Aaron Vanderzwan

Current

• Developer at Aaron Vanderzwan

Past

• Web Developer at People Design
• Digital Studio Team Leader at Calvin College
• Information Technology Center Team Leader at Calvin College

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Education

• Calvin College

Recommended

2 people have recommended Aaron

Connections

39 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Portfolio
• My Blog

Aaron Vanderzwan’s Summary

Aaron has been working in web development for the last 6 years and has gained a lot of knowledge of the field and what it has to offer. Primarily working as a front-end developer, he also has a lot of experience building Ruby on Rails web applications, customizing Wordpress so it can be used as a CMS, using API's and JSON, manipulating the user interface with JQuery, etc.

Aaron Vanderzwan’s Specialties:

Ruby on Rails, jQuery, XHTML, CSS, JSON, AJAX, PHP, Wordpress, MovableType, Restful API's

Aaron Vanderzwan’s Experience

• Developer

  Aaron Vanderzwan

  (Design industry)

  March 2009 — Present (5 months)

• Web Developer

  People Design

  (Privately Held; Design industry)

  September 2006 — March 2009 (2 years 7 months)

  Worked in many different platforms and frameworks, including Ruby on Rails, PHP, Wordpress, MovableType, Sharepoint, eCommerce, etc. Mastered front-end development and worked extensively building Ruby on Rails web applications, using API's to talk to external servers, building jQuery plugins for myself and the development community, writing custom PHP, plus much more.

• Digital Studio Team Leader

  Calvin College

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

  June 2004 — August 2006 (2 years 3 months)

• Information Technology Center Team Leader

  Calvin College

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

  December 2002 — June 2006 (3 years 7 months)

Aaron Vanderzwan’s Education

• Calvin College

  2002 — 2006

Additional Information

Aaron Vanderzwan’s Websites:

• My Portfolio
• My Blog

Aaron Vanderzwan’s Groups:

•    People Design
•    Calvin College Alumni and Friends

Aaron Vanderzwan’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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