Professional Experience

EBSCO Information Services, Software Engineer II - C#, November 2021 - present

I work on the team responsible for the LibraryAware product.

Migrate portions of the application's code and data into Amazon Web Services
Migrate product email delivery from on-premises software to Amazon Web Services Simple Email Service
Implement bug fixes and product improvements using C# and React
Participate in planning and refinment of features and user stories

Lazarillo, Full Stack Developer, January 2021 - October 2021

Implemented UI changes to the platform's iOS and Angular web applications to improve the platform's accessibility and performance.
Documented client APIs and integrated them into the application.
Optimized and monitored server costs and performance.

ZTZ Tech Group

Operations Manager, August 2019 - November 2020

Implemented sales pipeline with LinkedIn and Activecampaign, which led to a new client, several free trials of the product, and tens of thousands of dollars from existing clients and programs entering the company.
Developed and implemented content marketing strategy, which resulted in over two-dozen articles on the company website and LinkedIn.
Led team of five interns, providing leadership and professional development. Under my guidance one intern doubled the amount of sales contacts sent and sales meetings scheduled. Another pair of interns each published in-depth articles about the Chilean consumer complaints markets at a rate of one per week.

Full Stack Developer, July 2017 - August 2019

Created and implemented key parts of the company’s product, software for creating documents inside of legal and customer service organizations, including:

A text classification algorithm using Python and ASP.NET to classify user documents
An algorithm using C# to combine sections of multiple documents into one based on user input
Dashboards using ASP.NET and JavaScript to help users understand their data and the systems they represent

Solo Exhibitions

Past & Future, Richmond Main Library, February 2023
Live plotting, Área, July 2021

Group Exhibitions

All Media Show, Art Works, January - February 2024
MRAA Annual Show, Crossroads Art Center, November 2023
The Art Seen Pop-Up Exhibition, November 2023
Coding Creativity, Hera Gallery, October - November 2023
Boyd Realty, October 2023
The Art Seen Art Walk, September 2023
All Media Show, Art Works, August - September 2023
Summer in the City, Metro Richmond Artists Association, June - August 2023
Show At Truist Bank Gallery, MRAA, May 2023
All Media Show, Art Works, April - May 2023
Celebrating Black History Month Through Art, Crossroads Art Center, January - March 2023
MRAA Annual Members Show, November 2022
KLMA Show, October 2022
Design in Motion Festival, October 2022
Portrayed II: d'Art Center's Second National Portraiture Exhibition, d'Art Center, July 2022
The Urban Landscape, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, July 2022
Kind of Blue, Metropolitan Richmond Artists Association, June - August 2022
Where We Live, Richmond In Perspective, Metropolitan Richmond Artists Association, June 2022
May 2022 All Media Show, Honorable Mention, Crossroads Art Center, May 2022
Art Speaks Juried Exhibition 2022, Bay School Community Arts Center, April 2022
March/April Juried All Media Show, Artspace, March 2022
Black History Month, Crossroads Art Center, February 2022
Black History Now II, The Well Art Gallery, February 2022
Environmental Alterations, Loosen Art, September 2021

Membership

RVA YIMBY, Lead
Metropolitan Richmond Artists Association Webmaster

Conferences/Talks

Full STEAM Ahead 2023, CodeVA, June 2023
Gifted Students Workshop (virtual), Tuscaloosa County School System, June 2023
What is Generative Art?, Metropolitan Richmond Artists Association, February 2023
CS Ed Week Launch 2022, CodeVA, December 2022
Full STEAM Ahead 2022, CodeVA, July 2022

Projects

Teotihuacan: NFT artwork collection with accompanying prints. 2022.
Mapocho: An exploration of our connection to rivers. Supported with generative artwork based on photos of the Mapocho River in Santiago. 2021.
Photography, Creative Coding, & the Copy Function: E-book explaining how to make photo-based generative artwork. 2021.
How I Made It: E-book sharing code & explanations of my generative artwork. 2020.
Lord’s Prayer Levenshtein Distance: Report analyzing the Levenshtein distance of the words in the Lord’s Prayer in various Romance languages. 2019.