Morgan Stone

Experience

Manager, Software Engineering

Healthgrades

Jan 2019 – Present

Birmingham, Alabama

• Collaborate and lead remote software engineering teams across the US and India
• Oversee mobile app development team for provider relationship management app (iOS & Android) built with Javascript, Typescript, Angular 8+, RxJS, Cordova, Ionic, Snowflake, Mule APIs, and NodeJS APIs
• Oversee development team for Console (platform) web application built with Javascript, Typescript, Angular 7+, RxJS, NodeJS, Postgres, Snowflake, Kubernetes, and Mule APIs all running on AWS
• Oversee development team for CRM web application built with Javascript, AngularJS, NodeJS APIs, Redis, AWS RDS, Snowflake, and Elasticsearch all running on AWS
• Oversee development team for Consumer Data Platform (CDP) web application built with Javascript, AngularJS, NodeJS APIs, Redis, AWS RDS, Snowflake, and Elasticsearch all running on AWS
• Champion engineering best practices like test driven development, automated integration testing, unit testing, feature toggles, agile/scrum, DRY principles
• Mentor developers with pair programming and ongoing one-on-one meetings that foster career development
• Mentor engineers on modern Javascript and programming best practices
• Perform code reviews for the team and monitor code coverage with Jasmine, Istanbul, and Mocha
• Setup build and branch pipelines (CI/CD) for modern Javascript single page apps and NodeJS APIs with AWS, Jenkins, GitLab, and Bitbucket
• Review UX prototypes and lead estimation processes for new features (planning poker)
• Collaborate with product owners, Salesforce engineers, data engineers, site reliability engineers (SRE), technical project managers, security professionals, and executives on new features
• Design architecture diagrams with LucidChart
• Review software architecture and make recommendations for improvement
• Led a team on Elasticsearch and NodeJS API performance tuning using LoadImpact to track performance improvements
• Implement short-term NodeJS API caching with Redis
• Contribute to company maintained private Javascript NPM libraries
• Prototype with Sketch and InVision on new company initiatives
• Present new app prototypes and features to board members and executive leadership

Manager, Engineering

Influence Health

Aug 2018 – Jan 2019

Birmingham, Alabama

• Collaborate with product and senior leadership to architect and develop new features for our healthcare martech apps
• Ongoing code reviews for the team
• Led the team bi-weekly deployments via Jenkins to AWS. Used feature flags to enable continuous deployment
• Develop the core, Typescript-based Angular application that interacts with RESTful Node.js APIs (LoopBack)
• Develop, extend, and style React components built on Searchkit
• Model and review unit tests and code coverage for components written with Karma, Jasmine, Mocha, and Chai
• Produce training videos to onboard engineers into development
• Implemented Auth0 for authorization and authentication. Used AWS Lambda and AWS API Gateway calling Auth0 for Authentication.

UI/UX Architect

Influence Health

May 2014 – Aug 2018

Birmingham, Alabama

• Develop and document a CSS design system using Sass generated functional CSS classes
• Setup build and continuous integration servers (CI/CD) with Jenkins, Grunt, Gulp, AWS, and Netlify
• Design and test prototypes with Sketch and InVision
• Design and develop custom D3 Charts
• Build out Angular JS single page apps using Bootstrap, CSS, Sass, HTML, and Lodash
• Work alongside engineering teams and data architects developing Angular JS directives and services
• Assist business analysts and product owners by designing wireframes and mockups
• Document and maintain a comprehensive style guide for our apps
• Style modules and components to meet style guide standards using CSS, Sass + Compass (SMACSS based system)
• Advise engineering teams on usability, HTML, CSS, accessibility, scalability, and Angular JS best practices
• Test and implement solutions to meet WCAG Level A accessibility requirements
• Architect Angular JS directive and npm component modules that are shared across our apps

Credentialed Course Instructor - Interactive Design

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Aug 2014 – May 2018

Birmingham, Alabama

Instruct a class of graphic design majors on web design fundamentals

Course Objectives

1. To learn W3C Compliant HTML & CSS applied to modern web/interactive design
2. To learn the fundamentals of the web design process from wireframing to prototyping to low fidelity designs (Sketch) to high fidelity designs (HTML & CSS)
3. To learn User Experience principles

Director of Design

Zeekee Interactive

Oct 2006 – May 2014

Birmingham, Alabama

• Designed over 150 websites in a variety of industries ranging from Financial Institutions to Food & Entertainment Venues
• Optimized websites for search engine rankings with SEO best practices
• Designed and developed custom Wordpress themes for clients
• Developed email marketing campaigns for clients, both big and small
• Created motion graphics for commercial broadcast and to enhance website animation
• Designed several magazine ads and direct mail pieces

Web Developer, Graphic Designer & Video Editor

Rush Videos

Jun 2005 – Sep 2006

Alabaster, Alabama

• Designed and developed small websites for small businesses
• Designed DVD covers for small reproduction jobs
• Edited wedding and event videos for clients in Final Cut Pro

Education

University of Alabama at Birmingham - Collat School of Business

Bachelor of Science in Marketing

2006-2010

Links

https://github.com/mstone6769

https://www.linkedin.com/in/morganstone

https://morganstone.me/

Speaking

React to Angular & Back Again

Birmingham Javascript Meetup, September 2021

Rapid Prototyping with Angular CLI

Women Who Code Birmingham, January 2018

Optimizing Angular (Client Side Performance)

Birmingham Javascript Meetup, June 2016

Foundation for Apps

Birmingham Javascript Meetup, April 2015

Sass: Get Spunky Writing CSS

AIGA Birmingham, March 2014

An Introduction to Foundation: A Responsive Design Framework

AIGA Birmingham, November 2013