What I've Learned: Resume

I bring an evolving set of fundamentals in art and technology, that I have used to realize hundreds of goals for a diverse range of clientele. I provide inspired thinking, and encourage excellence and open lines of communication. I love challenging work that produces innovative concepts of enduring effect, and am committed to collaborative efforts and efficient workflows, within supportive environments.

Technical Proficiencies

Internet:
CSS, HTML, JavaScript (XHR/AJAX, jQuery, Prototype, YUI), MySQL, PHP 4+ (OOP, MVC), XML & XSLT
Platforms:
Linux (RedHat, Ubuntu), Mac (Classic, OS X), Windows (95+), Unix
Software:

Cinema 4D, Flash, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop ... Major media. productivity, and web software

Professional Experience

Wells Fargo – San Francisco, California

Front-End Developer (2009 - present)

Senior developer for the Wholesale Banking division. Our team was designed to consolidate and advance web- development efforts for over 10 business-to-business web-based applications, products, and services.

Contributed towards a monumental session manager for legacy pages, multiple windows and sub-domains.
Replaced third-party tool with an in-house implementation, avoiding a one million dollar service fee.
Bridged gap between back and front-end developers, with AJAX protocols and uniform JSP structures.
Hosted weekly team-building sessions, which spanned code-reviews, best-practices, and new technologies.

Yahoo! – Sunnyvale, California

Engineer (2008 - 2009)

Key developer within a small team, charged with implementing features and enhancements of the industry-leading, WYSIWYG, browser-based, website publishing tool “Yahoo! Site Solution”.

Enabled audio and video content publishing (respectively) within customer websites.
Lead developer for web-forms feature, including data bound form fields (e.g., “comments” vs “textarea”), submission validation, and enhanced form-field options (e.g., a calendar widget).
Implemented the “Yahoo! Small Business Open Platform” pilot program; a marketplace of site enhancements for customer websites, by third-party developers.
Introduced development initiatives to unify Javascript chaining/callbacks and protect critical routines from untrusted code execution, respectively.

Garnet Capital Advisors – Harrison, New York

Web Master (2005 - 2006)

One-man-army for advancing the company’s online presence and functionality. From concept to development, delivered cutting-edge techniques in PHP and Ruby to reduce operational costs and consolidate routines and resources.

Prototyped “Comet” (HTTP Persist) with PHP (re-factored in Ruby) for live auction application.
Enhanced web presence with strategic marketing, web optimization and redesign.
Performed general IT tasks; inventory, tech support, installation and administration, etc.

The O Group, Inc. – New York, New York

Senior Project Manager (1999 - 2000)

Supervised the interactive department (2 developers, 4 artists, 1 project manager), and provided hands-on support for numerous web clientele.

Trained staff in basic HTML, and basic interface design patterns.
Led requirements meetings with clients, for estimates which documented their entire vision and milestones.
Managed backup schedules, user accounts, and monitored network security on a Windows NT file server.
Developed and implemented the assessment and acquisition process of interviewees.

Tech-9 Multimedia, Inc. – South Orange, New Jersey

Senior Web Developer (1997 - 1999)

Senior web developer and graphic artist.

Enhanced visibility of client products and services by accurately adapting imagery and marketing strategy to various digital mediums.
Created methodologies for rapid development, allowing us to produce Internet solutions within 24 hours.
Developed modular production processes that simplified transferring projects to external developers.

Simon & Schuster – Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

Web Developer & Multimedia QA Lead (1995 - 1997)

Technology researcher, analyst and educator. Quality assurance analyst and assistant artistic designer for a line of interactive educational titles.

Implemented first secure public network for accessing internal information (i.e., an Intranet), using Perl scripts, .htaccess authentication, and data from regional mainframes.
Delivered technology presentations, training, and reports to staff.
Monitored quality of several educational multi-media compact-disc products.

Freelance Work (1996 - 2008)

New York, New York

Contracted and sub-contracted for numerous art and technology solutions.

Developed custom e-commerce sites based on open-source PHP packages (Drupal and Ubercart).
Defined XML structure to configure Flash header, for runtime control over image and animation behavior.
Produced numerous sections of a Flash presentation, marketing network storage software.
Translated Photoshop mock-ups into HTML pages, for numerous TV marketing/promotional events.
Developed web-based ERP systems, using ASP/VB.Net, specific to the Animal Agriculture industry
Information modeling for web-auction accounting system to manage annual income of over 4 million dollars.