Fred Tranfield

With over 14 years of experience delivering complex, highly customized web applications, I am a seasoned front-end developer and designer versed in best practices. My expertise lies in creating user-friendly interfaces using research, humor, and empathy.
 

Senior Front-End Developer/UX Designer
Ernst & Young (EY)
October 2019 — Present

Roles & Clients:

Lead FE Developer/UX Designer
Northern Tool & Equipment

In this large-scale upgrade and site refresh of the Northern Tools E-commerce site, I worked closely with the NTE team to create a modern, accessible theme using best practices. I also took on a dual role - custom developing all theme SCSS and Typescript, in addition to acting as lead designer.

Senior UX Designer/Front-End Developer
Nevada Energy (via Zilker Technology)

I collaborated with Nevada Energy leadership to prototype and develop a React.js app that simplifies the setup of new construction power and gas for contractors and homeowners. The app features over 10 dashboards and 300 screens, making it the most sophisticated project I have worked on to date.

Senior UX Designer
MA Department of Housing and Community Development

Designed improved user experience and financial tracking for a state government’s public housing projects. Built an interactive prototype, in Figma, for the client to better “feel” the flow and track significant issues in dashboards.

Front-End Developer/Designer
Freelance
October 2008 — October 2019

Specialties include development/design in eCommerce, non-profit, and entertainment sectors. Expertise: SASS, LESS, Responsive Design, Javascript, React.js, Vue.js, Git, PHP, and MySQL, Magento, Drupal, WordPress, Figma, Mural, Server administration on various *nix platforms with Apache and Nginx.

Front-End Developer/UX Designer
Medical University of South Carolina
Contract 2018 — 2019

Revised UX standards to current best practices and a framework for implementing WCAG 2.0/a11y accessibility standards. Developed modern JS templating system for their various CMS’s, using Gatsby/React.js.

Senior Front-End Developer
Muscle and Strength, LLC
2017 — 2018

Worked on bringing a hybrid Magento/Drupal E-Commerce platform UIX up to best practices. Developed modern JS templating system for these legacy versions of Magento and Drupal using Vue.js and Mustache templating.

Front-End Developer II
Blue Acorn
2013 — 2016

Produced clean, well-documented, best practices code along with optimal UX. Built pixel-perfect front-end Magento E-Commerce sites for medium to large businesses using SASS and Grunt. Developed and designed efficient UI experience using OO Javascript.

BA is psychology, Certified Magento Front-End Developer, trained photographer.