Jake Behrens

Current

• iPhone Developer/UE Designer at The Oklahoma Publishing Company

Past

• Web Developer at Phase 2 Interactive
• Senior Web Developer at Consulting Specialists, Inc. (First American Title)
• Application Developer at Pinkerton Cables, Inc.

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Education

• University of Oklahoma

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• JakeBehrens.com
• Foamish.com
• Wimgo.com

Jake Behrens’s Summary

I am a platform developer/user experience designer with experience in mobile platforms and an emphasis in iPhone development. I am also experienced in building web, desktop, and mobile application interfaces. Experienced in managing projects from initial prototyping to final launch. Focused on consistent styling and branding across platforms, as well as user-focused functionality and usability.

Jake Behrens’s Specialties:

iphone development, objective-c, site design, application design, mobile web design, user interaction, user experience, usability, wireframes, prototyping, XHTML, css, javascript, frameworks, branding, quality assurance, graphic layout, graphic design

Jake Behrens’s Experience

• iPhone Developer/UE Designer

  The Oklahoma Publishing Company

  (Newspapers industry)

  February 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  Design and launch native iPhone applications using Objective-C 2.0 in Xcode.
  
  Design, wireframe, and prototype user interactions for iPhone, mobile, web and desktop applications using OmniGraffle, Flex 3, ActionScript 3, PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Subversion.
  
  Create pixel-precise images using Photoshop and Illustrator.
  
  Developed and launched the native iPhone application: Share It Live.
  
  Played a key role in defining the initial feature set, user interface, and site design for wimgo.com.
  
  Assisted in development of the user interface for iphone.newsok.com.
  
  Worked with a team to design a user model for users to read news articles in a desktop application with the reading experience of a newspaper.
  
  Research new technologies that could provide a platform for content delivery, while creating new revenue streams for the company.
  
  Supported and played a key role in moving our online advertising invoicing and payment processing to SAP systems from existing mainframe systems using ASP.NET 2.0 VB/C#, MSSQL, XHTML, CSS, and Javascript.

• Web Developer

  Phase 2 Interactive

  (Computer Software industry)

  April 2006 — February 2007 (11 months)

  Created and maintained web sites and web-based applications for clients using ASP.NET 2.0 VB/C#, ASP.NET 1.1 VB/C#, ADO.NET, XHTML, Javascript, XML, XSLT, CSS, MSSQL, and ASP Classic.
  
  Optimized client submitted images using Photoshop and Fireworks.
  
  Worked with internal advertising and marketing teams to ensure consistency in designs across digital and non-digital platforms.
  
  Designed and implemented user-friendly web forms and form wizards.
  
  Modified and designed custom modules for Content Management Systems allowing clients to administrate and maintain web sites. CMS packages included DotNetNuke and WordPress.
  
  Designed and administrated MSSQL databases using SQL Server 2005 and 2000.

• Senior Web Developer

  Consulting Specialists, Inc. (First American Title)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Real Estate industry)

  February 2004 — April 2006 (2 years 3 months)

  Designed and supported web sites and web-based applications for internal/external use using XHTML, Javascript, CSS, PHP, MySQL, ASP Classic, VB-Script, and MSSQL.
  
  Created web-optimized images using Photoshop, Flash, and Fireworks.
  
  Designed the user model and implemented an AJAX-based web application with built-in concurrency to replace all project management workflows.
  
  Documented and diagramed project management workflows, using Visio, to find and fix efficiency issues.
  
  Designed and administrated MSSQL, Access, and MySQL databases.
  
  Created abstracted classes for use in multiple web-applications.

• Application Developer

  Pinkerton Cables, Inc.

  (Telecommunications industry)

  February 2000 — January 2002 (2 years)

  Designed and implemented web sites using HTML, JavaScript, CSS, VB-Script, and MSSQL.
  
  Created smart shapes with Visual Basic for incorporation into Visio.
  
  Extracted SQL database information for smart shapes inside Visio.
  
  Designed highly detailed diagrams, using Visio, for designer use in Illustrator and Freehand.
  
  Wrote internal application modules using VB-Script to support an ADSL hut specification creation tool.

Jake Behrens’s Education

• University of Oklahoma

  Journalism, Advertising, Computer Science 2004 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  Advertising Club, Ambassador Program

Additional Information

Jake Behrens’s Websites:

• JakeBehrens.com
• Foamish.com
• Wimgo.com

Jake Behrens’s Interests:

design, user interaction, user experience, web technology, programming, fencing, guitar, comic books, hiking, video games

Jake Behrens’s Groups:

•    Refresh - Promoting design, technology,and usability.
•    AAF NSAC
•    OpenBeta
•    The Oklahoma City Coworking Collaborative

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