I am based in Arvada, United States. I've successfully completed 20 projects while developing at Devaims.
I possess comprehensive technical expertise across the entire solution lifecycle, from user interfaces and information management to system architecture and deployment pipelines. This end-to-end perspective allows me to build solutions that are harmonious and efficient across all functional layers.
I excel at managing technical health and ensuring that every component of the system adheres to the highest standards of performance and security. Working at Devaims, I ensure that integration is seamless and the overall architecture is sound and well-defined.
My commitment is to taking full ownership of project delivery, moving quickly and decisively to resolve issues and deliver high-quality features that meet or exceed the client's commercial objectives.
| Upstatecoins.com | PHP, NetSuite, Wordpress, NodeJS, VueJS, Material Design, Architecture, Project Management, DevOps, DB Modeling, Custom Plugins, API Integrations, UX/UI Design, MySQL, HTML/CSS/JS, Cyber Security. Pretty much 10 human's worth of work rolled into one. Architected the next iteration of a live trading precious metal platform. Update more details later.
Revived a 4 year old fantasy sports native mobile app written in Java. Upgraded, revised, re-designed and launched in the Android Store for the 2018 season. Architected the future Android and iOS (written in SWIFT) tech for the 2019 season.
| https://youtu.be/ibQgoR5cQuM | Chief software architect, designer, and lead developer of a native iOS & Android fashion application. Essentially played the role of a CTO. Watch the video for a demo. Tech: Tech: SWIFT 2.3, Xcode, MySQL, Java, Ruby, Machine Learning, AI, Custom Algorithms, Custom APIs, Sass, CoffeeScript, jQuery, Git, Slack, Amazon S3, Heroku
| ehandshake.com | Brought on as a senior dev to replace a team of original engineers and execute a full stack review, analysis, and consultation on a ruby on rails application that allows you to introduce your business to more customers, from anywhere in the world. Fixed and refactored any issues, bugs, or code quality problems. Implemented a few new features. How the system works, is you match with businesses selling to similar customers as you. Then you promote by introducing your business to more customers. Finally, your business grows through trustworthy word-of-mouth referrals. I like to think the more simple a system is to use, the more complex it was to build. Tech: Ruby 2.2.1, Rails 4.2.7.1, Heroku, Amazon AWS, Cloudfront, Vimeo CDN, OSS CDN, Heroku, DNSimple, PostgreSQL, CoffeeScript, Sass, jQuery, Stripe, Google Analytics, Rspec, Code Climate, New Relic, Puma, Nginx, Capybara, Mandrill, Git, Pivotal Tracker, Slack
| GLStock.com | Revived a broken, pieced together, outsourced and outdated app. The system had zero guidance or documentation. I was given the opportunity to re-develop, re-create, and re-launch the application full stack as the sole lead developer. I analyzed, planned, managed, executed, and maintained all re-development processes, leveraging SCRUM and agile methodologies. Included a lot of DevOps, security upgrades, front and back end coding. It's a ruby on rails application that offers royalty free stock photos and vectors. Considering the state of the app and time constraints- this is some of my best and quickest work to-date. I upgraded the entire Rails (3.2) and ElasticSearch (1.7) engines in 3 days without losing a step. Tech: Rails 5.1.4, Mysql DB 5.6, ElasticSearch 5.6, Capistrano, Amazon EC2 & S3, Cloudfront, jQuery, Git, Trello, Slack, CircleCI, Code Climate, Exiftool, Capybara-webkit, Rspec 3, Nginx, Unicorn, Delayed jobs, Foundation, Modernizr, SlickJS, Almond, Select2, Ubuntu, Google Analytics, New Relic, Sass, CoffeeScript, HAML, Stripe
Teamed up with the founder and a designer to develop, spec, and architect a startup native iOS app full stack. Handled all planning, road-mapping, and dev responsibilities. C@TCHUP is a unique new app that allows its users to seamlessly connect via phone while driving or on the go. CatchUP lets you use our native navigation app (via Google Maps API) and notifies other C@tchUp users in your pack that you’re available to talk and would like to catch up. This project is currently being prepared for official launch in the Apple App Store. Tech: Objective-C, Xcode 9, iOS SDK, iOS 8 - iOS 10, PHP, Codeigniter, MySQL, Trello, Push Notifications, Slack, Git, Google API, PSD conversion, SMS API (Clickatell)
| Cur1yJ.com| Passion project. Created, designed, programmed, managed, marketed, funded and directed an entire full service live streaming multimedia ruby on rails application for local artists and musicians; including audio and video recording, live & post-production, content, hardware & software configuration, live painting, mixing, editing, SEO/SEM, promotion, & a renovated studio space. First 3 months: Built TurrimStream.com + web presence. Next 3 months: 50+ live streams, 45 videos, 102 recorded songs, 11 paintings, and a Yopoh album. Turrim amassed over 200 daily unique live stream viewers, as well as numerous music, apparel, and artwork sales. Some features of Turrim included a live chat, rewards system, online store, releases, news, subscriptions, exclusive premium content, user profiles, and live/recorded videos. Turrim's functionality is currently being rolled over and re-packaged as Cur1yJ. Stay tuned for updates. A lot of work left to be done here. Considering a rebuild before fully launching out of beta. Initial Tech: Postgresql, Rails 5 beta 3, Bootstrap, D3.js and C3.js, Jquery 2+, Bower and NPM, Node.js 0.12.14, Ember.js 2.5.0, Moment.js, Pace.js, RequireJS, Puma, Sass, CoffeeScript, DNSimple, Heroku, Amazon S3, Git, Stripe, TwitchTV, Shopify, YouTube, Ableton Live, Natron, GIMP, Inkscape, Open Broadcast Software.
Brought on as lead full stack developer to take over a mobile web application from multiple outsourced developers. Originally built as a real-time crowdfunding solution (ThinkShip/HubFive), I re-built StoryTap into a social TV for storytelling. You can participate with friends, family, and people of similar interests by adding episodes to tell stories in real-time. I road-mapped and started building out native Android and iOS apps before funding ran dry. This massive pivot and poor original code base with no resources or documentation caused a myriad of issues and constraints; most notably the inability to properly re-develop, test, and QA the application. Tech: Ruby 2, Rails 4, Angular.js, Java, Objective-C, Xcode, PostgreSQL 9.3, DigitalOcean, Amazon S3, SendGrid, WePay, GoDaddy, jQuery, Bootstrap, Video.js, Lodash.js, Sass, Capistrano, Rspec, Capybara, Puma, Nginx, Unicorn, Masonry, Packery, ActiveAdmin, OmniAuth, Bitbucket, Trello, Skype, Git
| JumpSend.com | Worked directly with the CEO on a new startup to architect, design, develop, & engineer full stack a responsive ruby on rails application for an eCommerce product with Jungle Scout called JumpSend. Included DevOps and consulting from conception through to official launch. Jump Send grew out of the need for Amazon sellers to connect with prospective customers. Jump Send was initially a marketplace for buyers and sellers to connect to exchange discounted products for honest reviews. It was the best way to launch Amazon products, generate product reviews, and run automated email campaigns. However, with recent changes to Amazon’s Terms of Service addressing incentivized reviews, the aspect of generating product reviews on JumpSend was no longer viable, as it was not allowed by Amazon. Now JumpSend focuses on email communications as the cornerstone feature to help Amazon sellers grow their business. Tech: Ruby 2.2.2, Rails 4.2.3, PostgreSQL, Sass, CoffeeScript, jQuery, Amazon Product Advertising API, Bower, NPM, Lightbox.js, Slick.js, Modernizr, Zepto.js, Instafeed.js, Wordpress, Google Font API, Nginx, Mailgun, Fastly, Mixpanel, Webpack, Highcharts.js, Lodash.js, Packery, RVM, Homebrew, New Relic, Mandrill, Stripe, Cloudflare, Google Analytics, Heroku, Stripe, Git, JIRA, Ubuntu
| staging-sfps-intranet.herokuapp.com | Worked for a digital growth consultancy advising, estimating, researching, and coding for client projects as the lead full stack programmer under the CEO & CTO. Most notably, created an intranet for the Santa Fe Public School District in California. It was developed into a turnkey system. Features included API integration, active directory / LDAP integration, user roles (admin, support staff, teachers, principals, etc.), global or assigned access, profiles, blog, news, page management, upload/attach/link documents, global search, calendars/events, training section, training videos, quick links, system-wide alerts, and "fun features". Integrated Amazon S3 to handle all user and admin uploads. Set up staging & production environments on Heroku. Used Mandrill to handle transactional emails. Created video URL helpers to support Vimeo and YouTube. Advised on tech for production environment. Developed and styled front-end UX/UI. Tech: Ruby 2.1.5, Rails 4.2.0, Angular.js, Foundation, Karma, PostgreSQL, Sass, HAML, CoffeeScript, jQuery, Amazon AWS, Amazon S3, Modernizr, Heroku, Geocoder, Mandrill, Slack, Asana, Vimeo, YouTube, Git, Bitbucket
| myflightsolutions.com/products/myflighttrain | Consulted and programmed full stack with a team of developers for a web-based suite of software that allows a flight school to self-manage, enabling the school to run paperless, track schedules, flight logs, billing, and course progress on both web and iOS platforms. Built numerous features and continuously deployed to multiple development, staging, and production platforms. Fixed & refactored bugs or bad code. Coded new features for grading, payment accounts, table displays, selling items, TSA, squawks, dispatches, courses, and admins. Created rake scripts. Reworked and implemented security system while debugging security flaws. Tech: Ruby 1.9.3, Rails 3.1.12, Objective-C, Xcode, MySQL, JSON, jQuery, Sass, HAML, Slim, CoffeeScript, Chosen, Underscore.js, Moment.js, ActiveMerchant, CanCan, Memcached, Devise, New Relic, Database.com, Unicorn, Capistrano, Nginx, Ubuntu, Rspec, HipChat, Pivotal Tracker, Git, REST API
| Shuttlefare.com | Joined on this project in the middle of the application experiencing a security breach violating PCI DSS. The systems servers were compromised and leaking credit card data. Advised directly to the CEO and worked diligently with PCI SSC. Performed a full scale security audit to determine the source of server breach. Prepared & communicated a detailed analysis of the system and security-related issues. Large amounts of debugging, refactoring, and upgrading old or bad code. This included heavy DevOps work, server configuration, migration, and maintenance. Upgraded a massively complex rails installation to v4 from out-dated v2. Automated the server build process to speed up deployment. Set up continuous deployment. Migrated existing live app code while maintaining the old code to a new, secure Rackspace server; setting up production, staging & database instances, while implementing a new RackConnect firewall. Patched all security holes and brought the system back in compliance with PCI security standards. Interviewed/vetted next developers to be hired. Tech: Ruby 1.x/2.x, Rails 2.x/3.x/4.x, MySQL, JSON, Sass, CoffeeScript, jQuery, Modernizr, HTML5, Underscore.js, Bootstrap, Nginx, Phusion Passenger, GoDaddy, New Relic, Google Analytics, Amazon Cloudfront, Youtube, Slack, Atlassian, Git, Github, Google Maps API, GoDaddy SSL, Heap, SessionCam, Quantcast, Digital Ocean, Rspec, Omniauth, Memcached, ActiveMerchant
| unrealgrp.com/case-studies/massey-knakal.html | Lead a team of developers, marketers, managers, and founders hired by Massey Knakal, Manhattan's leading commercial real estate firm, to re-design and develop MKSS2™, a proprietary CRM and Transaction Management System. Responsibilities included project management, discussion, planning, estimates, analysis, architecture & modeling. Configured & setup continuous deployment stream. Wrote seeds. Wrote specs and implemented testing suite for testing front end EmberJS and back end systems. Utilized EmberJS for front-end coding with ember authentication for client side authentication, auth requests via jQuery.ajax, responses to JSON, token authentication, cookies, and ember-data integration. Implemented various monitoring and dev debugging tools. Built Admin & Territory System full-stack, including: Admin creating Territories. Admin assigning Agents to Territories. System providing pre-established Territory Types. Admin re-assigning Properties to Territories. Creating and updating Agents and Associates. Advanced filter options, Ordering Territory lists. Checking property uniqueness on CSV upload. Admin re-assigning Agent to a new Territory. Retail Agent creating, updating, and deleting Retail Spaces in their Territory. Agent updating Property records in their Territory. Admin creating, updating, & deleting Offices under a Firm. Admin creating, updating, and deleting Firms. Admin assigning Associates to multiple Agent teams. Admin creating Agent teams. Admin uploading Properties to Territory via CSV. Upon successful completion of this robust CRM, Massey Knakal announced their acquisition by global real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield. Tech: Ruby 2.1.2, Rails 4.1.1, Ember.js, jQuery, JSON, PostgreSQL, Teaspoon, Guard, QUnit, Rspec, PhantomJS, Moment.js, Bootstrap, Sass, CoffeeScript, Amazon EC2, Heroku, Nginx, Unicorn, Capistrano, Codeship, Git, Pivotal Tracker
| impactfantasysports.com/portfolio | Teamed up with IFS for full stack development of two Ruby on Rails daily fantasy sports mobile web applications, for both the FIFA World Cup and Major League Baseball. Amped Daily Fantasy App: A pay-to-play daily fantasy sports game site with a focus on custom contests. This fully featured system delivers daily fantasy sports contests with cash prize awards wrapped within a robust community-driven experience. I debugged and refactored existing code. Wrote seed tasks. Fixed gems. Setup an authentication system for integration with the Sportsdata API. Created a leaderboard scoring system, my team feature, the ability to see details from all teams in the leaderboard, change scores between weeks, dates, along with pull down titles, and individual leaderboard displays. PennSocial/Budweiser World Cup App: A pick'em style weekly fantasy sports contest for bars and restaurants. Patrons play for free on their mobile device with a chance to win prizes. Features include live leaderboards, auto email broadcasts, social sharing and in game advertising. Development involved full integration with STATS API; with the ability to seed schedule/teams, player & team profiles, and play-by-play data. I created API calls for fetching data. Leaderboards. Created the ability to make picks. Tested from fake stats feeds. Coded draft visibility on the main page, join contest functionality, draft page display, matchup locking, knockout rounds, scoring, custom URLs, logos, menu buttons, favicon, social sharing and email notification copy, custom game rules, notifications, advertising engine, user signup, and setup tasks. Deployed live, and debugged any live issues in real time. Tech: Ruby 2.3.0, React.js, Redis, ElasticSearch, Memcached, Bootstrap, Sass, CoffeeScript, JSON, jQuery, Slim, Moment.js, Puma, MongoDB, Devise, Amazon AWS, AWS SDK, Amazon S3, Git, Atlassian, STATS API, New Relic, Bitbucket, Git, HipChat
Lead one developer and designer, while working closely with the founders, to build a startup daily fantasy sports application. Road-mapped, modeled, and advised on tech decisions. Directed teammates. Converted PSD and mockups into HTML, CSS, and Javascript with responsive views. Implemented test driven development stream. Wrote specs. Wrote unit test cases. Wrote seed data. Configured clean ruby on rails app and configured deployment processes. Deployed regularly to staging and managed multiple environments. Coded home page, draft page, lineup page, entries, salary cap, signin/signup functionality, splash page, player stats popup, upcoming & my contest pages, invitation mailer with history and status reporting, waiting line specs & associations, refer a friend page, leaderboard, game center, account funds, account history, withdraw and info pages. Utilized STATS API and coded a custom STATS gem fully integrated with the rails app for populating players, contests, stats, and all other sports related information real-time. Refactored code. Added a countdown for contests, drafts, and lineups. Coded rake tasks for fetching contests daily. Tech: Ruby 2.0.0, Rails 4.0.2, Custom "stats_client" Rails Gem [https://github.com/TKVR/stats_client], PostgreSQL, Rspec, HTML5, CSS3, ERB, Sass, CoffeeScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, Codeship, Devise, Delayed Job, Stripe, Git, STATS API, Custom API, Heroku, Git, Skype, Google Analytics
| iLiveYoga.com | Consulted on a Ruby on Rails application built to find nearby classes, workshops, retreats, and yoga teacher trainings. Migrated the entire database from SQLite to PostgreSQL. Fixed database tables. Fixed multiple bugs. Refactored code. Implemented custom UI/UX designs. Created an activity level system, involving custom cron jobs and live updates. Configured and continuously deployed to staging and production environments. Upgraded Ruby & Rails versions from 1.8.7 to 1.9.3/3.2. Built a favorites system. De-bugged, re-wrote, & implemented a custom widget scheduler. And advised directly to the CEO on executive decisions. Tech: Ruby 1.8.7/1.9.3, Rails 3.2, PostgreSQL, SQLite, HTML5, CSS3, XHTML, JSON, jQuery, Devise, Slim, Delayed Job, CoffeeScript, Capistrano, Sass, Nginx, Mandrill, Digital Ocean, Mixpanel, New Relic, Google Analytics, Git, Pivotal Tracker
| Bunk1.com | Spent a year as the first hire under the lead architect building a massive, high volume ruby on rails web application, responsible for managing an entire camp organization’s operation 365 days a year. Some of my responsibilities were front and back end programming, designing and maintaining code, implementing upgrades, patches, code releases, database changes, testing, debugging, and scaling. Creating a full reporting engine, notification system, and communication log. Mobile iOS development. Online registration. Lead, staff, and alumni management. Camp scheduling, transportation & retreats. Camp enrollment. Drag/drop bunking system for campers. API integration. And custom coded rake tasks to execute code. Tech: Ruby 1.9.3, Rails 3.2.11, Objective-C, Apple Xcode, MySQL, Sass, jQuery, Thin, CoffeeScript, New Relic, Memcached, Devise, CanCan, JSON, Client Side Validations, HAML, Stripe, Delayed Job, ActiveMerchant, ActiveAdmin
| teamzoom-stg.herokuapp.com | Built out a HD live streaming of amateur sporting events software as the basis of a fundraiser for high schools and small colleges. This was before services like Twitch existed. Executed a complete written front/back-end evaluation of an MVP application running on Ruby on Rails. Recommended & implemented bug fixes. Suggested UX changes. Organized recommendations into tasks. Refactored code. Coded multiple new admin and user features. Configured multiple servers. Setup development/staging/production environments. Wrote custom heroku and capistrano deploy scripts. Made database structure changes to store .mp4 or live streaming files. Coded a custom integration of Wowza with the rails code to live stream HD video feed. Open source: https://github.com/TKVR/teamzoom Tech: Ruby 1.9.3, Rails 3.2.13, Amazon EC2/S3, PostgreSQL, Wowza Media Services, Heroku, Capistrano, Passenger, Nginx, Ubuntu, HTML, CSS, XHTML, JSON, jQuery, RVM, Bundler, Homebrew, Devise, ActiveMerchant, AWS SDK, Bootstrap, Client Side Validations, CoffeeScript, Sass, HAML, LESS
| SocialBostonSports.com | Partnered with a close friend, mentor, and developer to undertake a complete re-design and re-development of SBS' information architecture, rolled over from Joomla to Drupal 7. Involved optimization of the website environment for ease of both front-end client use and back-end development. Heavy UX/UI re-design, content, social media integration, Drupal configuration, setup, user permissions, contributed modules, custom PHP code, and client training. We supported the older system throughout the transition and utilized Github for distributed development. Tech: PHP, Drupal, Joomla, MySQL, Git, Nginx, jQuery, FitVids.js, Require.js, HTML, CSS, JSON
Partnered with some Harvard Business Graduates/Harvard University and MIT to develop and test full stack a crowd sourcing mobile web application we built for live hosting events, compatible cross-platform. Musicians and hosts were able to create party playlists and interact real-time with the crowd. This project involved server configuration. GPS location. Building a live comment feed. Host back end with live statistics and front end playlist integrations. iTunes playlist integration. Custom playlist integration. Site navigation. Leaderboard system. And a custom ranking algorithms for music tracks. Open source: https://github.com/TKVR/crowdrockapp Tech: HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, XHTML, AJAX, PHP, MySQL, Apache, Codeigniter
Master of Science (MS), Computer science
Stanford University · 2011
Bachelor of Science (BS), Finance & Computer Science
Bond University · 2009
Bachelor of Science (BS), Finance & Computer Science
Bentley University · 2007 – 2011
Bachelor of Science (BS), Finance & Computer Science
Roger Williams University · 2006 – 2007
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