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Spencer Pope - Technical Consultant

Languages:TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python, SQL

Software/Frameworks:React.js, Next.js, Node.js, Svelte.js, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, .Net, Docker, AWS

Experience
Freelance Technical Consultant: Drums for Schools Ltd2024 - present

  • Reduced WordPress deployment times by 50% by designing a CI/CD pipeline that automated full-stack releases using Composer, SQL, and PHP migrations.

  • Curated a 10+ agent AI-based onboarding system, eliminating live training and accelerating new-hire productivity.

  • Implemented a KeePass-based password management solution and company-wide documentation, cutting credential exposure risk by 50%.

  • Authored an accepted proposal for a WooCommerce update AI agent to streamline maintenance after version releases.

  • Led migration from a legacy React codebase to a modern Next.js/TypeScript stack, improving maintainability and scalability.

  • Cut code redundancy by ~30% through reusable component architecture and standardized client-server response patterns.

  • Collaborated with backend and design teams to introduce structured API error handling, increasing developer velocity and UX reliability.

  • Orchestrated multi-region CI/CD pipelines via GitLab, Docker, and Kubernetes, enhancing deployment reliability.

    • Web Engineer2021 - 2022

  • Built reusable React components for issuing Verifiable Credentials within decentralized identity workflows.

  • Designed a serverless GraphQL API (TypeGraphQL + Apollo Client) integrating decentralized protocols across the app.

  • Collaborated with backend developers to align REST endpoints with SSI (Self-Sovereign Identity) standards.

  • Owned the frontend application from browser code to DNS to cloud deployments.

  • Implemented a React frontend for a Solidity/Nest.js API.

  • Deployed a containerized solution to AWS, reducing DevOps overhead and increasing development iteration.

  • Built the flagship Quick Search feature used by 90,000 clients, the company’s first full-stack React integration with a legacy .NET app.

  • Enhanced cross-product discoverability and sales conversions by surfacing relevant data across 20+ internal databases.

  • Developed REST APIs and SQL stored procedures to unify complex data sources and improve query performance.

  • Exercised Agile and Scrum methodologies for multiple enterprise products

  • Reviewed Epics and wrote user stories with entrance/acceptance criteria in JIRA

  • Participated in daily stand-ups, weekly sprint plannings, and backlog refinements

  • Performed user testing of virtual help desk instant messaging services

  • Designed landing pages to optimize search results for specific keywords

  • Analyzed and reported metrics using Google AdWords and Google Analytics

  • Led a cross-cultural classroom of 20 students, applying structured communication and collaborative problem-solving strategies.

  • Married a truly inspiring woman

    2024

  • Built this site from scratch

    2022

  • First-degree black belt in karate

    2011

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner2024
BS, Business Admin: University of New Hampshire2015 - 2019

  • Studied Information Technology as a minor with the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

  • Courses on web development, DBMS, coding in Python, internet protocols, and computer architecture

  • Studied Information Systems & Business Analytics with the Peter T. Paul School of Business and Economics

  • Courses on the roles technology play in modern businesses

  • Served executive roles for Information Systems Management Association student org

  • Worked as a teaching assistant for Management Information Systems course

  • Level A3 | 80 hours | College of Intensive Chinese Language Studies

  • Level A1 | 80 hours | College of Intensive Chinese Language Studies