Website by Juree - When you want a really useful website!

Résumé

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To find a challenging and rewarding position in web development with the opportunity to significantly contribute to the department and corporate success.

Professional Experience:

May 2002 - Present
Website By Jurée
Dayton, OH
Web Consultant / Designer / Developer

Working as an independent contractor, this position provides quality design, development, and implementation of useful websites for a variety of clients. Development is client specific, but has included web-based scheduling systems, content management, web-based catalog and shopping cart applications with secure credit card transactions, and template-based web pages delivering dynamic content from server-side MS SQL and MS Access databases.

Web development technologies include HTML, DHTML, XML, Active Server Pages (vbscript), ASP.NET (visual basic), JavaScript, AJAX, and ActionScript for Flash and Flex.

Most recent project work includes CSS-based, table-less designs with cross-browser, cross-OS compatibility. Focus on usability, utilizing human factors engineering, and accessibility for assistive technology users. Additional focus on Search Engine Optimization, Natural Language Search, and generating search traffic through link optimization and keyword strategies.

Clients include:

  • NiteLites
  • Avalere, Inc.
  • Certeon, Inc.
  • Waverly Shell-Rock School District
  • Howard-Winneshiek Community School District
  • Dike-New Hartford Community School District
  • EstateWorks
  • mValent
  • Silverlink Communications
  • ExaGrid Systems
  • Encore Theatrical
  • Center for Adoption Research - University of Massachusetts
  • Bedford Public Schools
  • The Quannapowitt Players, Inc.
  • Acme Theater Productions, Inc.
  • Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres
  • Habitat for Humanity - North Central Massachusetts
  • Laser Legend Plates, LLC

October 2003 - February 2007
LexisNexis
Miamisburg, OH
Web Developer, User Experience Group

Working first as a contractor, and then as a full-time employee, this position served as a web developer in the User Experience Group for new product development. Responsibilities included rapid prototype development using HTML, Javascript, VBScript for Active Server Pages (ASP) and Java Server Pages (JSP). Working with in-house Human Factors Engineers, this position provided web development expertise for the creation of prototypes used in usability testing prior to full scale product development. This position also provided production level code to the engineering team for product development, including cross-browser support, CSS optimization, and ADA compliance support.

Additionally, this position serves as a development resource for custom in-house web-based applications used specifically by the User Experience team, Product Teams, and Business Unit Teams in support of our prototype/product development.

October 1999 - May 2002 
Emulex Corporation (formerly Giganet, Inc.)
Bolton, MA
Corporate Webmaster

Emulex Corporation is a leading designer, developer and supplier of a broad line of storage networking products based on Fibre Channel and IP Networking technologies. In March of 2001, Emulex Corporation acquired Giganet, Inc., a privately held, start-up company.

The Giganet corporate web presence was made up of approximately 600 static and dynamically generated pages and the Emulex corporate web presence is made up of approximately 10,000 static and dynamically generated pages. Working closely with senior personnel in the marketing, sales, and press relations departments, this position was responsible for the following:

  • Ownership of infrastructure design and intellectual integrity of corporate web site, including navigation, cross-browser compatibility, and downloads. Ownership of quality presentation of content, including the style of text, graphics, multimedia elements, and general "look and feel" of the web site. 
  • Update and maintenance of all static and dynamically driven web pages using templated HTML pages utilizing HTML, DHTML, VBScript, JavaScript, Perl script and Active Server Pages with SQL for database connections to MS SQL and MS Access. 
  • Update, management and reporting of all software downloads and user activity. 
  • In depth, weekly reporting of web log files to determine marketing effectiveness, search engine placement, site performance, and visitor demographics and trends. 
  • Management of email mailing list and electronic content delivery to monthly eNewsletter subscription base, 800+ users. 
  • Interfacing with external consultants for project specific web development elements, including graphics design, multimedia elements, and specialty Flash web development. 
  • Interfacing with internal personnel for project specific web development, including secure customer specific extranets, multimedia presentations, and FTP site access. 
  • First tier user support for visitors experience technical difficulty with the web site. 
  • Ownership of web "Best Practices" to stay abreast of new technologies and methods to insure that the corporate web site best represents the company, it's products and it's mission statement. 

October 1998 - October 1999
Linkage, Inc.
Lexington, MA
Corporate Webmaster

Linkage, Inc. is a leading training and development provider for Human Resources and Human Resource Development issues. The corporate web presence is made up of approximately 1400 web pages, including static presentation of content and dynamically generated pages supporting on-line commerce. As part of a two-person team, this position was responsible for the following:

  • Daily update and maintenance of 1400 plus HTML pages. 
  • Strategic development and management of the Linkage, Inc. electronic eNewsletter.
  • Content and technical management of the SecureBuy system, an electronic commerce system provided by AT&T (ISP) utilizing cgi scripting for secure credit card transactions. 
  • Strategic deployment and tracking of online user surveys, including ASP scripting with SQL for database connectivity using Access 97 for data storage and reporting.

February 1998 - October 1998
Professional Development Group
Wayland, MA
Visual Basic Developer / Business Analyst

The Microsoft Solutions Consulting Division, a division of the Professional Development Group, provided customized desktop and server applications to address mission critical business issues for their clients. Working as a key contributor of the core development team, this position was responsible for the following:

  • Using Visual Basic and Visual Basic for Applications, provide comprehensive solutions to Fortune 1000 clients using Microsoft development tools for graphic user interface development, MS SQL and MS Access for data storage. 
  • Determine workflow and business processes, application specifications, such as hardware and software needs, application functionality, data presentation, user interface layout, data storage, security, and data backup for each customized application. 
  • Author application related documents, including requirements analysis, functional specifications, and user documentation. 
  • Test and provide quality assurance for applications, conduct user training, and manage on-site implementation of customized applications.

Skill Set:

Programming:

  • Visual Basic 4.0, 5.0, 6.0;
  • Visual Basic for Applications 2.0, 95, 2000, 2003
  • XHTML, CSS, DHTML, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, JSP, PHP, AJAX, Flash, Flex
  • MS SQL 7.0, 2000, 2005
  • MySQL
  • Visual C++
  • Flash Actionscript

HTML Editors / Web Environment Tools:

  • Macromedia DreamWeaver MX, 8.0
  • WSAD
  • Macromedia (Allaire) HomeSite
  • Visual Interdev
  • Visual Studio 2005
  • Microsoft FrontPage
  • FTP Voyager
  • Web Trends Analyzer

Graphics / Animation Tools:

  • PhotoShop
  • Paint Shop Pro
  • Animation Shop
  • Macromedia Fireworks MX, 8.0
  • Macromedia Flash MX, 8.0
  • SwishMax Flash

General Software:

  • SourceSafe
  • ClearCase
  • Microsoft Office Suite 95, 2000, 2003
  • Microsoft Project
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Adobe Acrobat

Education:

1987 - 1989, Associate of Arts, York College, York, Nebraska (3.85 G.P.A.)

2002 - Current, BS Computer Science, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio (3.3 G.P.A.)