Michaela DeForest
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrad Deforest is an Executive Creative Director with nine years focused on helping mission-driven nonprofits translate strategy into immersive web and constituent experiences. Based in Philadelphia, he leads creative and technical teams at BackOffice Thinking, overseeing everything from CRM and CMS implementations to fundraising portals and marketing strategy while ensuring projects are profitable and aligned with client impact goals. His background blends hands-on web design and social media strategy for small organizations with long experience managing marketing, IT, and complex projects for architecture and research firms. Known for sequencing development to maximize strategic impact, he emphasizes process improvements that make technology an accelerator rather than a bottleneck for nonprofit missions. Beyond agency work, he brings civic perspective from long service on his township planning commission, which informs his pragmatic, community-oriented approach to digital solutions.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer science at Franklin & Marshall CollegeALM, Software Engineering, ALM, Software Engineering at Harvard Extension School
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (25)
jsreport8
oauth6
gentics-mesh6
docker6
bash6
amazon-cognito6
gitlab-ci6
thumbnails5
file-dialog4
fs3
delete3
react3
filesystem3
git-repository2
typescript2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mdeforest/mesh-seeding-plugin
Mar 2021 - Aug 2022
Seed mesh schemas, microschemas, roles, and users
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 1 push in 1 year 5 months
seedmeshschemas
mdeforest/react-discussion-board
Mar 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:5 releases, 23 commits, 4 PRs in 1 month
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