I'm a front-end developer passionate about creating elegant, interactive user experiences with React.js and Tailwind CSS. I specialize in bringing interfaces to life through thoughtful UI animations using Framer Motion, believing that great design isn't just about how something looks; it's about how it feels to use.
When I'm not coding or designing, I write fiction, namely young adult Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Check out my author's site for more about my writing. I work remotely from Alexandria, VA.
The very talented Peter Mack of Templar Studios wrote, "Nonetheless, there was a real visionary at LEGO behind the whole [LEGO Bionicle Mata Nui Online Game] project: a creative director named Russell Stoll, who really believed in our abilities as story and game developers and saw an opportunity with this project to do something no one had done before. It's not easy to get a big lumbering company to do something new, and we'll always be grateful to him for getting folks there to take the risk on us."
Places I've built some stuff:
Forum One Communications (Arlington, VA), Web Developer — crafted front-end pixels on many high-profile non-profit and educational websites for Virginia's leading web communications firm.
The LEGO Company (New York, NY; Billund, Denmark), Creative Director & Executive Producer — spearheaded online community development for LEGO Mindstorms, LEGO Bionicle, and many other LEGO brands.
News Corporation (New York, NY), Managing Editor, iGuide Net Reviews — managed six editors at one the first website review hubs.
Places I've learned a few things:
Columbia University (BA-Liberal Arts, BS-Biomechanics, MBA-Marketing)
DeepLearning.ai/Stanford Online — online courses in Machine and Deep Learning
RealPython.com: — online courses in Python
Interaction Design Foundation — online courses in UX/UI
benmarriott.com — online courses in Motion Graphics
And one U.S. Patent:
Method, system and storage medium for generating virtual brick models — Patent filed during my seven year tenure at LEGO.