Alex Curtin

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Software Developer | Front End | React | JavaScript

  • Education

    • General Assembly

      2019 - 2019
      Certificate of Completion Software Engineering

      General Assembly’s Software Engineering Immersive (SEI) is a 12week long training program dedicated to prepare students to think like engineers and approach problems creatively in order to build the next generation of web applications and digital products. The program covers: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, Sequelize, and Ruby on Rails

    • Fitchburg State University

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      Bachelor of Science - BS Communication and Media Studies
    • Queens College

      2012 - 2015
      Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS)
  • Experience

    • Archive Of Contemporary Music

      Mar 2015 - Nov 2018
      Archivist

      • Managed archival projects that entailed cataloging and ogranizing physical and digital collections of music related materials, including sound recordings, books, periodicals, and ephemra• Oversaw book digitization project in partnership with the Internet Archive, digitizing 500 to 600 books per year• Recruited, trained and supervised and scheduled 20 to 30 interns and volunteers per year

    • Marketing Evolution

      Jan 2022 - Sept 2022
      Software Engineer I

      • Converted Zeplin UX prototypes into platform features with pixel perfect spec using React,Material UI, and CSS• Improved the marketing data analysis workflow by 10% using data visualization components likeNivo/D3.js. This enhancement helped customers derive valuable insights into campaigneffectiveness• Built reusable components, including dropdown menus, form inputs, and data tables, as a UIlibrary, used across six independent repositories to increase development productivity by 20%and establish brand consistency• Played a pivotal role in company rebranding initiative by applying custom Material UI themesacross multiple applications, ensuring a seamless transition• Wrote unit tests with React Testing Library and Jest, resulting in 80% test coverage Show less

    • XTIVIA, Inc.

      Jan 2024 - now
      Jr. UI Developer
  • Licenses & Certifications