• Web Applications Developer

Summary

I am an internet programmer specializing in the web-tier of hosted Java applications. I am proficient in Java programming (including Servlets, JavaServer Pages and JavaBeans), Javascript, CSS, HTML, usability design, information design and visual design. I am adept at working out the kinks of multi-browser support for web-hosted applications.

Highlights

• Java application web-tier design & development
• Java 1.3, JSP 1.2, Servlets 2.3, JDBC/SQL
• Tomcat, Apache, Solaris, Oracle
• Web development (Javascript, HTML, DHTML, CSS, Director/Shockwave)
• Information & usability design
• Website visual design & production (Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady)
• Project management
• Codeline management (Perforce)

Work History Highlights

• Web Application Developer – UI Specialist: Portera/Exigen 2000 to present
• Web Production Specialist: CREST 1999 to 2000
• Freelance Web Designer & Developer 1996 to 2000

Portera/Exigen: Web Application Developer

Utilizing JDK 1.3, JavaServer Pages 1.2 and Servlets 2.3, I programmed web-tier functionality (including JSPs and their supporting Java classes) using Tomcat on Apache in a Solaris environment with an Oracle back-end. Development tools include Homesite, NetBeans, vi, Perforce. Specific design and development tasks included the following:

• a user-editable interface which tracks employee utilization on a week-by-week basis;
• interfaces to schedule automatic report generation and distribute the resulting reports via email;
• an "estimated time to completion" editor which uses budgeted and actual hours to calculate the time remaining on a task (Javascript);
• a demonstration portlet accessing application data via the IBM Websphere Portal Server;
• a 5-screen "wizard" enabling users to build custom reports to access data within the application.

I conducted a major overhaul of the Javascript and HTML appearing on over 200 JSPs, and implemented application-wide programming standards which:

• improved performance of the JSP pages (especially download times);
• simplified the Javascript used to support the UI;
• replaced HTML and Javascript elements requiring browser-specific work-arounds;
• support Internet Explorer 4+ and Netscape 4+ on Windows, Mac and Solaris platforms.

CREST: Web Production Specialist

The Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology built websites for organizations in the renewable energy field. At CREST I utilized Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady and DeBabelizer to design and produce graphical elements, and text editors (Homesite, BBEdit) to write Javascript and HTML. I worked closely with clients to develop information and visual designs which would best represent the spirit and substance of their organizations.

Freelance Web Designer & Developer

Responsibilities included information design, visual design and production (Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady, DeBabelizer), HTML production (Homesite, HotDog Pro, BBEdit, NetObjects Fusion) and Javascript programming. My portfolio is online at http://www.digitdesigns.com/Folio/folio.htm

Education

• Certificate in Internet Design & Technology, SFSU Multimedia Studies Program (1999)
• B.A. (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Carleton College (1978)