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Norman Lyle Pono

Senior Full-Stack Developer

Senior Full-Stack Developer with 15+ years of experience building scalable web, mobile, and business applications—from frontend interfaces to backend architecture and production deployment.

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15+ years of real-world development experience

Full-stack delivery across frontend, backend, data, and deployment workflows

Production work in Laravel, PHP, Magento, Joomla, WordPress, React, Angular, Vue, Ionic, ASP.NET, and C#

Featured Projects

Evidence of complete systems, not just a list of tools.

Recent work spans Laravel business systems, CMS-backed platform delivery, frontend and backend integration, and modernization across finance, commerce, publishing, and content-rich products.

Laravel + Inertia React business application

Eleve Architects Accounting

An internal accounting and operations platform built with Laravel 13, Inertia, React, and MySQL, covering client profiles, projects, billing, expenses, role-based access, and file-backed finance workflows.

Key Features

Client profiles, project tracking, billing, and expense management in one internal workspace
Role-aware navigation and protected finance workflows built on Laravel and Fortify
File-backed operations for logos, uploads, invoice assets, and payment-proof handling
Deployment-ready storage paths with support for local disks and Cloudflare R2-style infrastructure

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Drupal + Next.js commerce platform

Lexibook

A multilingual commerce platform delivered across Drupal and Next.js, combining CMS-managed content, product discovery, and frontend/backend integration work.

Problem: Needed multilingual catalog, campaign, and CMS content to flow through one storefront without brittle one-off page builds.
Responsibility: Translated Drupal content and catalog structures into reusable Next.js commerce components and delivery workflows.
Result: Kept the storefront modular as product and merchandising requirements changed across locales and promotional surfaces.

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Drupal + Next.js community platform

Optism

A Drupal and Next.js community platform supporting editorial publishing, expert content, and structured frontend/backend delivery across a live product ecosystem.

Problem: Needed editorial, expert-resource, and community content types to feel consistent inside one headless product.
Responsibility: Delivered cross-stack changes across content models, reusable frontend components, and ongoing live product maintenance.
Result: Helped the platform scale across community, resource, and marketplace-oriented sections while keeping frontend work reusable.

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Drupal + Next.js legal publishing platform

NSW Law Reports

A legal publishing platform built on Drupal and Next.js, supporting subscription-oriented content, search-led discovery, and structured editorial workflows.

Role: Senior Full-Stack Developer
Key capability: Subscription platform work, search-driven content delivery, publishing workflows

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Drupal + Next.js chambers website

Level 22 Chambers

A chambers website delivered with Drupal and Next.js, combining content modeling, profile-led navigation, and editorial resource experiences.

Role: Senior Full-Stack Developer
Key capability: Content modeling, frontend implementation, editorial and search/filter experiences

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Architecture

The work spans frontend, backend, data, and deployment concerns.

Norman's strongest work is not a single framework. It is the ability to connect interfaces, application logic, databases, integrations, and production support into complete software.

React / UI

Laravel or ASP.NET

MySQL / SQL Server

Linux / Cloud / Services

Experience

Practical full-stack experience across client work and production systems.

Each role reflects a different kind of engineering responsibility: commerce support, internal business systems, CMS extension work, mobile app support, APIs, and maintenance.

Philippines / Remote

Senior Full-Stack Developer

Rush Hour Digital

Delivered CMS-backed web platforms and ongoing product work across Drupal, Next.js, Payload CMS, and multi-project frontend/backend systems.

Responsibilities

Built and maintained Drupal and Next.js client platforms, including content-driven websites, e-commerce flows, and API-backed frontend features.
Worked across headless CMS integrations using Drupal APIs, Payload CMS, React, and TypeScript-based frontend workflows.
Supported multiple live products and teams through ongoing feature delivery, environment setup, deployment coordination, and cross-project maintenance.

Major projects

Technologies

Philippines / Remote

Full-Stack Developer

Blue Sky ROI

Worked on performance-focused marketing websites, WordPress builds, landing pages, lead flows, and tracking integrations for Blue Sky ROI campaigns and brands.

Responsibilities

Maintained WordPress-based marketing sites and implemented landing-page updates for lead-generation campaigns.
Integrated tracking and marketing operations tooling including Google Tag Manager, Ringba, Jornaya, and Twilio-backed lead workflows.
Supported React and Laravel-based internal tools and campaign systems tied to lead capture, routing, and subscription workflows.

Major projects

Technologies

Surigao City, Philippines

Magento 2 and Laravel Developer

Stikadoo

Worked on Magento 2 store maintenance, feature delivery, and Laravel API/web application projects.

Responsibilities

Fixed bugs and added requested features for a Magento 2 store.
Created Laravel backend APIs and TALL-stack web applications.
Worked with Warden, GitHub, Tailwind, Alpine.js, Laravel, and Livewire.

Major projects

Technologies

Malibu, California, United States

Homebased Developer

Built ASP.NET and C# applications from scratch for business operations.

Responsibilities

Created inventory, POS, accounting, lot management, and security systems.
Worked with MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server-backed application data.
Developed features as client requirements changed.

Major projects

Technologies

United States

Homebased Developer

Native Commerce

Worked on WordPress and Magento features, site fixes, and Ionic mobile application support.

Responsibilities

Fixed live site issues and built custom features for WordPress and Magento.
Helped create mobile applications for iOS and Android using Ionic.
Collaborated through Bitbucket, SourceTree, Podio, Slack, and SCRUM workflows.

Major projects

Technologies

Surigao City, Philippines

Web Programmer

Surigao Internet Marketing

Built complex Joomla, Magento, affiliate, and Linux-supported web systems with a small development team.

Responsibilities

Created Joomla components, modules, and plugins.
Created Magento extensions and custom Joomla/Magento features.
Handled bug fixes, upgrades, maintenance, and Linux server support.

Major projects

Technologies

Skills

Technologies organized by the work they support.

The stack list is intentionally focused on technologies supported by the existing portfolio history.

Frontend

Backend

Data and Systems

Mobile and Workflow

AI and Agentic Tools

Engineering Practices

Production thinking beyond writing code.

The portfolio emphasizes delivery habits that matter on real systems: maintainability, version control, environment discipline, extension work, and support after launch.

Production maintenance

Bug fixes, upgrades, and ongoing support for live Joomla, Magento, WordPress, Laravel, and .NET systems.

API and backend delivery

Laravel backend APIs, business workflows, and data-backed systems for billing, inventory, booking, and operations.

AI-assisted delivery

Uses GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Claude inside a disciplined workflow to accelerate research, implementation, debugging, and iteration while keeping architecture, quality, and final decisions under direct engineering control.

System extension work

Custom Joomla components, modules, plugins, Magento extensions, and integrations built around real client needs.

About

Experienced, adaptable, and quietly product-minded.

Norman has spent more than 15 years building web and mobile software across a wide range of stacks. The guiding principle is steady: understand the problem, choose a practical implementation path, and keep improving the system as real users and clients shape it.

Today that workflow includes GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Claude used in a practical, agentic way: breaking problems into systems, workflows, and decision paths so research, prototyping, debugging, and production tasks move faster without losing accountability or engineering judgment.

Recognition

Employee of the Month, Native Commerce
2013 Employee of the Year, Surigao Internet Marketing
Visual Basic Programming, 1st Place during IT Days Celebration 2009

Open to Opportunities

Let's build something.

Hire Norman for full-stack product work, Laravel/PHP systems, CMS modernization, React interfaces, API-backed applications, and pragmatic production support.

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