hello and welcome to chousmith.dev

Looking for Alex Chousmith, senior tech lead and full-stack developer in america’s finest city? Great, you made it. However if you are looking to find more chousmiths, your best bet is probably to jump down to the last section. Or something.
...they don‘t have full site access yet...

chousmith.dev

alex chousmithdirector + full-stack engineer

building and architecting hopes and dreams on these internets and beyond.

technical skills

programming

JavaScript, Vue.js, Angular, React, Node.js, jQuery, CSS, SCSS, HTML, PHP, C#, .NET, API design, Site architecture

Softwares

atom, Visual Studio, Git, Adobe CS, Office 365, Jira, Confluence, WordPress, Drupal, Kentico, GitHub, Salesforce, NetSuite

more buzz words

Agile, Cloud, Azure, AWS, SQL, MySQL, NoSQL, Redshift, SASS, SAAS, MEAN, Gulp, Grunt, Webpack, Material, atomic

experience

Teradata: Senior Technical Web Development Lead 2020 – Present

Building and leading an in house digital marketing web dev team with full service agency capability
Optimizing Vue.js, C# backend with Web Forms and MVC, HTML5, CSS, and APIs for Performance and Search Engine Optimization
Architecting and executing 2021 rebuild from Kentico 12 Web Form CMS to Kentico 13 MVC with .NET Core in Azure Cloud
Rebuilt custom solutions optimizing from Eloqua and Brightcove APIs
Moved DevOps infrastructure from running out of an on-premise office over to Azure DevOps, SVN to Git, Jira, Confluence, and TeamCity
Mentoring team of engineers with weekly 1-1s & performance reviews

AbacusNext: Director of Web Development 2017 – 2020

Leading in house web marketing and UX for one of the Fastest Growing Companies in San Diego
Working daily between Automation, Marketing, and Product Development teams
Developing and leading in Node.js, Angular, Material design, Drupal, WordPress, and more
Iterating and improving on tools and systems used by 10,000+ companies and millions of users around the world

Ninthlink, Inc.: Lead Developer 2006 – 2016

Lead Developer for an Interactive Agency providing full Design + Development + Marketing solutions
Over a decade of experience developing for > 100 clients, across a whole array of environments
Architecting full scale Content Management System solutions in WordPress and Drupal
Overseeing teams of other Developers, both in-house and outsourced
Working closely with Designers. Marketers, and Managers, to find optimal solutions to business problems
Defining Product / Project Requirements and Technical Specifications documentation
Maintaining said documentation and tracking tasks, issues, bugs, progress, and time in JIRA and Confluence systems...
... and in Google Docs, Sheets, TeamworkPM, and FogBugz before those
jQuery / JavaScript & CSS3 to match & exceed designers’ hopes and dreams in animations & AJAX “cool factor”
Years of experience with Search Engine Optimization for international brands like Jacuzzi and Qualcomm
Expertise in building HTML rich Email blasts, maintaining design excellence across varying delivery platforms
Ensuring consistent user experiences cross-browser
Consultant to Qualcomm to ensure Internet Explorer compatibility and accessibility on multiple internal & external sites
Developing Direct Marketing pages and sales funnels tied to both eCommerce and lead management systems
Developing modular plugins and themes for reuse and resale for both WordPress and Drupal

UCSD ResNet: Lead / Residential Computing Consultant 2003 – 2006

Helping on-campus students with all variety of computer problems, from virus removal to email & gaming setup
2 years experience in the trenches of Customer Service
1 year as a Lead in charge of training new RCCs in all aspects of network connectivity, virus and spyware removal, hardware installation, and general knowledge of Mac OS X
Designated “webmaster” in charge of all updates to resnet.ucsd.edu during that time

education

BA in Mathematics – Computer Science, with a Minor in Interdisciplinary Computing, Arts & Music (“ICAM”)
University of California, San Diego 2001 – 2005
...basically, a Computer Science degree without the extra GE’s of Chem and Physics to make it a BS, with Maths instead.

work / portfolio

here are some things i am proud to have helped build

Device Showcase

Touch screen + API-driven apps for tradeshows and Qualcomm Museum: 100’s of devices with Q chips.
· API Design · CSS · Drupal · Git · jQuery · PHP

Tritium Security

API design and implementation in PHP back and AngularJS front for security dashboard with data in AWS.
· AngularJS · API Design · AWS · Bootstrap · Git · PHP