Dennis Hengeveld

Current

• Cartoonist & Troublemaker at Happy Simpleton
• Front-End Web Developer at LinkedIn Corp.
• Freelance Web Development (Sole Proprietorship)

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Past

• Sr. Front End Web Developer at LookSmart
• Graphic Designer / Web Developer / Cartoonist at Gospel Communications

Education

• Calvin College
• Broome Community College

Recommended

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Connections

177 connections

Industry

Internet

Dennis Hengeveld’s Summary

Experienced web designer/developer with broad skillset. Primary focus is production of usable, efficient, streamlined, focused, and enjoyable website experiences.

Dennis Hengeveld’s Specialties:

Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Freehand, Dreamweaver, XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Unix, Usability, Illustration, AJAX, JSP, Wordpress

Dennis Hengeveld’s Experience

• Cartoonist & Troublemaker

  Happy Simpleton

  (Entertainment industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

• Front-End Web Developer

  LinkedIn Corp.

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  Develop the front-end of homepage and profile pages at Linkedin.com using semantic HTML, CSS, Javascript, JSP, and the Yahoo User Interface JS framework. Contribute to the planning and UI/UE of projects and page elements.

• Freelance Web Development

  Sole Proprietorship

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  March 1995 — Present (14 years 9 months)

  Create and manage website content for a variety of clients.

• Sr. Front End Web Developer

  LookSmart

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; look; Online Media industry)

  September 2007 — January 2008 (5 months)

  Front-end development for consumer products including FindArticles.com and Furl.net. Using PHP, xHTML, CSS, Javascript, RoR, SASS/HAML, and the MooTools/jQuery frameworks. Recommending and implementing usability enhancements as well as opportunities to enhance both efficiency of the codebase and user experience.

• Graphic Designer / Web Developer / Cartoonist

  Gospel Communications

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  March 1995 — August 2007 (12 years 6 months)

  Responsible for creating and maintaining various web properties. This process includes creating unique content, designing and implementing websites with standards and usability in mind, building database interfaces / web applications, and interacting with clients and users on a regular basis.

Dennis Hengeveld’s Education

• Calvin College

  BA, Graphic Design , Graphic design , 1993 — 2007

• Broome Community College

  AA , Liberal Arts , September 1991 — May 1993