About Me
Enjoys new challenges, actively goes outside comfort zone to pursues experiences of diverse cultures, communities, and ideas. Completes tasks in a highly organized manner, with a strong attention to detail. Proven ability to coordinate group efforts through proficient communication skills.
Contact Details
Donald Stolz
Don@Stolz.dev
Experience
Trend
Head of Engineering•December 2021 - April 2023
We help companies win at marketing. We connect brands with creators who provide original & specifically targeted content.
• Lead technical developer, reporting directly to CEO & CPO
• Planned sprints and brokedown tickets into actionable subtasks with CPO using Asana
• Presented in product demos to keep team members informed on what's being built and to hear feedback
• Managed relationships with outside partners and contractors
• Decided on long-term technical direction and goals. Including new AWS services, cloud function migrations, new frontend frameworks, and other major technical decisions
• Maintained live site while migrating to new backend and frontend. Split traffic between old and new site
• Created technical and non-technical documentation. Used tools such as Notion, Swagger, and OpenAPI
• AWS - Content service, AppRunner, Lambda
• Google Cloud - firestore, firebase, realtime, functions
• Backend Migration - NestJs, Lambdas, AppRunner, Firestore, MongoDB
• Frontend Migration - NextJs, React, Typescript, SASS, Storybook, Custom Design System
• 3rd Party Libraries - Stripe, SendGrid, PayPal
Asset Dash
Co-Founder & Technology Lead•January 2021 - December 2021
The leaderboard for assets. Asset Dash ranks the top stocks, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Track over 4,000 of the largest companies and cryptos.
• Migrated backend and database from Heroku to Google Cloud Platform
• Updated and maintained Postgres database Refactored client to Next.js; Improved performance & SEO
• Created new features to drive user growth and increase session duration
Elevator Media
Full Stack Engineer•February 2021 - October 2021
The dopest new hip hop, upcoming artists, music news, culture, and style.
• Maintenance and support for backend, frontend, and internal tools
• Created internal utility library
• Updated and significantly grew usage of socialite open-source tool
• Published packages privately to GitHub and publicly to NPM
• Implemented BitPay crypto payments
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Education
42 - Silicon Valley
Software Engineering •June 2019
• 42 is an innovative engineering and programming college that offers rigorous, industry-leading education in a professional environment.
Loyola University Chicago
Bachelors of Science in Software Engineering•May 2018
• 3.48 GPA
• Sorority and Fraternity Life - New Member of the Year 2016
St.Louis University High School
College Preparatory Diploma•May 2015
• 32 ACT
• Three years National Honor Society
• Two years National AP scholar
Volunteer
Hack High School
Volunteer Mentor•January 2019 - May 2019
The goal of HackHighSchool is to provide equality of access to computer science and digital literacy for the 21st Century to all high school students age 14-18. HackHighSchool(H2S) is a free,8-month long coding club open from September to May.
• Created Node JS Curriculum
• Taught JavaScript & Web Development
• Built app to help manage student check-in and daily reports.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Volunteer•February 2016 - May 2018
The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. I coordinated and participated in philanthropic events for St. Jude
Food Recovery Network
Volunteer•January 2017 - May 2018
Participated in food recovery runs after campus events, recovering food that can be donated to a local food pantry. Assisted with food drives and helped coordinate volunteers from my fraternity.
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Skills
Full Stack Development
Data Science & Analytics
Team Leadership
Languages
English
Spanish
References
"Working with Don was an incredible experience! His front-end work helped bridge tremendous gaps for the business and marketing teams and he improved revenue flow through consistent analytics updates. I hope our paths cross again in the future and I would highly recommend him as a notable co-worker, employee, and friend."
Zayi Reyes, Partnerships & Marketing Unstoppable Domains
"Don is a great professional and an awesome teammate. His ideas really pushed the product forward. As a front-end engineer he helped me to deliver better solutions in many projects we worked on together. I would definitely recommend him and I would love to work with Don on a team in the future."
Aleksey Popov, Product Designer Unstoppable Domains
"Don is a great individual contributor, team player, and a joy to work with. He welcomes any challenge, takes ownership from start to finish, and brings opinions to the table, but also knows when to seek input. A champion for the people part of work, Don's friendly reminders to plan a team event will make sure team morale stays high."
Ben Sullivan, Head of Ecommerce Engineering Unstoppable Domains
"A creative, intelligent, and quick-on-his-feet engineer, Don proved to be an integral addition to our team. He doesn't shy away from new opportunities to learn by taking initiative."
Nieky Allen, CTO Elevator Media
"Don strives for academic excellence, he has invested himself so much in an uncharted area of leadership in TKE by becoming the backbone of our design, PR, and website. Don demonstrates commitment to Loyola, the SFL community, and the future through his voluntarily involvement in the clubs and volunteer programs at Loyola."
Nicholas Kimble, TKE-EK President 2014-2016