Alexander (Alex) Verdin

Experience

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  LAPD

  Sept 2017 - Dec 2017

  Web Application Development Intern

  Along with a group of five other classmates from Loyola Marymount, I assisted Los Angeles Police Department Homicide Detectives in designing and creating a web application database that assisted in organizing old murder case files. Previously, the LAPD detectives were storing their older murder case files (which were just paper files) in binders. Occasionally, cases that were directly related to one another were located in completely different binders, so my team and I sought to create a web application that organized these case files accordingly and electronically to assist the detectives in looking up information on their old murder case files. The name of the project is CrookBook, and can be found here: https://github.com/evanhessler/CrookBookSome of my accomplishments included:• Conducting regular meetings with the LAPD detectives to discuss project goals and accomplishments, as well as receiving feedback which made the project as user-friendly for the detectives as possible. • I assisted in constructing the database schema on paper from data the LAPD gave the team, which helped me understand planning and constructing relational databases better. This also provided the back-end members of the team the means to develop the database for the project.• By reviewing the data given by the LAPD, I was also able to assist in constructing the forms used to enter the case files into the database, which helped maximize productivity. • Wrote and organized project documents to help keep the project organized. Show less

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  Open Source

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

  - Planned and created a design document in Adobe XD to solidify the presentation of the website, and facilitate a mobile first approach to project development.- Used CSS Flexbox and SASS to ensure responsive web page behavior for various screen sizes.- Implemented an organized component and state structure using React and Redux to ensure game data fetched from the API could properly populate the webpage.- Employed Fetch API to gather game data such as game score, inning, balls and strikes, and runners on base, to be displayed in the frontend.- Wrote project documentation to keep project goals and design aspects organized, and preserve project intelligibility. Show less

  • Covid-19 Data Charts

    Jan 2020 - Jan 2020

  • Pomodoro Timer

    Jan 2020 - Jan 2020

  • Dodgers Scoreboard

    Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  • MLB Stats Website

    Jan 2018 - Jan 2019
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  Hack for LA

  Mar 2021 - Mar 2022

  Built onboarding system for organization that automates the process for adding new members to the organization’s Google drives and GitHub repositories using Google Tables and Google App Scripts (JavaScript).- Lead team of 3 engineers building an online automation system for member registration through Google Tables.- Employed Google and GitHub APIs to build a script using JavaScript that automatically adds users to the organization’s Google drives and GitHub repositories on submission of an onboarding form.- Implemented root cause analysis to identify issues with current onboarding implementation and the lack of a member tracking system to design a project to help reduce onboarding time by over 50%.- Operated in an Agile environment by organizing weekly stand-up meetings discussing project updates. Prepared implementation of new features using a project Kanban board. Show less Worked with a multi-disciplinary team building features for a static website that acts as the organization’s primary point of traffic for volunteers, donors, and stakeholders.Was directly responsible for converting research and designs into code, reviewing and merging pull requests, writing documentation, writing new issues, as well as site maintenance and DevOps using JavaScript, HTML, CSS (SASS), Jekyll, YAML, Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Figma.- Updated Communities of Practice page to reflect new Figma design changes and ensure mobile responsiveness using CSS (SASS).- Implemented GitHub Action that uses a custom Stylelint configuration which produced a 30 to 50% time reduction in the code review process and ensure code readability.- Updated site dropdown menus to ensure WCAG accessibility compliance and overall best practices.- Revised project documentation, making team processes and known development issues clearer to new members.- Reviewed and merged over 20 pull requests on GitHub, identifying missed bugs and uncompleted tasks, resolving merge conflicts, and providing feedback on how to solve errors and implement best coding practices.- Pair programmed with Junior engineer to troubleshoot and debug error on site’s About page using JavaScript to fix menu arrows behaving incorrectly. Show less

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Aug 2021 - Mar 2022

  • Software Engineer

    Mar 2021 - Aug 2021
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  The Wonderful Company

  Mar 2022 - now

  Front End Software Engineer