A developer with a background in UX Design, Project Management, and Education. I have a passion for delivering robust, performant, and accessible applications to meet user and business needs. I bring with me the experience and drive to quickly learn and get up to speed on whatever I'm working on. I always put emphasis on being a teammate that helps everyone do their best work and grow as I work with them. In addition to the the roles listed in my experience, I have contributed to my previous employers and the developer community in the following ways: # Projects A11y Contribution Event Proposal Planned and proposed an event for instructors to help improve the A11y of our applications while learning about making accessible apps Career Track Mentorship Pilot Pitched and planned a one year pilot for internal career mentoring for underrepresented groups in tech # Community Co-organizer, DenverScript Meetup June 2023 - Present Organize, lead, and present at meetups; maintain online presence of meetup Co-organizer, Denver Vue.js Meetup July 2017 - March 2023 Organize meetings, source speakers, and present about Vue.js DEI Committee Member, App Academy June 2022 - March 2023 Gathered employee feedback on committee events, wrote proposal for resources to increase A11y of applications DEI Council Member, Quizlet July 2021 - March 2022 Collected, anonymized, and synthesized minority employee feedback; led council readings and discussions; planned mentorship program Frontend Guild Leader, HomeAdvisor Oct 2018 - Aug 2019 Set code style guidelines; trained all guild members on new standards and tooling; iterated on interview process; coordinated team building events

Marlena Baker

A developer with a background in UX Design, Project Management, and Education. I have a passion for delivering robust, performant, and accessible applications to meet user and business needs. I bring with me the experience and drive to quickly learn and get up to speed on whatever I'm working on. I always put emphasis on being a teammate that helps everyone do their best work and grow as I work with them. In addition to the the roles listed in my experience, I have contributed to my previous employers and the developer community in the following ways: # Projects A11y Contribution Event Proposal Planned and proposed an event for instructors to help improve the A11y of our applications while learning about making accessible apps Career Track Mentorship Pilot Pitched and planned a one year pilot for internal career mentoring for underrepresented groups in tech # Community Co-organizer, DenverScript Meetup June 2023 - Present Organize, lead, and present at meetups; maintain online presence of meetup Co-organizer, Denver Vue.js Meetup July 2017 - March 2023 Organize meetings, source speakers, and present about Vue.js DEI Committee Member, App Academy June 2022 - March 2023 Gathered employee feedback on committee events, wrote proposal for resources to increase A11y of applications DEI Council Member, Quizlet July 2021 - March 2022 Collected, anonymized, and synthesized minority employee feedback; led council readings and discussions; planned mentorship program Frontend Guild Leader, HomeAdvisor Oct 2018 - Aug 2019 Set code style guidelines; trained all guild members on new standards and tooling; iterated on interview process; coordinated team building events

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A developer with a background in UX Design, Project Management, and Education. I have a passion for delivering robust, performant, and accessible applications to meet user and business needs. I bring with me the experience and drive to quickly learn and get up to speed on whatever I’m working on. I always put emphasis on being a teammate that helps everyone do their best work and grow as I work with them.

In addition to the the roles listed in my experience, I have contributed to my previous employers and the developer community in the following ways:

Projects

A11y Contribution Event Proposal
Planned and proposed an event for instructors to help improve the A11y of our applications while learning about making accessible apps

Career Track Mentorship Pilot
Pitched and planned a one year pilot for internal career mentoring for underrepresented groups in tech

Community

Co-organizer, DenverScript Meetup June 2023 - Present
Organize, lead, and present at meetups; maintain online presence of meetup

Co-organizer, Denver Vue.js Meetup July 2017 - March 2023
Organize meetings, source speakers, and present about Vue.js

DEI Committee Member, App Academy June 2022 - March 2023
Gathered employee feedback on committee events, wrote proposal for resources to increase A11y of applications

DEI Council Member, Quizlet July 2021 - March 2022
Collected, anonymized, and synthesized minority employee feedback; led council readings and discussions; planned mentorship program

Frontend Guild Leader, HomeAdvisor Oct 2018 - Aug 2019
Set code style guidelines; trained all guild members on new standards and tooling; iterated on interview process; coordinated team building events

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Skills

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Experience Level

Tailwind
Expert
JavaScript
Expert
HTML5
Expert
Github
Expert
TypeScript
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
LMS
Expert
SEO
Expert
CSS
Expert
UI
Expert
PostgreSQL
Expert
Affinity Publisher
Expert
Affinity Photo
Expert
Affinity Designer
Expert
React JS
Intermediate
Express
Intermediate
API
Intermediate
SQL
Intermediate
MongoDB
Intermediate
Figma
Intermediate
Amazon Web Services
Intermediate
PHP
Intermediate
Jira
Intermediate
Adobe Illustrator
Intermediate
bash
Intermediate
Adobe Photoshop
Intermediate
Adobe InDesign
Intermediate
XML
Intermediate
.NET
Intermediate
Twilio
Intermediate
WebKit
Intermediate
Google API
Intermediate
Socket.IO
Intermediate
Docker
Beginner
MySQL
Beginner
SaaS
Beginner
jQuery
Beginner
Web Design
Beginner
Kubernetes
Beginner
Zapier
Beginner
Bootstrap
Beginner
Kotlin
Beginner
Elasticsearch
Beginner
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Language

English
Fluent

Education

Bachelors of Fine Arts at Metropolitan State University of Denver
May 6, 2011
Concentration in Communication Design
Fullstack Web Development Immsersive at Galvanize
April 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017

Industry Experience

Education, Software & Internet

Skills

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Experience Level

Tailwind
Expert
JavaScript
Expert
HTML5
Expert
Github
Expert
TypeScript
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
LMS
Expert
SEO
Expert
CSS
Expert
UI
Expert
PostgreSQL
Expert
Affinity Publisher
Expert
Affinity Photo
Expert
Affinity Designer
Expert
React JS
Intermediate
Express
Intermediate
API
Intermediate
SQL
Intermediate
MongoDB
Intermediate
Figma
Intermediate
Amazon Web Services
Intermediate
PHP
Intermediate
Jira
Intermediate
Adobe Illustrator
Intermediate
bash
Intermediate
Adobe Photoshop
Intermediate
Adobe InDesign
Intermediate
XML
Intermediate
.NET
Intermediate
Twilio
Intermediate
WebKit
Intermediate
Google API
Intermediate
Socket.IO
Intermediate
Docker
Beginner
MySQL
Beginner
SaaS
Beginner
jQuery
Beginner
Web Design
Beginner
Kubernetes
Beginner
Zapier
Beginner
Bootstrap
Beginner
Kotlin
Beginner
Elasticsearch
Beginner
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