R O M A N

T U R N E R

FULLSTACK DEVELOPER

I am a JavaScript and Sushi enthusiast with a soft spot for Ruby and Musubi. I derive purpose from creation and I have a passion for making tools that can make your life easier. I am a community builder with ten years of experience working in and as a manager of small teams. I believe everyone has a unique skill or vision and I love seeing it piece together.

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Technical Skills

Languages: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Ruby.

Libraries: React.js, CRA, Vue.js Next.js, Node.js, React Router,Tailwind, JSS, Material-Ui, Bootstrap, Semantic-Ui, Vuetify, Ruby on Rails, FastAPI Serializer, Nokogiri, Kimurai, Sinatra, Rack, Bcrypt, JWT, Redux Toolkit: Immer, RTK Query, Thunk.

Databases: PostgreSQL, ActiveRecord, SQL, SQLite.

Technical Projects

Flavorites

GitHub: Frontend | Backend— 3 Minute Run Through- Demo | Full Walkthrough - Demo

Web application for assigning meal plans as a feature for an existing recipe website.

  • Composed authenticated routing using React Router and JSON Web Tokens.
  • Instituted Drag and Drop functionality, for a real nice user experience. Check out the demo.
  • Leveraged React functional components and the modern Redux Toolkit for state management.
  • Used Kimurai to scrape data from a dynamic website and seed a postgreSQL database.
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CollegeReco

Website: https://collegereco.com/

College recommendation web application.

Created the frontend on React, working with a Data Scientist colleague that created and trained a data model hosted on a Python Flask app. Great experience working with different tech fields. Below is an interactive iframe of the website.

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Dungeon Master’s ToolBox

GitHub: Frontend | Backend

Intuitive management system for roleplayers. Worked closely with another fullstack RoR / React developer.

  • Designed custom controllers on Rack middleware, not using Rails, to manage user requests. Link to code.
  • Utilized polymorphic associations across data models.
  • Constructed the frontend using ‘legacy’ React class components.
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MarKit Meals

Website: https://markitmeals.com/

Seattle based meal-kit ecommerce site.

  • Customized Shopify UI/UX to maximize visitor conversion.
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Raw, Blogging Application

GitHub: Frontend | Backend

Blogging application to harbor the random and raw thoughts of a user base.

  • Demonstrated security practices with hashing/salting encryption and tokenization.
  • Maintained PostgreSQL database with full dynamic CRUD actions using RESTful routing practices.

Work Experience

Markit Meals

Seattle, WA

Founder: Website

04/2020 - 01/2021

Coordinated a local meal-kit service to utilize a commercial space that was closed due to Covid. Managed client response, business licensing, advertisement, product quality, staffing, design, and delivery.

  • Curated recipes from sourcing local Pike Place purveyors maintaining relationships during a time of crisis.
  • Worked with Pike Place Market Food Bank on fundraising, donating a percentage of each sale.
  • Created the website and infrastructure for the ecommerce site and fell in love with Software Engineering.
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Can Can Culinary Cabaret

Seattle, WA

Executive Chef

06/2015 - 02/2020

Fostered a large paradigm shift by being focused on community building. Leveraged the talents of the team to develop a fantastic work culture and created the most profitable era in company history.

  • Solved inventory management deficits by redesigning the inventory control system.
  • Improved overhead expenses by expanding training programs to limit waste, maintained positive relationships with local purveyors, and designed seasonal menus to reduce total food cost from 34-37% to a strict 19-22%.
  • Instituted new systems that reduced redundancies and cut labor costs from 30-33% to 14%.
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Flatiron School - Seattle, WA - Full Stack Web Development Program

02/02/2021 - 06/20/2021

Utah State University - Logan, UT- Computer Science

01/01/2011 - 04/01/2013

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R O M A N

T U R N E R

FULLSTACK DEVELOPER

About me.

I am a JavaScript and Sushi enthusiast with a soft spot for Ruby and Musubi. I derive purpose from creation and I have a passion for making tools that can make your life easier. I am a community builder with ten years of experience working with small teams in production. I believe everyone has a unique skill or vision and I love seeing it piece together.

Projects.

Flavorites

meal planning interface on laptop

GitHub: Frontend | Backend— 3 Minute Run Through- Demo | Full Walkthrough - Demo

Web application for assigning meal plans as a feature for an existing recipe website.

  • Composed authenticated routing using React Router and JSON Web Tokens.
  • Instituted Drag and Drop functionality, for a real nice user experience. Check out the demo.
  • Leveraged React functional components and the modern Redux Toolkit for state management.
  • Used Kimurai to scrape data from a dynamic website and seed a postgreSQL database.

Contact Me.

Use any of my contact links to get in touch for any opportunities. View website on a larger screen for more content.