👾About Me
a.k.a. Keith Ort, the human behind the marquee
I'm a web developer based in Central Florida, building fast, accessible interfaces with TypeScript and React. Over two decades I've shipped everything from enterprise checkout flows to hand-crafted WordPress & WooCommerce themes — always with a soft spot for clean UI design principles and the occasional spinning star.
🎲Useless Information
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Hobbies & Interests
AstronomyCar tuningCodingCookingDad jokesFishingPro wrestlingReadingXbox gamingVinyl recordsWoodworking
Favorites
Actor Nicolas Cage
Animal Penguin
Animated Movie Lilo & Stitch
Artist M.C. Escher
Author Matt Dinniman
Band Linkin Park
Book Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Book Series Dungeon Crawler Carl
Candy Reese’s Cups
Card Game Cards Against Humanity
Communication Method Memes
Fast Food Taco Bell
Food Peanut Butter & Jelly
Movie Dumb & Dumber
Song Faint by Linkin Park
Sorting Method Alphabetical
Sports Orlando Magic
TV Series Game of Thrones
Video Games
Nintendo Super Mario Brothers 3
Sega Genesis Shining Force 2
Super Nintendo Chrono Trigger
Nintendo 64 Conker’s Bad Fur Day
Gamecube Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Xbox Star Wars: Republic Commando
Xbox 360 Portal series
Xbox One Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
Xbox Series Clair Obscure: Expedition 33
Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart World
💾Work History
🚧 always under construction · updated 2026
PayPal Sep 2022 — Present
Staff Software Engineer · Remote
- ▸Build reusable React/TypeScript components for global checkout on Next.js.
- ▸Drive performance & accessibility standards across product teams.
- ▸Author Playwright E2E suites and mentor engineers on testing.
Vertical Latency Jul 2009 — 2022
Owner / Principal Developer · Remote
- ▸Founded a boutique studio serving national brands & Florida homebuilders.
- ▸Designed & shipped custom WordPress & WooCommerce themes end-to-end.
- ▸Partnered with clients on UX, branding, and ongoing support.
Hopin Aug 2021 — Jul 2022
Staff Engineer · Remote
- ▸Joined the analytics pod during hyper-growth scaling.
- ▸Built data-dense dashboards in React & TypeScript.
- ▸Shaped component library and front-end conventions.
StoneX Group Jan 2019 — Aug 2021
Front End Developer · Winter Park, FL
- ▸Developed UI for trading and account-management platforms.
- ▸Migrated legacy interfaces to React + TypeScript.
- ▸Collaborated with design on a shared component system.
Digitec Interactive Feb — Aug 2018
Senior Developer · Orlando, FL
- ▸Built responsive course UIs for the Knowledge Direct LMS.
- ▸Improved page performance and cross-browser support.
- ▸Delivered admin tooling for content authors.
— earlier missions, 2005–2018 —
Digital Closing Docs Full Stack · Orlando
2017–2018
2017–2018
Vacation Innovations PHP Web Dev · Orlando
2016–2017
2016–2017
NBCUniversal Front End · Orlando
2014–2015
2014–2015
Westgate Resorts Front End · Orlando
2013–2014
2013–2014
Bonnier Corp Front End · Winter Park
2011–2013
2011–2013
Eleet Technologies IT / Web · Oviedo
2008–2011
2008–2011
WebSolvers SEO / Server · Winter Park
2005–2008
2005–2008
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