Brandon bleek42

Brandon Leek

Life-long tech enthusiast, troubleshooter & power-user with 4 years of experience developing full-stack web applications, as well as 2 years teaching aspiring student developers & cyber security professionals. Fluent in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL & NoSQL database paradigms. Deep understanding of the NodeJS Package Management (NPM) ecosystem.
Advanced knowledge of modern-contemporary libraries, frameworks, packages & toolchains. Specifically, yet not exclusively: React, React-Native, NextJS, TypeScript, JSDoc, NodeJS, Express, Fastify, NestJS, Electron, PostgreSQL, MongoDB & GraphQL.
Proficient with Windows, Linux (Debian, Alpine, Arch-based), Shell-Script (Bash, ZSH, Fish, Powershell), Git, Docker, system administration tasks & defensive cyber-security measures.
Described by others as proactive, analytical, a quick learner, an effective collaborator, a concise communicator, responsive to constructive criticism, and an engaging teacher that fosters a supportive, yet challenging experience.

June 2022 - Present

Working knowledge of full-stack web development curriculum with an emphasis on React, NodeJS, Express, MySQL, MongoDB, & GraphQL. Enthusiasm, patience, and a balanced temperament to be an effective teacher amongst a diverse range of students that span across time zones & international borders in a remote learning setting.
Supporting, advising, and occasionally acting in place of the lead teacher responsible for class lectures in adherence to daily lesson plans with a class of up to 32 students. Coaching, troubleshooting, & building rapport with students as they work together in pairs on practice assignments following lectures at prescribed intervals. Class schedule runs 3-5 days per week, up to 6 month commitment per individual class.
Individually tutoring students during pre/post class office hours and outside of class hours as students from all other classes request 1-2 per week for 1-hour sessions. Average student satisfaction survey rating of 4.74/5.00 out of over 500 sessions.
Accepting, reviewing, & grading students' assignments on a self-start basis, using the curriculum's grading syllabus, my personal experience, and due diligence to provide valuable feedback as well as catch potential plagiarism & cheating.

January 2021 - June 2021

Attend daily meetings with a diverse group of stakeholders & developers spanning across time zones in order to coordinate task delegation, progress updates, and raise potential issues within the framework of an individual "sprint".
Implementation, and ongoing maintenance of a complex NodeJS REST API with a secure authentication & authorization regime based on user group(s), role(s), read, write, execute permissions, notification events, and robust error handling. Responsible for the following parts of tech stack: Typescript, Angular, SCSS, ExpressJS, PostgreSQL, MS Azure, Jenkins CI/CD.
Observe test-driven development practices for all work items assigned for the duration of each sprint, follow a set git commit message standard, run all code linting checks & formatting fixes, then deploy to Azure live demo instance.

May 2013 - June 2020

Balanced monthly profitability goals by solving Verizon Wireless client needs in a team-oriented retail store.
Cultivating a retail sales team with an excellent reputation amongst consumer & small business clientele in the community we serve.
Set the individual sale record for the entire sales region in 2016 with 22 new lines of service activations on a small business account, ensuring as seamless an experience as possible by successfully porting all client numbers from a competing provider, totaling $35,000 in gross profit.

Technical Certification: Software Engineering
Thinkful - Brooklyn, NY (remote) February 2020 - July 2020*
High School Diploma
Southern Reg. High School - Manahawkin, NJ September 2006 - June 2010