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Summary

Ten plus years of work experience building web sites, applications and software. Yep, all things webby. I love developing user-centric webapps. Simple human-friendly software == happy end-users. Always.
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Career

Trialpay
Sr. UI Engineer (01/2010 - present)
  • Building stuff.
  • Tools: PHP, jQuery, Mootools, JavaScript, Ajax, JSON, CSS, SQL
  • Product: trialpay.com
yahooza consulting
Principal Consultant / Professional Nerd (Self-employed) (01/2000 - present)
  • Independent consultant / mercenary for web software companies.
  • Clients: Zvents · Timedots · Core Dot Continuum · P6R Consulting · Moby Marketing
Raptr
Sr. Web Engineer (07/2008 - 11/2009)
  • Frontend engineering for a social networking site for gamers.
  • Worked furiously with product folks, user experience designers and backend engineering team to build features for raptr.com
  • Tools: PHP, jQuery, YUI, JavaScript, Ajax, JSON, CSS, SQL, Textmate, VIM
  • Product: Raptr.com
Yahoo!
Software engineer: Y! Answers and Y! Bookmarks, del.icio.us, i18n Tiger Team (04/2005 - 10/2007)
  • One of the original engineers on Y! Answers from inception, Beta, GA (general audience)
  • 2006 Yahoo! Superstar (team) award winner for Y! Answers
  • Y! Better Bookmarks: wrote JavaScript drag-n-drop functionality with the YUI libs, while integrating the front-end into a frontend Symfony-driven framework
  • Worked on some super-secret stuff for del.icio.us
  • Joined the International Tiger Team, building and extending i18n-enabled webapps for Y! Fantasy Sports and Video
  • Spreading the word via sarcasm and ragging on that Web 2.0 thing
  • Products: Y! Answers · Y! Better Bookmarks
Razorfish
Sr. Consultant (08/2003 - 04/2005)
  • 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.
  • Java Webapp development including i18n to 4 foreign languages: Korean, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), and Japanese
  • Lead front-end developer for java.com and sun.com/solutions redesigns. Lots of JSPs, Taglibs, JavaScript, CSS and Interwoven.
  • Developed Standards-based webapp, integrating Tomcat / MySQL-driven Webapp (WebWork2 and Hibernate) with Atomz CMS and third-party commerce service (Miva Merchant).
  • Clients: dnadirect.com · Genentech · singaporeair.com · sun.com/solutions · java.com
Medialive Intl.
Web Applications Developer (01/2003 - 08/2003)
  • Wrote PHP import script which traversed client's XML feed, syncing new and modified data daily.
  • Built PHP/Oracle Content Management Tool (Speaker Resource Center) for JavaOne session speakers allowing conference speakers and third parties to review documents during its multistep process.
  • Hacked together PHP/Oracle user-facing registration and admin tools for the JavaOne 2003 Urban Adventure and Hands-on Lab promotions.
  • Medialive International · Sun Microsystems
GenSys Software
Web Engineer / Software Developer (2/2002 - 1/2003)
  • Frontend software engineer for J2EE Laboratory Information Management System and Electronic LAB Application, building object-oriented javascript libraries and writing JSPs.
  • Worked closely with back-end software engineers on implementation: determining business requirements and how data needed to be passed from the presentation layer to the request handlers and accessing session-scoped objects.
  • Wrote reusable JSP components that can be freely inserted into various sections of the LIMS application.
  • Built functional prototypes / click-throughs of the LIMS application, using javascript to mimic basic SQL functionality (searching, sorting).
  • Clients: gensys.com · Alpha Therapeutic
Razorfish
Sr. Interface Developer (08/1999 - 08/2001)
  • Developed frontend framework [markup, stylesheets, behaviour], setting code standards, developing design templates and script libraries.
  • Engaged in multiple large-scale content migrations porting legacy content into a new framework, typically involving unstructured 1000-3000 web pages.
  • Mobile application development training in Razorfish's Helsinki office. Wrote WAP site allowing patrons to obtain real-time schedule during the 2000 Razorfish Mobility Conference.
  • Clients: cadence.com · camster.com · documentum.com · Doubletwist.com · gloss.com · Mckinsey Quarterly · Pricewaterhouse coopers · veritas.com · Vodafone
Four Points Digital
Web Developer / Systems Administrator (10/1997 - 08/1999)
  • Managed Windoze network - DHCP, Exchange 5.5, network printers, DNS, remote access modem pool.
  • During company migration, managed IT team consisting of a network security consultant and support technicians to roll out a new internal network scheme, implementation of firewall, DNS cutover, choosing and installing new standardized software.
  • Wrangled with HTML and hacked CGI scripts. Photoshop production work.
  • Clients: four-points.com · 3Com · Allstate · ATKearney · AT&T · Sears

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