Team Leader | Elevation Web

Bridging design, development, and business to deliver complex web solutions at scale.

Overview

At Elevation Web, I wore multiple hats: Technical Architect, Team Leader, and Client Liaison. I managed a team of 4 developers and 2 designers, ensuring that every project met our high standards for performance and usability.

Challenges

• Resource Allocation: Balancing the needs of multiple clients simultaneously with a lean team.
• Platform Fragmentation: Developing across a wide variety of platforms, including Drupal, Joomla, WordPress, and Magento.
• Complex Integrations: Clients required deep, custom integrations with systems like DAXKO, Constant Contact, and various payment gateways that often had poor documentation.

Solution

Unified Workflow: Established a standardized deployment and review process that allowed the team to context-switch between different CMS platforms more efficiently.

Module Engineering: Instead of relying on buggy third-party plugins, I led the creation of custom, Lightweight modules tailored to client needs, improving site performance and security.

Results

• Scale of Impact: Delivered custom solutions for a diverse range of clients, from local business to larger regional organizations.
• Reliable Integrations: Successfully implemented robust, secure payment processing for dozens of e-commerce properties.
• Leadership Growth: Mentored a core team that became capable of handling increasingly complex technical challenges independently.