Ben Doyle
Gray

Independent web development, consulting, hosting, and support, focused on serving marginalized and underprivileged communities.

• Own the full client cycle: scoping, written proposals, delivery, and ongoing support.
• Design and build sites end to end, covering information architecture, visual design, copy, and implementation.
• Integrate headless CMS platforms with existing e-commerce sites via custom JavaScript, GraphQL, and REST.

Greenfield internal application using NLP and LLM tooling to convert speech to transcripts and let users query them.

• Built the front end on a small, fast-moving team across React, AWS Lambda, Python, and websockets.
• Triaged incoming bugs and requests, diagnosing root cause across the frontend, API, and websocket layers.

Managed a six-person full-stack team owning 14 internal applications used by store and corporate staff nationwide.

• Owned hiring, onboarding, mentoring, code review, performance reviews, delivery, and team well-being.
• Led the replatform of legacy applications to React, Spring Boot, and PostgreSQL, including migration to Azure.
• Owned a purchase order processing vendor relationship, driving throughput from 400 to 2,000 orders per hour.
• Served as escalation point for production issues, prioritizing by business impact against SLA commitments.

International cloud-native POS platform combining hardware and software. Set vision for three engineering teams.

• Mentored and developed engineers, with regular promotions out of the team.
• Oversaw an iOS team delivering asset provisioning, custom printer integrations, and device sync improvements.
• Standardized branching, testing, documentation, and release notes, improving traceability from report to fix.
• Built an internship program from scratch to improve talent acquisition and mentoring capacity.

• Reduced homepage payload from 13 MB to 3 MB, improving load speed roughly 75%.
• Shipped features during a period when e-commerce revenue grew from $300K to $2.5M per day.
• Drove AA Section 508 accessibility compliance.

Cox Automotive owns Kelley Blue Book, Autotrader, and Manheim. Includes a contract at CNN via Turner Digital Media, early 2019.

• UI engineer on Autotrader, then full-stack engineer building Node.js and Docker microservices on AWS.
• Contributed to a front-page ad unit that generated approximately $5M in revenue.
• Developed the front end for the rebranding of Trade-In Marketplace to Kelley Blue Book Instant Cash Offer.

• Built commercial web and e-commerce applications for gunsandammo.com and in-fisherman.com.

High-voltage test equipment manufacturer and R&D lab. Clients included Georgia Power and Georgia Tech.

• Developed the web application for the TECAM system. A real-time condition monitor for energized power transformers, presented to and purchased by Georgia Power on a recurring annual contract still active today.
• Worked alongside the lead electrical and systems engineers on bushing tap coupling, load tap changer transients, and online frequency response analysis.
• Supported field installation on energized transformers at a utility substation.
• Built the 4U database server from components, configured the OS and MSSQL, and deployed it to a colocation facility.

• Planned, organized and executed Vacation Bible School annually for roughly 100 children with two dozen adult volunteers recruited and trained each year.
• Recruited and led volunteer teams for an annual ski trip serving 30 teenagers.
• Recruited and scheduled Sunday school teachers so every classroom was staffed every week.
• Researched, secured budget for, and oversaw construction of the church playground.

• Co-founded and chartered a new Scouts BSA troop, securing funding, a chartering sponsor, and a meeting space, and recruiting 30 founding families.
• Served two years as Scoutmaster: adult leader recruitment and training, program calendar, budget, and records.
• Preceded by three years as an assistant scoutmaster in an established troop.