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Experience…

  • Web design/dev since 1997 …wee lad
  • Coding since 2002
  • Graphic design since 2001
  • Drupal since 2005 (early D5)

Work Experience…

  • misc web work in HS/college
  • Webmaster - Experimental College @ UW
  • Operations Manager - Career Center @ UW
  • Lead Developer/Designer - YourSports (SEA web startup)
  • Co-Owner - ReadyDone (digital talent agency)
  • Developer/PM - Skull Squadron (development firm)
  • Co-Owner/Designer/Dev - Tacky Smack (hobby biz)
  • Drupal Programmer - Tableau Software

Education…

  • B.S. Linfield College - Ind. Maj. Mass Communication and Computer Science
  • Master of Communication in Digital Media from University of Washington (partially complete)

Skills & Interests

Communication & Workflow…

  • What matters to whom.
  • Pleasing a few devs, many editors and tons of users.
  • Enabling sprint cycles via smart: milestones, tickets, stories, buckets… and an agile mindset. Buzzz.
  • Time set aside for speeding up everyday work.
  • Hyper-focus time and planning cycles.
  • Actual white-glove service.
  • Realistic estimation.
  • Borrowing existing work and knowledge. 

Code & Tools…

  • Languages: PHP, Javascript, mySQL, CSS3, HTML, unix
  • Frameworks: Drupal, jQuery, WordPress
  • Design Software: Photoshop, InDesign, some Illustrator
  • IDEs: Komodo, TextMate, TextWrangler, Notepad++
  • Some Favoriate Tools: Git, Drush, LiveJS, Firebug

Techniques and Technology…

  • Tagging and recommendation
  • Fresh CSS and browser-pushing layout
  • Browser compatibility, unobtrusive fallbacks
  • Data caching, CDN, front/backend performance
  • Translation/internationalization (i18n)
  • Landing pages and driving and call-to-action
  • Sales funnels, nurture campaigns
  • Feed aggregation
  • Auto-tagging and categorization
  • Deployment, staging, QA, workflow management
  • CRM integration
  • Access control, permissions, roles
  • Contextual layout
  • Upgrades, migrations, dependency
  • CMS plugins and modules
  • Date related objects and display
  • Social plugins and sharing
  • SEO, Conversion funnels
  • Solr/Lucene and Google Appliance search
  • Spam prevention, controlling input/display
  • Web Fonts