| Experience |
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| Glenayre Electronics, Inc., Duluth, GA |
March 2005 - August 2006
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Responsible for building, designing and maintaining new and existing applications for Glenayre Electronics Inc.
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Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:
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Database & application design using Ruby on Rails, Coldfusion 7, MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle.
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User interface development using CSS, Flash, AJAX and Coldfusion Forms.
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Maintain applications written in Coldfusion 7 and Ruby on Rails
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Manage and deploy on linux and windows servers from the log parsing server to our development and production webservers.
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Manage
content and content providers on the intranet, extranet and internet
using Macromedia Contribute Publishing services which is integrated
into our Active Directory server for authentication.
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Maintain
source control/repository servers (Subversion) to gurantee code is
versioned, migrated and backed up on a regular basis.
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Responsible
for building wireframes for new applicaitons and gathering requirements
from each business unit to make sure that expectations are met during
application development.
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| ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN |
July 2002 - March 2005 |
| Specialist - Interactive Media Design |
Provide
design and user interface support on all web-based and
interactive-related marketing efforts, including ALSAC/St. Jude
internet/intranet pages, design of new pages for specific departments
and programs, and ongoing updates of these pages.
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Use
required skillset (Vignette CMS, JSP, Java, Java Beans, SQL,
_javascript_. XML, XSL, XSLT, Macromedia Flash Actionscript, Coldfusion
MX) to develop and maintain web applications for St. Jude and
peripheral websites.
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Continual
development and improvement of Vignette Content Management System
templates, interfaces, and/or pages for ALSAC/St. Jude.
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Serves as key designer for all ALSAC web efforts, maintaining branding considerations, and consistent user message.
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Design, build and maintain interactive web-based, intranet-based, and CD-based projects.
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Create individual programs sites in HTML with the aid of visual development tools like Dreamweaver/FireWorks.
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Use Vignette Content Management System to develop templates, create and enter images, ecards and Flash elements.
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| Industrial Metalworks, Savannah, GA |
January 2002 - June 2002 |
Responsible
for working closely with owner/engineer to complete CAD renderings of
various projects using Bentley Microstation/J.
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Other responsibilities include:
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Researching
various tools, using math and measuring skills, dimensioning drawings
so that employees can build each product drawing.
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| zerium Interactive - (Contract Work) |
March 2001 - Present |
zerium
Interactive is the website/business that I use to conduct and contract
freelance positions, all of the work there is solely created by me
unless otherwise stated. Responsible for all stages of web design and
development including:
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Design
Proposals, Hosting, FTP, Graphic Optimization, _javascript_ing, HTML
Authoring, Flash Production, CGI Form Mail and Forms, Video Production
& Editing and much more.
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| Go Cruise Direct.com, Miami Lakes, FL |
March 2000 - March 2001 |
Responsible for the design of various websites, both internal and external.
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Interface Functionality and Design
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Flash Presentations/Demos
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HTML Coding of various websites - (some websites done from start to finish, others were a team effort)
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Logo Design - indentifying our target audience and adhering the design to that particular group
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Print Brochures/Layout - Tri-Fold brochures and direct to client mailer packets
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Implementation of new technologies to solve Load time issues. (SSI)
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Designed Internal ScreenSavers - 3D and Flash related screensavers.
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| Digicast New Media Group, Pompano Beach, FL |
January 2000 - March 2000 |
| Creative Consultant - contract |
Responsible
for Design Continuity, Creative Development, Leading Designers in
effective solutions for clients. Working hand in hand with Designers
and Clients to deliver an effective and concise website that will be
both graphically pleasing and easy to navigate.
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Responsibilities also include attending seminars, networking, and further education.
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| Digicast New Media Group, Pompano Beach, FL |
February 1999 - May 1999 |
Responsible for Designing and Maintaining websites for Digicast New Media Group.
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| The Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA |
March 1996 - September 1998 |
Responsible
for timely design solutions and daily graphics for Savannah Now. Worked
closely with the director of content and the print design department to
produce a functional and visually appealing web site.
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Conceptualized
and reviewed methods for presenting information for Savannah Now and
determined graphical solutions for internal web sites and daily
updates.
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Redesigned
the menu's and navigation graphics to present the material in a more
functional and cleaner design, which doubled traffic to the site.
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Worked Summers and Christmas break while attending college.
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| Education |
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| The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| Bachelor of Science - Computer Animation |
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| UC Berkeley Extension Program, Memphis, TN |
| Other - Java Professional Series, November 2005 |
Completed
one of 3 Java professional certification courses. The first cleass was
Beginning Java - a foundation class in which you learn the basics of
java and the foundation classes that java is built upon.
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| Vignette V7 Training, Memphis, TN |
Completed Training in Vignette V7 Portal and Content Management System.
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All Aplication Development Courses, Administration, UI, and RMS Classes.
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| The Big Nerd Ranch, Atlanta, GA |
| Other - Ruby on Rails Training, March 2006 |
This
was a Ruby on Rails bootcamp offered by the Big Nerd ranch and taught
by 37 Signals Marcel Molina, Jr. Great class that offered invaluable
insight on Ruby on Rails and getting up to speed with the technology.
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| Objective |
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To combine my animation and user interface design experience into creative, efficient, and practical user experiences.
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| Skills |
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Programming & Scripting Languages
| Ruby |
Ruby on Rails |
AJAX |
| JSP/Java |
Coldfusion MX / 7 |
SQL |
| XML/XSL/XSLT |
CSS (Pure CSS Layouts |
_javascript_ |
| ActionScript |
XHTML |
DHTML |
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Software Packages
Adobe Creative Suite -
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign |
Adobe Video Collection
Premiere, After Effects, Encore |
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Macromedia Studio 8
Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks |
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Application / Database Servers / Operating Systems
Vignette V7 & V6 CMS
(Content Mangement System) and Vignette Portal |
MySQL |
SQL Server |
| Linux |
Oracle |
Lighttpd |
| Subversion (Source Control) |
Windows 2003 |
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