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Joseph Hess

Full Stack Developer

Project Manager

Professional Summary:
Team oriented web developer and project manager. A level-headed mature thinker and communicator that loves problem solving.

Technologies:

Full Stack Javascript, React, Redux, Mongo, Express, AWS S3, Ruby, Rails, Postgres,JQuery, Git
Key Qualities:
  • Excellent at bridging the gap between the business and development sides
  • Able to balance writing code and project management duties
  • Anticipate business needs and work to create solution set with stakeholders
  • Entrepreneurial self-starter
  • Put my team members first while keeping everyone focused on the business’ needs
  • Love writing simple, clean code

Professional Experience:

Code for Pdx - Record Expunge Project

Current:
Open Source
  • Building out react frontend

Thinkful - Full Stack Engineering Immersion Classes

Aug 2018 - Dec 2018
Learn full stack Javascript
  • Pair programming daily with a different pair each day
  • Build out small apps using React/Redux/Express and either Mongo or Postgres

Osmose Design - Cofounder: Business & Project Management

Apr 2006 - Dec 2017:
Run the business side of things, negotiate contracts, finances
Manage high end residential design and construction projects and commercial build-outs.
  • Doubled net profit while reducing client load
  • Managed complicated communication during contract negotiation
  • Work with staff to eliminate losses experienced in certain parts of the business
  • Implement time-tracking, budgeting & reporting resulting in additional profits
  • Implement systems to make design side of business less stressful

Fiduciary Benchmarks - Ruby Developer & Project Manager

Fall 2013 - Fall 2015
Hired for a 3 month contract that turned into full-time. Responsibilities ranged from writing ruby CLI for importing client data to analyzing future business requirements with an eye towards solving problems before they came up.
  • Work daily with product owner defining work / issues / opportunities
  • Manage our offshore team dealing with both software and language barrier communication issues to meet deadlines and minimize rework
  • Write OO ruby code daily
  • Work with development team to meet crucial business deadlines
  • Fostered communication and trust through tough transition periods

Portland Code School

Summer 2013
A programming “bootcamp” designed to get students employer-ready as jr. web developers teaching Ruby on Rails, Testing, Ruby, Git, Javascript, Sinatra, Pair Programming, Agile methodologies, and more.
  • Build Youpayed.us site to help developers choose an integration for their subscription payment management provider. Built with Ruby on Rails integrating with Stripe, Recurly, Cheddargetter, and Chargify using Ajax, Javascript, Postgres, Bootstrap.
  • Migrate 28dayhug.com site from wordpress & recurly payments to Ruby on Rails & Stripe payments with custom client account areas and business-specific subscription code for billing on irregular cycles. Used the whenever gem for cron scheduling.
  • On the hobby side; just getting into web connected devices. Working on creating a web-controlled bbq utilizing BeagleBone Black (raspberry pi clone) and Ruby on Rails for both parent app and individual bbq “nodes”.

Founder: Good & Lovely

Jan 2011 - Nov 2012
My first web-based business attempt. We delivered chocolate, tea, beauty samples and feminine care to our members. This is where I learned the pain in subscription management. I started without the ability to even edit html or css. Although we were growing ok and it was making money, I could tell it was not going to scale well enough so shut it down.
  • Featured on the Today show
  • Worked with brands like Proctor & Gamble and Mighty Leaf Tea
  • Went into unknown territory where I wasn’t “my own customer” and created an engaging and loved business with passionate members

Owner: Winery Tools

2000 - 2006
Built equipment for the Oregon wine industry
  • Built everything from small tools to large wine tanks
  • Sold my first tanks before ever having built a tank in my life
  • Meet hard deadlines before harvest
  • Clients included some of the best in industry like Ken Wright Cellars, Domain Serene, Ponzi etc.