Eyelash

Nick Berens

Summary

Passionate problem solver and lifelong learner with over 14 years' experience developing and designing maintainable and scalable frontends.

Technical Skills

Vue.js Nuxt.js Vuetify.js Vuex/Pinia Vue Router WordPress GIT Agile Development Responsive CSS Design Chart.js Javascript Netlify CSS/Scss Prismic.io CMS IntelliJ IDEA Adobe Photoshop Adobe XD Sketch Atlassian Software

Work Experience

Frontend Developer

Hillman Group, Robotics & Digital Solutions Boulder, CO 10/2021 – 3/2025
  • Led successful migration of enterprise CRM dashboard from Vue/Vuetify 2 to 3, modernizing codebase and improving application maintainability
  • Built headless CMS marketing solutions using Vue/Nuxt, integrating Prismic.io APIs to enable dynamic content management
  • Engineered custom component documentation plugin, streamlining development workflows and fostering collaborative knowledge sharing across teams
  • Built Axios caching layer for efficient data management, boosting CRM responsiveness and streamlining user workflow
  • Facilitated UX research sessions with stakeholders using card sorting methods to optimize navigation structure and information architecture
  • Led an initiative to integrate Cypress into our workflow to ensure feature integrity through end-to-end testing
  • Led product feature design initiatives using Adobe XD, reducing workload for the design team when needed
  • Actively contributed to daily standups, sprint planning and retrospectives to ensure project alignment and continuous improvement

Frontend Developer

Wisnet.com LLC Fond Du Lac, WI 8/2012 – 10/2021
  • Developed Vue.js interfaces integrated with Laravel and WordPress APIs, focusing on scalability and maintainability
  • Created component library documentation with Storybook.js to improve team development efficiency
  • Built headless WordPress sites using Nuxt.js and Netlify for improved performance
  • Set up automated deployments to Netlify and Cloudflare Pages
  • Developed over 100 custom WordPress themes for diverse client needs
  • Maintained 200+ WordPress sites across WP Engine and Kinsta platforms

Frontend Developer Intern

Thrivent Financial Appleton, WI 6/2012 – 8/2012
  • Wrote semantic HTML and scalable CSS per issue requests at Thrivent Financial

Education

Fox Valley Technical College

Appleton, WI Aug 2008 – Jun 2012

Associate of Applied Science: Web Design and Development

Accomplishments