Ken San Angelo
Senior Front-End Engineer
I have worked with several languages, tools and frameworks (including React, Typescript, Node, Express, and Wordpress), which has allowed me to constantly challenge myself and improve my skills. I'm not currently accepting freelance work, but I am always open to meeting new people so feel free to get in touch.
I am a graduate of the Web Design program at the University of Central Florida. While there, I was included in the School of Visual Arts and Design Premiere and Exhibition 2 years in a row for web-based projects that I worked on. I am also a founder of Design+Code@UCF, the web design and development club at UCF.
Besides web development, I also have a passion for playing guitar and banjo, photography and videography.
Resume (pdf 109kb)Our new site has created huge opportunities for cross-promotion between our brands and makes it easier to inform customers and convert leads. Beyond that, Ken has always been knowledgable, professional, and a blast to work with.
H&H Products Company is a specialty beverage manufacturer, that wanted to revamp their branding that better represented their company. The site is a continuation of that, featuring bright, interesting photography, and smooth animations.
Developer, as a member of the Big Vision team
The company needed an e-commerce site that they could maintain and update over time to support their business strategies, while still being functional and great looking.
For this site, I chose to use Wordpress with Woocommerce so they could have the e-commerce functionality, and also have the ease of updating the site content as needed. I built a custom theme so that I could create the pages with handcrafted animations, and still give them the ability to add more pages as needed.
H&H Products was very happy with the quality of their site, and they saw an increase in sales and attention from their clients and industry peers.
A font service developed by Big Vision that features a new font released every month, that users can link to and use on their site (similar to Google Fonts or Adobe Fonts), as well as a desktop app where users can download the fonts for use in their preferred programs.
Developer, as a member of the Big Vision team
Users needed to be able to use the fonts on their websites, or bring them into their desktop applications for professional use (all while being secure, so that the fonts can't be stolen or linked to on the wrong website).
I built a desktop application using Electron that securely installed/uninstalled fonts so the user could use them in their applications, as well as a Node web application that generated and hosted CSS files, which approved sites could link or import and use on their websites.
The functionality was a success, and the site continues to be maintained and improved over time for its users.
Fracture is a photo printing company that specializes in printing on glass. They wanted an updated uploading/editing application that increased conversions and made the process easier to use for customers.
Developer, as a member of the Big Vision team
They needed a photo uploading/customizing system that made it easier for customers to select the right frame, as well as driving sales and addons.
We built a full web application in React that connected to their backend services, then continued to test, develop, and work with their team to improve the app over time.
They saw a notable increase in sales, as well as a lower bounce rate on the site.
Gold Tone is a company that has several very different brands under their umbrella. Originally, they had separate websites for each one, but were unhappy with the lack of cross-promotion and brand awareness. I designed and built one website for all the brands, allowing customers to explore the different brands (including adding products from any brand to the same cart). They then saw a substantial increase in sales and leads for their lesser-known brands.
Product owner, designer, developer, photographer
They wanted to increase cross-promotion and brand awareness between the customers of the different brand sites, as they were missing leads due to the separate sites.
I built one website that encompassed all of the brands, so customers could explore the different brands, switch between them, as well as add a mix of products to purchase all at once.
They saw an enormous boost in sales and leads on all sites, especially in their smaller/newer brands.