My name is Drew.
I’m a front-end-focused, full-stack craftsman focused on making software that matters and creating tools that empower users.
Let’s build something together.
My approach
I’ve worn many hats in my 20+ years as a software engineer, leader, and consultant. While my knowledge and experience cover a wide-range of topics, I strive to embody the “t-shaped” developer. I consider myself a specialist in several areas:
- Team leadership and transformation
- Full-stack Javascript development
- Design systems
- Service-oriented architecture
- CI/CD and automation
Tools I Use
Solid foundations in vanilla Javascript, semantic HTML and scalable CSS have enabled me to successfully lead teams using a variety of front-end technologies, as well as role up my sleeves and ship lots of code myself.
Here are some tools I’ve been using recently:
And here are some others that either accentuate the gray in my beard or aren't glamorous enough to merit an icon:
My Experience
If you’re interested in my formal resume, here it is as a .pdf or .docx.
- Company
- Curology
- Location
- San Francisco, California
- Duration
- - Present
Staff Engineer
- Partnered with UX to define, design, and build a robust design system backed by React components and reusable Tailwind CSS design tokens, providing engineers with a single source of truth for building UIs
- Pioneered new methodologies for building RESTful APIs with Express.js while creating a system for business partners to manage product details, reducing time to market for new products
- Architected new company-wide approach for building UIs with Next.js inside a monorepo, enabling faster development and better end-user performance and SEO
- Provided mentorship and code review for developers of all levels, helping to grow the team and improve the quality of our codebase
- Advocated for and implemented new tools and processes to improve developer experience, including migrating parts of the CI/CD pipeline to GitHub Actions, and adopting Playwright for integration testing
- Company
- Olo
- Location
- New York, New York
- Duration
Staff Engineer
- Lead development of hybrid mobile app using CapacitorJS, replacing legacy mobile apps and saving over $2MM in estimated engineering costs
- Pioneered new methodologies for effective end-to-end testing of complex customer workflows, leveraging Playwright to reduce time to deploy new tests
- Company
- Olo
- Location
- New York, New York
- Duration
Engineering Manager
- Managed multiple teams and projects, successfully stewarding company-wide engineering initiatives and collaborating with Product and Design cross-functionals to deliver new ordering features to end-users
- Played active role in adoption of Agile at Olo, creating training materials and promoting organization-wide improvements by example
- Company
- projekt202
- Location
- Addison, Texas
- Duration
Director of Technology
- Lead development efforts on over $5MM of development work, delivering successful, on-time outcomes for multiple clients
- Developed standardized role definitions and a performance evaluation tool to align internal stakeholders to well-defined career paths
- Created new tool for estimating work to ensure accurate planning and messaging during the sales and delivery processes
- Coordinated staffing of developers and architects across all projects and clients, with a focus on proactively combating "burn out"
- Company
- Capital One
- Location
- Plano, Texas
- Duration
Manager, Design Technology
- Spearheaded information architecture and UI component library creation for the expansion of dealer platform handling over $500MM in loan originations
- Trained team of backend developers in modern front-end practices with Angular 4, Redux and Sass during full re-architecture of foundational sales tool
- Constructed high-fidelity prototypes of new dealer tools to validate functionality enhancements with actual users, reducing cost and time to market for new features
- Championed Agile methodologies to foster collaboration and transparency between design, development and product teams
- Company
- projekt202
- Location
- Addison, Texas
- Duration
Managing Architect
- Architected design system for multi-billion dollar enterprise client, providing a roadmap for user interface unification across a diverse product suite
- Collaborated with business development team to build new client relationships and estimate scopes of work, helping to successfully secure many new projects
- Evaluated potential team members' cultural fit, technical proficiency and consulting skills to grow development team
- Effectively managed team of developers across multiple projects, with a focus on growth of consulting and technical skills
- Company
- Drewloomer.com LLC
- Location
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Duration
Freelance Front-End Architect
- Successfully positioned development capabilities and industry expertise to seek and win new business opportunities and secure long-term retainer contracts
- Developed mobile-first web quiz for the Australian national government to promote national organ and tissue donation initiative
- Partnered with the University of Michigan Health System to develop interactive Facebook applications, increasing visibility of online community
- Company
- Hook Studios
- Location
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Duration
Senior Web Developer
- Constructed award-winning applications in partnership with Google Creative Lab to generate interest in and drive trial of the Chromecast source development kit
- Developed branded online experience to publish pre-scheduled content in support of Oreo's "Cookie vs. Creme" Super Bowl campaign, increasing impact of ad buy
- Integrated real-time fundraising with branded materials for Toyota's "Tundra Endeavour" campaign, generating over $400,000 in gifts to the California Science Center
- Conceptualized and developed cutting edge mobile advertising experiences for Target's "Summer Up" campaign to differentiate brand from competitive retailers
- Evangelized next-generation development practices using tools like gulp.js, Browserify, Ember and npm to improve internal efficiency and collaboration
- Company
- Perich Advertising + Design
- Location
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Duration
Lead Web Developer
- Managed web development team's production of concurrent client website builds and advertisement deployments to effectively address tight timelines and budgets
- Advised clients and internal creative team on digital best practices to better conceptualize promotions, campaigns and digital materials
- Developed social media application for regional bank client, resulting in record growth earnings, national press coverage and over 500% increase in Facebook following
- Restructured and maintained internal servers, development environments and procedures to improve asset security and reduce agency downtime
- Company
- West Bloomfield Township Public Library
- Location
- West Bloomfield, Michigan
- Duration
Website Specialist
- Company
- Drewloomer.com LLC
- Location
- Michigan
- Duration
Freelance Web Developer
Brands I’ve worked with
I consider the ability to rapidly assimilate industry context one of my greatest strengths. From healthcare to banking, airlines to consumer goods, I’ve plied my craft for a variety of companies.
Here are just a few:
About Me
I’m a hands-on front-end architect with full-stack experience and a passion for leadership. I love exploring new technologies and know how to balance them with battle-tested alternatives, seeing both the big picture and fine details. I pride myself on solving the business problems of today without sacrificing the scalability and testability tomorrow will need.
I’ve lead teams of designers and developers in delivering over $25MM in complex software. I work closely with product owners and UX partners to translate business requirements into clear development tasks. I leverage my project management experience to keep teams focused on solving real user and business problems, translating designs into code and minimizing technical debt. I can lead by example, or step back to provide technical oversight and mentorship.
I’m a remote worker, beard wearer, record collector and dad.
- Husband
- Dad
- Nerd
- Flanders
Contact me
Drop me a line, give me a call or find me around the web.
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