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Career
Objective
To
leverage
front-end
web
application
and
UI/UX
knowledge
and
passion
to
design
and
develop
innovative,
clean,
accessible,
compliant,
user-centric
web
and
mobile
based
applications
through
a
mobile
first,
progressive
enhancement
philosophy.
Collaborate
with
engineering
and
business
teammates
in
a
vibrant
work
environment,
where
ideas
are
shared
and
people
internally
and
externally
are
enthusiastic
about
the
companys
outlook.
Education
Middlesex
University,
June
2000 BSC,
Information
Systems
with
Management
User Interface and User Experience Expert Experienced web application developer and Team Lead Strong in written and verbal communication Fast learner; embraces evolution and big picture UI Design Personas, User story flows, Wire framing, Prototyping, Comp design, Responsive design. Front-End Development XHTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, SASS, Compass, JavaScript (OO, MVC, TDD with Js Test Driver), DOM, BOM, jQuery, Modernizer, Sencha Touch 2, AJAX, JSON, SEO, Usability, Accessibility, Application of Mobile first - Progressive Enhancement, Graceful Degradation, Cross-Browser development. Application Development Object Oriented Design, Core Java, Spring, Hibernate, Struts(1&2), Tiles, XML, XSLT, XSL- FO, FOP, JSP, Servlets, Acegi Security, Tomcat, Tag Libraries, JBoss, CVS, SVN, Ant, TDD- JUnit, Database Schema design, Oracle SQL, MySQL.
Software Eclipse/Aptana, Emacs, Perforce, Photoshop, Fireworks, GIMP, SQL Developer, TOAD, TeamTrack, ProtoShare, Jira.
Experience
Co-Founder,
UI
Farm
Ltd,
May
2012
Present
UI/UX
agency
based
in
London,
with
a
content
first,
responsive
design
focused
philosophy
towards
UI
design
and
development.
Front
End
Technical
Lead,
Bodog
Europe/UK,
February
2012
April
2012,
London
Team
lead
(including
line
management
duties)
for
the
UX
and
UI
development
of
one
of
the
companys
most
high
profile
products
slots.com.
Followed
scrum,
continuous
integration
and
TDD
agile
processes. Responsible
for
the
development
of
the
companys
various
mobile
projects
using
Sencha
Touch
2.
Technologies:
OO
JavaScript,
TDD
-
Js
Test
Driver,
JQuery,
Backbone,
Web
Services
(AJAX,
JSON),
Sencha
Touch
2,
HTML5,
CSS2/3,
SASS,
Compass,
PHP.
Founder,
DiamondNeil,
November
2010
March
2012,
London Founder,
lead
designer
and
engineer
for
DiamondNeil,
a
UI
and
UX
development
and
consultancy
shop
based
in
London.
Designed
and
developed
informational
web
site
and
document
repository
and
reader
application
for
AOC-LHR,
built
using
Hibernate,
Struts,
AJAX
and
Scribd
3rd
party
API.
Technologies:
OO
JavaScript,
TDD
-
Js
Test
Driver,
JQuery,
jQuery
UI,
Backbone,
Web
Services
(AJAX,
JSON),
HTML5,
CSS2/3,
SASS,
Compass,
Java/JSP,
Struts
2,
Hibernate,
Tomcat.
Senior
Web
Software
Developer
-
Technical
Lead,
QuinStreet,
October
2007-August
2011,
Silicon
Valley
Technical
lead
developer
for
the
companys
affinity
groups/social
media
product,
FindSmith
Groups,
involved
in
everything
from
database
schema
design,
to
back-end
API
development,
to
MVC
development
(Struts),
to
front
end
development
including
AJAX. Responsible
for
the
UID
and
UXD
of
the
product,
including
recommending
latest
front
end
technologies
for
implementation
into
the
products
UI.
Lead
developer
for
the
FindSmith
Groups
directory
product
that
was
developed
for
QuinStreets
client
sites
and
publisher
network.
Lead developer for FindSmith Groups forum product involved in all aspects of the development life cycle. Technologies: OO JavaScript, TDD - JUnit, JQuery, Web Services (AJAX, JSON), XHTML/5, CSS2/3, Java/JSP, JSP Tag Libraries, Struts 1&2, Hibernate, Spring, Jboss. Senior Web Developer - Team Lead, QuinStreet, January 2005-October 2007, Silicon Valley Promoted to senior member of engineering team, becoming an integral player and lead engineer in implementing Interwoven TeamSite into the company. Provided recommendations and training on how to develop and maintain J2EE lead generation sites using TeamSite to the web development and business teams. As a Team Lead, mentored, designed and conducted training on emerging front end technologies for web development team members. Designed and built internal admin web application tool using Hibernate and Struts. Designed and implemented the companys Co-Registration J2EE platform enabling each of QuinStreet's business verticals to increase revenue by accepting leads from their publisher network. Worked on companys proprietary forms on demand service for their publisher network using XSLT and XPath to translate XML to generate W3C compliant HTML lead generation forms. Technologies: OO JavaScript, TDD - JsUnit, JQuery, Web Services (AJAX, JSON), XHTML, CSS2, Java/JSP, JSP Tag Libraries, Interwoven TeamSite, XML/XPath/XSLT. Web Developer, QuinStreet, March 2003 January 2005, Silicon Valley Responsible for the development and maintenance of the companys JSP based lead generation micro, multi-lead and theme sites for company's largest business (education and B2B) verticals. Key member of the development team that transitioned the companys J2EE lead generation web sites from BEA WebLogic to JBOSS. Member of the "skunk works" team creating java based widgets for the company's education publishers and partner sites. Technologies: OO JavaScript, TDD - JsUnit, Web Services (AJAX, JSON), XHTML, CSS2, Java/JSP, JSP Tag Libraries.
Web Designer and Developer, Cyberlease, October 2000September 2002, Silicon Valley Recruited by CEO (A.J. Batt) of ATEL to lead front-end development of Cyberleases commercial leasing web application to be sold/used by companies in the big ticket leasing domain of the commercial leasing industry. Solely responsible for UID and UXD of the product, from conception to successful implementation of the front end. Developed wireframes, user-flows, carried out usability testing, created prototypes and implemented full product front end code. Developed products lease documentation module using FOP and XSL-FO/XSL to dynamically generate branded PDF leasing documents on the fly. Technologies: OO JavaScript, XHTML, CSS1&2, Java/JSP, JSP Tag Libraries, Servlets, XML/XSL-FO/FOP. Web Designer, ATEL Capital Group, July 2000-October 2000, Silicon Valley Maintained ATELs corporate web site and created new marketing material. Developed ATELs internal proprietary web application, designed to facilitate loan process for small ticket items (from initial loan application to decision making and processing of loan documents). Technologies: OO JavaScript, HTML, CSS1&2, ASP.
Interests
When Im not coding or researching the latest trends on front-end development you can find me bowling around East London with my friends, travelling, cooking (including my food blog), working out, experiencing the highs of Watford FC or working on my latest DIY project.
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