Derek Ackley

Design and development of large-scale data marketplace application using CKAN, Flask and Jinja2 templates for a fortune 100 insurance company.

Key Contributions:

• Extending and developing CKAN core DMS application using Python, Jinja2, HTML, SCSS.
• Gatekeeping, maintenance and managing a gitflow for our team.
• Assist the Product owner with scrum master duties, and implement agile best practices during the SDLC.

Remote development creating and maintaining several brand tactics for a Pharmaceutical company: Websites, Animated Banners and Email Campaigns.

Key Contributions:

• Met client deadlines and provided optimal user experience, leveraging best practices, accessibility and automation.
• QA/QC of brand tactics and created processes around emails, banners and websites to mitigate tech debt.

Responsive web development of client sites, and providing solutions for improving accessibility for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) compliance.

Consulting Contracts:

• Senior Frontend Developer: Century Link
• Senior Frontend Developer: GSW
• Senior Frontend Developer: Resource Ammirati
• Tech Lead / Creative Technologist: Huntington Bank

Tech lead for team of developers integrating company brands onto new platform.

Key Contributions:

• Ensure WCAG 2.0 / WAI-ARIA accessibility guidelines are being met, best practices used in conjunction with modern development tools and technologies.
• Maintained Git repositories for DevOps environment: automation, code and configuration.
• Developed Bash code to automate builds, deployment of applications to development and staging environments.

Development of client websites and brand assets for a digital marketing company.

Key Contributions:

• Using modern development tools, best practices, build client branded websites, micro-sites, and digital marketing assets.
• Work closely with the UX/Design & Development team on the engineering of company website.
• Development of email marketing campaigns and responsive email templates.

Development of client websites and brand assets for a digital marketing company.

• Freelance Copywriter, content strategy and search optimization analyst.
• Remote development of responsive websites using best practices with SEO, scalability and accessibility standards in mind.
• Systems Administration, continuous integration of client websites using CentOS, Ubuntu Server, and AWS.
• Game development using JavaScript, HTML, Canvas.
• Brand development and strategy for small business owners.

See my complete work history on LinkedIn.