Hi, I'm Patrick!
I'm a web developer with experience in JavaScript, React, Ruby on Rails, PHP, and WordPress.
About me
I'm currently a software engineer at The Good Food Institute. I attended App Academy, a full stack software bootcamp, graduating in November of 2019. Previously, I worked in the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning industry in New York City for four years and achieved a Professional Engineering license. I hold a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. The issue of climate change is extremely important to me, and it drives many of my personal and career decisions. I am an active member of the Effective Altruism community and I enjoy music, running, and yoga.
Skills
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JavaScript
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React
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npm
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SQL
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PHP
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Composer
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Gutenberg
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HTML
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CSS
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SASS
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git
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Timber
Experience
Software Engineer
October 2022 - PresentSenior Application Development and Support Specialist
January 2022 - October 2022Full Stack Developer
January 2020 - January 2022
The Good Food Institute
- Performed maintenance and feature development for gfi.org, including custom block development with React/Gutenberg and UI features in PHP/Timber/Twig
- Added UI features including tabbed content navigation, style-changing nav links on scroll, animated scrolls, scroll-to-top buttons, and modal popups with JavaScript/jQuery/HTML/CSS
Projects
Fundraising progress bar custom Gutenberg block
- Implemented custom Gutenberg dynamic block displaying fundraising progress, goal, and donor totals to public site users during a successful $500,000 USD fundraising campaign
- Represented the data as a horizontal progress bar to site visitors (PHP/Timber/Twig) and to internal page editors (JavaScript/Gutenberg/React) based on Google API data
- Authored a WordPress plugin using PHP/Composer and the Google apiclient-services library to schedule API calls in order to periodically update the site database
GFI Europe Website
- Cloned gfi.org codebase into a new git repository, granted internal team access, initialized local instance of site with placeholder content, updated brand assets, and deployed to staging server
- Debugged UI issues after gfieurope.org site launch including views with Twig/Timber/WordPress API
Notable bug fixes across web properties of The Good Food Institute, including legacy codebases
- Fixed a custom Gutenberg cards slider block to avoid crashing in the editor, saving the organization a minimum of $10,000 USD to re-hire the custom block author and minimizing content publishing disruptions
- Refactored a Twig view to query custom taxonomy terms using Timber methods, fixing incorrect display of taxonomy terms after a WordPress SEO plugin update
- Wrote a must-use plugin utilizing existing WordPress plugin APIs to prevent unwanted page scrolling on signup forms
Phylogenetic tree data visualization for seafood taxonomies
- Developed a proof-of-concept data visualization of a phylogenetic tree of seafood species taxonomy data retrieved from the AirTable and Open Tree of Life APIs
- Made API calls to internal seafood databases in AirTable using cURL in PHP and parsed results for use with Open Tree of Life
- Made API calls to Open Tree of Life APIs to clean species data and generate parent-child taxa relationships for the tree visual
- Loaded the parsed tree data using D3 and phylotree.js in an interactive display
Mechanical Engineer
February 2017 - July 2019
EME Consulting Engineering Group, LLC
- Designed replacement air conditioning systems for NYC school facilities, resulting in code compliance and approval of construction drawings for projects totaling $3 Million+
- Created and presented technical reports and educational materials directly to clients on behalf of the firm
Mechanical Engineer
August 2015 - February 2017
ME Engineers
- Collected and analyzed weather data, psychrometric measurements, and air conditioning system operational for Arthur Ashe Stadium during the 2016 Tennis U.S. Open in Flushing, Queens
- Performed analysis and design of mechanical systems, including mechanical piping heat loss calculations, duct sizing, equipment selection, and mechanical drafting
Education
Cornell University
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Cum Laude, Cumulative GPA: 3.70
App Academy
1,000-hour full stack software bootcamp with an acceptance rate of less than 3%
- Full stack web application inspired by Wufoo that allows users to create, take, share, and review online surveys
About this site
I created this website using static HTML and SASS. See icon attribution here.