Patrick Fitzgerald

Current

• Community Product Manager at WebMD

Past

• Sr. Software Engineer, User Interface Specialist at Trusted Network Technologies
• Development Manager, Syndication and New Media at WebMD
• Software Design Engineer / Webmaster at Hewlett-Packard Company

• Senior Software Analyst at Intergraph Corporation

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Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Flagler Palm Coast High School

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website

Patrick Fitzgerald’s Summary

Web site and web application user interface design, information architecture, front-end development. Extensive experience in web standards, accessibility, internationalization, and search-engine optimization. Exceptional technical writing and documentation skills. Detail-oriented and highly analytical, with a rare combination of creative, graphic design, and technical skills.

Patrick Fitzgerald’s Specialties:

Front-end web application programming (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX). Syndication / XML / RSS.

Patrick Fitzgerald’s Experience

• Community Product Manager

  WebMD

  (Public Company; WBMD; Internet industry)

  August 2007 — Present (1 year)

• Sr. Software Engineer, User Interface Specialist

  Trusted Network Technologies

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2006 — August 2007 (11 months)

  Designed user interface for TNT Identity web application, including information architecture, wire frame mockups, and graphic design. Transitioned existing desktop application to a scalable web-based application using JavaScript, AJAX, and JSON technologies. Implemented all HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Successfully delivered on aggressive six-month schedule.

• Development Manager, Syndication and New Media

  WebMD

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; HLTH; Internet industry)

  2003 — October 2006 (3 years)

  Designed and implemented solutions for syndicating content via RSS and XML, displaying video and rich media applications, and publishing WebMD expert blogs. Became company-wide resource for web standards, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, community and social software, blogs, accessibility, and search-engine optimization.

• Software Design Engineer / Webmaster

  Hewlett-Packard Company

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1996 — 2002 (6 years)

  Web site / web application design and programming for the Internet and system security division. Designed user interface for HP Virtualvault security software.

• Senior Software Analyst

  Intergraph Corporation

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; INGR; Computer Software industry)

  1990 — 1994 (4 years)

  Coordinated source code control and configuration management for team of 20 developers. Wrote utility programs (C and SQL) for relational database software product. Wrote documentation and on-line help for programmer API and end-user software.

Patrick Fitzgerald’s Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  BS, Information and Computer Science, 1986 — 1990

  Specialization: Human Factors in Interface Design, Artificial Intelligence, 3D Computer Graphics, Computer Architecture

  Activities and Societies:

  Certificate, Technical and Business Communication
  Georgia Tech Marching Band

• Flagler Palm Coast High School

Additional Information

Patrick Fitzgerald’s Websites:

• My Website