Experience
10+ years as a solo frontend developer and technical SEO practitioner — scoping, building, measuring, and shipping end-to-end.
WORK HISTORY
Professional Experience
Independent practice building and optimizing websites — full ownership from client discovery through post-launch measurement.
Founder & Frontend Developer
BearGorilla
Built and operated an independent web development and technical SEO practice. Scoped, designed, developed, and measured 20+ client sites end-to-end — sole implementer across the full stack from HTML/CSS/JS to deployment and post-launch SEO audits.
Key Achievements:
- Architected and shipped 20+ production websites using Astro, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS with a focus on Core Web Vitals and on-page SEO
- Improved organic traffic by 300% on a client's site within 12 months through a combined technical SEO audit, IA restructure, and content targeting overhaul
- Reduced average LCP from ~4.2 s to under 2.5 s across three projects by migrating to static site generation, eliminating render-blocking resources, and implementing responsive image pipelines
- Designed and built local-service sites with structured service-intent page hierarchies and schema markup, improving local pack visibility for two clients
- Owned full delivery cycle: client discovery, wireframing, frontend implementation, performance QA, GA4/Search Console setup, and handoff documentation
- Managed all client relationships, proposals, and project scoping without account-management support
Technologies Used:
Astro TypeScript Tailwind CSS HTML/CSS JavaScript GA4 Google Search Console Screaming Frog
EDUCATION
Academic Background
High School Diploma
Brattleboro Union High School
Brattleboro, VT
Graduated: 2013
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