About Me
Colton H. Morris
Class of 2025, Colorado School of Mines | B.S. Computer Science | GPA: 3.7
Datava C-MAPP Scholar (scholarship awarded to top 80 out of 300 students) learn more here
Experience
Whitney Marsh Foundation
Vice President & CTO | November 2024 – Present
- Lead the foundation’s digital footprint end‑to‑end — web platform, content, and analytics — to expand reach and deepen community engagement.
- Co-manage a 15+ person cross‑functional team alongside the Founder and President, aligning roadmap, brand, and operations to measurable outcomes.
- Modernized the site with WordPress + Elementor and clean HTML components, improving performance, accessibility, and publishing velocity.
Parsons Corporation
Software Developer | August 2024 – Present
- Built and deployed containerized Angular web apps using Docker and Kubernetes, configuring ingress for secure routing and reliable rollout.
- Developed frontend features for desktop and mobile web using Angular, integrating with backend APIs and ensuring performance, accessibility, and cross-browser support.
- Automated CI/CD workflows in Jenkins to run tests, lint code, and deploy Angular builds through Artifactory, improving code quality and release speed.
Parsons Corporation
Software Development Intern | June 2024 – August 2024
- Developed a Spring Boot backend with a feature-rich Angular frontend and MongoDB database for ADS-B data tools.
- Created Python scripts for antenna data processing and Dockerized services for deployment.
- Utilized GPT-4o to enable natural language querying and RESTful APIs, reducing task completion time by 70%.
- Project repo not available.
Hackathons
X Developer Hackathon
HTML
February 2025
- Built a lightweight HTML app powered by the unreleased Grok 3.0 API to aggregate state-level sentiment for any user-entered topic.
- Produced real-time, map-friendly summaries with prompt templates and rate-limit aware polling for resilient UX.
- Delivered a shareable dashboard that highlights consensus, outliers, and trending states at a glance.
BlasterHacks — Colorado School of Mines
2nd Place
Swift
March 2024
- Created an iOS app that gamifies glucose tracking with an Egyptian-ant theme to make adherence playful and habit-forming.
- Designed streaks, quests, and haptic feedback loops to reinforce healthy routines and reduce logging friction.
- Polished with a clean UI, accessible visuals, and offline-first data handling for reliability.
XAI Hackathon
Honorable Mention
Chrome Ext.
November 2024
- Built a Chrome extension that reconstructs any page into a runnable Replit project so users can instantly remix and deploy.
- Automated asset extraction, dependency inference, and scaffolding to produce a clean, minimal repo on demand.
- Streamlined the handoff from browsing to building, cutting time-to-first-edit from minutes to seconds.
Projects
Ground Water Depletion
A web-based tool visualizing the environmental impact of groundwater extraction on stream flow dynamics, providing users with interactive controls and real-time feedback.
Clue Game
A digital adaptation of the classic Clue board game, developed using Java to replicate gameplay mechanics and provide an interactive user experience.
Data-Driven Diabetes
A project focused on visualizing diabetes data to provide insights and gamify health using the Dexcom API.
Let's Go
A React Native mobile application that streamlines group event planning using Firebase, enabling users to collaboratively decide on plans in real time.
Disaster Detection
A machine learning model leveraging natural language processing to analyze disaster-related tweets, identifying key sentiment trends to aid real-time disaster response.
