WELCOME TO MY WORLD

Hi, I’m Dan Orlando,
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I am a Web Applications Engineer with more than 15 years experience. While I am fluent with a variety of back-end and front-end technologies, my true passion is building delightful React apps. I am also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) and PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®).

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Specialties

What I Do

Web App Development

I have been developing web applications since 2004 with various Javascript frameworks and front-end technologies. I currently spend most of my time with React.

Author

Writer of articles for IBM, AWS, and Adobe, and co-author of programming book titled FLEX 4 IN ACTION.

Cloud Architecture

I am well-versed with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as well as Terraform cloud automation.

Project Management

Extensive SaaS project management experience and holder of two ISO-9000 accredited certifications (PMP® and PMI-ACP®).

Data Sources

Experienced in working with relational, NoSQL, and document databases as well as API development.

Server-side Tech

Fluent in PHP, NodeJS, and Linux server adminstration. I am currently developing skills in C# and the .NET Core framework.

Some of My Recent Projects

My Portfolio

React Development at Limeade

Project Management / Product Development at ApproveMe

React/Android App Development at PDP Solutions

Full-stack Development at Checkissuing

Enterprise Programming at Gorilla Logic

Consulting at Universal Mind

15+ Years of Experience

My Resume

Technology

Programming

Javascript

75%

2017 - 2022

Professional Experience

Web Application Developer

Limeade

Sept '21 - Present

Front-end development with React. Built login and registration flow micro-apps.

Technical Project Manager

Limeade

Sept '20 - Sept '21

Technical Project Manager for new initiatives including: Migration from in-house eligibility imports to Boomi, transition from single monolith codebase to micro-services and micro-apps, and development of new micro-frontend web application built with React. Led team meetings, weekly sprint planning, retrospectives, and risk reviews. Provided opportunity and threat metrics, options analysis, and insight on budgetary decisions, as well as weekly stakeholder reports with KPIs and performance metrics.

Project Manager / Engineer

ApproveMe

Oct '19 - Sept '20

Provided leadership, coaching and mentoring for the development team. As an Engineer, provided Javascript-React web application and PHP-Laravel API programming support. As Project Manager, Achieved 32% improvement in validated story points per sprint. Implemented software integrations for business process automation and CI/CD. Led team meetings, weekly sprint planning, retrospectives, and risk reviews. Implemented process improvements and articipated in engineering and architectural design and development decisions.

Principal Engineer

Checkissuing

Mar '18 - Oct '19

Responsible for new product development, systems integration, resource acquisition, and supporting current systems. Transformed development operations by implementing Agile processes and automated continuous integration. Led development of new product features for PHP/Laravel/Vue.js web application. Migrated the company’s IT infrastructure to the AWS cloud, specifically: EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, Cognito, and API Gateway. Lead initiatives to meet PCI and SOC II security compliance standards for the financial services industry. Assisted with new customer acquisition by fielding technology-related questions for new customers.

Lead Software Engineer, React / Android

PDP Solutions

Jan '17 - Mar '18

Developed proof of concept web-based app built with React/Redux and obtained formal project approval from board of directors. Transformed the company’s flagship product from Android to a web-based application, achieving $3M in cost avoidance.

2008 - 2017

Project Management Consultant

Blackboard

Jun '16 - Jan '17

Hired by executive leadership to conduct a needs assessment and benefits analysis for transition from on-premise infrastructure to the cloud in order to gain formal project approval. Then conducted resource procurement and negotiated vendor contracts and executed the project plan, leading company-wide migration to Microsoft Azure cloud and Office 365, resulting in an estimated $2.9M/year in cost reductions.

Sr. Developer 3

Gorilla Logic

Apr '13 - Jun '16

Software development consultant for clients, which included: Intuit - Developed the front-end interface for the Intuit AppCenter platform which produced an estimated 21% increase in revenue and brand recognition for the customer. Michael's - Delivered interactive online scrapbooking application, resulting in $22m benefits realization. Pathbrite - Technical lead for customer Pathbrite, to build a social media platform centered around digital portfolio management and sharing for educators and employers.

Sr. Developer / Team Lead

U.S. Department of Energy

Feb '11 - Apr '13

Contracted through Accenture, Lead Engineer for front-end development team on a $30M special project initiative to design, build and deploy internal software used to track $2+ trillion dollars in economic recovery money through 20k+ government programs.

Applications Developer

Universal Mind

Oct '08 - Feb '11

Responsible for executing product development initiatives for enterprise clients as front-end developer. Developed learning management software (LMS) for customer Mindflash (now Learn). Built POI Google Maps interface using the Adobe Flex Framework to showcase their ActionScript API during a partnership with Adobe. Provided consulting services to Adobe customers. Represented the company as a guest speaker at conferences and events.

Author / Technical Writer

Studio B Productions

2008 - 2014

Technical writer on numerous web application development technologies and Cloud Computing for IBM, Adobe, Amazon Web Services, Flash and Flex Developer Magazine, PHP Builder Magazine, and Zend Technologies. Author of programming book FLEX 4 IN ACTION (Manning Press).

Education and Certifications

Bachelor's of Science

Illinois State University

May '03

Graduated with honors in Computer Science and Mass Communications.

Project Management Professional (PMP®)

Project Management Institute (PMI)

May '20

By far the most difficult ISO-9000 PM accredited certification to obtain. Requires 60 Professional Development Units per year to maintain.

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®)

Project Management Institute (PMI)

Sept '20

Project management certification with focus on Agile methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, XP, and hybrid workflows.

Adobe Cerfified Professional

Adobe

Apr '13

Digital media certification with focus on web and UX.

Professional Development

Full-Stack Web Development with React Specialization Certificate

Coursera

Jan '22

Online education path involving 3 4-week courses covering: Front-End Web UI Frameworks and Tools: Bootstrap 4, Front-End Web Development with React, and Server-side Development with NodeJS, Express and MongoDB

Published Author and Speaker

2008 - Present

A published author and speaker on web application development technologies and Cloud Computing for IBM, Adobe, Amazon Web Services, PHP Builder Magazine, and Zend Technologies.

Book Author

Manning Press

2011

Author of web application programming book titled FLEX 4 IN ACTION (Manning Press).

Registered Inventor

U.S. Patent and Trade Office

2009

A registered inventor with the US Patent and Trade Office for patented programmable video object mapping technology.

What Past Employers Say

Testimonials

ApproveMe

Kevin Michael Gray

Founder and CEO

Technical Project Management and Engineering Leadership

March 16, 2020

Dan Orlando is a highly-skilled, special-ops Agile & Scrum Project Manager and developer. His superpower lies in his professional background which is working on world-class big-brand products as a front-end developer. He communicates with team members and specifically with developers in ways I have yet to see any Agile PM communicate to date. Dan is also highly communicative with stakeholders and on more than one occasion (on his own accord) prepared “Risk Analysis” documents for our project identifying immediate risks to our deadlines and project objectives while offering various solutions. He's one of the most solutions based individuals I've ever met. If you have the opportunity to work with Dan over the course of your professional career consider yourself one of the lucky ones.

Checkissuing

Mark Greenspan

Founder and CEO

Engineering Leadership

July 1, 2019

I have had the pleasure of working with Dan over the course of the last two years. In this time Dan managed several software deployments for us and played a critical role in creating solutions to accommodate complex technical requirements. In addition to creating highly scalable code and managing the development of our check writing and ACH services, Dan went out of his way to improve our business processes by developing a fully automated continuous integration and continuous delivery solution that saved the company a lot of time and money by setting us up for future growth. I highly recommend Dan and believe him to be a valuable asset for any company that hires him.

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What I Do

My Portfolio

My Resume

Programming

Javascript

HTML

CSS

React

Angular

Vue.js

Node.js

JQuery

AWS

Microsoft Azure

PHP

Laravel

Bootstrap

C#

.NET and .NET Core

Other Skills

Project Management

User Experience Design

Agile Methodologies

Product Development

Quality Management

Process Improvement

Servant Leadership

Resource Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Business Transformation

Risk Management

Organizational Development

Testimonials

Kevin Michael Gray

Technical Project Management and Engineering Leadership

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