About Nicole Bardales

I love turning messy operational problems into simple, working solutions — and making sure the people who need to use them actually can. Today that means working as a senior WordPress and Vue.js developer, building and maintaining production sites for editorial, e-commerce, and agency clients across the US. My background sits at the intersection of logistics, law, education, and web development, which sounds like a lot until you realize how often those things overlap in practice.

Where I am now

I work as a senior developer building with WordPress, GeneratePress, GenerateBlocks, Timber/Twig, Vue.js, and ACF, everything from newsletter systems and interactive data features to accessibility fixes and performance work. I run NBR Tech Solutions, a small web development and SEO agency, for clients who need full-service support. I also take on select contract development for agencies that need a developer who can be handed a complex, ambiguous project and run with it. Bilingual in English and Spanish, based in Honduras, with a full working day of overlap with US teams.

How I got here

I started my career in logistics and transportation, holding senior roles at GlobalTranz, Smith Eagle Logistics, and Supply Chain Associates. Those years gave me a close-up view of how businesses actually move: what slows them down, where costs hide, and how systems need to be designed to survive real-world constraints. It’s a perspective that never really leaves you — I still think about sustainability and day-to-day operability long before a site goes live.

Alongside that work, I became a certified ESL instructor. Teaching changed how I communicate professionally. Breaking a complex idea into clear, usable steps for a language learner isn’t so different from walking a client through a new tool or writing documentation someone will actually read. I carry that patience into every project handoff and client conversation.

I studied law at the Catholic University of Honduras, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Laws degree. My path through school wasn’t perfectly linear; I worked while studying, navigated gaps in course availability, and finished with a combination of determination and pragmatism I’m more proud of than the honors distinction itself. I was an honors student throughout and served as student body president at multiple stages, which shaped how I think about balancing responsibility with collaboration. The legal training gave me something I still use today: a risk-aware lens for accessibility, contracts, and compliance.

One project from that period stands out. I was part of the five-person team that planned and produced TEDxSwinfordPark, the third edition of the event, and one of very few opportunities of its kind in the community. We organized it in partnership with USAID, which meant real logistics, real stakes, and a level of coordination that didn’t leave much room for error. I handled the operational side and built the event website from scratch, including registration and check-in using Eventbrite. When the project ended, USAID offered me a job based on my work across both areas. I didn’t take it, but it remains one of the first projects where I got to use both skill sets fully, at the same time, toward the same goal.

I’m a self-taught developer who started with HTML and CSS in middle school, because I wanted to understand how things worked and then make them work better. That’s been the pattern across everything I’ve done. During my time in logistics, I built an automated system for our three-person accounting team to manage carrier accounting information, and wrote the SOPs to go with it, not because anyone asked, but because the manual process was slow and I wanted it to work better. That work got noticed, and HR asked if I could build something similar for time-off requests, replacing a manual document-and-email process with a simple form, automated notifications, and an approval flow.

I tend to build the skill first, in my own time, and the opportunities tend to follow rather than the other way around. It’s why the work with Athlon Communications, Inspry, and RadiateU felt less like a leap and more like a continuation; the skills were already there, the context was just bigger.

If you want someone who brings operational sense, legal common sense, and senior-level web development to the table, that’s me.

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