Andrea Piernock Barrish

Current

• Manager, Web Development at Digitas Health

Past

• Blogger at Metroblogging Philadelphia
• Web Production Developer at Digitas Health
• Developer at Refinery, Inc.

• Web Developer at US EPA Region 3

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Education

• Community College of Philadelphia
• Immaculata University

Recommended

2 people have recommended Andrea

Connections

80 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website
• Potterdelphia

Andrea Piernock Barrish’s Summary

Detail-oriented front-end developer committed to web standards and accessibility seeking motivating and challenging position demanding talent, organization, creativity, and communication with the opportunity for tight-knit team collaboration and changing the world through amazing projects.

Andrea Piernock Barrish’s Specialties:

X/HTML and CSS; accessibility, usability, standards- and Section 508-compliance; programming and scripting languages

Andrea Piernock Barrish’s Experience

• Manager, Web Development

  Digitas Health

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; DTAS; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  Front-end web developer with Technology capability on websites for health care and pharmaceutical companies. Build web layouts with lean, accessible and easy-to-understand code through expert use of HTML and CSS for flat HTML and .NET-driven sites. Optimize sites for accessibility, standards-compliance, and SEO practices. Code pages and applications using front-end, client-side coding and scripting, including JavaScript. Document technical aspects of each project, with maintenance instructions and comprehensive commenting. Debug and troubleshoot web sites and applications for problems or errors, and test and develop sites for cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility.

• Blogger

  Metroblogging Philadelphia

  (Internet industry)

  June 2006 — October 2008 (2 years 5 months)

• Web Production Developer

  Digitas Health

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2007 — March 2008 (1 year 3 months)

  Front-end web developer with Technology capability on websites for health care and pharmaceutical companies. Build web layouts with lean, accessible and easy-to-understand code through expert use of HTML and CSS for flat HTML and .NET-driven sites. Optimize sites for accessibility, standards-compliance, and SEO practices. Code pages and applications using front-end, client-side coding and scripting, including JavaScript. Document technical aspects of each project, with maintenance instructions and comprehensive commenting. Debug and troubleshoot web sites and applications for problems or errors, and test and develop sites for cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility.

• Developer

  Refinery, Inc.

  (Online Media industry)

  September 2004 — November 2006 (2 years 3 months)

  Front end developer with Technology team on wesbites for pharmaceutical companies, financial institutions, consumer electronics retailers and manufacturers, historical museums, film production companies, and parking authorities. Write lean, accessible and easy-to-understand code with X/HTML and CSS. Optimize sites for accessibility, standards-compliance, and SEO practices. Test and develop sites for cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility.

• Web Developer

  US EPA Region 3

  (Government Agency; Renewables & Environment industry)

  June 2000 — September 2004 (4 years 4 months)

  Maintain webpages for regional internet and intranet for Mid-Atlantic Hazardous Waste Cleanup Division, including Superfund, Brownfields, Oil, Inland Area, and Risk Assessment programs. Coordinate information between Domino Database for Superfund's National Priorities List (NPL) and the sites' respective webpages. Create pages for Federal Register notices, press releases, fact sheets, environmental indicators, event flyers, and research documents. External public site located at epa.gov/reg3hwmd.

Andrea Piernock Barrish’s Education

• Community College of Philadelphia

  AAS , Computer Information Systems: Internet Development and Operations , 2002 — 2005

  graduated with the highest GPA in major

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Theta Kappa (Rho Upsilon chapter)

• Immaculata University

  English, Secondary Education 1996 — 1999

  Activities and Societies:

  Cue and Curtain, The Immaculatan, English Club, Gospel Choir

Additional Information

Andrea Piernock Barrish’s Websites:

• My Website
• Potterdelphia

Andrea Piernock Barrish’s Interests:

web standards, coding, music, knitting, Harry Potter

Andrea Piernock Barrish’s Groups:

Metroblogging Philadelphia, Potterdelphia, Philadelphia Standards Organization, Philadelphia Webloggers

•    Refinery Alumni

Andrea Piernock Barrish’s Honors:

FacingBipolar.com (Digitas Health)
* 2009 Freddie Award for International Health and Medical Media,
Psychiatry (finalist)
* 2009 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development

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