William Howard
William Howard
William Howard
About
creative software engineer
significant management experience
strategy to technical implementation
leading high performing teams
providing measurable value to clients
Work
Experience
Senior Front End Engineer | Core Experience
-Prototyped LLM-driven AI chatbot that would reduce billable hours for medical providers by 300% using Python, React, and a vector database; innovation presented to 100+ team members at an engineering all-hands and further explored in a C-suite leadership deep dive
-Architected React frontend and Laravel backend systems to enable the dynamic sale and display of net new medical products and categories. Resulting in multiple successful zero to one product launch that generated millions in revenue
-Collaborated with senior leadership to establish engineering competencies by level, leading to actionable career development plans for both managers and technical staff
-Co-led the transition from a monolith to a Next.js monorepo architecture. Building internal tools with Node, Npm, and AWS; configuring TypeScript, Webpack, and the CI with GitHub actions.
Senior Front End Engineer | Growth
-Launched a scalable and responsive new brand using React, Gatsby, and Netlify as the Lead Engineer. Resulting in year over year growth with minimal maintence.
-Created a unified design system with Storybook, streamlining the design and development process with modular components and GraphQL
-Mentor 3-5 peers a year resulting in promotions and awards
Director of Web Development
-Lead technical and non-technical teams building web apps from idea to completion
-Manage a team of 8 frontend developers, backend developers, UI/UX designers
-Received the "Change Agent of the Year" award for creating an interactive, educational component library that substantially expanded our web business, generating millions in revenue
-Led and played a key role in the development of award-winning projects, such as a life skills app for teenagers, a rap battle competition voting app, and an anti-smoking side-scroller game featuring drag queens from RuPaul's show
-Mentor and grow engineers to become craftsmen of their discipline
-Define, build, and lead the backend architecture using Node or PHP
Associate Director of Web Development
Lead up to 4 developers over varies projects using Drupal, Angular, and Vue to update and build multiple national FDA brand sites. Internally push user experience and quality using GSAP and other JS libraries resulting in higher conversions and praise from clients. Translate requirements to responsive web projects in Wordpress, Laravel, and Vue. Maintain apache and node servers using bash and certificate automation.
2016 - 2018 Rescue AgencyDeveloper
Use Drupal, Angular, and Vue to build multiple national FDA projects. Got approval from the FDA to use new technology resulting in future projects being more up to date and saving at least 15 hours per sprint. These presentations also resulted in our company being positioned as experts in that space and resulted in more work in the future.
2014 - 2016 Rescue Agency
Developer
Mentor and on-board new developers and copy writers. Maintain and build Drupal sites using PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JS. Update templates using strategic UX/UI changes to improve revenue streams. Create form validation using JS and PHP. Create dynamic weather widgets and concert search feeds.
2010 - 2014 Bizx
Jr. Developer
Maintain and build sites from scratch using PHP, HTML5, CSS3, and JS. Created web based presentations for online viewing and conferences. Created a robust SEO content campaign resulting in new business from web traffic.
2008 - 2010 CRG Solutions
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