Dane Hesseldahl

Past

• Senior Developer at Odopod
• Lead Interactive Developer at NEMO Design
• Lead Interactive Developer at STRUCK Creative

• Software Engineer + Lead Flash Developer at Overland Agency, Inc.
• Freelance Interactive Designer + Developer (Self-employed)
• Software Services Group Programmer at JELD-WEN

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Education

• Oregon Institute of Technology

Recommended

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Connections

169 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• Odopod
• doesnotvalidate
• NEMO

Dane Hesseldahl’s Summary

i make the internets go.

Dane Hesseldahl’s Specialties:

- Flex / Flash development with ActionScript 2 / 3

- Standards compliant web development - XHTML + CSS + AJAX

- Server-side web development - C# / VB.NET, PHP, JSP, Ruby, Python

- Relational database design and implementation

- Project specification, prototyping, and information architecture

- Application development C++ / C#

- Objective C / Cocoa development for the iPhone

Dane Hesseldahl’s Experience

• Senior Developer

  Odopod

  (Privately Held; Design industry)

  November 2008 — April 2009 (6 months)

  - Djagno + Python
  
  - Flash AS2/AS3
  
  - PHP / Wordpress / Expression Engine development and administration
  
  - Apache + Python + mod_wsgi server administration and maintenance

• Lead Interactive Developer

  NEMO Design

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Design industry)

  May 2008 — November 2008 (7 months)

  - Server side development with PHP, Python, and JSP
  
  - Work with existing open source frameworks to reduce development time and produce superior quality work
  
  - Work with interactive producers to create realistic development timelines, estimates, and specifications
  
  - Communicate directly with client / outside vendors during all phases of development, QA, and deployment
  
  - Coordinate in-house and freelance development resources
  
  - Objective C / Cocoa development for the iPhone
  
  - Standards compliant XHTML+ CSS development
  
  - Advanced ActionScript development with Adobe Flex & Flash for web environment and AIR.
  
  - Apache server management and maintenance

• Lead Interactive Developer

  STRUCK Creative

  (Privately Held; Graphic Design industry)

  July 2007 — May 2008 (11 months)

  - Inspire & mentor the members of the development team.
  
  - Staff management duties including: hiring, firing, performance reviews, formal reviews, time-off, etc.
  
  - Work with the STRUCK producers to create appropriate estimates for development time.
  
  - Write technical specifications & functional documentation.
  
  - Recommend hosting, encryption packages, payment gateways and any other technical platforms that a project or client may need.
  
  - Manage the technical side of a project to ensure accuracy to the project plan, the right use of our code library, and ensuring that the code foundation is built to STRUCK and project specific standards.

• Software Engineer + Lead Flash Developer

  Overland Agency, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2005 — July 2007 (2 years 2 months)

  - Create interactive web experiences with Flash / ASP .NET technologies
  
  - Collaborate with design / accounts / project management teams
  
  - Manage / mentor junior developers
  
  - Interface with existing and prospective clients
  
  - Develop specifications and end-user documentation

• Freelance Interactive Designer + Developer

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 2003 — August 2005 (2 years)

  - Large scale project management
  
  - Graphic design and logo creation
  
  - Dynamic website development, advanced Flash and ActionScript development
  
  Clients Include:
  - Team5 Corporation
  - ID Branding
  - Hanlon Brown Design
  - Aquent Creative Services
  - Compass Rose Media
  - Curiosity Group

• Software Services Group Programmer

  JELD-WEN

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Building Materials industry)

  December 2000 — August 2003 (2 years 9 months)

  - Program / maintain enterprise reporting system
  
  - Develop specifications and end-user documentation
  
  - Perform quality assurance checks on new development

Dane Hesseldahl’s Education

• Oregon Institute of Technology

  Software Engineering 1999 — 2003

Additional Information

Dane Hesseldahl’s Websites:

• Odopod
• doesnotvalidate
• NEMO

Dane Hesseldahl’s Groups:

Goto+Play, Odopod

Dane Hesseldahl’s Contact Settings

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