Andrew Grexa
For as long as I have remembered, I have wanted to change the world. There is a passion inside me that drives a desire to make a positive impact on those around me and around the globe. Every day is a fresh chance to do so in cutting-edge, exciting ways.
I am who I am because of the people around me, and my intention is to continue to surround myself with those who also want to change the world. I love technology. I love writing code. But more than that, I love people. Technology is a bridge that lets me cross language barriers. Software is a tool that allows me to share my dreams with others. But people are the center of it all. It is my mission to retain this people-centered, user-centered focus as I pursue a career in software engineering.
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Andrew Grexa Receives Degree from Georgia Tech
Andrew Grexa of Colorado Springs, CO, has earned a Master of Science in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Grexa was among approximately 3,200 undergraduate and ...
January, 30 2017 - Verified by Georgia Institute of Technology
Engineering Lead at mywedding.com, a Meredith Corporation company
Technologies:
• Javascript: React, Redux, Webpack, Babel, Enzyme, Jasmine
• PHP: Phalcon, PHPUnit, Mockery
• Other: LESS
Responsibilities + Accomplishments:
• Spearheaded a complete rewrite (using ReactJS + Redux) of one of our legacy applications
September 2016 - Present
Software Engineer at mywedding.com, a Meredith Corporation company
Technologies:
• Javascript: React, Webpack, Babel, Backbone, Jasmine, Phantom, Grunt
• PHP: Zend, Phalcon, PHPUnit, Mockery
• Other: LESS, Drupal, WordPress
Responsibilities + Accomplishments:
• Successfully implemented optimizations by migrating complex database search queries to Apache SOLR, resulting in an average page load time decrease of over 30% for the ideas application
• Created RESTful endpoints and implemented the front-end piece of the vendor review manager
• Assisted in a refactor and launch of a white-labeled version of the mywedding travel application for MidwestLiving and Better Homes & Gardens
• Helped to develop a plan to migrate core applications to React and ES2015 using Babel and Webpack while maintaining old modules written in ES5
• Implemented a framework for writing unit tests in ES2015
January 2015 - Present
