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We had a chance to meet this young man, and, boy, that's just a straight-shooter with upper-management written all over him.
OfficeSpace
Coding Skills
- JavaScript, AJAX, JSON, JQuery
- XHTML and HTML5, CSS
- XML, SOAP, DOM, Ant
- PHP, Java, Perl
- C#, ASP, .NET, VisualBasic
- SQL (MySQL, Oracle, MSsql), PL/SQL
Programming Concepts
- Edit-In-Place, auto-expanding textareas, in-page popups, and other dynamic javascript-driven website behaviors.
- Regular Expressions
- Database design/normalization/administration/optimization, including massive tables (+2 billion rows) and automated imports
- Object-Oriented design (even in JavaScript!)
- Multi-threading
- HTTP Sockets
- Security Issues, including XSS, SQL Injection
- Blogs/Wikis/Blikis and templated web site design
Software Skills
- UNIX, LINUX, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows (thru XP, some Vista)
- MovableType, Drupal, DokuWiki, Mambo, Xinha
- Oracle
- MySQL, incl. size and speed optimization, massive tables (+2 billion rows)
- Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, Yahoo Pipes!
Art & Design Skills
- Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator
- Multipage print layouts, Adobe Acrobat
- logo design, print advertising, web page layout
- GIF animation, GIF transparency, GIF compression
Independent Art
- Completed my own 120-page webcomic, The Locked Maze.
- Awarded three Daily Deviations from deviantArt for my art submissions.
- Published three issues of my webcomic (using POD publisher Ka-blam!).
- Entered the art show at the 2009 Foolscap convention, won "Best Color."
- Won two honorable mentions for my entries in the World of Warcraft comic contest.
Independent Web Development
- 2011 TheLockedMaze.com: created site on WordPress platform with a custom theme. Uses plugins for site caching and mobile (customized).
- 2011 JeffreySewell.com: created site on WordPress platform with a custom theme. Also, previously created this site (2007) on MovableType 4 with extensive customization.
- 2010 AbleDental.net: Straight-forward, 5-page website made from scratch using basic HTML and CSS.
- 2006 Group Intellect: Website created for a friend's business. Runs on a pared-down php cms and mysql database. Included language options for writing/reading the site in English and German.
Independent Consulting Work
- 2011 - MYSQL: helped create a usage database for wireless company Clearwire. 2+ billion row tables (per month!) optimized with partitions, smaller columns, and extracted summaries for fast querying/updating. Optimized the insert and update SQL queries to run in minimal time. Provided statistics and data validation.
StockCharts.com (2005-2010)
Web Developer
- Wrote tools and replacement scripts
in PHP and MySQL/MSSQL.
- Moved entire site from antiquated html
(comprised of old/undocumented/buggy
Java or webcgi pages, and thousands of
static HTML pages) to modern CSS
templates.
- Altered static HTML client-side with
user customization and database values
via cross-domain AJAX and jQuery. Also,
added edit-in-place, slideshow-style
popups and other dynamic features.
- Altered Zendesk and Typepad templates
to match new site design.
- Created all print and online advertisements/banners/logos
- Designed future order process.
- Designed/coded Market Message blog app.
- Designed/coded UI for SharpCharts app.
- Designed/coded custom CMS application.
Portent Interactive (2004)
Web Developer
Created CSS2/XHTML web sites based on
artists' PhotoShop mockups. Worked with
MovableType, SlashCode, ColdFusion.
Blue Nile (2003-2004)
Automation Developer
Created multi-threaded, XML-driven http
Java bots and spiders to interact with
internal and external websites in a
flexible manner and rapidly test new
builds and performance under stress.
- Completed 1000 unique orders in three hours from one machine, hitting 14000 URLs.
Atmedica USA, LLC. (2002-2003)
Senior QA Developer
Wrote automated test suites in PHP, ASP,
and C#.
- Helped design and create an automated testing application which distributed work between
multiple machines in order to finish testing more rapidly.
Liberate Technologies (2000-2002)
Application Developer & DBA
Created automated test suites using PHP,
PERL, JavaScript, and MySQL. Administrated
Oracle database and wrote PL/SQL tools.
- Developed brand-new php test case database application in 6 months to track test results, create per build test plans, and execute testing sessions on target software. Also wrote training documents and provided pop-up help inside application.
- Assumed and completed automated ECMAScript automated testing suite for web browser application. Provided improved access and performance, and more-readable results to users. This suite discovered 100s of bugs and supplied automatic ECMA-compliance statistics for every new build.
Newspaper Agency Corp. (1999-2000)
Online Sales
Handled all internet classified ads orders
via tools scripted in VBScript.
- Created a program which filtered incoming email orders, assigned them to representatives in a format optimized for data entry, and tracked each order to completion. Immediate approval from representatives. Lost/abandoned online orders were eliminated, customer service was dramatically improved.
IDI (1997)
Web Designer
Designed and coded websites. Created graphics,
games, contests for corporate website.
- Created Sandi's Playroom children's website with games and contests and links to popular children's sites of the day.
IBM (1992-1996)
Game Designer & Illustrator
Designed and illustrated IBM educational
games for grades K-6. Featured illustrations.
Current Status: Unemployed
I am currently located in Kirkland, Washington working on independent art and programming assignments.
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