Jake Kronika

Current

Independent Contractor, OITS, DCFS at State of Illinois
Technology Consultant at Objective Arts, Inc.
Owner, Web Designer & Developer at Gridline Design & Development

Past

User Interface Specialist at Sun-Times News Group
Sr Web User Interface Specialist at Imaginary Landscape
Student Assistant: Webmaster - Andrew W Mellon Center at Illinois Wesleyan University

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Education

Illinois Wesleyan University

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Information Technology and Services

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Jake Kronika’s Summary

Having had early exposure to both art and HTML, I have designed and developed Web sites since age 11. Initial playgrounds such as Geocities and Angelfire have been replaced by managed hosting, cloud computing, and advanced database-driven applications utilizing the flexibility and dynamics of RESTful architecture and AJAX.

I have a constant focus upon Web standards, accessibility guidelines, and usability through human-computer interaction (HCI) theory. In addition, I constantly seek out challenges and devour knowledge, expanding my horizons in an ongoing search for the best methods for building, maintaining, and enhancing Web sites.

Jake Kronika’s Specialties:

HTML, XHTML, XML, DOM, CSS, JavaScript, Unobtrusive JS, Object-Oriented JS, extJS, JQuery, Prototype, YUI, AJAX, JSON, Google Maps API, JSP, PHP, Python, Ruby, Django, Rails, ColdFusion, Apache, IIS, SSI, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Accessibility, Usability, Shell Scripting, Linux, Windows, Macintosh, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, CS3