Brian P. G. Sopok

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EDUCATION

Siena College - Albany, NY May 2016

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

William and Dalia Harvey Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Mathematics and Computer Science University of London, Queen Mary - London, England - Study Abroad Program Fall 2014 APPLICABLE SKILLS

Programming Languages - Web Development (JavaScript, React) Relevant Courses Taken - Software Engineering, Web Application Development, Database Management, Analysis of Algorithms, and Object-Oriented Programming EXPERIENCE

Front End Software Engineer, YieldStreet – New York, NY April 2018 - May 2020

Involved in the evolution of the company's investor crowdfunding platform with 200K active users that utilizes JS (React), Redux, Gatsby, CSS (Styled Components), Jest, and Enzyme.

Improved the top of funnel experience that guides the user from signing up to first investment through converting front end pages to Gatsby to increase page load speed, A/B testing, and largely contributed to the YieldStreet Blog, Resource Learning Center, Glossary and informational asset landing pages to educate users on various asset classes, financial terms, and investments using the Wordpress API.

Played a large part in rebranding the entire application in 2020 working closely with other engineers and product managers, during which I also contributed to consolidating many redundant parts of the codebase and helped create a shared component library using Storybook.

Improved and created new functionality to the logged-in user experience where users can make new investments, transfer money, monitor investments, check tax information, make further investments, and view dividends.

Interface with backend developers, QA engineers, product managers, and graphic designers.

Contributed to platform conversion of AngularJS to React in 2018. Software Engineer, Elm Street Technology – Greater Boston, MA May 2016 - April 2018

Developed automated company website templates, which were capable of creating 35,000+ real estate agent websites per year. Created automatic inbound marketing solutions on top of websites.

Implemented a dashboard for real estate agents to see analytics about their website while also giving the ability to make informational and design changes to their personalized website.

JS (React, AngularJS, JQuery), C# (Razor), CSS (Bootstrap, LESS, SCSS), and Pug. Software Engineer Intern, Intriaci Studio – Albany, NY August 2014 - May 2016

Developed 50 websites including mobile and tablet friendly.

Utilized HTML, CSS, SASS, JavaScript, JQuery, PHP, Bootstrap, WordPress, BigCommerce, Photoshop, GitHub, Responsive Design, and Google Analytics. Freelance Web Developer, Various Companies – Albany, NY July 2014 - May 2016

Developed company websites and assisted in company social media and analytics resulting in 350,000 views between six different websites and 6,000 new likes on Facebook within one year. Modeling & Simulation Developer, U.S. Army Benet Laboratories – Albany, NY June 2014 - Sept. 2014

Developed thermochemistry and interior ballistics software for the United States Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center.

Created complementary models in MATLAB, Visual Basic, and VBA macros using MS Excel enabling engineers to acquire necessary results from their model of choice. Specialist, Apple, Inc. – Crossgates Mall, Albany, NY June 2013 - June 2014 LEADERSHIP

Student Conduct Review Board Member, Siena College August 2013 - December 2015