Profile
Senior Web Designer & Front-End Developer with 7+ years at Yardi Systems, an enterprise property management system software company, architecting responsive websites on an MVC framework, translating design comps into production-ready front-end code, reusable UI components, and design systems, with additional experience hand-coding cross-client HTML/CSS email templates for marketing and transactional campaigns. Holds a B.A. in Design from CSULB. Also bring hands-on experience engineering secure, database-backed SaaS applications, deep API integrations, and AI automation workflows, experience now being channeled into a transition toward Cloud Security, with CompTIA Security+ certification in progress.
Technical Skills
Web Design & Front-End Engineering
- Enterprise website architecture on MVC frameworks (7+ yrs)
- HTML5 / CSS3 production coding, inline & media-query-driven responsive layouts
- Cross-browser, cross-client, cross-device QA and rendering fixes
UI/UX & Design Systems
- Translating design comps into production UI
- Reusable UI component libraries & design systems
- Responsive, mobile-first layout design, dark-mode handling
- Accessibility best practices (WCAG)
Security & Cloud · Building
- Pursuing CompTIA Security+ certification
- Applied experience: authentication, payment gateway security, and secure API design from SaaS development
- Cloud-deployed application architecture (Vercel, Railway, Supabase)
- Studying core cloud security concepts: IAM, shared responsibility model, network fundamentals
Experience
Senior Web Designer
Reach by RentCafe (Yardi Systems) · Oxnard, CA
Apr 2018 – Jul 2025
- Architected and developed enterprise-scale property management websites using an MVC framework, seamlessly translating complex design comps into responsive, production-ready front-end code and reusable UI component libraries
- Extended front-end expertise into hand-coded HTML/CSS email templates for marketing and transactional campaigns, using rigorous cross-client testing (Litmus, Email on Acid) to resolve rendering bugs across Outlook, Gmail, Apple Mail, and mobile
- Earned consecutive promotions from Associate to Senior Web Designer over a 7+ year tenure, consistently delivering high-quality assets within a fast-paced, deadline-driven enterprise SaaS ecosystem
- Cultivated team talent by directly mentoring and onboarding Associate Designers, accelerating their technical proficiency and expanding overall team capacity
Additional Expertise
SaaS Product Development
Full-Stack Development & Architecture
- Engineered secure, database-backed applications featuring dynamic user authentication, third-party payment gateways (Stripe), and scalable cloud infrastructure.
- Planned, built, and launched production-ready, full-stack SaaS applications end to end, from initial product scope and UI/UX design to final cloud deployment.
AI Systems & Automation
Independent Engineering & Applied Projects
- Architecting and deploying end-to-end AI automation workflows and custom API integrations using Make.com, n8n, and GitHub Actions to eliminate operational bottlenecks.
- Designing intelligent data pipelines that connect LLMs and vector stores with business applications, enabling automated content processing, data extraction, and asynchronous tasks.
Education
CompTIA Security+ In Progress
CompTIA
Foundational certification supporting transition into Cloud Security
B.A., Design and Applied Arts
California State University, Long Beach
2012 – 2015
Associate's Degree, Art
Long Beach City College
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Career Goal — Cloud Security Analyst
Transitioning from front-end/SaaS engineering into Cloud Security, building on hands-on experience with secure application architecture, authentication, API integrations, and cloud-deployed infrastructure. Currently pursuing CompTIA Security+ certification as a foundational step, with a long-term focus on cloud security specialization.
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Recent Venture: Founder & FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot, Vonroflo Aerials (2025 – Present), providing aerial inspection services for roofing, construction, and civil engineering clients across Southern California.