Front-End Web Developer (jQuery Ninja)

Virid, Reston, Va (Feb 2011 - Present)

Here at Virid, I am one of a team of individuals that create the UI/UX for customer e-commerce web sites. In an average day you will catch me throwing together HTML5/CSS3 templates utilizing Zurb Foundation, or Twitter Bootstrap and all the jQuery goodness that go into creating award winning e-commerce web sites.

I have a knack for creating custom widgets and functionality with jQuery and javascript in general, having recreated many popular existing jQuery plugins in order to get away from the default out-of-the-box functionality many pre-done plugins present. I've had the privilege of creating my own custom javascript templating architecture that utilizes object orinted javascript and html templating using JSON and YAML as the communication mediums to the backend providers.

Professional highlights here at Virid include:

• Custom jQuery/javascript plugin creation

• HTML5/CSS3 utilization

• Front end team member recipient of a silver DC Addie award for Journey's BBQ 2011 website

• AJAX/JSON data communication to ASPX, C#, VB backend systems

Technology Lead/Lead Software Engineer

Charlie Company, Falls Church, Va. (Apr 2006 Jan. 2011)

As the lead technologist for a small, niche marketing firm, I work with a team of 3 professionals to create and maintain over 30 high-traffic websites that drew over 2.5 million visitors per month.

Apart from managing day-to-day web operations across multiple cloud-based Linux servers in different locations, I was also responsible for developing and implementing software solutions based on business needs, and delivering these solutions on time, on spec, and on budget.

Professional highlights include:

• Designing, developing, and launching a custom CMS to handle over 20 data-intensive websites.

• Overseeing advertising and affiliate sales revenue of over $2 million per year.

• Creating a social marketing application that increased monthly traffic by 15% after launch.

• Managed contractors and small team of employees on internal software projects.

• Maintaining the organizations OpenX ad server and managing advertising campaigns. Designed advertising banners as needed.

• Also handled data mining requests, social network marketing, search engine optimization (SEO) and maintaining Web content as part of daily responsibilities.

Data and Systems Architect

RCN Corporation, Lanham, Md. (Sept. 1997 Dec. 2005)

As a data and systems architect, I worked independently for the business division of a large internet corporation. I developed software to make the sales and implementation teams efficiently process orders. I also managed a large commercial MS Windows based web hosting for business customers.

Professional highlights include:

• Designed and developed an intranet CRM system, eliminating paper orders and increasing efficiency.

• Maintained High Availability (HA) clustered networks of application servers; maintained hardware and software of commercial MS Windows based web hosting platforms of over 30 web servers and SAN storage networks.

• Developed data migration tools that connected to Salesforce.com.

• Collaborated in deciding technological means and feasibility of future software/hardware requirements.