Global South Professional & Economic Network

- Spearheaded the development of robust technical infrastructure and delivered consistent technical support, ensuring seamless operations.

- Led pivotal initiatives to enhance cross-border payment infrastructure platforms, online home-booking platforms, and online learning platforms.

-Led the development of system requirements, software designs, and technical documentation, securing $150K USD in grant funding for a project proposal.

- Orchestrated integrations of virtual and hybrid conferencing software, optimizing collaboration and
communication channels using Circle.so, Circl.es, and Sharetribe.

- Implemented innovative approaches to build and nurture professional network communities, fostering valuable connections and synergies.

-  Executed backend migration, including Google Workspace setup, email systems, website domain migration, DNS setup, and domain forwarding.

- Maintained and architected backend databases in Monday CRM, configuring account mapping, schema setup, workflows, automations, and analytic dashboards.

- Set up cross-platform automations using custom APIs in PHP, Postman, and Zapier, streamlining backend data tasks and syncing with databases.

- Developed a custom corporate invoicing module to manage bulk orders, automate user account creation, and handle payments using PHP, JS, CSS, and WordPress.

- Designed architecture flows and diagrams for integrating payment gateway APIs and 3rd-party plugins.

- Adapted to diverse roles, including graphic design and video editing, essential for team objectives.

Senior Technology Intern

CIBC Caribbean

- Conducted UX research methodologies including user interviews, contextual inquiries, and usability tests with key stakeholders and employees to identify pain points and user needs to create useful and measurable insights.

- Participated in collaborative design sessions using Figma to brainstorm solutions.

- Spearheaded the design and testing of a new landing page for the company's intranet.

- Managed and contributed to various internal projects, including an intern-led initiative and multiple bank projects, ensuring timely completion and alignment with organisational goals.

- Improved UX/UI knowledge by reviewing technical documentation on principles, best practices, and methodologies, leading to better-informed design decisions.

- Developed a comprehensive research plan documenting discovery, research methods, user segments, and initial prototypes.

Digital & Client Experience - UI/UX Intern

BessPay Limited

BessPay Limited, established in September 2022 in Kingston, Jamaica, is pioneering fintech innovation in the Caribbean and Central America utilizing the Interledger Network. Our mission focuses on transforming cross-border payments for Financial Institutions, Fintechs, SMEs, micro-businesses, and individuals.

- Instrumental in the R&D process for the creation and implementation of products, MVPs and POCs.

- Assisted and contributed to making key business decisions that shaped the direction in which the company and its products followed.

- Aided in the creation of technical documentation and SOW for the company's products and websites.

- Created and designed wireframes / mockups for the customer-facing landing pages and dashboards using tools such as Figma, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe XD.

- Engineered a proprietary B2B Development A.I search application in Python, reducing manual data processing time by 85% for sales prospecting.

- Designed and created promotional material and presentations to be sent to investors to gain series funding.

- Responsible for designing, developing and deploying the main landing page and auxiliary websites and integrations using technologies like WordPress, Zapier, etc.

- Helped maintain and configure the backend servers and hosting for the company websites, event pages and product pages using control panel software like cPanel.

- Researched many external APIs, technologies, and software which were then integrated into the main and auxiliary websites.

- Utilized system analysis techniques to identify problems and optimizations, created graphical diagrams and comprehensive documentation to design system infrastructure for IPBN, BessPay, and other projects.

Software Developer Intern

 SYNQ

SYNQ is a Jamaican tech startup with their flagship product, ”Kliiq”, a web-based application that gives business owners the ability to manage services, clients, and appointments in one centralized location.

- Aided in the process of feature-driven-development, adding core usability and functionality to the main SYNQ product applications using React, Vite, Typescript, and a few external and internally built APIs ( Kliiq web app ).

- Optimized and revamped code, achieving a 95% improvement in responsiveness, contributing to a faster user experience on both web and mobile devices.

Software Engineer

Freelance, Self Employment

- Tasked with communicating and solving technical issues for 10+ clients daily.

- Maintained strong client-to-company relationships, leading to a 20% increase in client retention and profits.

- Responsible for matching clients to the best developers for the task required.

- Recorded and analyzed user/product requirements to be shared with the development team.

- Worked with different teams of developers of different levels to design and architect new features and products.

- Reviewed code and pull requests in various languages and frameworks such as JavaScript, React, Lavarel, PHP, etc.

- Conducted in-depth research on various software infrastructure tools and technologies, offering insightful recommendations for optimizing system architecture and improving operational efficiency.

Junior Software Engineer / Developer Advocate

Caribbunity

A startup which aimed to focus on digital marketing and e-commerce in the Caribbean

- Developed a company landing page using Wix and Weebly as per the client’s request with e-commerce integration.

- Generated marketing material to promote the sale of products being offered.

Frontend Web Developer

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