Paulsen Marketing
Director of Digital Development
2016 - 2019
- Oversee all web development projects
- Lead development on complex projects
- Foster professional development of team members
- Provide internal and external technical consultation, acting as a liaison between agency account service personnel and client technical contacts
- Work with analytics, marketing automation, and ad-ops teams to facilitate cohesive integrated marketing campaigns
- Overhauled estimation and proposal writing process to increase accuracy and efficiency
- Spearheaded transition from WordPress to Craft CMS; including developer, account service, and client education
- Architect and maintain a highly-available, fault-tolerant, and performant hosting infrastructure on Amazon Web Services
Technical Lead
2013 - 2016
- Advocated for best practices to push the company forward in the areas of security, privacy, and overall innovation
- Determined technologies best suited for each project
- Advised management team on all technical aspects of the organization
Web Application Engineer / UI Architect
2012 - 2013
- Created and maintained complex, performant, and usable websites and web applications
- Collaborated with designers and creative directors to optimize user interfaces
Front-End Web Developer
2010 - 2012
- Worked with back-end developers to create sites for a variety of clients
- Created the agency’s first mobile app
- Coordinated transition from an in-house email server to Google Apps
Coffea Roasterie
Co-Founder, Vice President, Director of Coffee
2008 - 2010
- Coordinated the opening of the company’s first retail location including floor plans, equipment selection, signage, and staff hiring
- Created brand identity, which has achieved national recognition
- Negotiated contracts for raw coffee purchase in order to insure consistent, high-quality product supply in an often volatile coffee market
- Refined and documented coffee roasting techniques
- Designed, developed, and maintained the company’s websites and ecommerce presence
- Led and facilitated menu development from conception to execution
- Fostered relationships with business to business clients
- Supervised 20 employees
Great Plains Coffee Roasting Company
Manager / Head Roaster
2004 - 2008
- Roasted coffee for retail and wholesale operations
- Managed team of employees at multiple locations
Technical Skills
- Craft CMS
- WordPress
- Vue.js
- React
- AngularJS
- Git
- HTML5 / CSS3
- JavaScript
- Gulp / Grunt / Webpack
- PHP
- MySQL
- Dev Ops (Chef, AWS)
- Photoshop / Illustrator
General Skills
- Web Development
- API Integrations
- Digital Marketing
- SEO
- Content Architecture
- Product Development
- User-Interface Design
- Change Management
- Web Performance