Chad Lefort
Frontend Engineer
(985) 696-4781
chadlefort@gmail.com
github.com/ChadLefort
chadlefort.com
I’ve always had a strong passion for the web. Shortly after I was given my first computer, I grew interested in web development. I take pride in writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code and have always enjoyed the feeling of accomplishment when programming. I not only take pride in my own work, but genuinely care that the team I'm a part of succeeds in delivering great products that offer an excellent user experience. I'm also constantly furthering my skills by learning new patterns, libraries, and frameworks to keep up with the ever changing demand the web has.
Job Experience
December 2020 - Present
CDIT
Senior Frontend Engineer
- Currently working on an instructor-guided online education platform for dentist using Vue, TypeScript, Nuxt, and Graphql.
- Helped build a new platform in React for a VOIP client and migrated modules from NPM packages to Webpack Module Federation to allow for a better Microfrontend architecture.
July 2017 - December 2020
Veriforce
Senior Frontend Engineer
- Architected applications in React, Redux, TypeScript, and Material-UI and wrote unit tests with Jest and React Testing Library for a contractor management platform.
- Led a team of developers that met client deadlines for major revenue growing projects.
- Mentored teammates by having pair programming sessions and provided feedback on code reviews daily.
- Advocated for UI and code consistency throughout the application by creating patterns for other teammates to follow.
- Set up a monorepo using Lerna for over a dozen React applications and NPM packages saving hours from weekly manual deployments.
- Quarterly managed dependency upgrades that fixed underlying bugs and allowed developers to use new features.
- Migrated existing React applications to TypeScript to reduce bugs and provide a better developer experience.
November 2014 – July 2017
Netchex
Full Stack Software Developer
- Worked in an agile environment on an application that specialized in payroll, benefits, and human resources.
- Led a team of developers on a rewrite of the benefits module.
- Developed applications using domain driven design with C# for REST APIs and created single page applications using AngularJS, TypeScript, and Bootstrap.
Skills
React
Redux
Vue
TypeScript
Material-UI
Bootstrap
Node JS
Webpack
Education
Nicholls State University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
August 2009 - December 2013
- Majored in Computer Information Systems
- GPA: 3.6
Awards
- Consistently been awarded the President’s List award since the Fall 2010 semester. The President’s List award requires a student to maintain a scholastic GPA of 3.5 or higher.
Organizations
- Member of Beta Gamma Sigma. It is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in a business program accredited by AACSB International.
- Member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon. It is the first and only existing international honor society in the Computing and Information disciplines.
About Me
I've been a technology enthusiast ever since a young age. I've always enjoyed tinkering around to understand how things work, whether it's looking at source code or computer hardware. Long before the days of social media I wanted to create my own website. Shortly after I was given my first computer at 11 years old, I started the journey of creating web sites and fell in love with the web and programming.
When I'm not programming, I enjoy spending time with my wife Melanie and my cat Pat. I also enjoy building and tearing apart computers, skateboarding, playing guitar and bass, and exploring new worlds in video games!