Orangevale, CA
Dan
Holloran
Senior Full Stack Developer with 14+ years building performant, scalable web applications. Passionate about architecture, mentorship, and finding the right tool for the job.
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going"— Beverly Sills
Featured Skills
ArchitectureLaravelLeadershipMentorshipMySQLNext.jsNode.jsPhotographyPostgreSQLReact.jsTailwind.cssTypeScriptVue.jsWordPress
Professional
History
view full resume Senior Fullstack Developer current
@Ample · Cincinnati, OH
ArchitectureGatsbyGraphQLJamstackMentorshipNext.jsNode.jsReact.jsRuby
Sep 2025 – Present
Career Sabbatical
@Life · United States
Photography
Mar 2025 – Sep 2025
Senior Frontend Developer
@Tradier · Charlotte, NC
ArchitectureCypressJamstackLeadershipMentorshipNode.jsNuxtRubyTailwind.cssVue.js
Mar 2021 – Mar 2025
Senior Fullstack Developer / Lead Developer
@Ample · Cincinnati, OH
ArchitectureGatsbyGraphQLJamstackLeadershipMentorshipNext.jsNode.jsReact.jsREST APIsRuby
Oct 2019 – Mar 2021
Full Stack Developer / Lead Developer
@Matchbox Design Group · St. Louis, MO
ArchitectureLaravelLeadershipMentorshipMySQLNode.jsPostgreSQLSassTailwind.cssVue.jsWordPress
Nov 2012 – Oct 2019
Web Developer
@Freeman Marketing · St. Louis, MO
MentorshipSassWordPress
May 2012 – Oct 2012
Bachelor of Science in Web Design and Development
@Full Sail University · Winter Park, FL
JavascriptPHPHTMLCSSActionScript 3
Nov 2009 – Mar 2012
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React Compiler v1.0: Automatic Memoization Without the Headache
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Diamond Lake, Oregon
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Edge Functions: Running Code Where Your Users Are
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