Adam J. Arling

Lead the front-end team in architecture and design of 8+ API-driven production- grade applications backed by ElasticSearch and GraphQL, enhancing discoverability and research for repository contents of digital collections. Prototype Vector visualizations and Open AI chat-based user-interfaces. Curate NPM React/JavaScript open-source component libraries for cultural heritage community. Mentor Junior Developers. Present at 10+ international Library tech conferences, sharing recent work, team process.

Consulted & co-developed on-site with full-stack teams at Morningstar Investments, FPX and Hitachi Data Systems, converting legacy mono-repos to AngularJS/JavaScript front-ends. Re-designed and implemented Morningstar.com Dot Com team’s investor sign-up portal, boosting conversions substantially in first 6-months; Adobe Experience Manager, JSP, and JavaScript/Angular. Built large-scale pricing model UIs for FPX sales engineers, allowing dynamic pricing calculations in real time to drive sales conversions

Built PHP wrappers around Filemaker Pro database queries, optimizing and re- organizing an API structure by which clients can more efficiently access dynamic data records. Designed & developed custom WordPress PHP themes for filmindependent.org. Collaborated with Marketing Director on strategy & execution in refactoring FI’s sign-up and membership flows. Automated & implemented backup/recovery procedures for all WordPress systems.

Sync financial APIs for credit check and e-signature services for the primary user-registration pathway for over 4500 new users. Integrated APIs such as EVS, RightSignature, IDSafeLock & RendPaidOnline into a smooth UX flow. Re-factored prototype PHP modules into CodeIgnitor framework modules. Collaborated with marketing team to deliver wireframes, style guides, & responsive solutions to product owner/stakeholders.

Developed Microsoft .NET & SharePoint sites for corporate clients: Mattel (Barbie), AON, Underwriters Laboratories, Zebra Printers, National Restaurant Assoc, American Dental Association & more. Collaborated with in-house designers, translating Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator comps to pixel-perfect HTML/CSS/JS apps. Pre-deployment QA Testing, performance troubleshooting, & accessibility testing.