Developer / Principal at Operation 9
Greater Chicago Area
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- Developer/Principal at Operation 9
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- Project Manager/Developer at Dancing Mammoth, Inc.
- Software Engineer at Valubond, Inc.
- Lead Developer, Creative Services Group (Contract) at Deloitte Consulting - Atlanta
- User Interface Developer (Contract) at Listman Home Technologies
- Graphic Designer at Voicecom, Inc.
- Designer at Rainwire Partners, Inc.
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Gary DuVall’s Summary
A self-starting autodidact and energetic leader with twelve years of multi-disciplinary, award-winning industry experience. Understands intimately the project lifecycle, and is highly adept at client relations and expectation management. Aggressively works toward leadership roles within an organization while staying abreast of and pragmatically adopting new technological developments within the industry.
Gary DuVall’s Specialties:
Web Development (PHP/MySQL, ASP, JavaScript/AJAX, light JSP and ASP.NET); UI/UX development (XHTML, CSS, standards compliance and accessibility); Project Management; Client Relations and Expectation Management; Social Media Integration (Facebook Platform, Twitter API); Mobile Application Development (Palm webOS); Graphic Design (Photoshop, Illustrator); SEO; Corporate and Product Identity; Server Administration (*NIX/Apache); Print Design (InDesign, Quark XPress)
Gary DuVall’s Experience
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Developer/Principal
Operation 9
(Internet industry)
July 2009 — Present (8 months)
As one of the first developers on Palm’s new webOS platform through the Early Access SDK program, developed the highly-rated ‘Radio Hibiki’ SHOUTcast player utilizing AJAX (Prototype/Mojo), HTML5 Storage & Audio, and CSS, generating nearly 22,000 downloads during the 90-day beta period alone. The application remains the preferred webOS-based audio player of AOL/SHOUTcast, and has received the coveted ‘Featured’ status in Palm’s App Catalog.
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Project Manager/Developer
Dancing Mammoth, Inc.
(Internet industry)
March 2005 — January 2010 (4 years 11 months)
Remotely managed a team of up to three developers and one web designer located across the United States, responsible for time and resource management; client expectation and rapport management; developing client quotes; web development; server administration; and interface design for ~30 clients. Mentored members of my team in adopting new strategies designed to increase output, security, and efficiency of solutions. Cultivated continued advancement of my team both personally and within the company.
Utilized PHP, JavaScript/AJAX, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, and related technologies to produce content-rich solutions with an emphasis on reusable code for a large client base consisting of a “Who’s Who” in the Washington D.C. political scene in addition to several non-profit organizations and small to mid-sized companies.
Took a lead role in the start-to-finish planning, design, and development of Reason Online (http://reason.com), retrofitting Dancing Mammoth’s proprietary content management system with a robust blogging suite; a 40-year retrospective cover gallery; integration of third-party analytical tools; innovative, proprietary spam protection and auto-banning procedures without the use of CAPTCHA; iTunes-integrated podcast feeds; optional video blogging using Flash Video; Amazon Kindle integration; and highly-granular RSS feeds. Reason Online, as a result, became a Webby Award Honoree in 2008 and was also nominated that same year for Best News Organization Website (1st Place) and Best Design and Layout (2nd Place) in the L.A. Press Club Awards.
Heavily involved in use-case analysis for a mid-sized pharmaceutical education company, observing the service center’s use of our latest proprietary CRM platform in order to increase efficiency, decrease user error, and provide a robust experience. -
Software Engineer
Valubond, Inc.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
October 2003 — February 2005 (1 year 5 months)
Enhanced, built, and/or maintained over fifty content-rich private-label client sites for major fixed income brokerages on a multiple-environment (ASP/JSP) platform. Designed, developed, and implemented intuitive user interfaces for several new product lines and demonstration sites, and took a vested leadership role in the development of a company intranet. Vastly increased usability and lowered bandwidth usage by over 50% through the introduction of more efficient code and scalable navigation systems, and by conducting consistent audits of existing code, working toward overall standards-compliance. Worked in a research capacity alongside the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Feature Development to design potential product lines for the industry based on data analysis and visual mapping of various bond market scenarios.
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Lead Developer, Creative Services Group (Contract)
Deloitte Consulting - Atlanta
(Partnership; Financial Services industry)
April 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 7 months)
Rose quickly to role of Webmaster of Deloitte Consulting’s Atlanta office within four months. Considerably increased the value of and expanded the Atlanta Creative Services department to offer services previously unavailable in 90% of Deloitte CS branches, including lifecycle application development. During the proposed Braxton rebrand, took a leading role with the various levels of management to develop user interface revamps for various divisions, having
been personally selected to perform an integral, national-level role assisting the corporate rebranding team.
As manager of the DC Atlanta Intranet, worked with various levels of management to develop UI and functional enhancements as necessary. Trained Intranet webmasters and Deloitte marketing representatives globally in hand-coded HTML 4.01 and CSS, using Dreamweaver 4.0, to an intermediate level from having little-to-no prior exposure.
Created for Saab, using Flash/Actionscript, a diagnostic test tool for distribution to all mechanics across the United States as part of their continuing education. -
User Interface Developer (Contract)
Listman Home Technologies
(Consumer Electronics industry)
September 2001 — December 2001 (4 months)
Planned and developed several administrative interfaces for internal websites to be used with the flagship home automation project, increasing ease-of-use while eliminating several levels of complexity. Researched, designed, and tested several iterations of remote control interfaces on the PocketPC platform to handle expanded home-automation functions (thermostat, light functions, etc.) for later inclusion into the UnitedHome product. Conducted usability research, formed comparisons between similar control systems, and organized focus groups to test interfaces presented for consideration.
Worked with Marketing to create a corporate style guide, maintaining consistency across the company in using the various Listman Home Technologies brands. -
Graphic Designer
Voicecom, Inc.
(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)
November 2000 — August 2001 (10 months)
Led design efforts in $93M corporation, including trade show displays, print collateral, and partnership site integration. Successfully launched partnership campaign for TechTV, and assisted Marketing in a critical pitch to AOL Time-Warner. Developed and maintained both internal and external corporate sites as necessary, implementing enhanced functionality and ensuring corporate brand usage was unified across all product offerings. Managed relationships with vendors and freelancers.
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Designer
Rainwire Partners, Inc.
(Internet industry)
August 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 3 months)
Involved, in a design capacity, in more than thirty projects for Fortune 1000 companies including Federal Express, CNN, Unisys, and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Led project in conjunction with the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce to set up a fixed-base Atlanta citycam atop Centennial Park in downtown Atlanta.
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Gary DuVall’s Interests:
International travel, hardware modification and hacking (inc. Arduino), web application development, staying abreast of industry trends.
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