Susan Loew

Current

• Web Engineer at Contractor
• Hoopdance Instructor at Hoopnotica Corp.
• Founder at Cognitive Collective (Self-employed)

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Past

• Software Developer at Mahalo.com
• Lead Web Applications Engineer & Fire Performer at Machina Candeo
• Web Applications Engineer at K2 Marketing Group

• Web Applications Engineer at American Apparel
• Web Applications Engineer at Contractor (Self-employed)
• Sr. EAI Developer at Answer Financial
• Web Developer at Contractor (Self-employed)
• Web Developer at Spectrum Data Technologies

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Susan Loew’s Summary

Programmer: Microsoft, PHP, Open Source
Instructor: Hoopdance
Fire Performer: Poi, Staff, and Double Staves
Public Relations: Independent music and art

Susan Loew’s Specialties:

Visual Studio, C#, PHP, ASP 3.0, VBScript, (X)HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, MooTools 1.1 & 1.2, MS AJAX 1.1, COM, CGI/PERL

MS SQL 7-2k, mySQL 4.1 - 5.0, DTS, T-SQL, Access

.NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, IIS, Apache

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady, GIMP

Mac OS X Leopard, WIN 3.x to XP

Yahoo! SearchMonkey API, MediaWiki, Drupal, Visio, Rational ClearQuest, Subversion, Microsoft Visual Source Safe, n-tier architecture, Integration, Public Relations, Marketing, SEO

Susan Loew’s Experience

• Web Engineer

  Contractor

  (Internet industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  Working for clients in the local area to help them further their projects with technical support involving php, javascript, ajax, mediawiki, and more.

• Hoopdance Instructor

  Hoopnotica Corp.

  (Privately Held; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

• Founder

  Cognitive Collective (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Music industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years )

  Music. Technology. Passion.

• Software Developer

  Mahalo.com

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  February 2008 — October 2008 (9 months)

  Website development of Mahalo.com based from MediaWiki utilizing PHP, HTML, CSS, MooTools, and JavaScript in a Mac/LAMP environment. Implement SearchMonkey applications using Mahalo semantic data.

• Lead Web Applications Engineer & Fire Performer

  Machina Candeo

  (Performing Arts industry)

  2006 — June 2008 (2 years )

  Lead Web Applications Engineer for the conversion of static website to dynamic utilizing PHP and mySQL to move to e-commerce functionality. Increase SEO statistics by monitoring and modifying content as needed.
  
  Networking and Public Relations to further awareness of the company.
  
  Fire Performer: Poi, Staff, Double Staves.

• Web Applications Engineer

  K2 Marketing Group

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 5 months)

  Developed, implemented, and maintained various web applications for the Cable Industry including clients such as Fox Cable Networks, Time Warner, Cox Communication, Turner, Charter Media, Rainbow, and others utilizing ASP, .NET 1.1 – 2.0/C#, and SQL.. Applications ranging from banners, Event Tour CDs, Email broadcasts, and Leads Microsites. Translate layered Photoshop files to HTML and CSS to be used for various email and microsites.
  
  Maintained company Intranet originally developed in .NET 1.1/C# and implemented new features utilizing .NET 2.0/C# and SQL.

• Web Applications Engineer

  American Apparel

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)

  2003 — 2005 (2 years )

  Helped provide technical support with the redesign and implementation of the corporate website. Web applications include: Online Express Order, Catalog Requests, Feedback (Regular and Film), Style Suggestions, and many other resources utilizing ASP, JavaScript, SQL Server 2000, DTS, CSS.
  
  Developed, implemented and maintain company Intranet and Retail Intranet application. Create new features to accommodate company needs.
  
  Provide technical advice to the IT team regarding new solutions and technologies to be implemented within the company.

• Web Applications Engineer

  Contractor (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  2002 — June 2003 (1 year )

  Developed a web based Content Management System for local Los Angeles artist Sean Maus. Also responsible for webhosting and maintenance of the site. Web development and maintenance for local Los Angeles artist Susan Laurenzi.

• Sr. EAI Developer

  Answer Financial

  (Insurance industry)

  December 1999 — October 2001 (1 year 11 months)

  Involved with design, architecture, development, implementation and maintenance of the e*Gate integration solution.
  
  Previous Title: ASP Developer. Involved with many tasks such as: Functionality, implementation and maintenance of auto quote engine which consists of ASP, VBScript, JScript, dll components, and executables. Functionality, implementation and support of Promotions which consists of ASP, DTS packages, Store procedures, and custom dll components. Implementation and support of “Call Me”, a web based chat software. Implementation and support of affinity groups for the production site. Support of new BroadVision production website. And technical lead of the Intranet team which designs, implements, and supports all of the Intranet functionality. I also created multiple technical documentations that were used in the different lines of businesses.

• Web Developer

  Contractor (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  January 1999 — December 1999 (1 year )

  Responsible for the creation of multiple interactive websites as a contractor. Each site was designed with ASP technology. Some example sites include scriptreader.com which involved selling of the product Script Reader, elysiumfilms.com* an independent film company, littleprobooks.com* a bookstore in Temecula, adoptionbychoice.com* an adoption agency, and pprbhg.com* the local Better Homes and Gardens real estate office. Designed areas of temecula.com such as community classifieds and the movie directory listing. Designed Japanese section mascot and ticket reservation and Calendar of flights for commuteair.com.
  
  * website no longer live

• Web Developer

  Spectrum Data Technologies

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  November 1996 — January 1999 (2 years 3 months)

  Web Page and program development for the Internet that included interactive database work and enhanced web pages written in VBScript, Jscript and CGI/PERL. Performed user Dial-up activation when Alpha Information Systems was an Internet Service Provider. Provided technical support to the users, both Internet related or local computer related. Conducted multiple classes on web design to the local computer clubs.

Additional Information

Susan Loew’s Interests:

Fire Performance, Computer Programming, Independent Music

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