SUMMARY:

Confidential is a meticulously creative IT professional specializing in developing pixel perfect user interfaces for public facing, multi - million dollar enterprises.

SPECIALTIES INCLUDE:

UI development, responsive web design, 2D/3D animation, digital audio creation, digital video editing, visual training aid authoring, copy writing/editing, and research and analysis. Additional skills include: team leadership, project management, and organizational guidance. Confidential also composes and arranges music for film and video professionally.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• HTML, HTML5, XML, CSS, Java, SASS, CSS3, ActionScript, ASP, ASP.net, C/C++, C#, PHP, T - SQL, SQL, JavaScript, Visual Basic, VBScript
• Ractive, jQuery, JavaFX, Foundation 6
• Some exposure to React, Angular 2/Angular 4, Ionic 3, Node.js, Git
• Visual Studio, Vue 7 Virtual Environment Generator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Maya, Acrobat, Fireworks, Photoshop, IntelliJ, Eclipse, Illustrator, After Effects, QuarkXpress, 3D Studio Max, Premiere, Pro Tools, Google Analytics, InVision Studio with some exposure to Sketch
• Web development, programming, search engine optimization (SEO), project management, typesetting, graphic design, animation, digital audio, nonlinear digital video editing, proofreading, copy writing and editing, research and analysis

EXPERIENCE:

UI/UX Designer

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Responsibilities:

• Using InVision Studio, created high fidelity, interactive prototypes to showcase new look and feel for legal accounting software.
• Through an iterative process, applied new design to 16 archetypes and assisted in providing a style guide and assets for the developers.

UI Developer

Confidential, New Castle, Delaware

Responsibilities:

• In the capacity of a UI/UX developer, created wireframes and working models for a prototype of new responsive design financial application, utilizing Photoshop, Eclipse, Brackets HTML editor, HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery.
• Responsible for converting UI of outdated desktop Java Swing application to modern JavaFX user interface.
• As a UI Developer, assisted in the transitioning of Java applet-based components to components built from modern JavaScript, CSS and HTML. Tools/technologies utilized to perform this task included Eclipse, WebLogic Server, Java Server Faces (JSF), and CSS.
• Assisted in developing a proof of concept for a complete UI redesign of OTCnet, utilizing cutting edge technologies such as Angular 4, Ionic 3, and Foundation 6, with the major contribution to this effort consisting of the main menu UI and all its necessary components. Also created an LOE estimation.
• Responsible for bi-weekly running of AppScan on OTCnet, analysis of scan, and compiling/preparing report for Booz/Allen/Hamilton requirements team. Also prepared training material and used same to instruct and mentor junior team members on how to run the scan and report.

UI Software Developer

Confidential, Louisville, Kentucky

Responsibilities:

• Working with an agile team of offshore and in-house Java developers, assisted with converting front end UI design specifications into a working airline shopping cart, utilizing Ractive.js templating techniques to populate dynamic fields with data returned in JSON format.
• Assisted lead UI/UX Developer by acting in the capacity of Project Coordinator to lead team of three to four offshore developers and one onshore developer in the construction of UI components to be delivered to a team of AEM (Adobe Experience Manager) developers.
• Responsibilities included initiating conference calls/webex meetings, participating in code reviews, checking over deliverables from each team (making adjustments as needed), and assisting AEM team by ensuring deliverables matched design specifications during the integration process.

UI Developer

Confidential, Kentucky

Responsibilities:

• Utilizing JavaScript/jQuery and CSS3 media queries, created responsive prototype for the Army’s new Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program to help spearhead new branding effort.
• Assisted in ensuring that first phase of new branding mandate adhered to corporate policies and guidelines.
• Assumed role of SME for 508 Compliance and consulted with target audience to identify users’ needs, as to formulate an accessible UI design and to ensure a pleasing UX via usability testing. Evaluated closed captions in videos and made recommendations to ensure compliance with Section 508 mandates.
• Proofread and edited style guide for marketing department, making changes and additions as necessary.

UI Developer

Confidential, Madison, Indiana

Responsibilities:

• Created wireframe mockups for new home page (collaborating with staff and project managers to ensure concept met company objectives) and converted accepted model to HTML using CSS and existing JavaScript code.
• Developed several prototypes (wireframes) and iterations for new proposed parts web site.
• Assisted in creating a SQL query that generated a Profit/Loss sales report to visually compare current data to same period in prior year.
• Authored new content to improve SEO rankings for product category pages, adding videos and links to operator manuals as necessary.
• Created VBA form application to enable users to visually see changes in fields between two open spreadsheets.
• Assisted in setting up new users in ClickEnroll database, powered by Selerix, and developed visual user guide to illustrate the process.
• Analyzed data from two different databases to define common fields, and wrote VBA sub procedure to automate the comparison process.
• Initiated emails to Project and Account Installation Managers to confirm receipt of files from vendors ending group enrollment period, and logged responses in report.
• Trained on using special file validation tools necessary to verify group enrollment applications for supplementary insurance products.

UI Developer

Confidential, Lexington, Kentucky

Responsibilities:

• By incorporating CSS, AJAX and jQuery, developed new pages from use case requirements for existing application targeting the justice system. Also implemented a solution for modifying Sencha GXT color scheme through analysis of Java code.
• Using jQuery, JSON, CSS, and Photoshop, developed workflow simulations for new enhancements to the AgileJury product line, illustrating the functionality of new UI requirements pending approval for production.
• Developed mockups and conceptualized front-end UI/UX design for vertical market web portal by developing cross-browser compatible web pages.
• Developed a master web configuration tool, which was to allow prospective customers to select custom colors for their web site.
• Worked with Project Manager to ensure design met standards and expectations as outlined in Functional Analysis Design Documents (FADDs).
• Troubleshot and resolved issues as encountered, documented procedures to be referenced for reuse as needed, and recommended best solutions to satisfy requirements.
• Web development tools used were Dreamweaver, Photoshop, JetSpeed, and Eclipse, utilizing HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.

UI Software Developer

Confidential, Louisville, Kentucky

Responsibilities:

• Technical support to customer web design/banner advertising specialist, maintenance of Fastline’s ancillary web sites and web pages (i.e. Green Acres, Medical Equipment Locator, Parts Dealers page, etc.), custom web site development for Fastline’s customers, web template design and development, and custom banner development in a variety of formats (dynamic expanding, static, animated, etc.).
• Using primarily Visual Studio, developed new UIs in classic ASP, and also ASP.net with C# for form validation and data collection.
• Utilizing ASP, developed IT Request form and Change Request form for Tech Support that included the UI and programming necessary for collecting user requests, processing information from one page to another, and filtering to facilitate requests to be emailed to appropriate department(s) and personnel.
• Created entire selection of customer web templates (customer.fastline.com/templates) with Flash/ActionScript, HTML, CSS and jQuery.

Strategic Consultant | UI Software Developer

Confidential, Louisville, Kentucky

Responsibilities:

• Provided professional website solutions for both commercial and non-profit organizations. Services included programming, design consultation, digital photography, graphics, and typesetting. Responsible for managing all business operations, employees/contractors, scheduling, and tracking of projects from start to finish.
• Utilizing ASP, designed and reengineered new UI/UX for boat search engine for Confidential . New interface allowed users to select from many new options with unlimited price ranges. The drop down menu, displaying all available boats for sale in the database, was populated dynamically by ADO.
• For Rawlings Creative, developed new functionality with ASP.net that permitted customers to upload files to the server and notified the webmaster via email the time, date and names of files sent.
• For Brecher’s Lighting web site, utilizing ASP, added new functionality to contact page, so that information collected was directly written to an Access database and made viewable by administrative staff .
• For Scent of Kentucky, assisted in setting up eCommerce page so that it connects to PayPal. Also developed JavaScript function that subtotals selections prior to adding them to shopping cart.

UI and Software Developer

Confidential, Louisville, Kentucky

Responsibilities:

• Solely responsible for Confidential ’s Commission Express custom reporting intranet web site, Confidential, an 80 gigabyte SQL Server database drawing from 18 months of data, providing custom reporting and queries for over 120,000 travel agents worldwide, to which Confidential made $14,000,000 in gross weekly payments. For Confidential, developed new UIs (gathered requirements, designed—both front and back end, coded, tested, debugged, documented, and implemented), daily troubleshot web-related or database problems, and submitted new project proposal estimates.
• Developed new home page UI/UX for Confidential with Visual InterDev 6.0, Photoshop, Fireworks and Flash.
• For Confidential ’s new Agent’s Choice Program, utilized ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, SQL, HTML and a stored procedure to develop a new UI, which allowed travel agents to view the number of days until their free trial is up, and enabling them to change their enrollment after the free trial expired. Their selection automatically updated the database, eliminating the need for administrative involvement.
• For the Agent’s Choice Program, created four random, animated banner ads in Fireworks and ImageReady to encourage users on the basic plan to upgrade to the advanced reporting program.
• Analyzed and visually documented the hierarchical structure of Confidential in Microsoft Visio in order to streamline future design projects.
• Compiled HTML style guides for both Confidential and AcceleratedPAY web sites to facilitate the creation of Confidential corporate web standards.
• Created mockups to conceptualize the UX, along with the graphic design, branding, and corporate identity, for new web-based, healthcare-related product line, AcceleratedPAY.
• For the AcceleratedPAY product, developed a class structure in C/C++ for an Confidential record.
• Selected as part of the Commission Express team as a recipient of the prestigious 2000 Confidential President’s Award and local winner of the NCC Excel Award.