Matthew Holmes
Colorado Springs, United States
Summary
Resolute and adaptable full-stack Python developer with two years of programming experience. Enthusiastic about personal improvement and helping others achieve their best work while creating sustainable, scalable, user-friendly products.
Favorite Python Packages:
Django Framework, Beautiful Soup, numpy, celery, channels.
Experience
March 2018 – Current Software Developer, Freelance - Built & deployed web application for travel community with over 1 million users with Django/React
- Develop suite of services to add business value to ecommerce & service professionals
- Adapt to different languages, tools & APIs needed for diverse client & platforms
- Build Shopify and WordPress themes & plugins to better suite needs of shop owners & integrate custom functionality
- Collaborate with, organize, mentor & train small team of software engineers to complete larger scale projects
- Manage customer relations & expectations & present clear design & function project proposals
- Leverage economic & design knowledge to help owners create a brand story & strategy
- Manage technical communications with clients & account managers
- Regular troubleshooting of platform & server issues for community of 100+
- Develop & implement efficient Devops workflows
Build & design highly scalable & responsive websites & E-commerce shops for small businesses in WordPress, Shopify, Lightspeed & single page web applications |
March 2015 – January 2019 Policy Advisor II, AAA Oregon/Idaho Measurable contributions: Reduced IT phone call time by 150 mins per week, Decreased Workman’s comp claims by advising on ergonomic best practices - Assisted Supervisor with KPI reports
- Provide exceptional customer service to club members
- Leverage Microsoft Office to track trends and improve personal metrics
- Run real time analysis of money saving opportunities to drive customer retention
- Lead team building exercises and mentored incoming staff
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January 2014 – March 2015 Office Manager, State Farm Measurable Contributions: Manage 5000+ household book of business, saved average 3 hours productive time per day by cleaning up and streamlining daily service log |