Donovan Smith
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Résumé

Donovan Smith

UX design, full-stack development,
and the space where they meet.

Philadelphia, PAdonovansmith150@gmail.com(267) 902-0454LinkedIn profile
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Experience

Aug 2025 — Aug 2026Philadelphia, PA
Harmonic

Co-Founder &
Chief Technology Officer

  • Developed a deterministic Python scoring API for 28 public GitHub profiles, producing repeatable, auditable scores that Claude and GPT summarized for users.
  • Integrated n8n, Apify, Supabase, and SQL to curate and refresh 100 lead records every two weeks and generate personalized outreach, saving 6 hours per outreach cycle.
  • Implemented 4 Next.js demos backed by n8n and Python services on Railway, calling Anthropic and OpenAI model APIs.
PythonNext.jsAI & automation
Feb 2024 — Sep 2024State College, PA
Sellmate AI

Full-Stack Web Developer
& UX Designer

  • Designed 6 Figma prototypes across 4 core user journeys for an AI-assisted user experience.
  • Integrated Facebook, Shopify, Etsy, and GPT APIs into a full-stack application.
  • Revised 8 code modules to improve type safety and shorten production builds by 25% across 5 local benchmarks.
FigmaUser journeysAPI integration
Jan 2024 — May 2024State College, PA
The Pennsylvania State University

IST 242 Teaching Assistant

  • Instructed 37 students through 15-week IST 242 coursework in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, framework setup, and npm/Yarn dependency management.
  • Created rubrics for 22 assignments used by 3 teaching assistants, cutting grading time by 3 hours per week.
TeachingJavaScriptWeb foundations
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Education

03

Technical projects

2026Personal project

Local AI File Assistant

Developed a fully local, open-source AI assistant that organized 1,300+ files without external model APIs, protecting data privacy while reducing storage usage.

Local AIOpen sourceData privacy
Fall 2022IST 220

Network Infrastructure
& PC Hardware

  • Collaborated on two Lucidchart diagrams for a 14-building school network, mapping IP addresses, VLANs, VPN, firewall/DMZ, servers, VoIP, and wired/wireless endpoints.
  • Completed an individual teardown and rebuild of a desktop, reinstalling and validating core components.
04

Leadership

Jan 2025 — May 2025State College, PA
BLK Men in Tech · Penn State Chapter

Founding President

  • Founded and led the Penn State chapter, establishing its executive board, bylaws, and constitution.
  • Secured $1,500 in funding and curated partnerships, including McDonald’s, AWS, Intuit, Riot Games, Microsoft, and Accenture.
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Skills & training

Design

Figma · Lucidchart · User flows · Sitemaps

Languages

HTML/CSS · JavaScript · TypeScript · Java · Python · SQL

Frameworks

React · Next.js · Node.js · Tailwind CSS

AI & automation

Anthropic API · OpenAI API · n8n · Apify · Local open-source models

Data & deployment

Supabase/PostgreSQL · Railway · Git/GitHub · npm · Yarn · Bash/Zsh · .env configuration

Training

Learning Cryptography and Network Security
Wireless Networking Essential Training

LinkedIn Learning · 2022
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