Chris J Mears
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ABOUT ME
Full Stack Web Developer. Technical Advisor for Non-Technical Founders
Full Stack Web Developer. Technical Advisor for Non-Technical Founders
I am a software engineer consultant, entrepreneur, and technologist with over 15 years of experience in web development, UI / UX, IT, and telecomm with start-ups, non-profits, and Fortune 500 companies. I've held roles such as Front End Web Engineer, Web Software Developer, IT Manager, Project Manager, and Telecom Specialist. Along with co-founding an Internet start-up, I've architected and maintained several websites and content management systems, developed e-commerce platforms, integrated cross-platform invoicing systems, and organized social media, SEO, and online advertising strategies. Specialties: web development, front end development, e-commerce, online advertising, display advertising, social media, project management, SEO, SEM, usability and QA testing.
English
Pacific Time (US & Canada) (-07:00)
Joined October 2017
EXPERTISE
15 years experience
I have 15 years of experience with HTML & CSS cross-browser compatibility, including mobile web. While I use frameworks such as Bootstrap...
I have 15 years of experience with HTML & CSS cross-browser compatibility, including mobile web. While I use frameworks such as Bootstrap and Foundation for quick prototyping, I also like to build my own pages from the ground up.
8 years experience
I've written and maintained several Ruby codebases based on numerous frameworks and versions from 1.9.3 to 2.4. Half of my work has been ...
I've written and maintained several Ruby codebases based on numerous frameworks and versions from 1.9.3 to 2.4. Half of my work has been with older codebases and half has been with cutting-edge Ruby on Rails applications. My experience ranges from writing APIs to debugging some of the gnarliest spaghetti code in existence.
8 years experience
I've worked with numerous companies on their front-end interface integrations and have used several frameworks and tools along the way; c...
I've worked with numerous companies on their front-end interface integrations and have used several frameworks and tools along the way; complex single-page applications using ES6, Express, React, Redux, and Mocha for testing with a Ruby on Rails back-end to simple UI interactions with vanilla JavaScript.
10 years experience
As with Ruby, half of my experience has been with older codebases and half has been with more modern PHP frameworks such as Laravel. I de...
As with Ruby, half of my experience has been with older codebases and half has been with more modern PHP frameworks such as Laravel. I developed a custom CakePHP app, maintained an older Zend Framework 1 codebase (along with implementing a zero-downtime deployment process), and coded a microservice API.
5 years experience
I have experience implementing a WooCommerce store, developing custom themes and plugins, and assisting with SEO and hosting choices.
I have experience implementing a WooCommerce store, developing custom themes and plugins, and assisting with SEO and hosting choices.
8 years experience
Most of my experience has been with Git (RIP svn). I have experience with both the Github and Gitflow workflows. My favorite commands are...
Most of my experience has been with Git (RIP svn). I have experience with both the Github and Gitflow workflows. My favorite commands are `git add -p` and `push --force-with-lease origin HEAD` (which I have aliased to `git yolo`)
15 years experience
I've been working with databases ever since I started coding 15 years ago. The type of database changes depending on the project. I have ...
I've been working with databases ever since I started coding 15 years ago. The type of database changes depending on the project. I have database architecture and complex SQL query experience.
REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS
(1 reviews)
jenn
February 2018
Chris is patient and helped me with what I needed. Would definitely book another session with him.
EMPLOYMENTS
Owner
Wandering Leaf Studios, LLC
2014-05-01-Present
Wandring Leaf Studios LLC (formerly CJM Consulting LLC) is a small web technology consultancy.
* Full-stack web development (HTML/CSS, J...
Wandring Leaf Studios LLC (formerly CJM Consulting LLC) is a small web technology consultancy.
* Full-stack web development (HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, WordPress, Ruby on Rails) and product/ project management for a variety of clients.
* Enhancing and maintaining Zend Framework 1 web application by integrating AppNexus API for buy-side online ad serving.
* Organizing and managing a remote team of designers and developers which include user experience / user interface research, design, and implementation.
* Implementing e-Commerce solutions utilizing WordPress and WooCommerce
* Assisting social media strategy, optimizing SEM and SEO, and compiling analytics reports
* Providing technology strategy consultations, including implementation of cloud solutions
Ruby
PHP
Ruby on Rails
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Ruby
PHP
Ruby on Rails
WordPress
Zend Framework
RSpec
Cucumber
CMS
React
Comfortable mexican sofa
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Web Development Engineer II
Goodreads / Amazon
2013-02-01-2014-05-01
* One of a small team of front-end developers for a #92 Quantcast company with 140 million page views and 19 million unique visitors a mo...
* One of a small team of front-end developers for a #92 Quantcast company with 140 million page views and 19 million unique visitors a month.
* Mentored co-workers on HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript conventions and best practices.
* Assisted in the development of the mobile website (~17.6 million monthly unique visitors) built with Twitter Flight, HTML5 / CSS3, and cross-browser compliant (Android Web Browser 2+, Safari Mobile, and Chrome for Mobile).
* Revitalized push for Selenium integration tests and presented company tech talk informing fellow co- workers on our best practices and how to test using BrowserStack.
* Worked with the design team to build a living style guide with the KSS gem, which helped give the design and engineering teams a common language and a reusable UI component library.
* Assisted Goodreads Android Kindle product team to quickly integrate a prototype search feature before it was fully built.
HTML/CSS
Ruby on Rails
jQuery
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HTML/CSS
Ruby on Rails
jQuery
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Co-Founder / Lead Developer
Canned Banners
2009-01-01-2013-02-01
* Designed and built a scalable display ad creation API platform using Ruby on Rails and Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing servic...
* Designed and built a scalable display ad creation API platform using Ruby on Rails and Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing services (including EC2, RDS, SQS, and S3).
* Developed a scalable and easily deployable PHP-based dynamic display ad framework.
* Created an embeddable display ad editor jQuery plugin, which utilized the ad creation API.
* Performed a variety of roles including software developer, systems administrator, database administrator, software architect, and software technologist.
HTML/CSS
PHP
jQuery
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HTML/CSS
PHP
jQuery
CakePHP
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