Front-End Development, UI/UX Usability, and Accessibility Consulting Resume

SUMMARY

Motivated by passion, developed by insight, driven by great design
Not a developer who figured out how to open Photoshop, nor a graphic designer who started playing at web design when jQuery introduced animation, I have been a commercial Usability Design/Development Specialist for 20 years, specializing in optimizing the performance and ease - of-use of complex UI/UX solutions since America Online was considered bleeding-edge technology.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SUMMARY

Confidential

Front-End Development, UI/UX Usability, and Accessibility Consulting

Responsibilities:

Consulted on scores of complex and unorthodox UI/UX
dilemmas for S&P and Fortune 500 clients across the globe
Trained hundreds of developers on front-end/client-side
code and CSS best practices, and usability strategies
Developed, co-developed, architected, and refactored dozens of software (primarily LAMP/LAPP stack) and consumer products.
Architected and consulted on user demographic analyses focus groups and analyzing & applying the gathered data

Confidential

Client-Side Development and Usability Consultant

Responsibilities:

Redesigned and re-coded failing flagship software, thereby saving client $7M and making desired release date attainable
Created internal automation software minimizing errors and need for QA, thus saving client ~2,000+ man-hours per year
Conducted client-side training workshops and seminars
Departmental JavaScript, CSS, and jQuery subject-expert
Served as technical advisor & management/developer liaison for several managers, 2 directors, and the VP of development

Confidential

Sr. User Interface and Front-End Developer

Responsibilities:

Assessed, remodeled, and replaced mobile app UI, standardizing them for industry specifications and accessibility benchmarks
Proposed, designed, and spearheaded internal automation tools, thereby eliminating over 35 hours per week of redundant labor
Served as technical and usability advisor and right-hand man for head of department

Confidential

Sr. User Interface and Front-End Developer

Responsibilities:

3-month contract to review, revise, and redesign impending iOS/ Android apps (tablet and phone) to ensure ease of use & to meet accessibility guidelines for special-needs consumers

Confidential

Front-End Development Lead

Responsibilities:

Employee #10 of what would become a 300-person team
Subject-expert for client-side, UI/UX, and JavaScript/jQuery
Created & maintained dozens of sites, the most popular of which garnering over a million hits, monthly
Architected, refactored, & maintained flagship OOP JS client and thin-client (100,000 & 22,000 lines, respectively)

Confidential

User Experience Director

Responsibilities:

UI/UX/IA for dozens of mobile apps (including national brands, GPS/ Geo-location analytic utilities, games, etc.

Confidential

Sr. UI/UX Development Consultant/Long-Term Contractor

Responsibilities:

Confidential

Director of Development

Responsibilities:

Ground-floor employee; designed and developed website ad network, social network, and prototype software.
Managing team of 6, grew property into highest-traffic nightlife portal on the West Coast of the United States