Skilled cross-cultural communicator sensitive to the needs of everyday users • Experienced Web programmer in both user interfaces and back-end applications • Adaptable and eager to learn new techniques • Energetic and creative tech community builder
Web developer, Sprig Health
Created a Rails application for medical practitioners (both conventional and alternative) to list their services and schedule to allow prepayment for appointments. The team is responsible for testing and deploying all code in an Agile fashion, as well as maintaining servers for production and demonstration.
Project assistant, Luz
Tasks for this project includes bug reports and testing revisions on alternate hardware, investigating new devices for interaction, contributing suggestions, writing plugins, creating assets, speaking about the project, and enacting live performances. Level of involvement has pushed the project toward a 1.0 release and increased community participation and user adoption.
Assistant web designer, folktek
Helped bring the website into its second revision, creating Django templates to work with HTML5, correcting the CSS to be standards-compliant, and implemented new features in jQuery to showcase the products as both musical instruments and as functional art pieces. Brought in as a support coder to finish the website on time.
Author, Mister T
Designed and developed an open-source font tagging utility for Mac OS X in MacRuby and gained a cursory knowledge of the Cocoa framework, the Objective-C paradigm, and YAML for data storage.
Web Developer, Raise Your Voice
Created a Rails application as a fundraiser project for the Ethos Music Center, handled the initial view templates and CSS, and wrote a basic user authentication system.
Web Author, CDI IT Solutions @ Intel
Worked in Intel Global Web Operations to maintain and create intel.com product pages in HTML and XML using the Documentum CMS. Administered IT@Intel microsite. Assisted in subprojects for content migration to different platforms. Functioned as the go-to person for converting table-based product pages into standards-compliant HTML pages.
Intern, Smithsonian Global Sound
Added and expanded site content. Helped catalogue CD and sound file archives. Involved in preparation for the Folklife Festival webcast. Tested and debugged website features for multiplatform use. Became a trusted technology consultant for Smithsonian Folkways employees.
Web Designer / Shopkeep, Yin Yang Fandango
Created and maintained site for local business with a custom PHP template system, as the client had little previous web presence. Taught employees basic HTML. Helped manage domain and associated email. Looked after shop and interfaced with customers.
Web Designer for Shannon Drawe, photographer
Revamped site as a team during photographer's own rebranding campaign. Created custom photo gallery, custom XHTML and accompanying style sheet, and site template system in PHP. Kept site content synchronized with Subversion.
IT Student Assistant, UNT Health and Wellness Center
Managed hand-coded web content using Dreamweaver. Assisted health professionals with hardware and software issues. Monitored the server room. Created a printer and printer accessory inventory. Helped set up FreeBSD-based firewalls.