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	<h1>Greetings!</h1>
	<p>Steven is a web engineer living in sunny Seattle with his wife, son, and cat. He works at The New York Times helping to build products that grow subscriber value.</p>
	<p>Previously, he was with The Seattle Times, University of Washington Marketing & Communications, and Nebraska's NPR & PBS station.</p>
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  <h2>Experience</h2>
  <p><span class="bold" style="font-size: 1.1rem;">Senior Software Engineer</span>, The New York Times, Oct 2018 - present</p>
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    <li>Tech lead a rebuild of NYT Games landing page, gather consensus on technical stack, and roadmap milestones</li>
    <li>Engineer web application & private CMS UIs with APIs resolving internal data stores and GraphQL backends on 0-to-1 NYT Parenting product</li>
    <li>Mentor, coach, and goal set with interns, associate engineers, and mentee</li>
    <li>Contribute web scrapers to Pulitzer Prize winning NYT Covid tracking project</li>
    <li>Accelerate time to production with CI pipelines that empower engineers to ship code multiple times per day</li>
    <li>Implement A/B tests, including an introducing a registration wall to the Mini Crossword</li>
    <li>Collaborate across platforms to debug and fix a web view entitlement bug in the iOS & Android NYT apps</li>
    <li>Conduct tech interviews/screenings and onboard software engineers</li>
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  <p><span class="bold" style="font-size: 1.1rem;">Lead Instructor</span>, University of Washington, Mar 2021 - present</p>
      
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    <li>Instruct self-paced course in Professional & Continuing Education’s Certificate in Frontend Development</li>
    <li>Facilitate office hours, grade assignments, and respond to emails on topics of JavaScript and Advanced CSS</li>
    <li>Advise and guide career changers, adult learners, and other nontraditional students</li>
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  <p><span class="bold" style="font-size: 1.1rem;">Software Engineer</span>, The Seattle Times, Aug 2016 - Oct 2018</p>
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    <li>Lead front-end development for a single-page application newsroom planning tool </li>
    <li>Engineer a dashboard for seattletimes.com admins to manage creation and display of reader-facing messages</li>
    <li>Research, document, and build a paywall including dynamic metering that helps to increase subscription rates</li>
    <li>Support reader-facing web app and newsroom-facing CMS in partnership with product and design functions</li>
    <li>Identify and implement performance improvements to reduce first meaningful paint from 3s to less than 2s</li>
    <li>Evangelize and develop company-wide UI pattern library</li>
    <li>Perform code reviews and encourage team-wide engineering best practices and documentation</li>
    <li>Participate and advocate for team and individual processes during Scrum ceremonies</li>
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  <p><span class="bold" style="font-size: 1.1rem;">Front End Developer</span>, University of Washington, July 2015 - Aug 2016</p>
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    <li>Launch a fresh hr.uw.edu and WordPress-powered CMS</li>
    <li>Collaborate with lead designer to ensure UIs follow UW’s design guidelines</li>
    <li>Liaise as lead development expert to project teams and stakeholders</li>
    <li>Organize and present at UW’s Front-end Community of Practice</li>
    <li>Ensure internal and external web applications adhere to WCAG AA and AAA conformity</li>
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  <p><span class="bold" style="font-size: 1.1rem;">Producer & Web Developer</span>, Nebraska's NPR, Aug 2012 - Jul 2015</p>
  <ul>
    <li>Design and develop interactive web experiences</li>
    <li>Re-design website and custom WordPress development</li>
    <li>Automate workflow for management of 4TB+ of imagery</li>
    <li>Manage a team of 4-6 student interns and production assistants</li>
    <li>Present project mission and work to general public and expert audiences</li>
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  <p><span class="bold" style="font-size: 1.1rem;">Projectionist</span>, Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, Sep 2009 - Jul 2012</p>
  <ul>
    <li>Screened 35mm, 16mm and various digital format films</li>
    <li>Operated large projectors and monitored film and digital equipment</li>
    <li>Assisted in transition to full-digital cinema theatre</li>
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  <h2>Education</h2>
  
  <p><span class="bold">Bachelor of Arts</span> / University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 2012</p>
  <p>Majors: Environmental Studies & Film Studies; Minor: Mathematics</p>
  <p class="gray" style="font-size: .9rem;"><em>Additional Areas of Study: Computer Science (2 yrs) & Journalism (2 yrs)</em></p>
  
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  <p><strong>some writing:</strong> <a href="/writing/schanelec">schanelec</a> | <a href="/writing/kitty-tv">screenplay short #1</a> | <a href="/writing/what-it-means-to-be-green">screenplay short #2</a> </p>
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