Paul Stroot
Heavyweight champ of dev
Droppin’ elbows on bugs and body-slamming bad code. Tag me in when it’s time to lay the smackdown on your next project!
Paul Stroot
Full-Stack Stuntman
Performing daring feats of front-end development for over 25 years!
Skills
Front-End
HTML5
CSS3
Javascript
Bootstrap
Tailwind
Figma
Javascript Frameworks
React
NextJS
Astro 
Gatsby
Jekyll
Vite
WordPress
Back-end
MySQL
PHP
NodeJS
Git
Contentful
Docker
E-Commerce
Shopify
WooCommerce
Squarespace
CRMs
HubSpot
NationBuilder
SalesForce
Integrations
REST API
GraphQL
Groq
N8N
JSON Fetching
Zapier
Projects
Personal Portfolio
Personal portfolio website. You're looking at it now.
Built with NextJS and using Contentful as the content management database.
MP Materials
Website for America's only integrated rare earth producer. Built with NextJS/CloudCannon CMS featuring drag-and-drop editing. Pioneered custom solutions for app router integration, enabling non-technical content management.
Duralight
B2B plastic materials distributor built on WordPress/WooCommerce. Custom migration preserved massive product database. Developed Docker-based WordPress starter for seamless team collaboration and consistent dev environments.
Piko Provisions
Hawaii-based company offering healthy, locally-sourced baby food. The website functions as both an e-commerce platform and showcases their mission to support local farmers and sustainable food systems.
InnovationLab
Consumer Reports' innovation showcase platform built with custom WordPress theme and plugins. Hosted with WordPress VIP with codebase in Github. Docker development setup enables team collaboration. Streamlined editorial workflows for complex project showcases.
Lonohana
Hawaii bean-to-bar chocolate company's e-commerce platform on Shopify. Custom templates handle complex product variants, tour bookings, and seasonal inventory. Supports both retail products and farm experience offerings.
Comission.Art
Digital art charity platform where users purchase "digital art blocks" to make donations. Custom Firebase CMS processes hi-res images into thousands of purchasable pieces, synced with Shopify for e-commerce functionality.
Custom CMS for NationBuilder Pages
Custom drag-and-drop page builder for NationBuilder users. Built with NextJS/CloudCannon, enables non-technical landing page creation with exportable code that integrates seamlessly with existing CRM workflows.
Certifications / Recognition
Shopify Certification
Shopify Development Fundamentals. Issued to learners who successfully pass the assessment for the "Developer Fundamentals Learning Path that teaches the basics of how to start developing and extending on Shopify’s platform.
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Hubspot CMS for Developers I & II
Certification from Hubspot Academy. HubSpot Academy is the worldwide leader in free online training for inbound marketing, sales, and customer service professionals.
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Patent US7739255B2
Patent for work on visual GUI for audio files in 2010. I worked on the Flash/ActionScript interface for a tool that allows uses to scrub media files and comment or flag specific timestamp in an easy-to-use GUI.
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Associates degree in Advertising Design
Graduated at the top of my class from Brown Institute in Minneapolis in 1997 with a degree in Advertising design.
About Paul
Born and raised in Wisconsin but a proud Minnesotan for the past three decades, I've made South Minneapolis my home. As a contract developer who's been writing code since, well, forever, I've had the privilege of working on diverse projects that keep every day interesting and challenging.
Life's too short not to have hobbies that keep your hands busy and your mind engaged. When not coding, you can probably find me doing one of the following:
- Snowboarding
- Biking
- Bagel Baking
- Turning wood bowls
- Crafting Crochet Flora
- Parenting a rad 10 year old.