Gerard Willingham
Riverdale
Summary
A front-end developer with a strong focus on JavaScript frameworks and extensive experience across various languages. Looking to leverage expertise in front-end technologies and a growing knowledge of back-end development to create scalable solutions in dynamic environments.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Instructor
ThriveDX
06.2022 - 01.2025
- Lead lectures on front-end development topics, guiding students through basic and advanced concepts in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and UI/UX design
- This was a part time role
Web Developer
Purdue University
01.2024 - 02.2024
- Updated and enhanced websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, improving user experience and site functionality
- Managed their websites using Cascade CMS and WordPress
- Wrote scripts utilizing the Cascade api in PHP
Front End Developer
Plansource
07.2022 - 03.2023
- Developed and optimized views, controllers, and models in Ruby on Rails for the main application, improving performance and user engagement
- Created interactive views and wrote logic for a new mobile app using React and TypeScript
- Integrated data from Rails app into React mobile app via new api endpoints
- Worked with Git to manage multiple projects, ensuring streamlined collaboration, and code versioning
- Used Postman to validate REST api endpoints
Cascade Developer
Purdue University
09.2021 - 03.2022
- Made updates to some of their websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Used Velocity to write scripts that added functionality to static HTML
- Wrote scripts utilizing the Cascade API in PHP
Front End Developer
Toolbox No.9
07.2021 - 10.2021
- Pushed updates to client websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Handled tickets in JIRA related to front end issues on the client websites
- Wrote custom WordPress themes and components
- Created new websites from designs and learned how to host them on WordPress
- Worked with Git to manage multiple projects, ensuring streamlined collaboration, and code versioning
Web Developer
Decatur Pediatric Group
05.2019 - 07.2021
- Updated and enhanced their website using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with a focus on improving the mobile user experience
- Created wireframes using Basalmiq to redesign their website
Web Services Developer
Hannon Hill
06.2017 - 03.2019
- Implemented websites into the proprietary CMS using static files
- Automated content migrations by writing PHP scripts that used REST API
- Developed and updated websites for various clients using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Learned various JavaScript frameworks to work with client websites like Angular and VueJS
Education
B.S. - Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GeorgiaSkills
- JavaScript
- HTML
- CSS
- XML
- Ruby
- React
- TypeScript
- PHP
- WordPress
- SASS
- Angular
- JQuery
- NextJS
- Git
- Docker
- Postman
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- GIMP
- Basalmiq
- Protoshare
Websites
Timeline
Web Developer
Purdue University
01.2024 - 02.2024
Front End Developer
Plansource
07.2022 - 03.2023
Lead Instructor
ThriveDX
06.2022 - 01.2025
Cascade Developer
Purdue University
09.2021 - 03.2022
Front End Developer
Toolbox No.9
07.2021 - 10.2021
Web Developer
Decatur Pediatric Group
05.2019 - 07.2021
Web Services Developer
Hannon Hill
06.2017 - 03.2019
B.S. - Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
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