Founder & Web Developer, Self-Employed | June 2025 - Present | (Remote)

Two separate ventures under one roof: a freelance web development practice serving small-business clients, and an independently owned and operated e-commerce business.

Freelance Web Development

• Build custom-coded and CMS-based websites for small-business clients, recommending the platform that fits each client's goals, audience, and budget (custom code, Shopify, WordPress, or another system) rather than defaulting to one toolset or a personal preference.
• Design and test every build for WCAG 2.1 conformance, cross-checking across multiple independent accessibility tools rather than trusting a single automated scan, alongside manual review of color contrast, alternative text, form labeling, keyboard navigation, and mobile tap-target sizing. WebAIM's 2026 study found detectable failures of this kind on roughly 96% of home pages, and they are an increasingly common trigger for accessibility demand letters against small businesses.
• Develop mobile-first, responsive layouts and verify them on real phones, tablets, and browsers rather than a single simulator, since a device-specific bug or a slow mobile load turns real visitors away before a page finishes rendering.
• Favor clean semantic HTML, genuine performance and image-optimization testing, and correct sitemap, robots, and descriptive meta-tag configuration over page-builder bloat, so sites load quickly and are indexed correctly from day one.
• Diagnose problems to their root cause and fix what is actually broken, rather than masking symptoms with accessibility overlays or one-off visual patches. I apply the same methodical, verify-and-test process I built doing complex automotive diagnostic work: reproduce the fault, isolate it through structured testing, then confirm the fix, rather than guess and check.

Independent E-Commerce Venture

• Built and customized a Shopify storefront using Liquid, custom filtering and taxonomy architecture, and metafield-driven product data structures.
• Led performance and accessibility optimization on the storefront, including Lighthouse auditing, image-compression workflows, color-contrast testing, and WCAG-compliant mobile tap-target sizing via custom Liquid edits.
• Manage multi-channel sales operations, including platform-specific pricing strategy, cross-listing workflows, shipping and fulfillment integration, and domain/DNS management.
• Manage inventory and product photography, using AI-assisted workflows and graphics-editing software to help shape final product designs, alongside creative direction for brand identity and marketing materials.
• Established and manage core business operations independently, including registered agent and privacy protection, licensing, tax compliance, and business banking.

Web Developer and Consultant at NetRaising | March 2024 - June 2025 | (Remote)

• Built and launched responsive websites in ExpressionEngine, an enterprise CMS, for nonprofit clients, combining CMS templating (tags, conditional logic, custom fields) with custom front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), MachForm integration, and server-side tasks such as DNS, subdomain, and TLS certificate configuration.
• Consulted with clients on project scope, features, and web-publishing best practices, translating stakeholder goals and designers' artwork into build-ready specifications.
• Built web accessibility into the foundation of every project (semantic structure, color contrast, keyboard operability, and screen-reader behavior) rather than bolting it on afterward, alongside organic SEO and performance work, then validated every site through peer code review and multiple independent accessibility, markup, and speed tools before launch.
• Applied lean, low-bandwidth development practices, a lightweight CSS framework, lazy loading, image optimization, and minimal scripting, for faster mobile performance and a smaller energy footprint.
• Delivered full site builds for Open Adoption & Family Services, the Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board, and AtoZ Staffing, each responsive across phone, tablet, and desktop.
• Trained content managers and provided ongoing content editing and troubleshooting across more than a dozen active nonprofit client sites, including Returning Veterans Project, Portland Youth Philharmonic, the Coalition of Community Health Clinics, and REACH CDC, spanning healthcare, veterans services, crisis support, affordable housing, and arts.

Website & Technology Manager at Seaside Sustainability | Jan 2023 - July 2023 | (Remote from Seattle, WA to Gloucester, MA)

• Led a Web & Tech team of 5-8, overhauling and restructuring the department following approximately six months without dedicated leadership, implementing Agile and Scrum frameworks along with kanban to establish organized workflows and a consistent delivery cadence.
• Served as a Department Manager, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Front-end Web Developer, Project Manager, and a liaison between different departments in order to facilitate and support the needs of a diverse, globally remote team for a large non-profit organization.
• Rapidly and efficiently acquired proficiency in using a diverse range of software and tools, such as Trello, Wix Editor X, Zapier, Google Workspaces, Miro, Figma, Canva, MailerLite, Little Green Light, and Airtable, among other applications.
• Guided and mentored my team in implementing responsive web design best practices and effectively utilizing tools to accomplish tasks.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to perform heuristic evaluations, effectively identifying user needs and pain points, then analyzed the feedback to implement targeted improvements and innovative design solutions.