Damon SharpDamon Sharp LogoWeb Engineer

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Overview

Dynamic full stack web engineering leader with experience in building, optimizing, and managing high-performance websites and applications. Proven expertise in both front-end and back-end development, with a focus on creating custom applications, themes, plugins, and integrations with external APIs. Adept at leading cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions that enhance user experience and drive business growth. Strong advocate for best coding practices and standards, performance optimizations, and security measures. Committed to fostering collaboration and mentoring colleagues to elevate overall team capabilities.

Career Highlights

  • Multiple years of full stack development experience within consulting, agency, and product engineering roles.
  • Created internal tools/plugins to help facilitate efficiency and consistency.
  • Development lead & technical client contact for multiple concurrent projects.
  • Multiple years of experience working within remotely distributed teams.
  • WordPress Engineer since v2.3.

Technical Skills/Stacks

  • WordPress/Headless WordPress/VIP
  • JavaScript, React/Next.js, jQuery
  • PHP, Laravel, Composer
  • MySQL & GraphQL
  • PHPUnit, Xdebug
  • Command line, WP-CLI, Artisan, Bash
  • HTML, CSS, Custom Properties, LESS, Sass, Tailwind CSS
  • npm, webpack, Vite
  • Git (GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket), SVN
  • CircleCI, GitHub Actions

Professional Experience

Owner @ 230 Studios, LLC (Freelance Consultancy)

December 2024 — current

  • Provide web development services and consulting to small businesses, with a focus on custom WordPress websites, plugins, block based themes and PHP/Laravel application development.
  • Support and development of custom Next JS applications utilizing WordPress as a data layer.

Senior Developer II - Build @ Kanopi Studios

October 2022 — March 2024

  • Developed new WordPress websites, internal tools, and plugins with focus on custom integrations across plugins and platforms/APIs.
  • Converted ACF blocks to native React/Gutenberg blocks for an internal block theme.
  • Provided mentoring to junior developers, code reviews, and feedback.

Senior Full Stack Developer @ Universal Yums

March 2022 — October 2022

  • Developed PHP, WordPress, WooCommerce and Laravel solutions to support universalyums.com Woo/eCommerce initiatives.
  • Architected custom WP-CLI scripts to modify orders, process refunds, and enhance other WooCommerce order data.

WordPress Technical Lead @ Kanopi Studios

November 2018 — March 2022

  • Provided technical leadership, support and custom development for a variety of internal and client projects, ensuring deliverables were on time and on budget.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams (design, marketing, content, etc.) to align technical capabilities with business objectives.
  • Implemented best practices for code quality and version control through code reviews, training and mentoring, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Interfaced with clients to determined project scope, provided user stories and project estimates, assisted sales with technical questions.
  • Led the migration of legacy sites to WordPress, ensuring minimal downtime and data integrity while modernizing user interfaces and improving functionality.

Senior WordPress Developer @ Codivated

August 2017 — February 2019

  • Architected and developed integrations for a variety of client projects and WordPress products, including WPtouch Pro, Simple Calendar, Frenzy, and Storemapper.

Senior Digital Engineer @ InVentiv Creative Studios

April 2010 — June 2015

  • Architected and developed custom websites and PHP applications using Laravel and WordPress to support client digital marketing and branding efforts within the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Interfaced with a variety of disciplines to bring projects through to deployment, including client services, design, video production, quality control, and project management.
  • Mentored and trained junior level developers on new technologies and their proper implementation and integration into existing projects.
  • Supported the web development efforts of iQ, an Innovation Lab within inVentiv Health, including marketing support and development of iQ's product portfolio: iQ.mercury, iQ.fluent, iQ.align, and iQ.rival. I was also part of the iQ team that developed the Self Detail portion of iQ.mercury 3, a self eDetailing application that allows healthcare professionals to provide patients a customized presentation about their disease state.

WordPress Developer @ MaxFoundry

January 2014 — June 2014

  • WordPress plugin feature development and support for the MaxGalleria Gallery Platform and its add-ons, including MaxGalleria Facebook.

Owner @ Sharp Web Solutions (Freelance Consultancy)

August 2009 — December 2018

  • Provide web development services and consulting to small businesses, with a focus on custom WordPress websites, plugins and PHP/Laravel application development.

Projects

Throughout my development career I have had the privilege of working on a variety of different projects, including full website builds, plugin/product development and integrations, theme development, data processing scripts, and site migrations.

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Community Involvement

  • Member of the Columbus & Dayton, OH WordPress meetups
  • WordCamp Columbus Volunteer
  • Organized my own WordPress meetup in Marysville

Education

I hold a B.A. in chemistry from the Ohio State University and completed two years of study at Franklin University in web development, but am mostly self-taught. I continue to keep abreast of new tech stacks, tools, and development tips via Udemy, Laracasts, and other online learning resources.