Danny Genender

Design Technologist

About Me

I am a digital story teller, illustrating with CSS and narrating with Javascript across the HTML canvas of the digital universe.

Credited with designing, wireframing, prototyping and developing user journeys for the front and back ends of businesses. My extreme attention to detail and ability to empathize with users drives all that I create.

In my spare time I am a musician, an animal lover, a scuba diver and a gamer/game modder.

Professional Experience

Freelance Contractor2023 - Present

UX Design, Development, Prototyping, Technical Strategy, IT/DevOps

• Led UX, development and testing for a new B2B e-commerce portal website for Dark Matter Coffee
• Developed assorted emails and landing pages for Dept-11 clients

Fusion92 - Integrated Agency2022 - 2023

Senior Developer

• Led migration & development for a rebuild of the marketing website for Heinen’s grocery chain
• Implemented a modular development system for all FISRV email & landing pages for Zelle sales
• Redeveloped an instructional landing page for BCBSM’s “Ready to Help” vaccine campaign
• Implemented and led HubSpot automation & email development for Heartland Dental
• Maintained and updated all agency WordPress websites
• Developed & deployed geographically segmented reporting emails for DTE Energy
• Managed deployment & development of all marketing & informational emails for Buddig

Freelance Contractor2018 - 2022

UX Design, Development, Prototyping, Technical Strategy, IT/DevOps

• Contracted as a designer/developer at Kemper, focused on marketing email & landing pages
• Designed & developed a store locator & order pickup landing page for Dark Matter Coffee, helping them increase customer safety during the Covid-19 pandemic
• Led a full IT/network/phone systems migration between physical locations for Braun Pharmacare
• Managed IT systems and provided user technical support for EnvisionIt Agency
• Updated IT systems and network hardware for The Pet Apothecary
• Redesigned and rebuilt website for Premier Relocation
• Led DevOps, development and deployment for Frontline Realty Partners’ website rebuild
• Contracted, through Creative Circle, as a WordPress developer for Maestro Health
• Developed assorted emails and landing pages for Dept-11 clients

Slack and Company - B2B Integrated Agency2014 - 2018

• Designed, implemented and led the agile “in-browser design” process at the agency
• Managed and mentored junior developers
• Led UX teams through design thinking workshops
• Conducted user research and testing
• Managed all development of digital products for all agency clients
• Designed wireframes for websites, landing pages and emails
• Storyboarded and programmed animation for interactive web infographics
• Wrote and provided technical POV’s for clients of the agency
• Managed all DevOps, migrations and deployment requirements for clients

Gennco InternationalPrior to 2014

IT/Ecommerce Director

• Managed the IT, website design and development teams
• Implemented & maintained all network hardware (switches, repeaters, firewalls, gateway security appliances, T3 internet and phone lines, printers, etc…)
• Designed & managed all servers in a mixed Windows/Linux/Unix environment
• Connected our home office to our offices in Hong Kong and mainland China via Secure VPN

Skills

Design/Development - UX and UI, User Design Thinking, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Visio, Responsive “In Browser” Design, Feature Driven Design, CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript (JQuery, GSAP, MooTools, Fullpage.js, wow.js, D3.js), PHP, Sublime Text, Axure, Gliphy, Tumult Hype, Powerpoint, Keynote, Blender, Sketch

Web Marketing Systems - Eloqua, Marketo, Pardot, Salesforce MC, HubSpot. Mailchimp, Microsoft Adcenter (Bing), Google Adwords, Google Analytics, Visistat, SpyFu, Hootsuite

Project management Systems - Sharepoint, Basecamp, Teamwork, Git, Bitbucket

Content Management Systems - Wordpress, Joomla, EVOQ DNN, Kentico, Apostrophe, VMWare, CPanel, Plesk, Corecommerce, Shopify

Web & DB Servers - Apache, I.I.S., Azure, AWS, Mysql, SQL, Opensim

Operational - Strategic design and technical planning at the executive team level, agile and waterfall processes, IT,web and design teams management