About Pedro Roman

I'm Pedro, also known as forcize, a Technical Solutions Engineer based in the Dominican Republic with 15+ years of professional experience turning business requirements into reliable web platforms, integrations, and automation.

Experience

LLC University — Product Developer → AI Enablement

January 2026 – Present

Joined full time as Product Developer (through June 2026), now an independent contractor. Designed and built the LLC Operating Agreement Generator, a WordPress plugin serving 1,000+ unique LLCs monthly. Currently leading AI enablement across the company and incubating lab prototypes that prove which ideas earn a path to production.

  • LLC Operating Agreement Generator: 1,000+ unique LLCs monthly
  • AI enablement and lab prototyping across the company
  • Mega-menu navigation architecture plus SEO and AEO strategy

We Are Elevated — Senior Full-Stack Developer

2025 – Present

Development partner across 10+ sites in WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, React, and Next.js. Tier 3 support, client meetings, estimations, design conversations, integrations, and technical discovery.

  • Webflow Enterprise build for Berlin Packaging (in progress)
  • Shopify storefront for Jarritos (in progress)
  • Reusable component libraries accelerating delivery by 30%
  • Daylit retainer: gated e-learning platform inside Webflow

Hudson Fusion — Senior WordPress Developer

2025 – Present

Development support across client builds; Tier 3 support, client meetings, estimations, and technical discovery. First engagement became an ongoing partnership.

  • The Feil Organization: SharpLaunch portfolio migrated to native WordPress property pages
  • Broker contact system, floor-plan and virtual-tour viewer, reworked Vue 2 search

Floorspace / Websitetown — Platform Developer

November 2025 – May 2026

Co-developed Floorspace v3, a productized theme-and-plugin platform for direct-booking vacation-rental websites on WordPress multisite with WP Ultimo provisioning.

  • Seven custom Gutenberg blocks and a Customizer-driven design system (Sage 10, Tailwind v4)
  • Guesty and Uplisting booking-engine integrations; self-hosted update server
  • Migration tooling remapping ACF data with hundreds of media sideloads per site

HummHive — Full Stack Developer

2020 – February 2025

Led front-end development of a decentralized publishing protocol; refactored the codebase to TypeScript with MobX for a plugin architecture of isolated component stores.

  • Production plugins for STORJ decentralized storage, SendGrid newsletters, and Netlify deployment

Hooli — Lead Developer & Co-Founder

2016 – October 2022

Built and scaled a WooCommerce e-commerce platform in the Dominican Republic, growing the team to nine employees before exit.

  • Partnerships with Yamaha, DJI, Lenovo, and Dell
  • Local bank financing integrations

CoinClarity — Full Stack Developer

2019 – January 2023

Built a crypto tracking platform: WordPress front end with Dockerized microservices (NestJS, Redis, PostgreSQL).

  • $1M+ in affiliate revenue through performance-optimized funnels
  • CoinGecko API integration with advanced caching for high-traffic periods

Crunchyroll / Sony Pictures Entertainment — Social Media Strategist

2014 – Present

Content strategy and hands-on publishing for major anime franchises including Naruto, JUJUTSU KAISEN, Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan, and Re:ZERO, plus the Crunchyroll Anime Awards.

  • 11 audited public accounts totaling 40M+ followers as of July 2026
  • Built AI-assisted workflows for the day-to-day operation

Independent Freelance — Developer (Freelancer.com, Upwork, direct)

2011 – Present

100+ clients with a 95%+ satisfaction rate: custom themes, plugin integrations, migrations, performance troubleshooting, and server management.

    What I work with

    Frontend Development

    Building beautiful, responsive user interfaces

    Shopify (Liquid), Webflow, WordPress Themes, React, TypeScript, Vue.js, Tailwind CSS, GatsbyJS, Material UI, Styled Components, Redux, MobX, Recoil, Sass, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript ES6+, Elementor, Gutenberg, Figma, Miro, Framer, jQuery

    Backend & DevOps

    Architecting robust server solutions

    Node.js, PHP, Python, NestJS, WordPress Plugins, ElectronJS, Tauri, Rust, MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Prisma ORM, Redis, Memcache, Varnish, REST APIs, GraphQL, Microservices, Webhooks, WooCommerce

    Infrastructure & Tools

    Cloud services and development tools

    AWS, Cloudflare, DigitalOcean, Vercel, Docker, Supabase, WPEngine, Cloudways, Apache, NGINX, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Travis CI, Jest, Cypress, Webflow, Claude Code (Agents, Hooks, MCP), MCP Integrations, Mailgun, Mailchimp, SendGrid, Twilio, Google Cloud, Stripe, Jira, Trello, Asana, ClickUp, SEO, Google Analytics, GTM, Zapier, Make Automations, Bunny.net

    Professional Skills

    Collaboration and expertise

    Agile/Scrum, Team Leadership, Problem Solving, Code Review, Mentoring, Client Communication, Technical Documentation, Project Management, Cross-functional Collaboration