Hi There!

My name is Kosi, a DC-area technology swiss army knife specializing in Front-End development with a passion for all things new and open-source.

I create intuitive and engaging User Experiences with rich visual designs and excellent usability. Take a look at some of my most recent work.

What I Do

What I will not do is call myself a "Ninja" of anything! I will, however, say that I am a versatile Developer, Designer, UX professional and Consultant that generally offers expertise to clients, projects or positions in any (or all) of the aforementioned areas(see my expansion of this here).

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Who I Am

In a nutshell, I am an experienced IT Consultant, Web Developer and Entrepreneur with over twenty years of experience across various specialities ranging from Graphic Design and Web Development to Network Infrastructure and Information Architecture. I have been fortunate enough to have worked with some pretty awesome companies such as MMG, Booz Allen Hamilton, Serco-North America, General Dynamics, Aon and Sogeti.

I also do a fair amount of freelance work during my free time (which no longer exists) and currently enjoy offering Freelance Web Strategy Consulting through BlueIgnition, my Web Strategy Consulting business.

When not in front of a computer, I enjoy biking, swimming, basketball and DJing. Yes, I can (somewhat) mix things up on the turntables!

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My Work

Many people usually are stumped as to how to classify me. Am I a Back-end Developer, Front-end Developer, Designer, Network Infrastructure, UX guy or Business Analyst? "How do you see yourself?," They ask.

"As a mixture of all the above!" I respond. In my opinion, the work I do cannot be measured by titles or pixels but by the depth of experience, knowledge and creativity I apply to each and every project that I work on.

Take a look at highlights of some of my most recent projects. Not an exhaustive list by any means, but hopefully enough to give an idea about the types of projects I've worked on and clients I've worked for.

Smokefree.Gov

2014  ➝  Drupal Development Lead & IT Consulting

Lead Drupal Developer at Matthews Media Group where I spearheaded the development and deployment of women.smokefree.gov, a new Drupal-powered site for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and oversaw development tasking for the redesign of Smokefree.Gov, NCI's primary website in the fight to help smokers quit smoking.

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DC One City Youth Initiative

2014  ➝  Contract IT Consulting & Web Development

Lead Front-end Developer and IT Consultant for the District of Columbia One City Youth Initiative internal information portal. Focus of this project was on data collection and visualization utilizing tools such as ESRI maps.

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Healthcare.Gov

2013  ➝  Contract IT Consulting, Graphic Design, Web Development & Network Infrastructure

Senior Web Developer & IT Consultant(contract with Aquilent) for Healthcare.Gov (Primary website of the Department of Health & Human Services). Focus was on Front-end Development, Network Infrastructure and Application Integration.

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Vibe Design

2011  ➝  Freelance IT Consulting & Web Development

Front-end development(work done under BlueIgnition) for Vibe Design Inc., a DC-area boutique interior design firm specializing in delivering high quality design, with personalized attention, to clients.

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Westchester Region NAACP ACT-SO

2014  ➝  Freelance IT Consulting & Drupal Development

Developed & deployed Drupal 7 site for the Westchester Region NAACP ACT-SO Coalition centered around enabling online registrations and data capture.

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WilkinsonShein Communications

2011  ➝  Freelance IT Consulting & Drupal Development

Developed and deployed Drupal-powered website for WilkinsonShein, a DC-area full-service communications company, specializing in public relations, marketing and branding for the technology industry with a focus on telecom, IT and renewable energy.

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Mikido

2011  ➝  Freelance IT Consulting, Graphic Design & Drupal Development

Developed Drupal-powered platform as part of revamping efforts to the online presence of MiKido, a family-oriented Mixed Martial Arts center established in 1982.

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Constellation Energy Group

2011  ➝  Contract IT Consulting, Graphic Design & Web Development

Lead Front-end Developer (SMB Customer Portal) for Constellation Energy, a leading supplier of power, natural gas, renewable energy and energy management products & services for homes and businesses across the continental United States. Spearheaded UI design & development efforts for portal redesign.

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CQ Rollcall

2010  ➝  Contract IT Consulting & Web Development

Senior Front-end Developer for Java-based web portal CQ.com, the leading provider of congressional news, legislative tracking & advocacy services and the only media company that connects policy professionals and opinion leaders with the information and tools they need to understand and influence Congress.

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DuPont Fabros Technology

2011  ➝  Freelance IT Consulting & Drupal Development

Built Drupal-powered website for multi-million dollar DC-area technology company DuPont Fabros Technology, a leading owner, developer, operator and manager of wholesale data centers for well known industry clients such as Microsoft, Yahoo! and Facebook.

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