monster.com, Maynard, MA
From Feb 2004 until Present
Senior Web Developer. Part of the User Experience (UX) group - involved with prototyping and building parts of the Monster.com family, including monster.com, monster networking, and usajobs.com
amazon.com, Seattle, WA
From Aug 2001 until Feb 2004
Senior Web Developer / Tech Lead in the Webservices, Cross-Sell and Community Groups. Initially with the Amazon Communities Group (Wishlists, Gift Registries, Purchase Circles, etc.), later with the Cross-sell group (Gold Box, Amazon Rewards, various internal marketing tools). Daily work is split between Linux and Win32 systems, and can involve as many as a dozen internal tools, HTML/DHTML/CSS/Proprietary Scripting Languages, EMacs/Textpad/Photoshop, and much more, including usability studies, prototyping, A/B testing and QA workups. Also heavily involved with sister group Amazon WebServices (AWS) - as I maintain a relatively successful Application based on AWS, Amazon Light
drugstore.com (and beauty.com), Bellevue, WA
From Apr 1999 until Nov 2000
Senior Web Developer. Oversaw complete redesign of drugstore.com's front-end architecture during the first quarter of 2000. Designed DHTML/HTML/ASP/DB interface for drugstore.com and beauty.com's shopping carts - built to handle sales in the millions.
MSNBC.com, Redmond, WA
From Jun 1997 until Apr 1999
Lead Web SDE (software design engineer) / Interactive Designer. Worked together with editorial and creative staff members to build and post articles and applications for MSNBC's website (www.msnbc.com). Implemented client and server-side scripting solutions for online applications along with multimedia specials (3D, Flash, DHTML, etc.)
Education:
B.A. in English Literature/ Minor Philosophy/ Writing Emphasis - Graduate Western Washington University 1991. C Programming at University of Washington. Undergraduate studies at Eastern Washington University 1986-87
Skills and Experience:
Computer experience: MS-DOS, Win32 MacOS, Unix. Internet Client expertise: MS Internet Explorer (3.x-6.x), Netscape Navigator/Communicator (3.x-6.x), Several VRML Browsers, various plugins (Real, WinMedia, Flash, SVG). Apps: Photoshop, Flash, PageMaker, Visual Interdev, Textpad, many more. Internet/Programming Skills: ASP, Dynamic HTML (IE and NN), HTML, XHTML, XML, XSLT, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, CGI/Perl (some), copywriting/editing. User interface & information design. 3D modeling & animation. Original image creation, design & editing. Maintained an online presence since 1994.
Other & Writing experience:
Owner of Kokogiak Media, providing freelance Web design and Web design/authoring tools. Author and Publisher of "The Strangest Town in Alaska", a 120 page history of Whittier, Alaska and its environment (available on Amazon.com). Freelance writer for MSNBC.com. One of the founders of and contributors to Seattlestories.net. New Media staff reporter and general contributor to monthly paper Media Inc. Excellent understanding of marketing, advertising, and New Media industry. Good communication/public speaking skills. Managerial skills, experienced in employee management. *Bonus* - Certified & Licensed Planetarium Operator.
URLs
Award-winning projects and other Online Works:
• Amazon Light 4.0 - A Webservices mashup. Newest version of Amazon Light,an alternate interface to Amazon.com, complete with complementary data and links to/from Yahoo, Google, Gmail, Blogger, Del.icio.us and more. Winner of the 2005 SXSW Interactive Web Award, Technical Achievement.
• Amazon Light - A lightweight interface to Amazon.com based on Amazon's Webservices.
• MegaPenny Project - Wonder what a billion pennies looks like? So have thousands of others to date.
• Seattlestories - Launched as a team effort, part of the citystories network.
• 300 Miles High - Collection of beautiful Space Photography, presented as art.
• Pauciloquent Obnubilation - a Finalist in the 2001 5k contest.
• RavenStories - 3D reinterpretations of Pacific Northwest legends. Presented at SIGGRAPH 1998.
• Klondike-Ho! 1897-1997 - Celebration of the Centennial of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897.
Clients/Employers - Past and Present:
• Expedia.com - www.expedia.com
• MetaStories, Inc. - www.metastories.com
• drugstore.com - www.drugstore.com
• beauty.com - www.beauty.com
• MSNBC.com (a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC) - www.msnbc.com
• Kokogiak Media - www.kokogiak.com
Also, worked on or built former incarnations of:
• NFL.com - http://www.nfl.com
• Microsoft BackOffice - http://www.microsoft.com/backoffice
• Boston Consulting Group - http://www.bcg.com
• Baywatch (television Series) - http://www.baywatch.com
• Nikkei Business Publications - http://www.nikkeibp.co.jp
• Christian Science Monitor - http://www.csmonitor.com
• KCPQ 13 (Seattle Fox Affiliate) - http://www.kcpq.com
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