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Summary

Fourteen plus years of experience building websites and webapps. I love developing user-centric interfaces. Simple, human-friendly software = happy end-users. Always.

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Buzzwords

PHP, Java, JavaScript, JSP, CSS, HTML, jQuery, YUI, Mootools, JSON, XML, SQL, SVN, Ajax, l10n, i18n, MySQL, Mac, Unix, Linux, Windows, Symfony, Struts, WebWork

Career

TrialPay

Sr. Frontend Engineer (01/2010 - present)

• Shipped Facebook Credits Offerwall
• Shipped DealSpot (front-end)
• Prototyped HTML5-embedded layer of an Android hybrid application.
• Shipped internal platform tools and standardized front-end framework
• Tools: JavaScript, Mootools, PHP, MySQL

Raptr

Sr. Web Engineer (07/2008 - 11/2009)

• Shipped raptr.com, a social networking site for gamers, working furiously with product folks, user experience designers and backend engineering.
• Tools: JavaScript, jQuery, YUI, PHP, SQL

Yahoo!

Software Engineer: Y! Answers and Y! Bookmarks, i18n Tiger Team (04/2005 - 10/2007)

• Shipped Y! Answers Beta and GA (general audience).
• Shipped Y! Better Bookmarks. Wrote JavaScript drag-n-drop feature with the YUI 2.x libs, while integrating the front-end into Symfony
• Shipped i18n-enabled webapps for Y! Fantasy Sports after joining the International Tiger Team.
• Tools: JavaScript, YUI, PHP, SQL
• Awards: 2006 Yahoo! Superstar (team) award winner for Y! Answers. Hell yeah.

Razorfish

Sr. Consultant (08/2003 - 04/2005)

• Shipped and spec'd Interwoven DCT specifications (content model) for propietary content management system. Wrote Java renderers (using xTags and custom taglibs) to transform XML content to markup.
• Shipped i18n'd J2EE webapp in Korean, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), and Japanese
• Shipped java.com and sun.com/solutions as lead front-end developer. Lots of JSPs, Taglibs, JavaScript, CSS and Interwoven.
• Shipped web standards-based webapp, integrating J2EE stack (WebWork2 and Hibernate) with Atomz CMS and Miva Merchant (third-party commerce service).
• Tools: JavaScript, J2EE
• Clients: dnadirect.com · Genentech · singaporeair.com · sun.com/solutions · java.com

Medialive Intl.

Web Applications Developer (01/2003 - 08/2003)

• Shipped import tool which traversed client's XML feed, syncing new and modified data daily.
• Shipped PHP-based Content Management Tool (Speaker Resource Center) for JavaOne session speakers allowing conference speakers and third parties to review documents within a multistep process.
• Shipped user-facing registration and admin tools for the JavaOne 2003 Urban Adventure and Hands-on Lab promotions.
• Tools: JavaScript, PHP, Oracle 8i
• Clients: Medialive International · Sun Microsystems

GenSys Software

Web Engineer (2/2002 - 1/2003)

• Shipped front-end framework for J2EE Laboratory Information Management System and Electronic LAB Application, building object-oriented javascript libraries and writing JSPs. Built functional prototypes / click-throughs of the LIMS application, using JavaScript to mimic basic SQL functionality (searching, sorting).
• Tools: JavaScript, J2EE
• Clients: gensys.com · Alpha Therapeutic

Razorfish

Sr. Interface Developer (08/1999 - 08/2001)

• Shipped websites, webapps and WAP-based mobile sites.
• Tools: JavaScript, J2EE, ASP, PHP, SQL
• Clients: cadence.com · camster.com · documentum.com · Doubletwist.com · gloss.com · Mckinsey Quarterly · Pricewaterhouse coopers · veritas.com · Vodafone

Four Points Digital

Web Developer and Systems Administrator (10/1997 - 08/1999)

• Shipped websites and microsites. Wrangled HTML and hacked CGI scripts. Photoshop production work.
• Managed Microsoft Windows LAN network — DHCP, Exchange 5.5, network printers, DNS, remote access modem pool.
• Clients: four-points.com · 3Com · Allstate · ATKearney · AT&T · Sears

yahooza consulting

Principal Consultant · Professional Nerd (Self-employed) (01/2000 - present)

• Shipped webapps as an independent mercenary for web software companies.
• Tools: JavaScript, jQuery, YUI, PHP, Symfony, CakePHP, Ruby on Rails, SQL, CSS, HTML Emails
• Clients: Zvents · Timedots · Core Dot Continuum · P6R Consulting · Moby Marketing · guru.com · myplay.com

Academics

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Class of 1997, Bachelor's Degree, Biology, studies in Advanced Chemistry

Loyola Academy
College Prep, Class of 1993, Illinois State Scholar 1993