Curt Howard@meowsus
A Creative, UX-Focused Full-Stack Software Engineer
A highly adaptable and self-aware software engineer with over 20 years of experience building scalable, high-performance mobile and web applications. My passion lies in driving product innovation and engineering team efficiency, with a focus on clear communication and low-ego collaboration.
Founding Engineer
Ampwall
September 2024 - Present
Brought on to help aggressively build out a very ambitious roadmap of features to provide a platform for artists in the DIY music industry
Staff Software Engineer
Convictional
November 2021 - July 2024
Became the head of UI/UX product development with a focus on engineering productivity to increase developer productivity by more than 60%.
Senior Software Engineer
Tophatter
January 2020 - November 2021
Built a gamified commerce experience for a popular auction-based mobile application.
Senior Software Engineer
Workarea
July 2013 - January 2020
Built and launched many high-profile commerce websites before creating a highly extensible, full featured, open source commerce platform.
Software Engineer
I-SITE
- July 2013
Built and managed many non-profit mobile and web applications rapidly on a very small team.
Founding Partner
Pepperlillie
- November 2012
Built and managed beautifully designed small-to-medium sized boutique websites in this entrepreneurial partnership.
Staff Web Developer
IntuitSolutions
- November 2007
Built and managed the custom storefronts of over 200 customers using eBay ProStores & BigCommerce.
Web Developer
Johnson & Johnson
- November 2003
Converted an internal quality assurance website into the company's new content management system.
Web Developer
Merck
- November 2002
Converted many internal department websites from ColdFusion to static HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
University
Bachelor (cont'd)
Computer Science
- November 2004
University
Associate
Computer Science
- November 2003
Volunteer
Puddletown Montessori School
- August 2024
Worked with the administrative team to provide maintenance for their parent portal application.
Roger Kirkness (CEO @ Convictional)
"I highly recommend Curt on the basis of competence, character, detail orientation, and overall frontend engineering ability. I'm happy to provide a more detailed reference over email, and could not recommend him more highly."
Patti Murphy (Leadership Coach @ Convictional)
"Beyond Curt’s technical skills, his ability to lead and collaborate within a team has been one of his most valuable assets. His deep compassion, open heart, integrity, authenticity and humor allows him to seemingly effortlessly build and maintain strong bonds across the team. He shows a natural aptitude for mentoring others and fostering a productive and positive working environment. "
Prentice Bjerkeseth (Engineering Manager @ Convictional)
"Curt’s the kind of engineer every team needs—smart, collaborative, driven, and experienced. I’d gladly work with him again and recommend him for any opportunity that comes his way."