DennisDrueck

Chicago, IL

• Modernized the ordering platform with a modular, server-driven UI, enabling every new product to launch 2–4 weeks faster.
• Raised SLO compliance to 99% from 88% by eliminating concurrency issues in the laboratory information management system (LIMS).
• Led a cross-functional API upgrade for EMR ordering infrastructure, eliminating 160 hours of manual triage per month for order failures.
• Improved reliability and compliance of the config-driven ordering platform (36K+ monthly orders) through runtime flags, privacy-aware error handling, and simplified failure modalities.
• Mentored 5 engineers through documentation, demos, pair programming, and code reviews—accelerating senior-level readiness by 3–6 months, raising code quality, and enabling mentees to lead initiatives with up to 4x greater scope.

Chicago, IL

• Cut costs for maps integration by 10x by replacing Google Places with a custom implementation of ArcGIS and OpenStreetMap, preserving full interactivity and existing UX.
• Improved customer satisfaction and SEO performance by implementing responsive, cross-platform UIs and robust form validation across 60 web pages—reclaiming 10 hours per month for the support team.
• Unblocked launch by building a custom image analysis tool to auto-generate brand-aligned themes, cutting 50 hours of skilled design labor at launch and 5 hours/month ongoing.

West Palm Beach, FL

• Accelerated time-to-revenue, generating $2M+ in NFT sales through fast-paced delivery, delivering MVP within 1 week, and every new feature within 1 day of feature request.
• Created a resilient Web3 client with 99.9% transaction success by syncing real-time pricing and gas estimates—boosting user trust and mitigating support overhead.
• Established critical credibility in a competitive NFT market through a performant, media-rich UX including 3D model interactivity, video embeds, and responsive layouts.

Chicago, IL

• Delivered real-time messaging widgets to over 200 auto dealership websites, owning development, deployment, and client onboarding.
• Reduced design change requests by 85% by increasing asset configurability, achieving seamless UX coherence with host sites.
• Reduced time-to-delivery by 50% by improving cross-company delivery pipelines.
• Automated tasks using Python and Selenium, eliminating 40 hours per month of toil.

Memphis, TN

• Led a team of 3 developers, building multiple full-stack applications, including a Twitter clone, a Spotify-based guessing game, and a company management portal.
• Studied design patterns, Onion Architecture, Git, GitHub, Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, React.js, Node.js, CSS, and HTML.

Chicago, IL

• My design background helps me build excellent, functional UIs with visual clarity and ease of use.

San Francisco, CA

• Back End and APIs — Express.js, MongoDB, Node.js
• Relational Databases — PostgreSQL, Bash
• Front End Libraries — React.js, Redux, jQuery, Bootstrap
• JavaScript — Data Structures and Algorithms
• Python — Scientific Computing
• Responsive Web Design — Semantic HTML5, CSS3