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Brigham Young University Physical Facilities Upholsterer

Built digital work order, patterning, document viewing, photo upload, and asset management systems as a Brigham Young University physical facilities upholsterer to move maintenance from reactive requests toward proactive asset tracking.

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Upholstery Specialist II / 2024 to present

What this proves

I can work inside a physical facilities operation, find the information bottleneck, and build software that fits the field workflow instead of asking operators to work around the software.

Why this mattered

BYU's campus has a massive base of furniture, equipment, fabrics, documents, and maintenance history. When that work is tracked manually or only handled after something breaks, teams lose context, repeat work, and miss opportunities to maintain assets proactively.

Stack used

Next.jsshadcn/uiSupabaseRow level securityS3 storage bucketsTanStack QueryPDF viewerWord document viewerExcel viewerMobile photo uploadField optimized UI

Why it mattered commercially

Asset history, documents, photos, and maintenance context become operating leverage when staff can reach them at the point of work. Better records reduce repeated discovery and create a path toward proactive maintenance.

Current status

Current role and implemented internal system as of August 30, 2026. Details are Gordon's first person operating record; internal URLs, records, and institutional data are intentionally not public.

What Gordon did

Mapped the real upholstery and facilities workflow before choosing the software shape.

Built the mobile friendly work order, document, photo, and asset management experience and connected it to secured storage.

Implemented viewers and field interactions for the file types staff already used rather than forcing a new document process.

What was hard

The product had to work in field conditions and preserve the department's existing service standards.

Operational records and institutional documents required secure access boundaries and careful storage decisions.

The system had to make physical work easier without turning the portfolio into a disclosure of internal data.

Proof at a glance

In use

Implemented system

The asset management workflow was implemented inside the department and remains in use.

Workflow surfaces

Work orders, assets, documents, photos, and live file viewing were joined in one field oriented experience.

Delivered an asset management system that was implemented and remains in use.
Created a path from reactive maintenance requests toward proactive asset management across furniture, fabric, equipment, documents, and photo records.
Improved repeatability, reduced manual error, and preserved operational context in live maintenance workflows.
Turned hands on facilities work into practical software that fit how the department already operated in the field.

Project record reviewed August 30, 2026. Where no public source is listed, the page identifies first person or internal evidence explicitly instead of implying independent verification.