Hello, I'm Brian. I'm a software engineer. I have 15 years of experience in education and school leadership. I enjoy building interactive applications and sites.
About me
After 15 years in public education and school leadership I decided to pursue my passion for programming and am currently looking for my first position to start my new career. Hack Reactor's Immersive Software Engineering Program prepared me not only because I learned how to create applications with full stack technologies, but also because I was trained to methodically problem solve. I took the leap into a new career because of the joy I have creating applications and tackling complex problems. Watching an app come to life brings me the same sense of accomplishment I had building Legos as a kid. I'm constantly working on different personal projects and love to learn new technologies.
My core stack is React, Express, Node.js, and either MongoDB or relational databases like SQL. I am also familiar with TypeScript, C#, .NET, Python, Ruby, and Java.
When I'm not coding, I enjoy raising my three wonderful children. I'm an avid rock climber and have spent my life adventuring outside.
My Hack Reactor Projects
Atelier ECommerce
Product page web app connected to microservice architecture back end.
- React
- Express
- Jest
- React Testing Library
Atelier System Design
Microservice back end for reviews endpoints for Atelier e-commerce client
- MongoDB
- Express
- Node JS
- Redis
- NGINX
- newRelic
- Jest
Sound Crate
Music creating, mixing, and sharing web application
- React
- Tone.js
- Express
- PostGreSQL
- Docker
My Personal Projects
Econ Problems
Educational Economics Application
- React
- React-Draggable
- Material UI
- MongoDB
- AWS Deployed
Professional Experience
AuditionCat
Audition tracking for the professional actor
- React
- TYPESCRIPT
- Google OAuth
- PostGreSQL
- Docker
- Chakra UI
My skills
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- Git
- Docker
- AWS
- Tailwind
- Bootstrap
- Chakra UI
- Material UI
- MongoDB
- SQL
- PostGreSQL
- Express
- Python
- C#
- ASP.NET
- Ruby
- Marshallese Language
My experience
Education
Richmond, IN & Colorado Springs, CO
Graduated with honors from Earlham College with B.A. in History and earned a Masters in Teaching from Colorado College
2003 - 2010Career in Education
Colorado & Oregon
Taught social studies, and specialized in International Baccalaureate Economics
2009 - 2023Head Teacher, Eugene International High School
Eugene, OR
Head of School for an IB World School of 1,100 students with 29 staff
2018 - 2023Hack Reactor Student
Remote
Enrolled in Hack Reactor's Immersive Software Engineering program
2022 - 2023Contact me
Please contact me directly at kuzmabr@gmail.com.