Tech consultant and Science Advocate in Seattle, WA
Helping your organization get your message out.
My focus
My focus is on helping small-to-medium organizations carry out their mission by helping them utilize technology in a way that works for them. With a background in healthcare and website development, I provide a variety of services:
- Initial assessment of organizational needs and resources;
- Evaluation of how (and whether) current technology can meet those needs;
- Legacy technology assessment and evaluation of potential paths (upgrade? replace? maintain?)
- Website services including website maintenance, hosted server maintenance, troubleshooting, making those calls to your hosting company to find out what is going on and get it resolved.
- Initial evaluation of content needs and site structure;
- Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Search Console: initial setup, report setup based on your organization’s data needs, report interpretation.
My services
Web Development With a focus on maintaining, assessing and reworking older and legacy sites. Bootstrap, HTML/CSS/JS, GatsbyJS.
ASP.NET Sites. IIS setup and configuration, maintenance, updating via both IIS and Plesk. Code maintenance (Visual Basic.NET, some C#.)
Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. Site setup and integration, report configuration and interpretation, report customization.
WordPress. Setup, configuration, and customization: Elementor, GeneratePress; PayPal and MailChimp integration.
Site assessment: Content structure, layout, UX assessment, workflow assessment. Does it sell and can you maintain it?
WordPress membership and learning management systems. MemberPress, LearnDash, WPCourseware
Experience
Independent Web Consultant — 2016-present
Provide site consulting and management services, with a focus on small to medium organizations. Services include: assessing current and future organizational needs related to web and technology usage, outlining potential upgrade paths for legacy websites, researching potential platforms including cloud, migrating sites to new servers, set up of Windows and Linux servers. I also participate in acquiring development talent for organizations.
Skills include: eliciting organizational needs and desired outcomes, assessing current user workflows, and developing an initial strategy to support those outcomes. Experience with ASP.NET Framework, HTML, CSS, some JavaScript, IIS 8.5 and 10, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2019, as well as Linux (Ubuntu) servers on Digital Ocean. Create responsive pages using Bootstrap 4.6 as well as vanilla HTML/CSS/JavaScript.
WordPress site design and setup using GeneratePress and Elementor.
Set up membership and educational sites using WordPress, MemberPress, LearnDash, WP Courseware. Integrate with PayPal and MailChimp.
Clients include Immunization Action Coalition
Healthcare Communication — 2016 – present
As part of the team on NDsForVaccines.com, write articles combatting vaccine misinformation and presenting the science on vaccination for the general public.
Adjunct ND Clinical Supervisor — 2018 – 2019
Bastyr University
Supervised and taught naturopathic medical students in providing evidence-based care for patients, with a focus on LGBTQ health, transgender medical care, mood disorders, and general health. Majority of population seen were Medicaid/underserved.
Solo Healthcare Provider (ND) — 2012 – 2018
Meditrinalia Naturopathic
Worked with a wide variety of people including neurodiverse individuals and members of the LGBTQ community as a solo primary care provider (licensed naturopathic doctor) in this independent micropractice. Provided integrative care utilizing evidence-based guidelines and standards of care, including promoting vaccination. Focus included reducing inappropriate use of antibiotics and addressing chronic conditions using lifestyle and integrative approaches where appropriate. Majority of population low income or on Medicaid/Applehealth.