Brandon Bell

CREST - Policy-UI (2020 - Late 2025)

• Served as team technical lead for Policy-UI squad during the inception of the CREST space through 2025.
• Encouraged adoption of typescript and coached team members on best practices, improving experience for new developers and ensuring project is leveraging go-forward technologies.
• Implemented micro-frontend configuration to enable Policy-UI to run within the CREST micro-frontend Ecosystem.
• Collaborated with designers and product owners to maintain backlog and supply team with stories to build out Policy-UI product.
• Managed multiple feature launches on time from design to implementation.
• Mentored junior developers, fostering professional growth and enhancing team productivity.
• Delivered features full stack between the Policy-UI react frontend application and the GraphQL backend layer.

GRAPHQL (Early 2025 - Present)

• Developed queries and mutations that supply Policy-UI with the data and backend behavior required to deliver Policy-UI features.
• Drove SELL-related feature development in trove-api-v3, contributing to increased sales lead visibility and policy sales for CREST.
• Leveraged Splunk and Datadog to categorize common errors and create backlog items to address them.

AI Advocacy

• Early adopter of LibertyGPT and Co-pilot tools, integrated the tools into all aspects of development workflow.
• Mentored Jr. and Sr. peers on use of AI tools, leading to increased adoption of tools and improved efficiency in delivering features.
• Developed AI-powered feedback tool to train employees on best practices for delivering actionable feedback with a professional tone.

Task Management System

• Leveraged Java, javascript, and Angular to maintain rep-facing application for managing administrative tasks.

CSW / CF

• Coordinated deployments of new software, feature updates and fixes.
• Leverage MQ topics / subscriptions and the BPM service layer to deliver automated tasks to reps when customer E-signs a document.

Modernization

• Rewrote legacy Claims Status Tool (CST) and Renewal Comparison tool (RCT) into modern architecture using Javascript and Node.