Stephen Howlin Email & Phone Number

Cork, Ireland

* Software developer with responsibility for a major commercial website

Nationwide, Ireland

* Industrial / EBM / alternative DJ.* Graphics and flyer design.* Online presence management.* Promotion and presentation* Live visuals

Waterford, Ireland

* Software and web developer, C#, ASP.Net, Javascript developer, Azure cloud development, ajax integration with back-end server controls, user experience improvement* Designed, developed and implemented bespoke FAQ and support system.* Created Javascript version of established Flash functionality.* Created first iteration of trustpassport.com

Waterford, Ireland / Cape Town, South Africa

* Usability expert, responsible for ensuring that published websites followed usability conventions and validation rules.* Conducting studies with end users to identify areas that needed fixing or improvement, including a two week study conducted in a TalkTalk call center in Cape Town, South Africa.* Implemented new search engine in PHP for existing knowledge bases, replacing original engine which was widely disliked by end users.* Worked on customer and employee-facing websites, fixing issues as they arose, working in PHP and JSP, as well as hand coded HTML, CSS and Javascript.* Oversaw move towards an agile development process for the Publish team (implemented agile methods and installed XPlanner Plus.)

Waterford, Ireland

* Authority on Javascript and client side programming.* Backup graphic designer.* Responsibility for finding, reporting and fixing bugs.* Part of the team that created the new 2fm website (http://2fm.rte.ie) using Ruby-on-Rails as well as hand coded HTML and CSS, including web design and layout.* MySQL database design and configuration* Configuring and maintaining websites hosted on UNIX-based web servers.* Oversaw move from jQuery to the Prototype Javascript library.* Co-lead team on creation of Catch applications for Bebo and Facebook (using Ruby-on-Rails and PHP)

Waterford, Ireland

* Graphic designer.* Web designer and developer using C# and ASP.NET as well as hand coded HTML, CSS and Javascript.* SqlServer database design and configuration.* Data Access Layer creation for web apps built using C#.* Named “Catch” service and designed logo.* Part of the team that spun out of TSSG to form separate company.

Waterford, Ireland

* Receiving and dealing with calls from AOL customers with technical issues.* Instructing customers on technical issues in a clear and easy to understand manner.* Escalating issues in the case of severe problems.