<aside> 👋 I'm a software engineer based in Florida in the US with over 15 years of experience in the software industry. For most of my career I was focused as a .Net Developer building backend applications. In recent years I have shifted to more modern frameworks such as React, Next JS, Express and other Node based frameworks.

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Experience

Developer Advocate

Sitecore*, Remote – (Dec 2021 - Present)*

• Developed and executed a comprehensive content strategy for Sitecore Engagement Cloud, including the creation of impactful videos, insightful blog posts, and engaging social media content to enhance brand awareness and drive customer engagement.
• Implemented a frontend application to allow existing MVPs and internal employees to review potential MVPs. The application was built with Next.JS, React and Typescript. It consumes a .Net application hosted in Azure using Azure SQL.
• Architected and built the Migration Advisor (https://migration.sitecore.com), which is a SPA-based application that helps Sitecore customers/partners find helpful resources for their monolith DXP to their new SaaS composable DXP. The app is built with React, and data is driven from Content Hub One (Sitecore’s Headless CMS). Data metrics are collected with Google Analytics and Sitecore Personalize (CDP) to help track the engagement.
  • https://github.com/sitecore/sitecore-migration-game: An OSS game/wizard application that uses Sitecore Content Hub One (CMS) and Sitecore Personalize (CDP).
• I participated in the Sitecore AI Hackathon, where our team built a chatbot using Azure Open AI. We also incorporated Sitecore Personalize to provide long-term memory and utilized external data to assist the bot in providing context-aware answers.
  • https://sitecore-clippy.vercel.app/: Built on-top of the Developer Portal. Still a work in-progress, and plans to release this application in 2024.
• Created multiple open source projects to help developers getting started with Sitecore Personalize include SDKs, wrappers and example code.
  • https://github.com/dylanyoung-dev/sitecore-engage-sdk-examples: Sitecore CDP/P Engage SDK Examples
  • https://github.com/dylanyoung-dev/cdp-personalize-examples: Sitecore CDP/P in-app asset examples, using the Sitecore CDP Serializer (listed below).
  • https://github.com/dylanyoung-dev/sitecore-cdp-serializer: Sitecore CDP/P Serializer, allowing customers to store their in-app items in source control, and allows customers to migrate those assets between tenants in a common modern DevOps process.

Director of Digital Experience

RDA Corp, Remote - (Jun to Nov 2021)

• Provided pre-sales support on technical aspects of large implementations and technical projects.
• Successfully secured and managed several projects, including a large Content Hub project and providing post-sale support for a PCM to Magento integration project.

Owner / Principal Architect

Ignium Digital - (May 2018 - Dec 2023)

Since I started my own consulting agency, I have been able to attract multiple contract projects within a short amount of time.

Joyce Meyer Ministries

• Providing advisory expertise on Sitecore enablement, including assisting them with a Silver Pop to Sitecore EXM transition.
• Helped conceptualize a digital marketing roadmap with their CMO and digital marketing team, to start taking better advantage of the Sitecore investment, while also using the tools to better understand the types of users visiting their website. I presented to Sitecore Virtual Developer Day in 2020, on a similar topic that I presented to their team: https://youtu.be/yyZ043EmlfI.
• Provide high-level support and maintenance for their Cloud Azure PaaS infrastructure, including providing recommendations for High Availability, to support their global brand.