About Me
Professional Summary
Experienced software engineer with 8+ years of expertise in building scalable web applications, along with over 20 years in web development and design. Passionate about clean code, optimizing system designs and features, and documentation. Also fluent in teaching and mentoring clients and engineers. I have a proven track record of delivering high-quality solutions that meet business requirements, and excel at retaining clients throughout their product lifecycles, and more.
Testimonials
“Avik is hands down one of the most knowledgable people I have ever worked with. He is a design powerhouse capable of everything from whiteboard concepts through implementation in any coding language you throw at him. His work ethic is humbling and something I always admired.”
Skills & Expertise
AI & Machine Learning
Client-Facing
DevOps
Hardware
Frontend
Backend
Databases
Work Experience
Founder — Designer & Programmer
Harbinger Industries • Alexandria, VA
Founded and run a small design and development studio providing branding, print collateral and full‑stack web development for a diverse client base. Work spans visual identity, front‑end design, CMS integrations and custom web apps.
- Designed and maintained medium-to-high traffic client sites with an emphasis on performance and accessibility
- Integrated and migrated multiple client sites across platforms (Drupal, WordPress, Ghost) while improving maintainability
- Modernized client frontends using React, Next.js and SASS/Tailwind to improve responsiveness and engineering workflow
Retention Team — Lead Engineer
WDG (Web Development Group) • Arlington, VA (Remote)
Co-led a retention/maintenance team responsible for post-launch support, feature work and reliability for a portfolio of client sites. Coordinated with designers and senior devs to prioritize fixes, upgrades and performance improvements.
- Managed ongoing maintenance and incident response for multiple enterprise and association sites
- Streamlined deployment and monitoring practices (Git + Linux servers + basic CI) to reduce rollout friction
- Improved site stability and incident resolution through proactive patching and targeted performance tuning
- Presented updates directly to clients with custom documentation and walkthroughs for smooth handoffs
Marquee clients I worked for/with while at WDG ▾
Freelance Web Engineer
FranConnect • United States
Short-term engagement to implement e-commerce and CRM integrations. Focused on connecting WordPress content, Shopify storefronts and HubSpot workflows to support a product launch.
- Delivered Shopify <> HubSpot integrations and custom WordPress landing pages to support marketing funnels
- Implemented tracking and analytics to measure conversion and inform A/B experiments
Hobbies
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
George Mason University • 2000-2002
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology • 1997-1999
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