summary
Senior Front End Engineer with 20+ years building UI and digital experiences for indie shops and household names. Portland OR, remote-native. My best work happens when I own the user layer where design and code touch, building the front end from accessible elements to responsive layouts through to optimized experiences.
I am seeking roles to continue building in React, Next and WordPress, as well as opportunities to sharpen my skills in Vue, Astro and Nuxt. I am currently focused on mastering the emerging generation of CSS and the full WCAG 2.2 standard. I want to build beautiful things that anyone can enjoy.
skills & experience
- languagesTS, JS, CSS, HTML, SCSS, PHP, XML
- disciplinesResponsive Development, Testing, Performance Optimization, A11y / WCAG
- regularsNode, Astro, React, Vue, WordPress, Next, Nuxt, Tailwind, NVM, GIT, Valet, Local, Docker
- teamworkDevOps, Team Development & Dynamics, PM, Code Reviews, Dev Leadership & Mentoring
- recentlyShopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Craft CMS, Handlebars (& Stencil), Notion, Jira, Trello
- mileage inAngular, Pantheon, Statamic, Laravel, Webflow, Slim, Gatsby, Bootstrap, Asana, JQuery
- formersActionScript (AS2/AS3), Grunt, Gulp, CoffeeScript, Underscore, Foundation
- extrasQA Testing and Support, Sound Design & Editing
- RIP Flash, my ActionScript lays useless . . .
agencies & organizations
Aquent, Babcock & Jenkins, BASIC, The Beauty Shop, Centric Park, ConnectiveDX, creative FEW, Daylight, DXM, Emerge Interactive, EOLA Amity Hills, EY Design Studio, Futura Collective, Greystar, Hanlon Brown, ILTS, Mindjet, MIT, Monumental, Opus Creative, The Other Agency, Periscope Creative, Procter & Gamble, Razorfish, Rose CDC, Shirtspace, StudioLabs, Vitamin T, Webtrends, Yum!
brands handled
Adidas, AT&T, Audi, Autodesk, Best Buy, BikePunk, Cascade Brewing, Coca Cola, Comcast, Corelight, Gildan, IBM, Icon Tires, Intel, KFC, LinkedIn, Marchex, MGM Studios, Microsoft, NATIVE, Nike, Pacvue, Pampers, PELICAN, Providence Healthcare, Qwest, Riot Games, Rose City Rollers, Sitepoint, Sock It To Me Socks, Sony, Sterling Communications, Tide, TrustEngine, The Union Wine Company, VTech
projects & positions
Dan Cruzat : Senior UI & CSS Consultant
Est 2006 : WordPress, React, Vue, Next, Nuxt, Tailwind, SCSS, WCAG
- 150+ completed projects for over two dozen agencies
- Leveraging AI to accelerate development cycles
- Fully WCAG 2.2 compliant ecosystem of personal sites
- Full fluency in production life cycle, idea to product
- Resident developer for non-profits OK You and GoTango
- Accessibility focus towards CPWA certification in 2026
Procter & Gamble : Front End Developer
4/2025 - 8/2025 : BigCommerce, Shopify, React, WordPress, WCAG
- Technical mentorship for PHP & CSS standards
- Enterprise analytics tagging via BigCommerce
- WP feature and component development
- Completed landing pages and microsites in Shopify
The Beauty Shop : Senior WordPress Engineer
10/2024 - 8/2025 : WP, Woo, Gutenberg, Elementor, SCSS, WPEngine, ACF, WCAG
- Retainer-based maintenance & feature scaling
- Modernizing & refactoring inherited legacy code
- Accessibility testing and remediation
- Bespoke Gutenberg & Elementor block development
Centric Park : Senior Engineer / UX Strategist
1/2024 - 9/2024 : WordPress, React, Vue, WP-VIP, WPEngine, ACF, WCAG
- Repo ownership, code reviews & mentorship
- Block-based theme architecture
- Cross-framework UI component development
- Performance optimization & Accessibility remediation
Unisyn Voting Systems : Senior Interactive Engineer
8/2023 - 4/2024 : React, Tailwind, SCSS, Git, NPM
- CSS Lead; established enterprise style standards
- Engineered UI layers for core product suite
- Bridged UX requirements with software engineering
- Triage & resolution of complex user flows
StudioLabs : Lead Developer / WP Specialist
11/2021 - 3/2022 : WordPress, SCSS, WP Engine, ACF
- Standardizing legacy themes to house specs
- Rapid feature prototyping & deployment
- Patching critical issues in legacy environments
- Cross-functional team & QA coordination
Daylight Studio : Senior Interactive Engineer
10/2021 - 8/2023 : WordPress, Craft, Tailwind, SCSS, Pantheon
- End-to-end feature production & maintenance
- Multi-instance management via Pantheon
- Technical liaison for 3rd party agencies
- DevOps support & team coordination
Emerge Interactive : Lead UI / Theme Developer
2/2021 - 8/2022 : WordPress, SCSS, Docker, ACF
- Project lead, repo ownership & code reviews
- Custom layout systems & responsive frameworks
- UX reviews & design-to-code fidelity
- Cross-browser testing & UI bugfixing
ShirtSpace : Senior Web Developer
1/2021 - 5/2021 : Slim, SCSS, ES6, Lighthouse
- Core Web Vitals audit & speed optimization
- Interactive enhancements via modern ES6
- UX strategy & engagement optimization
- Legacy browser support & bugfixing
BASIC : UI / Front End Developer
3/2020 - 9/2020 : Next, Gatsby, StorybookJS, SCSS
- UI for YUM! Brands delivery application
- Merch store development for Riot Games
- Collaborative peer-reviewed development
- Resolving complex CSS/UI regressions
creative FEW : Front End / Support Developer
8/2017 - 9/2020 : React, Angular, WordPress, PHP, Gulp
- Shared repo development & code reviews
- Full-stack WordPress theme development
- React & Angular component architecture
- QA support & CSS oversight
Industrial Commercial Electric : Lead Developer / UX Support
9/2018 - 3/2019 : WordPress, PHP, ACF, SCSS, Gulp
- Custom responsive theme architecture
- Employee portal with secure login logic
- Custom internal reporting systems
- QA & cross-browser validation
Modern Adventure : WordPress Specialist
5/2018 - 1/2019 : Trellis, SASS, PHP, CMB2
- In-house developer pairing & support
- Client portal & minisite templates
- Editorial blog & magazine layouts
- UI troubleshooting & bug resolution
+Citizen (now EY) : Front End / CSS Specialist
6/2015 - 6/2017 : AngularJS, SCSS
- XFinity customer portal development
- Interactive component architecture
- CSS Lead: code reviews & approvals
- QA / Accessibility testing
ancient history & trivia
PDX since 06, Chicago expatriot :
lifelong Doctor Who fan :
sampler and strangler of sounds since 199? :
once pulled caper with Pete Wentz & Jody Minnoch :
once cussed out by Dan Aykroyd