I recently moved to the UK with my partner, leaving an eight-year career in the film distribution industry. I took this major life change as an opportunity to make the leap into the tech world and recently completed an intensive software development Bootcamp at Makers Academy.

What I love about coding is that it feels like solving a puzzle or doing brain teasers, while simultaneously getting to create something. I relish getting to bring a new feature to life or work through learning a new language or technology. During my time at Makers, I worked primarily with Ruby and Javascript. I learned a lot at my time at Makers, but there is always more to learn. I look forward to building a career in the Tech Industry. I am currently learning C#, Typescript and MaterialUI.

I am looking to begin a career in London with a role as a Junior Developer.

Tech Skills: Javascript, Ruby, React, Rails, Sinatra, Express.JS, Node.Js, CSS, Prisma, PostgreSQL

• Fast Self Learner: I am great at teaching myself new skills in order to complete a project. At Makers, I picked up React and Prisma in order to use them for our final project, both of which were new to everyone on our team. As a member of a two-person growing sales team in my past work, teaching myself new skills like Excel, EDI systems, Sales Management Softwares, was a regular part of my work. In a Junior Developer role this will allow me to be adaptable when working on new projects and technologies.

• Attention to Detail: My strong attention to detail allows me to create code that yields the desired specific results with DRY readable code. In my work in sales operations I handled many accounts, sales, contracts and supply chain. The complex sales reporting and processing required a strong eye for detail in order to become as profitable as possible. Film Distribution is a royalty business and requires the most accurate sales reporting and accounting to be successful. Though I have an aptitude for attention to detail, I never let perfectionism stop me from achieving and creating a workable result.

• Critical Thinking: One example of my critical thinking is in my work with big box store distributors (fulfilling product to Walmart, BestBuy etc). The sales reporting they provide is deeply complex and required me to use, shipping histories, cumulative and current sales reports and accounting records to create a system to accurately track their sales and the money they owed us. My excel skills came in very handy here as well. I bring this same critical thinking to my coding, like tweaking an existing code snippet to create a solution to a current problem or diagnosing an error.

• 12 week full-time Software Engineering Bootcamp
• Focus on Self-led learning
• 3 large group projects and Weekly weekend projects
• Languages/Tools: Ruby, Javascript, React, Rails, RSpec, Jest, Capybara
• Key Concepts: OOP, TDD, MVC, DDD, DRY, Agile

• Part-time course focusing on Javascript Fundamentals and building Front End Web Applications

• Bachelor of Arts
• Major in History
• Minors in Film Studies and Art History

Kino Lorber Manager of Special Markets - Sales & Distribution, New York, USA May 2013 - Jun 2021

• Sales Representative and contract manager for Special Market wholesale accounts, including expanding the existing client base during a period of 3x department revenue growth
• Managed operations for all Wholesale Accounts, including receiving and processing purchase orders, shipping logistics with warehouse, invoicing, sales reporting, account customer service, announcing new products weekly, and working closely with the accounting team
• Team leadership of sales assistants responsible for order management and administration

Kino Lorber Administrative Assistant, New York, USA Mar 2013 - May 2013

• Managed administrative flow of the office including customer and third party inquiries
• Provided training and day to day management of interns
• Entered new films and products into 4D. Sales Representative and contract manager for Special Market wholesale accounts, including expanding the existing

Kino Lorber Internship, New York, USA Jan 2013 - Mar 2013

• Completed research for publicity and distribution outreach
• Managed email outreach campaigns
• Researched films and prepared overview sheets for acquisition meetings

• Baking: My current favorite thing to make is scones.
• Travel: The last new place I visited was Funchal, Madeira.
• Movies: This is probably not surprising based on my previous career!