John Allison

Current

• Software Engineer at Gilt Groupe

Past

• Senior Ruby on Rails Developer at weplay
• Web Contractor at Ruckus Wireless
• Contractor at IBM

• Software Developer at Acxiom
• Programmer at iProv, LLC

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Education

• Ouachita Baptist University

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

John Allison’s Summary

I have extensive experience in creating dynamic, web-based user interfaces using Javascript/CSS with many different technologies such as .Net, PHP, JSP, JSF, RoR, etc. My goal is always to create an efficient and intuitive interface so users are more productive and happy with my product.

John Allison’s Specialties:

JavaScript, CSS, anything related to web development.

John Allison’s Experience

• Software Engineer

  Gilt Groupe

  (Computer Software industry)

  May 2009 — Present (3 months)

• Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

  weplay

  (Internet industry)

  October 2008 — May 2009 (8 months)

  Building and Improving http://www.weplay.com using my expertise in web development (Javascript/CSS/HTML/RoR).

• Web Contractor

  Ruckus Wireless

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Wireless industry)

  September 2008 — October 2008 (2 months)

  Responsible for building new websites, assisting with redesigns, updates/upgrades, etc.
  
  Using RubyOnRails, PHP, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, web standards, cross-browser compatibility, and optimization techniques.

• Contractor

  IBM

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2008 — September 2008 (6 months)

  Contracting through IBM to work with Wal-mart associates on their self checkout system.

• Software Developer

  Acxiom

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ACXM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2005 — April 2008 (3 years 4 months)

  Designed and developed "ajax"-type web applications on the JBoss platform. Used client side, web-based technologies such as HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript and an assortment of Java based tools behind the scenes.
  
  I was also responsible for moving the entire group of web applications to a standard CSS stylesheet to give the entire system a common look & feel.

• Programmer

  iProv, LLC

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2004 — August 2004 (6 months)

  Worked with iProv on several contract projects. Work included Excel macro customization, website design, MySQL/PHP website programming, JavaScript scripting, and Flash/template design of website for Coy’s Steakhouse.

John Allison’s Education

• Ouachita Baptist University

  Bachelor of Science , Computer Science, Math , 2000 — 2004

  Activities and Societies:

  Eta Alpha Omega, Carl Goodson Honor's Program Participant, President's List, Dean's List, Arkansas Distinguished Scholar Award, Member OBU Varsity Golf Team

Additional Information

John Allison’s Websites:

• My Website

John Allison’s Interests:

Golf, snowboarding, scuba diving, tinkering with computers or various gadgets.

John Allison’s Contact Settings

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