Jake Kronika

Current

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

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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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• Gridline Design
• My Employer

Jake Kronika’s Summary

A long history of involvement in Web Design and Development, with humble beginnings at Geocities and Angelfire, have exploded into a career in which I focus on Web Standards, Web Accessibility Guidelines, and Usability through Human-Computer Interaction theory. I also participate in an ongoing search for the best methods for building, maintaining, and enhance Web sites.

Jake Kronika’s Specialties:

HTML, XHTML, XML, DOM, CSS, JavaScript, Unobtrusive JS, Object-Oriented JS, JQuery, AJAX, JSON, Google Maps API, JSP, PHP, Python, ColdFusion, Apache, IIS, SSI, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Accessibility, Usability

Additional Information

Jake Kronika’s Websites:

• Gridline Design
• My Employer

Jake Kronika’s Honors:

National Dean's List, 2002-2005
Illinois State Scholar, 2001

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