KACHEL W.

Front-end developer with 6 years of experience. I’m passionate about accessibility, design systems, and user joy.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Front-End Developer @ NFI (National Freight Industries) | April 2019 – September 2025
  •  Designed and prototyped web components in Figma and then implemented 1:1 in production code
  • Collaborated with designers and engineers on design system UI upgrades to transportation management software
  • Led workshops with product and engineering teams to translate design decisions and improve buy-in across multiple stakeholders
  •  Successfully implemented WGAG 2.1 accessibility standards in design system components
  •  Collaborated daily on maintaining resilient event-driven system architecture
  • Reduced the total number of UI colors from 56 hex coded colors to 19 semantically named variable colors
Exports Lead / Business Development Coordinator @ Trade Associates Group | May 2016 – September 2017
  • Automated 50% of job responsibilities with a process for generating product catalogs and trained sales department on usage
  •  Managed partnership and sales liaisons as international trade show lead
  • Oversaw international business relations: their claims and disputes, purchase orders, and back orders to ensure customer satisfaction
  •  Synthesized monthly sales data as graphs and reports for quarterly board review

SKILLS

Elixir, Phoenix, LiveView, JavaScript, Node, Vite, HTML, CSS, Figma, Git, AI-assisted code generation

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EDUCATION