Kenny Howard

A little bit about me!

I am a JavaScript developer that focuses on React. I am constantly seeking to expand my skills and knowledge, particularly in areas such as application observability and performance optimization.

Work Life

I have the opportunity to utilize cutting-edge technology. Our team is dedicated to continuously improving the user experience.

What I Love

I love my amazing family, building awesome apps, sports, traveling, astronomy, and the never-ending quest for knowledge!

Hard Worker

I strive to go the extra mile, never wanting to being complacent. I am passionate about problem-solving and using technology to create efficient and effective solutions.

Keep Learning

I have recently discovered an interest in application observability and performance optimization. I am eager to delve deeper into this field and find ways to improve.

Current Focus

Work In Progress

I am currently in the process of redesigning my portfolio website, as the current version is quite outdated, being 9+ years old. I have many ideas to improve the overall experience, making it more fluid and modern while eliminating its dated look and feel.

Technologies: Next.js, Tailwind, Jest.

Mood Map

Built a fun, little application to help track your daily mood. Features include Firebase email/password authentication, the ability to view previously recorded mood data, and tracks stats on your rankings. Give it a try—it's surprisingly fun to track how you're feeling over time!

Technologies Used: Next.js, TailwindCSS, Firebase

Twerk Talia
Dance Fitness

BEING REFACTORED

I developed a landing page for my wife's online dance fitness courses, which are hosted on Vimeo OTT. I also designed the Vimeo OTT interface, available at Twerk Talia - Vimeo OTT.

Technologies Used: HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Talia's Tiny Tots

Work In Progress

Working on developing a management software for my wife's daycare business, designed to help her efficiently check for available spots for new parents with unique or specific schedule requirements, thus optimizing spot usage.

Technologies Used: Next.js, Fastify, React, TypeScript, Sass, Firebase/ Cloud Firestore, Jest

Fantasy Football League Website

Work In Progress

This is a fun little project that I work on here and there to keep track of my fantasy football league's information, matchup data, friendly bets, and anything else that the league may find useful.

Technologies Used: React, Context, Sass, Firebase/ Cloud Firestore, Bootstrap, Material-UI

Draft Tracker

BEING REFACTORED

I needed a tool that would help with my fantasy football league. So I began to build this web app in 2016 to help me manuever the salary-cap draft. This app allowed me to collect a wishlist of sorts as well as a in-draft budget tool.

Technologies Used: HTML, CSS, AngularJS, bootstrap, Firebase

LDS Billboards

This was contract work for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints so they could keep track of their billboards. Built using the MEAN stack, I worked on this with four other collaborators over the course of 25 days.

Technologies Used: HTML, CSS, bootstrap, AngularJS, Node.js, Express, Bcrypt, Mongoose, MongoDB

LDS Billboards (cont.)

Another view of the app that we created for the LDS church. This screenshot shows the functionality requested by our client for the use of tracking the exact location of their billboards.

Technologies Used: HTML, CSS, bootstrap, AngularJS, Node.js, Express, Bcrypt, Mongoose, MongoDB

Benched Sports

This was my first MEAN stack web application that mimicked blog-like functionality with a WYSIWYG text editor with the help of textAngular. I built this to practice the full-stack workflow.

Technologies Used: HTML, CSS, bootstrap, AngularJS, textAngular, Node.js, Express, OAUTH2, Mongoose, MongoDB

What makes me a good fit?

Utah Valley University

Jan 2007 - Dec 2011

Received a bachelor of science in business management. I finished with a cumulative GPA of 3.45. In 2007 I was placed on the dean's list.
Utah Community Credit Union

Sept 2007 - June 2012

I worked two and a half years as a vault teller followed by two years as a loan officer. I loved being able to help others with all of their financial needs!
The Royal Bank of Scotland

June 2012 - Jan 2015

I jumped on with RBS as an analyst to work in their foreign exchange department where I learned how to think on my feet and utilize time management in this fast-paced environment.
DevMountain

Jan 2015 - Mar 2015

This five-star code school allowed for my passion of coding to take off. During my time here, I did contract work for the LDS Church as well as other personal projects.

Technologies Used: HTML, CSS, bootstrap, jQuery, AngularJS, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Firebase
Zaact Consulting (Formerly ITG)

May 2015 - Nov 2015

Zaact gave me the opportunity to utilize my problem-solving skills as a front-end dev consultant. I got to communicate with great clients and help them reach solutions to their business needs.

Technologies Used: HTML, CSS, bootstrap, jQuery, AngularJS, SharePoint
Beyond, Inc. (formerly Overstock.com)

Nov 2015 - Present

I'm working as a front-end developer on the search dev team where I seek to maximize availability, accessibility, and utility of content and services for our users worldwide.

Technologies Used:React, Redux, Context, TypeScript, Next.js, Fastify, Docker, Kubernetes, Webpack, Node.js, Express, HTML, CSS, Less, Sass, bootstrap