Christopher Pastore

Past

• Front-end Web Developer at Hexagroup, LLC.
• Web/UI/UX / Technical Writer at cPanel
• Web Designer at Landmark Communications

• Web Designer / Graphic Artist at The Virginian-Pilot Media Companies

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Education

• Port Richmond

Recommended

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Connections

34 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website
• My Portfolio

Christopher Pastore’s Summary

I am heavily driven by clear, concise information design, fueled by my exceptional organizational skills which I mix with a strong emphasis on web standards, semantic markup, search engine optimization, usability and accessibility guidelines for screen, print and mobile devices.

Professional Experience

Web Developer, Hexagroup, LLC. (contract/perm)
September, 2008 to March, 2009
Front-End Web Development of client web sites, hand-coding of XHTML, CSS on ASP.Net, ColdFusion platforms and Web Site designs using Photoshop. Baylor Clinic, Baylor Orthopedic, Click2Try.com and other clients among working projects.

Web Designer, Rhymes & Company Advertising, Inc
June, 2008 to August, 2008, Houston, Texas
Design, coding and implementation of internal web services and web site. E-Mail marketing campaign management and design of HTML e-mails.

Technical Writer / Web/UI/UX Designer, cPanel, Inc
June, 2007 to May, 2008, Houston, Texas
Updating and writing software documentation for web hosting automation server software for use on Linux and Windows Server operating systems. Creation of online documentation system / web sites to host cPanel documentation to their clients. Design and maintenance of cPanel hosting automation server software.

Web Designer, Landmark Communications, Inc.
December, 2000 to May, 2007, Norfolk, Virginia
Creation of online ads, landing pages and web site designs for internal, local and national clients including Cox Communications, Best Buy, Dominos Pizza, Toyota, Cadillac, T-Mobile, Haynes Furniture, The Dump, Verizon, Nextel and Clear Channel Entertainment. Initiated the web standards movement at PilotOnline.com and HamptonRoads.com.

Owner/Web/Graphic Designer, East Coast Internet, Inc.
February, 1993 to December, 2000, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Creation of simple, easy to use graphical user interfaces, web sites, landing pages and online ads for local and national clients. Network administration, server support etc.

Christopher Pastore’s Specialties:

Adobe CS4, Visual Studio 2008, Visual SourceSafe / SVN, Persona Design, Cognitive Walkthrough, Wireframes, Design Flow, Mental Models, Use Case Studies, XHTML 1.0 Strict / 1.1, CSS 1,2,3, sIFR & cufón
ASP.NET, ColdFusion, PHP (Front-End), Semantic Markup
Web Standards, Usability, UI / UX Design, Mobile / Handheld Design, DTDs, OS Compatibility Testing, Section 508 & WAI
Q&A, SEO, Online Ad Creative, Technical Documentation
WordPress, DruPal, Joomla, Microsoft Windows
Macintosh OS X

Christopher Pastore’s Experience

• Front-end Web Developer

  Hexagroup, LLC.

  (Internet industry)

  September 2008 — March 2009 (7 months)

  Front-End Web Development of client web sites, hand-coding of XHTML, CSS on ASP.Net, ColdFusion platforms and Web Site designs using Photoshop. Baylor Clinic, Baylor Orthopedic, Click2Try.com and other clients among working projects.

• Web/UI/UX / Technical Writer

  cPanel

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2007 — May 2008 (1 year)

  Updating and writing software documentation for web hosting automation server software for use on Linux and Windows Server operating systems. Creation of online documentation system / web sites to host cPanel's documentation to their clients. Design and maintenance of cPanel's hosting automation server software.

• Web Designer

  Landmark Communications

  (Graphic Design industry)

  December 2000 — May 2007 (6 years 6 months)

  Creation of online ads, landing pages and web site designs for internal, local and national clients including Cox Communications, Best Buy, Dominos Pizza, Toyota, Cadillac, T-Mobile, Haynes Furniture, The Dump, Verizon, Nextel and Clear Channel Entertainment. Initiated the web standards movement at PilotOnline.com and HamptonRoads.com. Training fellow web designers in the importance of web standards; CSS page layout and accessibility for the physically impaired. I was a member of the Culture Team and Net Promoter Score initiatives.

• Web Designer / Graphic Artist

  The Virginian-Pilot Media Companies

  (Graphic Design industry)

  2000 — 2007 (7 years)

Christopher Pastore’s Education

• Port Richmond

  1984 — 1988

Additional Information

Christopher Pastore’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Portfolio

Christopher Pastore’s Interests:

Music, Web Design, Web Standards, Semantic Markup, CSS, Macintosh computers, Social Networking, Application and User Interface Design and Web 2.0.

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