Trier N. Buhrsmith
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55419
Phone:- | Email:-LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trier-buhrsmith-/ | Github: https://github.com/trepear | Portfolio: https://trier-buhrsmith.herokuapp.com/
Summary
A life-long learner and Full Stack Web Developer with a background in International Studies. Effective at verbal and written communication, collaboration with teammates and organizing projects into doable steps. Known for organization, interpersonal communication, reliability, time-management and focus.
Education
University of Minnesota School of Continuing Studies, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Full Stack Flex Web Development Program (Full Time)
Certificate of Completion
A 12-week intensive program, conducted entirely through Zoom, focused on gaining technical programming skills in HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, JQuery, Bootstrap, Firebase, Node Js, MySQL, MongoDB, Express, & ReactJS.
TEFL Live, Prague Czechia
Teaching English as a Foreign Language Program
Certificate of Completion
A 4-week intensive program focused on gaining proficiency in the mechanics of the English language and teach said mechanics to ESL students.
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Bachelors of Science in International Studies
Projects
travelJapan|https://github.com/trepear/NovaEnglish|https://novaenglish.herokuapp.com/
Summary: Full-stack website designed for a small ESL company based in the Czech Republic. This website features 8 different pages, four different forms all connected to formspree.io to send user responses to a registered email, as well as the "Customer-Reviews" form being connected to a MySQL database, so user's reviews will be posted to the webpage. This website also features the ability to switch between viewing in the Czech and English languages and was set up using node.js and Express.
Responsibilities: The entire project, minus the content on all the pages, which was supplied to me by my client.
Tools and Languages: Javascript, Node.js, Express, MySQL, formspree.io, nicepage, HTML5 CSS3
RecSaver|https://github.com/trepear/RecSaver|https://peaceful-retreat-59092.herokuapp.com/
Summary: Full stack application that allows users to search for movies or TV shows, add them to a “to watch” list, add a note to each saved item, update a note, and delete a list item.
Responsibilities: Front end design and styling, front end Javascript logic, back end database structure, back end API development.
Tools and Languages: Javascript, MySQL, MySQLWorkbench, Express, Postman, Node.js, Bootstrap, imdb API, HTML5, CSS3
Wander|https://github.com/trepear/wander|https://wwanderr.herokuapp.com/
Summary: Full stack application that allows users to sign-in with Google, create a profile, view their profile image and other users’ profiles, on a world-map. Designed to be a social-media application to connect digital nomads to each other.
Responsibilities: Project manager, organizing and assigning tasks, conducting stand up meetings, back end database structure, back end API development
Tools and Languages: Javascript, MySQL, MySQLWorkbench, Firebase, Express, Postman, Node.js, Material-UI, Google-Map-React, React, HTML5, CSS3
Experience
Bartender/Server 2018 – 2020
Book Club RestaurantMinneapolis, Minnesota
Opened and closed the restaurant, worked closely with teammates, communicated with customers and teammates in order to provide efficient service to guests, organized and prioritized orders to reach optimal efficiency, multitasked taking orders, making orders, and cleaning in a full bar. Dependable and tenacious, never missed a shift.
Key Accomplishments:
Represented Book Club Restaurant in many off-site fundraising events.
ESL Camp Counselor2019
Descartes CampsMalá Morávka, Czechia
Planned and taught English lessons for Czech English learners aged 9-18 years old, communicated effectively and creatively when students struggled with new vocabulary, worked with teammates to lead combined class sessions, adapted to a new set of students with unique needs and goals each week, organized lessons to flow cohesively and work in a set amount of time.
Volunteer-
Alderman Brendan ReillyChicago, IL
Conducted outreach to constituents to communicate candidate’s goals and record their opinions to a database.