Experience

  1. December 2009 - Present

    Senior Front End Engineer / Product Manager

    Full time we7, Ltd. — Oxford, United Kingdom
    Achievements:
    • Planning and developing features that will be widely used and highly valued by both users and investors.
    • Conceptualizing new innovations that give we7 products a competitive edge.
    • Analyzing competitor strategies related to music streaming and associated products.
    • Managing client-side development for www.we7.com, the most highly-trafficked music streaming site in the UK.
    Skills Used:
    • ColdFusion Server
    • Google Analytics
    • Google Webmaster Tools
    • Google Website Optimizer
    • PostgreSQL
  2. August 2007 - December 2009

    Software Engineer

    Full time we7, Ltd. — Oxford, United Kingdom
    Achievements:
    • Helped to maintain performance and usability while implementing a growing set of features.
    • Researched, architected and built innovative solutions including:
      • A persistent page architecture that enables browsing without stopping the player.
      • A music player with a queue that joins automated radio with on-demand selections.
      • A radio service that caters to users' tastes and promotes music discovery.
    Skills Used:
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • C# and Visual Studio .Net
    • ColdFusion Server
    • Cruise Control
    • Google Analytics
    • Google Webmaster Tools
    • Google Website Optimizer
    • HTML
    • Java
    • jQuery
    • JSP
    • MySQL
    • PHP
    • PostgreSQL
    • Prototype JS
    • Subversion
    • XML
  3. February 2006 - June 2007

    Senior Software Engineer

    Full time Falkor Group, LLC. — Chicago, IL, United States
    Achievements:
    • Managed software development projects for Chicago-based clients in a wide range of industries.
    • Advised clients on various technology strategies and architected solutions.
    • Used web development and web marketing expertise to help Falkor Group's managing partners create new applications to support and enhance business initiatives.
    Skills Used:
    • C# and Visual Studio .Net
  4. November 2004 - September 2005

    Web Development Consultant

    Consulting Multicom Products, Ltd. — Bristol, United Kingdom
    Achievements:
    • Created a complete web interface standard for core Multicom products.
    • Built and maintained a price comparison application for several of the largest travel companies in the UK.
    • Managed projects through to completion and deployment.
    • Served as lead developer on multiple projects, revising and approving specifications.
    Skills Used:
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • Apache Tomcat
    • Dynamic HTML
    • HTML
    • Java
    • JavaScript
    • JSP
    • Macromedia Homesite
    • MySQL
    • Oracle
    • PHP
    • Subversion
    • XML
  5. March 2003 - September 2004

    Senior Web Developer

    Full time Americaneagle.com — Park Ridge, IL, United States
    Achievements:
    • Managed client relationships in Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.
    • Led website redevelopment projects for several of the largest Americaneagle.com clients.
    • Designed and developed new website and application modules for multiple-client deployment.
    • Managed Junior Web Developers on multiple concurrent projects.
    Skills Used:
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • ASP
    • ColdFusion
    • ColdFusion Server
    • CSS
    • Dynamic HTML
    • HTML
    • JavaScript
    • Macromedia Homesite
    • Microsoft Access
    • Microsoft Internet Information Server
    • Microsoft SQL Server
    • MySQL
    • PHP
    • XML
  6. April 2001 - July 2003

    Web Designer and Developer

    Volunteering Custer Street Fair, Inc. — Evanston, IL, United States
    Achievements:
    • Developed an entertainer application form and an exhibitor application and registration system.
    • Developed graphics, layout, and dynamic HTML navigation for the Custer Street Fair website.
    Skills Used:
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • ASP
    • CSS
    • Dynamic HTML
    • HTML
    • JavaScript
    • Macromedia Homesite
    • Microsoft Access
    • Microsoft Internet Information Server
    • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe
  7. October 2000 - October 2001

    Web Application Developer

    Full time Neology Information Design (now SmithBucklin) — Chicago, IL, United States
    Achievements:
    • Made enhancements to the Neology Job Queue System, a task and project tracking system that managed the workflow of all Neology employees.
    • Planned, documented, and developed an application for fast online polling. The application included a website module for polling website visitors, an administrative interface allowing Neology online managers, production staff, and development staff to customize the overall poll appearance, and an administrative interface allowing Neology clients and online managers to add and maintain poll questions.
    • Developed a suite of ColdFusion custom tags to dynamically build online forms. Together, these tags offered many layouts and supported many types of data and data validation. Each tag had several modes with an overall effect of a continuous forward flow of integrated input and error checking, a user confirmation/changes page, and variable output for data logging, emailing, and database storage.
    Skills Used:
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • ColdFusion
    • ColdFusion Server
    • CSS
    • Dynamic HTML
    • HTML
    • JavaScript
    • Macromedia Dreamweaver
    • Macromedia Fireworks
    • Macromedia Homesite
    • Microsoft Internet Information Server
    • Microsoft SQL Server
    • VBScript
  8. June 2000 - August 2000

    Web Design Consultant

    Consulting Pyramid Digital Solutions, Inc. — Birmingham, AL, United States
    Achievements:
    • Used the proprietary PDS scripting language within custom screen templates to refine the application design and workflow.
    • Implemented the custom front-end design for 401(k)Star, a Pyramid Digital Solutions web application built for INVESCO Global Investment Funds Limited.
    Skills Used:
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • HTML
    • JavaScript
    • Macromedia Homesite
    • PDSScript
  9. April 2000 - June 2000

    Web Development Consultant

    Consulting Webpromotion, Inc. — Kenosha, WI, United States
    Achievements:
    • Contributed to the development of a marketing management application to collect valuable information from existing customers, potential customers, and marketing partners.
    Skills Used:
    • CSS
    • HTML
    • JavaScript
    • Macromedia Homesite
  10. March 2000 - October 2000

    Production Artist

    Full time Neology Information Design (now SmithBucklin) — Chicago, IL, United States
    Achievements:
    • Created the online version of the World Airline Entertainment Association's industry newsletter, WAEA Industry News, and adapted the contents of 14 issues. The newsletter was set up with ColdFusion to generate multiple article pages from single issue templates.
    • Created a series of online forms for many different professional associations. Many of the forms involved secure online payment - conference registrations, conference exhibitor registrations, sponsorships, etc. Some of the forms were simple nonsecure forms - online surveys, call for papers abstract submissions, etc.
    • Redesigned the website for the North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers. The project included modifying all existing content, creating and applying a sitewide stylesheet, developing a three-level dynamic HTML navigation script for multiple browsers, and developing sitewide "Email this page" and "Print this page" features.
    • Redesigned the Suburban Newspapers of America website. The project included adding new content, modifying all existing content to fit the new design, and working with both onsite and offsite developers to integrate new applications and dynamic content into the website.
    Skills Used:
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • CSS
    • Dynamic HTML
    • HTML
    • JavaScript
    • Macromedia Homesite
  11. August 1999 - February 2000

    Webmaster, Weston Exploration Program

    Part time University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — Champaign, IL, United States
    Achievements:
    • Created a new orientation section within the Weston Exploration website and designed the graphic for both the website and the orientation program t-shirts.
    • Developed and implemented a navigation and layout redesign for the homepage of the Weston Exploration website.
    • Managed the website for the Weston Exploration Program, an in-Hall classroom program which was piloted at the Weston Residence Hall.
    Skills Used:
    • Corel Photopaint
    • HTML
    • JavaScript
  12. April 1999 - August 2000

    Webmaster

    Part time Bridgeport Grain, Inc. — Bridgeport, IL, United States
    Achievements:
    • Developed a dynamically generated grain bids page with an administrative interface for updating grain prices.
    • Designed and created original content for the Bridgeport Grain website.
    Skills Used:
    • Corel Photopaint
    • HTML
    • JavaScript
    • Perl
  13. June 1997 - September 1998

    Software Engineer

    Part time Eubank Securities Corp. — Chicago, IL, United States
    Achievements:
    • Led development team efforts to create a more sophisticated indicator application. Techniques involved graphing market activities, incorporating interpolation techniques, and researching genetic algorithms for trend analysis.
    • Developed a stock option indicator application to provide measures for watching market trends. The application was programmed in Visual Basic and run on a Fujitsu handheld PC receiving wireless transmissions in the main trading pit at the Chicago Board Options Exchange.
    Skills Used:
    • Microsoft Visual Basic