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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Web architect, UI designer, media specialist. Specializ¬e in HTML, Javascript, PHP, C#, ColdFusion development. Specialize in internal site SEO. Produced, edited, and processed audio and video media. Designed Web Services client as part of application authentication scheme. Wrote custom service to integrate applications across platforms. Developed and launched Aim4Excellence, a national online credential for Early Childhood directors, a project which generated revenue and spawned an entire department to support it. Clients include the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership, Audiowells, The Basement Theatre, and others.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Santa Cruz, Ca

Cupertino, Ca

Greater Chicago Area

Team leader, resource manager, solutions architect, and developer for digital agency with high-profile clients. Work on major brands as primary tech lead and resource manager. Manage Git repositories, branching/tagging, deployments, and oversee code quality and QA process. Lead development kickoffs and oversee production developers. Provide developers with any necessary information, resources, and hands-on support. Meet and collaborate with key stakeholders on the client-side. Oversaw the successful launch of several sites across many clients. Introduced rapid prototyping and live wireframing solutions to UX team to modernize workflow. Led transition to responsive site design approach. Improved production efficiency by integrating a node.js buildkit tool to our development workflow. Planned and built crowd-sourcing site for a major multinational client. Developed and launched successful contest site for major PC maker and a major motion picture using web standards and Rails, integrating with Facebook’s Graph API. Developed yearlong digital strategy for major pet supplies retail chain.

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

Developer, primarily in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and C#, for marketing. Set all development standards in the department. Work within marketing team of 30 members and numerous partners throughout the university. Development lead and manager in interactive marketing group, providing strategy in project strategy meetings. Code large-scale front-end experiences for a powerful brand. Develop and document departmental standards based on industry best practices while exploring cutting edge and imaginative UI solutions. Write web project briefs and define development specifications. Proactively pitch ideas and develop presentations to the team that improve operational excellence. Manage department resources and timelines. Oversee metrics implementation (Omniture) and support. Coordinate QA process week to week and hold team members accountable for timely feedback. Direct team on buildout approach. Directly manage web developers, guide their development and teach professional development sessions. Near-perfect annual review in 2010 based on assertiveness and ownership of high-profile projects.

Application architect, front-end designer, video editor, ColdFusion developer, and web marketing strategist in team based web production environment. Developed and implemented online marketing strategy. Initiated and developed Google and Yahoo search words campaign and an online visual branding campaign, directly increasing lead and enrollment numbers from online marketing applications. Developed custom applications in Javascript, AJAX w/ jQuery, Actionscript 2 and 3, Flash, ColdFusion. Developed social networking, inventory management, and many other custom ColdFusion, JavaScript, and Flash applications from the ground up. Reduced overhead costs through marketing inventory processing system (ajax, Coldfusion). Designed and developed sites to support corporate partnerships with McDonald's, Children's Memorial Hospital, BOMA Chicago, and others, which directly increased revenue from new student enrollments.

Intern for major post-production studio. Supported video editors in an Avid/After Effects environment. Worked with media equipment in centralized machine room. Intense focus on video editing, compositing, color correction, motion graphics, digital and analog video signals, post production workflow, sound editing.

Assistant for Object Oriented Programming in Java at Georgia Tech. Responsible for lecturing to large groups, holding office hours, designing student project specifications, student project and test evaluations, exam proctoring, and running a Java help lab. Developed code autograders in a highly collaborative coding environment with heavy workloads and tight deadlines.

Bachelor Of Science, Discrete Mathematics

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