Resume

Objective

To create work that reflects the passion and dedication I have for my craft, to continually learn and grow professionally, to produce and promote clean, standards-compliant code, and to continually expand my participation in the web development community.

Education

Champlain College

Burlington, VT (September 2006 - May 2010)
B.S. Electronic Game and Interactive Development: Art & Animation

  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a 3.73 GPA
  • Dean’s List, 2006 - 2010
  • Founder, Champlain EGD student community
  • Recipient, 2009 GDC Student Scholarship

Professional Experience

Front-end Developer at MyWebGrocer

Winooski, VT (October 2011 - Present)

  • Designing user experiences and developing interfaces for brand-based marketing campaigns.
  • Has encouraged and seen through company-wide adoption of emerging frontend technologies, notably Sass and Compass.
  • Promoting and advocating for clean, standards compliant markup across all projects.

Developer & Lead Designer at MyPointNow

Charlotte, VT (July 2010 - October 2011)

  • Served as the sole designer and frontend developer on a seven-person team.
  • Developed consumer-facing and administrative solutions using PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
  • Refactored existing JavaScript, increasing efficiency and creating a more enjoyable user experience.

Lead Web Developer at Creative Concepts

Glastonbury, CT (June 2007 - July 2010)

  • Launched a redesign of company website using a custom Joomla theme, integrating an eCommerce store.
  • Learned valuable self-management skills by working remotely for several months at a time.

Artist & Developer at Emergent Media Center

Winooski, VT (October 2008 - January 2010)

  • Modeled and textured Google Earth 3D buildings for the City of Burlington.
  • Brainstormed and prototyped virtual business solutions for IBM using OpenSim.
  • Developed a Drupal-based archeology social media platform for the State of Vermont.

Development Proficiencies

I strive to write clean, semantic markup. I am well-read on web standards and emerging specifications. I develop applications using elements of HTML5, maintaining a constant awareness of support on older browsers. My stylesheets are precompiled by Sass, aided by Compass, and I write efficient JavaScript as both Coffeescript and vanilla JS.

Relevant Skills

I have experience with both SVN and Git version control systems. My primary IDE is Sublime Text using an array of packages to handle anything from JavaScript linting to running build systems. My work with Sass and Compass (as well as experimentation with Rails) has given me a working knowledge of Ruby, and I have limited experience with Python from developing Sublime Text plugins. Recently I have been developing single-page applications using Knockout.js for binding model data to the DOM and Sammy.js to handle routing.