A little bit about me...

The very first time I took a coding class, I hated it! I was frustrated by the precise exactitudes of coding languages, and I was ignorant of the plethora of learning resources available. Instead I just focused on studying the humanities, which was my major at the time. After graduating from Brigham Young University in 2012, I moved on to a master's program in art history at the University of Utah. After writing a thesis on a Japanese drum, focusing on the intersection of traditional arts, international commerce and modern warfare, I began my search for work in museums and art galleries. My search was unfruitful.

Unsure of what to do for a career, I learned about coding boot camps and the abundance of job opportunities in tech. I had developed a solid work ethic in grad school, so I picked up some books on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and started by coding out copies of websites I found online. I was instantly hooked! Shortly after discovering the fun and challenge of writing code, I took my first coding course at Salt Lake Community College, which I completed in 2016. A few months after that, I got my first coding job at Hydro Engineering in South Salt Lake.

As a dedicated web developer in the marketing team, I was free to focus entirely on improving the website. I learned SEO best practices, the importance of consistent visual branding, and parsing JSON data. I also did some backend work using PHP and MySQL (and a little bit of Python too). I didn't get a lot of tickets coming down from the top, so I had to find ways to keep myself busy. I implemented the Bootstrap library to establish a flawless layout on both desktop and mobile, built a product comparison app using local storage, and spearheaded a major branding update that is still in use today.

After 18 months, my desire to increase my coding skills grew, and I enrolled in another coding bootcamp through the University of Utah. Having already established a solid foundation on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, I learned React, Node.js, and database integration. I also finally learned how to use GitHub! A team of fellow students and I developed a complete MERN stack app for our final project. Feeling confident in my newfound skills, I started looking for a new role that offered more challenges and opportunities.

In summer of 2019, I started at Ivanti as a frontend developer. It was my first time working on a full dev team, which exponentially accelerated my career growth. The team changed over the years, but I was able to learn something from each of them. As part of the marketing department, we frequently collaborated with creative designers, project managers, content editors, and executive leadership. With a website as large as Ivanti's, and with as many people contributing to it, we had tickets coming in all the time, from minor stylistic adjustments to major overhauls.

One of my first big projects was overseeing the site's rebranding, creating flexible and reusable XML templates with accompanying SCSS. I was responsible for code cleanup, visual consistency, and architectural improvements. Ivanti would see several additional branding updates during my time there, all of which I took ownership of. Because Ivanti is an international company with a wide-ranging customer base, optimizing the UX/UI and debugging applications for multiple operating systems, browsers, devices, and languages.

After a few years, my responsibilities expanded. I was promoted to senior developer, had a new frontend developer to mentor, and had more opportunities to create meaningful improvements to the site. I gained an eye for detail, pattern recognition, and creative solutions to complex problems. I decreased reliance on third party libraries, reduced load times, and shipped measurable performance improvements, which in turn led to decreased bounce rates, greater customer conversion, and increased sales.

My very first exposure to Vue.js and AI coding tools came when I was tasked with creating an icon library for internal use. But after a few tutorials and experimentation, I delivered a complete app that utilized API calls, keyword searches, file manipulation (attributes like size, color, file-type), and downloading multiple resources simultaneously. I was able to fast-track the development process by using GitHub Copilot, which I directed with precise and clear prompts. My newly developed app enabled users to easily maintain visual branding in important customer-facing presentations.

In January of 2026, I was unfortunately caught up in a departmental restructuring that ended my time at Ivanti. But after taking time to learn new skills I'm developing every day, I'm ready to re-enter the workforce as a frontend or even fullstack developer in marketing or software engineering!

So what's next?

I'm accepting any and all challenges!

Send me an email or contact me on LinkedIn, and let's talk about what I can do for your team!