Clay Houllion

Work History

Music Audience Exchange

09.2019 - 02.2024

Designed and executed transformational technology changes from legacy wordpress solutions to modern Google Cloud Platform Firebase and Cloud Function APIs loosely coupled with micro apps to facilitate global scale software operations and flexible delivery.
Led delivery of company's first consumer-facing solutions at a global scale. Rapidly expanding from a handful of events to hundreds a week
Leveraged Google Cloud Platform and Firebase to create real-time, multifaceted experiences.
Created live, interactive concert experiences using Vimeo and Firebase in React apps.
Designed and developed live auction system with Google Cloud Platform and Firebase.
Assisted architecting and delivering global payment solutions leveraging Stripe.
Designed and executed cutting-edge in-browser video chat solutions using Twilio APIs.
Created automated SMS systems using Twilio and Firebase.
Developed and provided training of React, Typescript and Google Cloud Platform strategies for both existing and new team members to drive organizational success.
Created custom React, Google Cloud Platform, and Styled-Components tooling and processes to develop and ship multiple software suites and services.
Designed multitenant brandable SaaS offerings using React, TypeScript and Google Cloud Platform to meet business partnership goals.

Bestow

02.2018 - 02.2024

Built a high-velocity and engaged team that produced exceptional experiences with modern web technologies including React, Custom Design System via Styled-Components, Google Cloud Platform and Kubernetes.
Oversaw all web engineering at Bestow, provided leadership for team of five in-house front-end engineers working on three React projects.
Provided technical oversight for outsourced team delivering additional React and Google Cloud Platform projects.
Responsible for all architecture and delivery of front-end projects in conjunction with Python microservices and Infrastructure teams.
Leveraged React to deliver responsive, performant, and maintainable experiences.
Worked closely with UX and UI designers to replace legacy experiences with dynamic and engaging software that boosted life insurance application completion rates from 42 to 75%.

projekt202

02.2016 - 02.2018

Web Technologist helping clients solve difficult problems with practical approaches and modern tools including; React, Angular, Knockout, jQuery, Ember, custom JavaScript Frameworks, AWS, and GCP.
Conduct research and interviews with users and developers to drive software expectations and direction.
Expert in web performance, platform support, scalability, developer ergonomics, and maintainability.

Liquid Analytics

06.2015 - 01.2016

Performed development and maintenance of private cloud and iOS software for multiple business verticals using xcode, swift, cocoa, and Objective-C
Developed web application framework using Google Polymer and Web Components to integrate with existing enterprise software systems.
Created cross-device web application experiences for an evolving work environment using custom JavaScript solutions.

DeyoGroup

11.2011 - 05.2013

Worked with customers, designers, and other engineers to create or update web properties to support web standards, modern UI paradigms, and mobile devices.
Delivered solutions using custom .NET platform, custom JavaScript solutions, and Knockout apps.