Anna Bremner

Full stack developer and front end designer
Builder of cool things
Would-be frommagier

Talking about yourself is awkward but...

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

In my time as a full stack developer and entrepreneur I have worn many hats, from server side application programmer and database architect to product manager and working in partnership with clients to solve business problems. 15 years ago I co-founded a company that creates grassroots fundraising solutions for nonprofits. At the time grassroots fundraising was new to the technology and nonprofit world, and I’m proud to say our innovative product helped organizations raise over $200 million. I love the puzzle-like aspect of programming and pride myself on my track record for hard work and being able to take an idea, run with it, and deliver a product that has consistently delighted my clients.

Recent Work

Breast Cancer Research Foundation's Hampton's Paddle for Pink

Technical Skills

JavaScript
Node.js
Mongoose
Express

HTML/CSS
MS SQL Server
PostgreSQL
MongoDB

Ruby
Rails
ASP
Bootstrap

JQuery
Photoshop
GIT

My Experience

Blue Sky Collaborative
Cofounder and Technology Director

2003 - 2018

Architect and lead developer of our flagship platform, SWEET, which has been used by hundreds of nonprofit organizations to raise over $200,000,000.

Executed a variety of roles and functions to help grow the business, including brand design, product management, business development, and strategic planning.

Collaborated with clients to develop their online fundraising strategy and KPIs.

Managed, mentored, and trained junior developers and contractors.

Built enterprise level applications for fundraising, social networking, and charity event management that include:

Reporting and data analysis tools
Integration with payment gateways, CRMs, e-marketing systems and donor management systems
Back end APIs for use by external developers and mobile platforms
Cutting edge design

ALS Therapy Development Institute
Informatics Developer

2002 - 2003

Partnered with fundraising and marketing departments to create a multi-tiered online presence.

Led the development of the organization's ground breaking online grassroots fundraising platform, adding vital revenue stream and constituent engagement resources for the company.

Helped build and maintain a proprietary Laboratory Information Management System for use by scientists.

Creative Allies/Gentlepeople
Webmaster

2002 - 2010

Led the development of a fully-featured online-dating application

Built and maintained the company's two marketing websites and partnered with the event management and match-making teams to provide them with key technology resources

Advisory Board

My work would not be possible without the guidance and direction of my trusted advisors:

Bartleby

Millhouse

Go There is a round-the-world travel planning site built as a final project for my WDI course at General Assembly.

Go There was inspired by my passion for travel and a plan to travel the circumference of the world with my husband. There are many travel sites out there, but I didn't find one that enabled you to plan a multi-legged journey and access the data to make decisions about where to go, when to go there, and what order to go there in.

The site was built in 5 days using technologies that were new to my skill stack and as a great way to put what I learned to work. This is an on-going project with features that I am continuing to flesh out. Stay tuned for updates!

Technologies used: Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Mongoose, HTML/CSS, JavaScript

Integrations and plug-ins used: Google Maps, Dragula, Bootstrap Notify,

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my.cupids.org is the fundraising and participant portal for Cupid's Undie Run, a charity event raing money for the Children's Tumor Foundation.

While at Blue Sky Collaborative, we started working with Cupid's Charities in 2012, when the Cupid's Undie Run was in its early stages and had rasied $50,000. They were looking for a firm that could provide them with a customized fundraising component that would fit their unique needs and expand with them. They have since grown dramatically and raise several million dollars a year and hold events accross the country with tens of thousands of participants.

Over the years, the my.cupids.org site has evolved to contain many cutting edge fundraising tools, including:

Participant registration
Online donations with multiple payment option types
Donation matching
Participant fundraising incentive tracking
Volunteer management
Multiple levels of site administration and reporting
Customizeable content
Built-in email marketing
Referral bonus management
Photo uploaders

Technologies used:ASP, SQL Server, Javascript, HTML/CSS

Integrations: Authorize.net, PayPal, ActiveCampaign, Cloudesponge, Facebook, Tableau, MailChimp, Seko

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SCUBER is a simple dive-track site I built for my WDI course at General Assembly

Technologies used: Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Handlebars

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View the front end repo
View the back end repo

my.biketothebeach.org is the fundraising portal site used by Bike to the Beach, a charity bike ride that raises money for Autism.

Bike to the Beach came to us with a request similar to what Cupid's was looking for: a fundraising and event-management portal that accomodates their unique event registration logic special features they wanted to provide their riders with.

Special features include:

Registration with referal and promo codes
Badges earned by participants through various acheivements
Incentive points earned by participants that can be cashed in for registration payment discounts and to use at their shopify store.
Multi-legged ride-long volunteer sign up and management
Fully integrated email system
A complex integration with Salesforce that breaks data down into several tiers including donors, teams, participants, and rides.