Thank you for visiting my online profile. My career origins lie in software engineering and highly-available computer hardware architecture, complemented with over a decade of current work in website development with html, xhtml, and css, particularly hand-coding new development in standards-compliant xhtml/css/JavaScript. I enjoy working on a team with a talented visual creative, know how to work from wireframes and pixel-positioned Photoshop comps, am endeared with the XMLHttpRequest object, XML, JSON, and am always eager to learn and apply new skills and languages.

Skills Summary:

• Extensive experience hand-coding HTML 4.1, XHTML 1.0, and CSS Level 2.1
  • frameless, table-less, fluid, floated, and pixel-positioned css layout
  • "slice and dice" Photoshop comps and develop fluid css layouts from wireframes
  • knowledgeable in cross-browser testing and remediation
• Implemented Web 2.0 RIAs including interactive mapping, streaming video, and jQuery
• Extensive experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Acrobat)
• Experienced with JavaScript, manipulating the document DOM; XML, XSL, JSON, XMLHttpRequest, and AJAX
• Expert Microsoft Office Professional 2003 including VB macros and modules
• Strong unix ftp, FileZilla ftp, WS-FTP Pro, putty, ssh, and other web publishing tools
• Implemented Google AdSense, Analytics, Maps, and Webmaster Tools; amazon.com, and mapquest.com linkages
• Working knowledge of Fireworks, Flash, MS Project, SQL, and relational databases
• Working knowledge of Sorenson Squeeze, Handbrake, Toast, Final Cut, and Flowplayer; experienced P2 media tech
• Intermediate admin for Linux/ Unix, Windows, TCP/IP, Apache, Tomcat, AWstats, and jsp SSI
• Basic Microsoft Visual Studio skills (I am not an aspx/.net2 programmer)
• Basic knowledge of Section 508 requirements for Accessible Websites
• Experienced still motion and DVCProHD P2 media support tech

Related Skills:

• Webmaster for all sites shown in my Portfolio
• Experienced building and maintaining a large website (over 1,000 pages)
• Developed JavaScript, Visual Basic modules, and Excel formulas to automate and accelerate site development, e.g.:
  • Generate and emit large numbers of jsp:include files and iframes
  • Interpret database of chemical formulas, generate, and emit xhtml markup
  • Interpret database of optical properties, generate, and emit html markup with
    Greek character entities
  • emit "well-formed" XML database from a large Excel workbook
  • emit JSON database from an Excel workbook
• Authored and/or edited technical content on a broad range of topics
• Provided digital photography and participated in professional photo shoots
• Created and/or edited an extensive range of graphics, images, and photographs
• Provided complete desktop support for Windows machines of all ilks

Personal:

• Former C and assembly language systems-programmer
• Solid technology generalist with sound domain knowledge of:
  • Computer Software
  • Computer and Networking Hardware
  • Datacenter "Green Energy" Analytics
  • Debit Card Issuer Programs and transaction processing
  • Equity Brokerage back-office processing
  • Geology
  • Classic Cars
• Member:
  • The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • IEEE Computer Society
  • American Mensa
• Extensive start-up experience
• Extensive international experience
• Inactive DOD Secret clearance
• Avid fly fisherman, accomplished automotive enthusiast, and avocational geologist