Designer.
Programmer.
Photographer.

About Me

I've been professionally designing and developing for over 8 years with a focus on producing scalable single-page web apps. My goal is to build a beautifully interactive web apps with optimal UI/UX for the users.

Specialties

• Building Server-Side Rendered (SSR) web apps that scales without a performance hit using tools like Next.js, Mobx, Koa, and more.
• Developing a cohesive component library with optimal usability, accessibility, and responsiveness using tools like React, Emotion, Pose, Storybook, and more.
• Mastery of Git including Gitflow with an experience of managing enterprise app deployments with 10+ devs working on the same repo at the same time.
• Meeting WCAG 2.0 guideline to build accessible web apps and pages to improve usability and serve people with many kinds of disabilities.
• Expertise in Schema.org, Twitter Card, Open Graph, and other ways to optimize for SEO and shareability.
• Real world experiences of solving complex problems associated with datetime / timezone (Luxon, Moment, date-fns) and location (Mapbox, Google Maps, Leaflet, Turf, Geolocation).
• Design web app UI and branding materials using tools like Figma, Adobe Suites, and more.

Hobbies

• Photography of people, objects, and nature. Some of them are released as commercially-free stock photos via Unsplash.
• Wedding videography with my wife, check out Terada Films for the portfolio.

Works

• Co-Founder at Zapiary

  Aug 2018 - Present

  Zapiary is a social community platform focused on bringing people and organizations with a shared purpose together in creative ways.

  As a Co-Founder, I'm responsible for Branding, UI/UX Design, and Front-End Development of our services.

• Front-End Developer Lead at Fresh Consulting

  Jan 2010 - Jun 2018 (8 yrs 6 mos)

  Fresh Consulting is an integrated consulting team of designers, developers, and engineers that builds fresh experiences people love.

  As a Front-End Developer Lead, I led and developed Single-Page Web Apps for clients including Fortune 250 company.

  • Developed 5 enterprise SPAs and 100+ marketing/lead-gen websites
  • Spoke at conferences, meet-ups, and code camps on topics including programming, creativity, and career development.
  • Led a team of developers (30+) including technical training sessions, career development planning, performance reviews, and more.

Favorites

• Books & Audiobooks

  Books & Audiobooks worth reading

• Quotes

  Quotes that inspire my work

• Developer Humors

  Developer humors that are funny and true