Garrett Tolbert is a Senior Solutions Architect in Dallas with a decade of experience blending computer engineering fundamentals and UX-driven product sensibilities to solve complex developer and customer problems. He progressed from internships at Google, Ford, and Johnson & Johnson into UX engineering roles at American Airlines and technical sales at Vercel, now translating that cross-disciplinary background into architecture and go-to-market strategy. Garrett ships full-stack solutions—contributing to projects like Vercel’s popular MongoDB starter by implementing backend seed scripts and front-end polish—showing he moves fluidly between API, database, and UI concerns. He’s known for a persistent, deadline-focused work style and a knack for turning design-minded ideas into production-ready features that improve user experience.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High
A developer directory built on Next.js and MongoDB Atlas, deployed on Vercel with the Vercel + MongoDB integration.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:11 commits in 4 days
Contributions summary:Garrett contributed to the development of the application's frontend and backend, focusing on adding new features and styling. They implemented a seed script to populate the MongoDB database with fake user records. Significant changes included styling the directory sidebar and fixing image generation in the fake records.
Contributions:7 reviews, 105 commits, 12 PRs in 6 months
nextjs
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Garrett Tolbert - Senior Solutions Architect at Vercel