Resume
SUMMARY
Senior application developer with over ten years of experience and proven skills on a large variety of Flash and Java based projects. My strengths include strong programming skills, creative problem solving, and a knack for user experience.
EXPERIENCE
Independent Contractor – May 2006 – Current
Flash and Flex based RIA development for a variety of technology companies. Projects include:
* Flex 2 / Flash based touch-screen client for high-end Audio-Visual control systems. Duties also
included server-side development on a Spring-based Java platform.
* Flash based video player with advertisement support running off a TEA encrypted XML back-end.
* Continued development and support of Concept Retail, an online retail product described below.
Fluid, Inc. – January 2000 – March 2006
Product Lead / Senior Application Developer
* Lead development for a large-scale online retail product - Concept Retail. The product incorporates both a consumer-
facing embedded Flash app and a robust Flash-based admin tool built on top of a SOAP, Apache, Java, Hibernate and MySQL server stack.
* Worked closely with product managers to define high-level product strategy and user requirements.
* Collaborated with information architects to produce screen schematics and other IA deliverables. Created IA for site sections, and performed visual design extension.
* Developed XML schemas, UML, and other technical specifications to communicate tasks with a small team of engineers.
* Performed client-side development on a wide variety of Flash applications integrating with a wide range of other technologies including Javascript, Macromedia Director, ActiveX, Eclipse SWT, and other Flash projectors. Notable projects include:
* RBKCustom – A high-profile RIA shoe configurator. Assisted with both Flash and Java development
* Avery Photo ID System – A visitor management system built using Flash, Director, and Java. Winner of 2003 Macromedia Max Award. Lead client-side developer.
* Fluid, Inc. website – The Fluid public website. Developed XML driven Flash homepage navigator and
image viewers.
* Created and maintained a popular Actionscript programmatic tweening library exhibited in the Tween Playground, a tool for designers to learn and experiment with programmatic tweens.
* Performed server-side Java development work using SOAP, Axis, Tomcat, XDoclet, Hibernate, and MySQL. Client-side Java experience includes Eclipse SWT and Swing.
Tripos, Inc. – August 1997 – October 1999
Consultant / Software Developer
* Developed within the Tripos Metalayer - a Java/CORBA based data integration framework used by research scientists within large pharmaceutical companies.
* Created CORBA IDL wrappers for legacy cheminformatics system using Java JNI.
* Created JDBC data providers for custom drug discovery
databases.
* Extended development on Java swing UI incorporating custom
3D renderers, and third-party graphing and spreadsheet
packages.
* Developed intranet applications using Perl and shell scripting.
* Other experience ranges across the entire consulting process - onsite interviews, requirement documents and specification, UML design, configuration management, product installation at international client sites, and marketing.
GTE Government Systems – Web Developer
Jan. 96-May 96
* Researched and developed Web-based CGI / Oracle Database applications to replace or supplement current
applications.
* Tested and debugged current database applications.
LANGUAGE, SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGIES
Core: Flex 2.0 / Actionscript 3.0, Flash / Actionscript 2.0, Java, Javascript, HTML, CSS, XML, XML Schemas, Eclipse, MTASC, FDT, Apache, Tomcat, Spring, Hibernate, SQL, ImageMagick, Bash, VI, Cygwin, Windows, OSX, Visio, Together J, DBVisualizer, HTTP proxy debuggers, Photoshop, Microsoft Office.
Periphery: PHP, Linux, Flash Communication (Media) server, Director MX, ColdFusion., C, Perl, Smalltalk, Prolog, Lisp.
EDUCATION
Washington University School of Engineering - St. Louis, MO. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, May 1998.
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) - Stockholm, Sweden. One-
year exchange program. 1996-1997.
RESEARCH & PRESENTATIONS
Fluid Media Player - First Flash development experience. Presented at Flash Forward 2001.
3-D Web Visualization using Java-Generated VRML2 Scenes – Summer 1997. Center for User-Oriented Design (CID) KTH. Stockholm, Sweden.
INTERESTS
Metalwork, computational geometry, motorcycles, music and digital culture.