I'm Dave Hon. A former digital newsroom editor now building the software, workflows, and connections behind a modern business.
Understand the problem.
Connect the pieces.
Make it work.
My career started in journalism, where I learned how to find the important question, make sense of messy information, and deliver under pressure.
Today I apply the same instincts to technology—building internal software, connecting legacy platforms, improving commerce operations, and turning customer data into useful action.
The medium changed. The work is still about making complicated things useful.
Select a project area to explore the thinking and engineering behind the work.
OPERATIONS / APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE
Designed and built Artemis and Apollo, internal applications connecting purchasing, inventory, receiving, picking, packing, backorders, and other operational workflows. Integrated existing ERP and commerce platforms with purpose-built tools, including wearable devices and packing stations.
COMMERCE / CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Work across storefront engineering, SEO, analytics, merchandising, customer data, and marketing automation. Migrated and operated a Mautic email platform; connected data and workflows that support communications at scale and better visibility into product performance.
AUTOMATION / PHYSICAL-TO-DIGITAL
Developed applied AI and computer-vision integrations that connect camera detection events, imagery, and notifications with internal business workflows. I focus on practical automation: observable events, clear interfaces, and a specific operational reason to use it.
DIGITAL MEDIA / EDITORIAL LEADERSHIP
Advanced from reporter to Digital Editor and eEdition Managing Editor. Managed content quality and presentation across News-Press NOW's websites, digital edition, apps, and social channels—work that demanded editorial judgment, consistent processes, and effective digital publishing.
Project descriptions are intentionally high-level to respect proprietary systems and information.
The combination of journalism, software, and operational ownership is the point—not a detour.
CLASSIC PARTS OF AMERICA
Building internal software, business integrations, commerce infrastructure, analytics, and practical automation across the business.
NEWS-PRESS & GAZETTE COMPANY
Reporter → Weekly Editor → Digital Editor → eEdition Managing Editor. Managed digital publishing across web, apps, social, and electronic editions.
MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY / REGIONAL NEWSROOMS
B.S. in Convergent Media, cum laude (2013). Earlier reporting roles at the Newton Daily News and The Platte County Landmark; published research in digital journalism.
Good technology starts with understanding what people actually need to do.
MY APPROACH, IN ONE SENTENCE
An editorial background continues to shape how I research, communicate, and make decisions.
COLLEGE MEDIA REVIEW · 2011
Ken Nordin Award
College Media Research · Co-recipient
Journalist of the Year
Missouri College Media Association
Best Newspaper Website
Newsroom recognition
I'm interested in the space where technology, business, and people meet. If that sounds like something you're working on, I'd like to hear about it.