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I enjoy testing mobile apps, web applications, and new software products from the perspective of a real user. I provide detailed feedback on usability, onboarding, bugs, performance issues, and overall user experience. I'm comfortable creating screen recordings, documenting issues, and explaining what works well and what needs improvement. I have experience using a wide range of software, mobile apps, websites, and technology platforms, allowing me to provide honest and actionable feedback that helps improve products before launch. Available for beta testing, usability testing, app reviews, user feedback sessions, and QA projects.

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I fix the performance and technical debt issues that hold websites back. Whether it's cleaning up bloated templates, optimizing JavaScript-heavy builds, or rebuilding sites that were built fast but not built right, I help businesses turn underperforming websites into conversion machines. Best fit: Companies that care about technical quality. Whether that's rescuing an underperforming site or building one right from the start. Not for quick-and-cheap WordPress tweaks or design-only projects. With 15+ years of frontend development experience, I've led projects for enterprise clients and global brands like Redken (27-country international launch), Hanes, and Kérastase, plus rebuilt countless sites suffering from common development mistakes: excessive plugins, unoptimized templates, and JavaScript bloat. I Think in Cause and Effect When other developers add features, I ask: "What's in the code, structure, or rendering that's preventing this page from being indexed, ranked, or converting?" This approach bridges strategy and implementation, ensuring every technical decision serves both users and business goals. Recent Performance Wins Groupon: Built landing pages from Figma designs with technical SEO and performance baked in from day one. I delivered perfect 100/100 Lighthouse scores across all Core Web Vitals Quality Logo Products: Complete frontend rebuild using component-based architecture. achieved 60% load time reduction and 35% conversion rate increase Giggle Finance: Sole front-end developer for customer financial portal. Built the login-to-payment experience including multi-step authentication, complex payment flows, and mobile-first responsive design. Enterprise Accessibility: Led WCAG remediation for Hanes brand portfolio, resolving 500+ accessibility issues with real code fixes (no overlays) WooCommerce Optimization: Reduced bloated theme dependencies by 70%+ through manual CSS/JS optimization and local font loading for a Chicago Print Company who is now the #1 print shop in Google search locally in Chicago Template System Architecture: Built custom templating engines that reduced content publishing time by 70% while maintaining performance standards My Development Philosophy Performance-First: I build fast from the start, not as an afterthought. Static over dynamic when possible, HTML/CSS over JavaScript when sufficient, progressive enhancement over heavy frameworks. Semantic & Accessible: Every component I build follows semantic HTML principles and WCAG standards. I use BEM and OOCSS methodologies for maintainable, scalable code. Strategic Resource Management: Modern development encourages components, but many developers ship entire libraries instead of what's needed. I tree-shake aggressively and avoid bloated solutions like unnecessary ShadCN + Tailwind combinations. Real-World Results: I balance developer experience (DX) with user experience (UX), ensuring technical decisions improve business metrics, not just code organization. Core Technical Skills Frontend Stack: Astro JS, Svelte, React, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3, Component Architecture Performance Optimization: Core Web Vitals improvement, caching strategies, image optimization, lazy loading Platforms: Shopify, WordPress, custom HTML/CSS builds Accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA compliance, Section 508, manual testing with tools like Axe, WAVE, Lighthouse SEO Integration: Schema/JSON-LD implementation, technical SEO optimization, search-friendly architecture What I Specialize In Performance Rescue Projects: Taking slow, bloated sites and making them fast through systematic optimization and code cleanup Accessibility Remediation: Full WCAG compliance with real code fixes, not band-aid solutions Custom Component Systems: Building scalable, maintainable frontend architectures that your team can actually use API Integration: Connecting frontend experiences with backend systems and third-party services Technical Debt Resolution: Identifying and fixing the root causes of performance, accessibility, and maintainability issues My Collaborative Approach I work within your existing processes. Jira, Monday, Asana, Slack, or whatever system your team prefers. I can take design handoffs or work directly with designers to ensure technical feasibility. I provide clear documentation and can mentor your team on best practices. Project Types: Complete rebuilds, performance optimization, accessibility compliance, custom component development, technical debt cleanup, design implementation, and UX refinement. Working Style: Available for both project-based work and ongoing retainer relationships No Minimums: I work with businesses of all sizes, from startups to enterprise If your website is underperforming, loading slowly, or needs technical cleanup, let's fix the foundation and build something that actually works for your users and your business.

Determined UX designer with experience in UX Research. Experienced in planning research studies, moderating usability sessions, creating surveys, conducting interviews, and turning findings into insights. Expertise in UI design with technical knowledge of typography, color theory, and branding. Experienced with creating personas, storyboarding, wireframing, prototyping, and creating mockups with keeping accessibility in mind. Excellent in Figma, Adobe XD, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator. Knowledgeable in HTML and CSS. Proficient in Miro and LucidSpark. Great analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills with ability to work independently and with the team. Proven team player, fast learner, detail-oriented, result-driven, creative, and organized.

𝗛𝗘𝗬, 𝗜’𝗠 𝗦𝗮𝗮𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗮 — 𝗔 𝗧𝗢𝗣-𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 7+ 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗜 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗥 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗖 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧, 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗢 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡, 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗬, 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦, 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦, 𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗦, 𝗨𝗜/𝗨𝗫, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡, 𝗧𝗢 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗘-𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗙𝗬, 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗪. 𝗠𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗡, 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛-𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟, 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗨𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗦, 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗧, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗧. 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗚𝗚𝗟𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖, 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗗𝗨𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡, 𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗥 𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘, 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧’𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗜 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗡. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗗𝗢: • 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗙𝗬 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 & 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 • 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗦 • 𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 & 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 • 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡-𝗙𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦 • 𝗨𝗜/𝗨𝗫 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗦 & 𝗘-𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗘 • 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗬 & 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 • 𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗢 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 & 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗦 • 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦, 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 & 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗦 • 𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 • 𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗟𝗦: • 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗮 • 𝗔𝗱𝗼𝗯𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 • 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗳𝘆 • 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 • 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄 • 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗮 • 𝗔𝗱𝗼𝗯𝗲 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 • 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 • 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘃𝗮 𝗠𝗬 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡, 𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗦𝗬𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗬, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗬 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠, 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗. 𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨’𝗥𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗧𝗛 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧, 𝗟𝗘𝗧’𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧

My goal is to help you deliver a high-quality, reliable product by identifying and resolving issues before they reach end users. Whether working independently or within a team, I’m committed to precision and efficiency in testing. With extensive experience in software testing, I specialize in ensuring the quality and performance of Web and Mobile applications. My expertise includes: * Testing Expertise: Manual Testing, Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, Cross-Browser, Cross-Platform, API Testing, Database Validation * Methodologies: Agile, Scrum – Deep understanding of SDLC & STLC * QA Documentation: Writing comprehensive test plans, test cases, and detailed bug reports SKILLS AND EXPERTISE: * Operating Systems: Windows, macOS * Mobile OS: Android, iOS * Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge * Mobile Testing Tools: BrowserStack, TestFlight, Android Studio * Databases: MySQL * API Testing: Postman * Version Control: Git, GitHub * Project Management: Jira, Trello, Zephyr, TestRail * Other Tools: Chrome DevTools, JMeter