Michelle Belmont, MLIS, MA
Minneapolis, MN
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Rockstar self-starter with a killer appetite for productivity seeking new challenges and opportunities for growth and responsibility.
Professional Experience
Lead Front-End Web Developer January 2021 - present Cargill, Risk Trade, Minneapolis, MN
● Web application building in Visual Code for Angular to support and create the Risk Trade commodity trading platform with OKTA authentication
● Team-based development within an Agile Scrum environment, Jira ticketing system, & version control with Git for code review and Confluence for documentation.
● Technologies used: HTML5, CSS3/SASS, TypeScript, Javascript, Angular 8-16, rx/js, lodash, ChartJs, Figma, Okta, SonarQube, VeraCode
Senior Front-End Web Developer March 2017 - January 2021 Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Minneapolis, MN
● Web application building via Visual Studio Professional 2015-2019 to create new automation services for internal developers doing database management with Windows Authentication
● Team-based development within an Agile environment and Jira Kanban system & version control with GitHub Enterprise for documentation and code review
● Technologies used: HTML, CSS/SASS, Bootstrap, JavaScript/jQuery, AJAX/JSON, Angular 7-10, TypeScript, rx/js operators, SQL, and ASP.NET/C# with object oriented coding practices
● Deliver high-quality code through automated unit and functional testing via Jest and C# unit tests
● Presenting tools and new features of intranet portal to an enterprise-wide audience
● Problem-solving design and technical issues through creative thinking Senior Web Developer April 2014 - March 2017
Anoka-Ramsey Community College & Anoka Technical College, Coon Rapids, MN
● Web building through SiteCore & Umbraco content management systems from graphic designer created mockups to pixel perfection
● Led cross-team collaborative web redesign for college website including UX/UI design, development, and user testing for multiple, diverse user groups
● Interacting and collaborating with internal stakeholders and vendors to ensure alignment
● Presenting tools and new features of intranet portal to an campus-wide audience
● Technologies used: HTML, CSS/SASS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, jQuery and ASP.NET/C# Web Specialist September 2012 – April 2014
University of Minnesota, College of Design, St Paul, MN
● Manage information architecture for seven schools, twelve centers and other related event sites
● Train faculty and staff to use the Content Management System via editable regions in Contribute
● Web building through Dreamweaver
● Support Movable Type blogs for College of Design
● Troubleshoot errors in CSS, jQuery and PHP
Associate Librarian February 2012 – September 2012 Hennepin County Public Library, Oxboro Branch, Bloomington, MN
● Assist patrons from the Information Desk with reference, circulation & miscellaneous questions
● Reader’s Advisory for adults, teens and children
● Act as community liaison for local middle and elementary schools
● Plan displays and informal activities for children and parents
● Storytimes for babies and toddlers
● Created, planned & launched monthly Teen Activity group meetings
● Collection development for teen, middle-elementary school ages, and baby-toddler materials
● Provide technology support for library eServices Public Services Assistant January 2011 – February 2012 Hennepin County Public Library, Central branch, Minneapolis, MN
● Assist patrons at the Service Desk with library cards, fees and checkouts
● Operate the AMH machine & troubleshoot as necessary
● Pull and process patron request holds using Horizon
● Volunteer Aug 2010 – Dec 2010: Sort and shelve incoming materials Information Specialist June 2010 – February 2012
Betty Crocker Kitchens Cookbook Library, General Mills, Minneapolis, MN
● Created research reports per request in technical article databases
● Copy cataloged new books and journals using Z39.50 search & OCLC CatExpress
● Managed circulating items via Sydney+
● Successfully designed & maintained SharePoint site to promote library services
● Implemented popular internal newsletter of the latest in food trend news Web/Digital Services Librarian
August 2008 – April 2010
Blackwell Library, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD
● Assisted patrons at reference & circulation desks
● Participated on library’s Web Committee & consortium committees for Aleph ILS & User Interface
● Created new web tools to enhance the library’s web presence & user experience
● Maintained web content for library website and social networking sites
● Created Faculty Scholarship Access databases for web forms via SQL and ASP.NET
● Continued services a contract employee to manage their website through March 2012 Presentations
Oleson, Michelle, Krista Knapp, and Mandy Hackley. (2009). “Faculty Scholarship Database: Ingenuity through Collaboration.” Presentation: Poster Session. American Library Association Annual Conference: Chicago, IL, July 11.
Giving Back
● Mentor to a local high school students via BestPrep - 2017 - present
● Volunteer at local elementary school
● Led mobile app building exercise for Girls Who Code group as a member of RBC’s Women in Technology group - 2019
● Facilitated Women at RBC symposium as technical lead of event committee - Nov 2018
● Animal Humane Society, Dog Walker
Education
● Master of Arts, World History, Norwich University, Northfield, VT, June 2016
● Master of Library & Information Sciences, Technology Speciality, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, May 2008
● Bachelor of Arts in History (summa cum laude), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, Dec 2003 Computer Skills
● Microsoft Office Suite (Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access, Visio)
● Web building/troubleshooting through HTML5, SASS, CSS3, XML, JSON, JavaScript, jQuery, Angular framework, React app training, TypeScript, rx/js Observables, WordPress, PHP, SQL, C#, ASP.NET.
● Unit testing via Jest for Angular components and for C# controllers in Visual Studio
● Code management via Github Enterprise
● Code scanning via SonarQube (code quality) and VeraCode (security)
● Wireframing via Sketch and Photoshop mockups
● Social networking services including app development
● Visual Studio and VS Code, Adobe Dreamweaver, Microsoft SharePoint Designer & Sites, WordPress sites
● Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
● Google Analytics, Webmaster Tools, Custom Search Engine, Tag Manager