Creative web designer/developer with 20 years experience designing, implementing, and updating e-commerce, corporate, international, educational, and non-profit web sites. Proven ability to work quickly and efficiently to meet tight deadlines.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Cross-platform and cross-browser HTML, JavaScript,
and CSS compatibility
Web page design, layout, navigation, and usability
employing user experience best practices
Front-end integration with a variety of back-end systems
and databases
Release systems, including revision control, development
environments, and staging servers
Graphic design for web pages, logos, images, flyers,
paper/pdf forms, and more
Content management system (CMS) installation, configuration,
and creation of custom actions based on client needs
HTML, XHTML, HTML 5
CSS, SASS, Compass, Sylus
JavaScript, JQuery
PHP
Ruby, Rails, Heroku
Perl, Mason/mod_perl, Embperl
AJAX, JSON
mySQL
MODx CMS (Evolution & Revolution)
Git, CVS
Apache htaccess & server-side includes (SSI)
Photoshop, GIMP
Illustrator, Inkscape
Flash, ActionScript
Working knowledge of UNIX (FreeBSD, Linux/Ubuntu, Sun Solaris)
and MacOS
Experience with Windows
WORK EXPERIENCE
Jan. 2002 - Present
Web Designer / Developer, Independent Consultant
(Floating Sheep Studios),
San Francisco Bay Area (East Bay), CA
Design, develop, and update entire websites and individual pages for various clients, performing graphic design, logo design, optimized graphic creation, HTML coding, JavaScript coding, CSS creation (per-page and sitewide), server-side coding, and database interfacing. Set clients up with content management systems (CMS) to allow them ease of updating their own content. Create interactive Flash movies and games, making extensive use of ActionScript to create the game logic.
Design logos and web sites from conceptual ideas to finished graphic products
Help clients to better understand what they want from their websites
Recommend the best and most economical course of action for a variety of situations
Install and configure CMS with custom templates and coding to meet specific client needs
Implement back-end and database interaction as needed
July 1998 - Nov. 2001
Web Designer, Datamain/Euphorion, Inc., Milpitas, CA
Designed, developed, and updated entire websites and individual pages both for external clients and for Datamain/Euphorion's website and intranet, performing graphic design, optimized graphic creation, HTML coding, JavaScript coding, and CGI coding.
Reduced JavaScript implementation time by creating generic libraries for form validation and preloaded image roll-overs.
Reduced new web page creation time by developing HTML templates and using server-side includes.
Designed interface and specified functionality for client extranet.
Developed new automated release systems for client websites.
Integrated numerous front-end graphic designs with various back-end systems.
Provided recommendations to improve usability after evaluating design and navigation of client websites.
Upgraded, operated, and maintained the Haas Sun Solaris web server and helped Haas system users and others with their questions and problems. Also continued to create and update web pages and graphics for the main Haas website and various sub-sites.
Answered or correctly routed all email sent to webmaster@haas.berkeley.edu.
Helped users with CGI script problems.
Automated monthly web server log rotation and analysis.
Evaluated new web servers to identify upgrade candidates.
Dog and cat training;
competing and earning titles with dogs in obedience, rally, nose work, parkour, tricks, and other sports;
arts (e.g., painting, drawing) and crafts (e.g., paracord/fleece weaving/knotting, origami);
reading books; and
hiking
