UI Developer at FanSnap
San Francisco Bay Area
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- UI Developer at FanSnap
- Freelance UI/Front End Web Designer/Developer/Consultant at Brent Otterlei Designs
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- Sr. UI Designer at Doostang
- UI Designer/Web Developer/Visual Designer at Teqlo Inc.
- Web Designer/Developer at E-Book Systems
- Education
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- Academy of Art University
- San Jose State University
- San Jose State University
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Brent Otterlei’s Summary
I'm a UI/UX designer/developer with experience in a wide variety of projects. I currently specialize in creating, implementing and leading the UI/UX efforts for emerging start-ups. I have a lot of experience working with and bridging the gap between product teams and engineering teams in taking UI/UX's from concept sketches and wireframes all the way through implementation. I thrive in fast paced collaborative environments and I love getting my hands dirty.
Brent Otterlei’s Specialties:
HTML/DHTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, XML, XSL, XSLT, OpenLaszlo, Flash, PHP, and a number of Javascipt frameworks like Prototype, Dojo, YUI, etc. for development, and Photoshop, Illustrator, pencil and paper for mock-ups and flows
Brent Otterlei’s Experience
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UI Developer
FanSnap
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
February 2009 — Present (10 months)
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Freelance UI/Front End Web Designer/Developer/Consultant
Brent Otterlei Designs
(Design industry)
September 1999 — Present (10 years 3 months)
Working closely with clients to create functional front end web design and UI/UX that best fulfills the clients business, market, customer and brand needs. This includes designing and developing web sites, ad campaigns, revamping an existing user interfaces or building one from scratch, working to create a better user experience, or in some cases create print collateral like brochures, mailers, handouts, forms, logos, photography, interactive gallery displays, etc, or any other web service or collateral in digital or printed form that is needed by the client to be successful.
The technologies I have employed for clients are DHTML/CSS/Javascript/Flash/OpenLaszlo/Flex/PHP/Prototype/Scriptaculous/Dojo/YUI/Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign -
Sr. UI Designer
Doostang
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
November 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 3 months)
I was brought in to lead the UI effort and was in charge of designing, implementing and maintaining the user interface and user experience for doostang.com, an invite only community of over 500,000 young professionals designed to help them find jobs and network. I designed the UI/UX from concept sketches through implementation in DHTML/CSS/Javascript/Ruby on Rails.
The technologies I employed at Doostang were DHTML/CSS/Javascript/Ruby on Rails/Prototype/Scriptaculous/YUI/Photoshop/Illustrator. -
UI Designer/Web Developer/Visual Designer
Teqlo Inc.
(Computer Software industry)
July 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 5 months)
In charge of designing, creating and maintaining the user interface and user experience for the Teqlo runtime, Teqlo Builder, and the family of QuickWork web apps that were built on top of the Teqlo runtime technology. I was also in charge of brand development, graphic design, web site design and implementation, and styling and maintaining of the company blog.
The technologies I employed at Teqlo were XSL, XML, XSLT, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Open Laszlo an xml markup language that compiles to Flash, very much like Flex, the Dojo JavaScript Toolkit, WordPress (for the company blog), and the drupal CMS. -
Web Designer/Developer
E-Book Systems
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
November 2003 — July 2006 (2 years 9 months)
In charge of designing, implementing and maintaining the user interface and user experience for flipviewer.com and support.ebooksys.com, E-Book Systems main international product and support sites. I designed the front end from concept sketches through implementation in XHTML/JavaScript/CSS/Flash. I also designed dynamic Flash and HTML ads, and created digital publications for Fortune 500 publisher clients.
The technologies I employed at E-Book Systems were XHTML/CSS/Javascript/Flash/XML/Photoshop/Illustrator/Acrobat Pro/InDesign.
Brent Otterlei’s Education
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Academy of Art University
MFA , Graphic Design , 2004 — 2007
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San Jose State University
BA , Graphic Design , 1996 — 2003
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San Jose State University
Minor , Photography , 1996 — 2003
