Michael Hessling

Current

• IT Specialist at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Owner at CherryPJ

Education

• Duke University
• Pomona College

Recommended

3 people have recommended Michael

Connections

39 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Website

Michael Hessling’s Summary

- Web Professional with over six years of experience in user-centered design, complex workflow, high traffic consumer sites, and small-business level applications.
- Specializing in W3C Web standards based coding, utilizing semantic markup for structure, advanced CSS for presentation and unobtrusive DOM scripting for behavior.
- Exceptionally strong front-end development skills; expertise in HTML, XHTML, CSS; proficiency with DOM, JavaScript, XML and XSLT; hands-on experience with PHP, SQL, and Python.
- Adept at rapidly developing prototypes and UI mockups using IDEs, graphical applications, WYSIWYG tools, hand coding, and pen and paper.
- Solid project management skills; proven ability to facilitate cross-functional teams, and lead and motivate onsite and geographically dispersed virtual teams.
- Extensive experience designing and developing intuitive, fast-loading, cross-browser, and cross-platform Web sites and Internet-based applications.
- Database design, integration, and administration skills on MySQL
- Strong client interface, user training, technical support, and presentation skills.
- Solid documentation experience: user guides, technical documents, design requirements, marketing content, etc.
- Strong writing, editing, presentation, and collaboration skills.
- Ability to manage complex workflows and translate goals into policies.
- Communicate scientific and technical information to wide audience.

Michael Hessling’s Specialties:

- Proficient
Mac OSX, Windows; MS Office, Corel; Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop; Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks; Lotus Notes; WordPress; XHTML/XML; CSS/XSLT; Web Standards, browser quirks, accessibility/WAI Guidelines; "white hat" SEO; DOMScripting (JavaScript); ExpressionEngine, CodeIgniter.
- Conversant
MovableType; PHP; SQL/MySQL; Yahoo! YUI and Google API; Human Design Interface principles.

Michael Hessling’s Experience

• IT Specialist

  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

• Owner

  CherryPJ

  (Internet industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

Michael Hessling’s Education

• Duke University

  MEM , Resource Economics and Policy , 1999 — 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  Thesis: Turf v. Xeriscape: An Analysis of Residential Landscapes in the Las Vegas Valley, NV
  Honors: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Fellow 1999-2001

• Pomona College

  BA , Physics , 1995 — 1999

  Activities and Societies:

  Honors: Williams-Mystic Alumni Research Fellowship, 1997; Presidential Scholar, 1995
  
  Summer Research Fellow, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
  1997; Physical-biological couplings in the Pacific Ocean and effects on phytoplankton
  
  Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Physics Department, Pomona
  1996-1996; Mentored introductory physics students. Solved over 700 physics problems and typeset solutions into book form for introductory text, Six Ideas Instructor’s Manual

Additional Information

Michael Hessling’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website

Michael Hessling’s Interests:

web applications, reading all of the books in Top 100 lists, professional speaking, baseball statistics, running

Michael Hessling’s Groups:

•    Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Alumni
•    Refresh DC
•    Web Standards Design + Development

Michael Hessling’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• job inquiries
• expertise requests