Tom Beaver

Senior Application Development Engineer

Centene

Feb 2023 - Jan 2024 (1 year)

Lead front end developer on ground-up high profile UI to replace manual claims-recovery process. On track to recover over $1.5 million monthly. Built prototypes in both Angular and React, built final product in React and Astro. Directed and mentored five developers, designed the React/Astro architecture and parts of the RESTful design, performed code reviews, collaborated intensively with UX, backend, cloud, and leadership. Coordinated all front end work, wrote nearly 400 Jira user stories as new PO team grew into the role. Remained nimble and productive through major team changes and tech-stack changes.

Senior Front End Engineer

Express

Apr 2021 - Dec 2023 (2 years 9 months)

Senior developer on new team created to add new features to existing clothing site, a single-page responsive React web app within an agile environment. Architected and built two image carousels and numerous other new features. Worked closely with UX to refine requirements and create work tickets. Mentored junior developers. Wrote automated tests. Did code reviews. Daily standups. Built both component-based and functional components. Used both Redux and React context for data passing. Wrote and consumed graphql. Daily workflow involved multiple repos, multiple local node servers, and multiple delivery environments.

Environment: React, CSS, Redux, GraphQL, Node, Webpack, AWS, Git, Github, Jira, WebStorm, Confluence

Senior Front End Developer

Charter Communications

Sep 2019 - Jan 2021 (1 year 5 months)

Worked on two different full-stack teams in the Agent Portals group, which is responsible for the UI used by all Charter/Spectrum support techs. Maintained existing code, built new features, proposed features and improvements, performed code reviews, participated in daily stand ups. Worked in React using both PureComponent and function components (including hooks). Daily coding in React, ES6, MaterialUI, React Bootstrap. Used a Webpack build system and an internal dependency and service framework, consuming REST APIs. Used a custom state management system rather than Redux.

Environment: React, React Bootstrap, Material UI, Webpack, Node, Git, SpringBoot, IntelliJ, Jira, BitBucket, SwaggerHub

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Sr. Software Engineer

RGAx

Aug 2018 - Jul 2019 (1 year)

Member of full-stack, agile team supporting and developing B2B web app and back end for insurance underwriters around the world. Key technologies are AngularJS, React, Bootstrap, Jasmine, Karma, Webpack, NodeJS, Gradle, REST, Groovy, Spock. Am the lead front-end resource, but all developers work across the stack, developing new features and supporting existing features. Planning for a full React migration is underway. Complex architecture with online and offline modes.

Environment: React, React Bootstrap, Material UI, Webpack, Node, Git, SpringBoot

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Front End Angular and UX/UI Developer (Contractor)

Software Design Partners

Apr 2018 - Jun 2018 (3 months)

Porting a large data-driven legacy app to a single-page web app in Angular and Bootstrap, with daily involvement in Java and SQL backend. Consuming and modifying RESTful APIs. Building a large variety of form-oriented pages using existing and new design solutions. Interfacing closely with backend engineers and reading legacy code to derive requirements. Quick ramp up to an extensive codebase, a legacy environment and a new problem domain (the dating foundry industry).

UX/UI Designer and React Developer (Contractor)

Mastercard

Aug 2017 - Mar 2018 (8 months)

Designed and programmed front-end UIs in React for new and existing Business Intelligence applications, both internal and customer-facing. Integration with WebFOCUS RESTful API and other web services. ES6 and JSX. Quickly productive in a complex technology and security environment.

Environment: React, Redux, ES6, JSX, CreateReactApp, Node, Sublime Text, Remote Desktop, Unix shell, Sketch, Git/BitBucket, Rally agile-management software, Mac and Windows

Front End Developer

freelance

Oct 2016 - Aug 2017 (11 months)

Various projects using AngularJS, AngularJS Materials, React, Bootstrap, Node, Firebase, Flexbox, SASS, Jekyll, GIT, BitBucket, Wordpress and various JS libraries.

Mobile Game Developer

High Games

Apr 2016 - Oct 2016 (7 months)

Programmed 3D and other new features in mobile slot games, cross-compiling AS3 into native apps for iOS and Android. Worked with backend team to define and consume REST services. Installing, testing and debugging on Android. Facebook integration, Gradle build environment, Perforce version control, Android Studio, Atlassian tools (JIRA, SourceTree, Confluence, code reviews, etc)

Front End Developer | Flash Developer

Viacom

Jun 2015 - Dec 2015 (7 months)

Refactoring of HTML5 video player. Support and refactoring of Flash video player. Introduced unit tests and Maven-Ant continuous integration.

Front End Developer | Flash Developer

freelance

Jan 2014 - Jun 2015 (1 year 6 months)

Educational games in HTML5, JS, Dart and PhaseJS. Single-page consumer app using AngularJS with Parse backend. Flash kiosks.

Front End Developer | Flash Developer

Undertone

May 2012 - Oct 2014 (2 years 6 months)

Contributed to the new HTML5 ad framework, built on node. Build responsive ad modules using CSS3, vanilla JS, jQuery, Canvas and numerous libraries. Lead innovator of new responsive ad modules. Refactoring and lead developer on Flash video player. Implemented unit testing, VPAID and VAST, reduced bugs from several per month to zero, added efficiencies to eliminate three Flash support roles.

Environment: HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3, Node, jQuery, Zepto, Canvas, Grunt, Greensock AnimaYon Library, Parsley, Device Camera/Microphone/Sensors, AS3, FlexUnit, Mocha, GIT, Unix Shell, Agile Scrum, Adobe CS

IOS Developer

freelance

Jan 2011 - Dec 2014 (4 years)

Two iPhone apps (unreleased), various iPhone experiments using Swift and ObjectiveC, Flash kiosks. Main APIs explored: CoreData, CoreGraphics, CoreAnimation, UIKit, Swift Standard Library, CoreMotion, FileProvider, CoreText, Speech, CureAudio, AVFoundation, CoreVideo

Front End Developer | Flash Developer

freelance

Sep 2005 - May 2012 (6 years 9 months)

Built consumer-facing interactive products for large brands and agencies. Programming, architecture, UI and graphic design, concept development, documentation

LivingBreathing — Combined Flash front end with WordPress CDN to make Flash sites SEO-friendly, including deep linking

Scholastic — Programmed educational games in Flash and Flex

HubWorld — Programmed Flash wrapper and API for Hasbro's Flash game portal; integrations with Freewheel ad servers and BunchBall metagame system

Sales Graphics — Programmed Flex-based presentation builder

MediaMath — Team lead, architecture and programming on Flex-based web app for real-time ad bidding with two-way data, REST services, dyna

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Flash Developer | UI Designer

SLOOH

May 2002 - Sep 2005 (3 years 5 months)

Designed and programmed consumer-facing live astronomy web app using Flash and Flash Media Server, plus design and programming of HTML web site. Roles included architecture, programming, UI design and concept development. Thousands of simultaneous users. Features included streaming data, data visualization, group chat, whiteboarding, dynamic program schedule, interactive reservation system and streaming radio.

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Front End Developer | Flash Developer | Art Direction

Robert A Becker EURO RSCG

Sep 1999 - Feb 2002 (2 years 6 months)

Created pharmaceutical web sites, detail aids, motion graphics, ads and presentations using HTML, JS, CSS, Flash and Macromedia Director. Supervised 2 developers. Evangelized web sites as a product offering, helped build first dedicated web development team.

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Web Developer

Kirshenbaum Bond Partners

Mar 1999 - Aug 1999 (6 months)

Animated and programmed interactive JavaScript banners. Campaigns included Citibank AAdvantage

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Web Developer

MOOG Interactive

Nov 1998 - Mar 1999 (5 months)

Programmed HTML and Flash web sites. Gathered requirements, wrote specs and proposals

Multimedia Developer

freelance

Jan 1998 - Nov 1998 (11 months)

Designed and programmed online snowboarding/skiing game for J. Crew. Designed and programmed CD-ROMs using Flash and Director (various clients)

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