Russell Brown
Technical Lead at Fortune
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolRussell Brown is a Technical Lead based in New York with eight years of experience delivering full-stack web platforms for international media, currently driving Fortune’s re-platform, paywall, and serverless initiatives. He combines deep frontend expertise (React, Next) with backend and cloud operations (AWS, Azure, .NET, serverless) and a practical focus on CI/CD and performance. Russell has a track record of building teams and engineering rituals from the ground up—he was Fortune’s first developer and helped establish hiring, pipelines, and developer practices. His background in the arts and academic research informs a user-centered approach to product and content, and he’s a published researcher who leverages creative disciplines to solve technical problems. He also champions inclusion: launching Out@Fortune and formalizing ERG deployment practices demonstrates his commitment to organizational culture as well as code.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management at Baldwin-Wallace CollegeMaster of Arts (M.A.), Irish Studies, Performance Studies, 3.9 GPA, Master of Arts (M.A.), Irish Studies, Performance Studies, 3.9 GPA at New York UniversityThe University of Maryland, College ParkSoftware Engineering Immersive, Full Stack Web Development, Software Engineering Immersive, Full Stack Web Development at Flatiron SchoolResearch Doctorate, Practice-as-Research, Uncompleted, Research Doctorate, Practice-as-Research, Uncompleted at University of Limerick
Irish, Spanish
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Github Skills (39)
wordpress-plugin8
manhattan8
wordpress7
api7
react7
datepicker6
wpgraphql6
javascript6
redirect5
hosting5
gatsby5
redirection5
date-fns5
animated5
graphql-api4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
cmonkey03/js-countdown-timer
Feb 2019 - Apr 2019
A vanilla js countdown timer
Contributions:49 PRs, 104 pushes, 6 branches in 2 months
javascriptvanilla-jstimercountdowncountdown-timer
cmonkey03/wolm-client
Oct 2018 - Nov 2020
This is the Website of Lower Manhattan, a site where users can connect with locals for tours. It fetches from the wolm-server and has public, user and admin permissions.
Contributions:208 PRs, 301 pushes, 87 branches in 2 years 1 month
admintourspermissionsfetchesmanhattan
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