Work Experience
Technical Consultant & Web Developer · Cole Codes
June 2024 — Present
- Closed full-cycle client engagements: prospecting, discovery, scoping, proposal, negotiation, close, and delivery. Standard build deals at $1,500 plus $250–$500 monthly recurring retainers.
- Position offerings against competing agency, freelancer, and DIY platform alternatives based on each prospect's stack, budget, and operational constraints
- Built a Python prospecting tool using the Google Places API to source local restaurants with weak digital presence. Run daily as the top of my outbound pipeline
- Currently leading a platform migration and rebuild for a wellness and functional health client. Scoping HIPAA-aware information architecture, presenting solutions to ownership, and partnering on implementation
Bartender & Bar Lead · Restaurant Industry
April 2018 — Present
- Consultative point of contact for ownership and management on restaurant technology decisions across POS, scheduling, payments, and operations tooling
- Led bar teams in high-volume environments, personally averaging $6,000 in sales out of a single well and $20,000 across the bar per night
- Sold premium menu items, spirits, and add-ons in customer-facing service across seven years and multiple high-volume venues (Forbes-rated hotels, nightclubs, fine-dining, dive bars)
- Built firsthand familiarity with the restaurant operator's decision-making process, budget pressures, and vendor evaluation behavior
- Co-managed operations including inventory, scheduling, and staff coordination, working directly with ownership on day-to-day tradeoffs
Web Developer (Contract) · Roundot
June 2025 — March 2026
- Built client pitch demos from Figma mockups in Elementor, supporting the agency's new business pipeline
- Sole developer on a four-person agency team (developer, designer, CSO, PM) supporting roughly ten recurring WordPress and Shopify clients across SEO, maintenance, and custom build work
- Owned production recovery for a multi-location healthcare client: diagnosed sitewide template corruption, fixed location-map integrations, integrated a third-party payment-plans widget
- Built a bilingual WordPress Multisite Network (English and Spanish), implementing language switching and managing content parity from translated documentation