John Wang

Current

• Creative Director at Fresh Blocks
• Programmer Analyst at Kaiser Permanente

Past

• Web Designer/Developer at John Wang
• Web Developer at Akimeka LLC
• ETL Developer at Kaiser Permanente

• ETL Production Support Analyst at Kaiser Permanente
• Cambridge Community Center Coordinator at University of Maryland
• Student Services Intern at University of Maryland
• MIS Intern at MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc.
• Intranet Web Developer at MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc.

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Education

• University of Maryland College Park

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

John Wang’s Summary

I am very passionate about iPhone apps, web design and development. Very interested in social networks and Web 2.0. Always looking for ways to improve and personal development and growth.

I love designs and building websites, web applications, and iPhone apps that make people's life easier and simpler.

John Wang’s Specialties:

XHTML, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery, CSS, C, C++, Objective-C, Cocoa Touch (iPhone), C#, Java, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Perl, Python, Photoshop, Illustrator, WordPress.

John Wang’s Experience

• Creative Director

  Fresh Blocks

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  - Design and develop standards-based websites.
  - Design and develop iPhone and iPod Touch apps.
  - Brand development, web site traffic growth, web site user interface.

• Programmer Analyst

  Kaiser Permanente

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  - Develop Crystal Reports for KP HealthConnect.
  - Implement and Monitor changes to Epic Bridges for HealthConnect.
  - Import and Export HealthConnect Data for Epic Chronicles.

• Web Designer/Developer

  John Wang

  (Internet industry)

  June 1997 — January 2009 (11 years 8 months)

  - Designed and developed standards-based websites.
  - Brand development, web site traffic growth, web site user interface.

• Web Developer

  Akimeka LLC

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  - Developed BusinessObjects XI Java Applet Portlet
  - Developed architecture for Single-Sign On between Liferay Portal, BusinessObjects XI, and legacy ColdFusion application.
  - Re-engineered BusinessObjects XI Portlets to utilize BusinessObjects XI TrustedAuthentication.
  - Assisted in creation of BusinessObjects XI WebIntelligence reports and Universes.
  - Assisted in BusinessObjects XI administration.
  - Developed Java classes for interaction with LDAP datastore.

• ETL Developer

  Kaiser Permanente

  (Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  September 2006 — June 2007 (10 months)

  • Developed large scale National projects and reports.
  • Performed the duties of ETL Development Lead, managing projects and team.
  • Created ETL designs based on business owner requirements.
  • Worked with Business Owners to understand requirements.
  • Developed .NET and C# projects.

• ETL Production Support Analyst

  Kaiser Permanente

  (Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  November 2005 — September 2006 (11 months)

  • Performed the duties of the Production Support Lead.
  • Managed team of Analysts and Attended Project Production Approval Council meetings.
  • Supported Sybase Data Warehouse.
  • Instituted Design and Code Review Process.
  • Troubleshoot ETL Informatica and Ab Initio programs.

• Cambridge Community Center Coordinator

  University of Maryland

  (Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

  September 2003 — May 2004 (9 months)

  • Maintained and troubleshoot all audio/visual equipment.
  • Conducted training sessions on use of the AV equipment.

• Student Services Intern

  University of Maryland

  (Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

  January 2002 — May 2003 (1 year 5 months)

  • Managed the Scholars and Scholars Alumni Web Sites and made appropriate changes.
  • Communicated with the Coordinator of Student Services on a regular basis.

• MIS Intern

  MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc.

  (Hospital & Health Care industry)

  June 2002 — August 2002 (3 months)

  • Assisted the Network Administrator and MIS-Specialist with installing hardware and software.
  • Participated on the Help Desk and aided in troubleshooting PCs.

• Intranet Web Developer

  MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc.

  (Hospital & Health Care industry)

  January 2002 — January 2002 (1 month)

  • Redesigned the Mediq Intranet websites to a new layout.
  • Managed and updated the Intranet data.
  • Reported to MIS Web Systems Developer.

John Wang’s Education

• University of Maryland College Park

  BS , Computer Engineering , 2000 — 2005

  • Outstanding Citizen Award – College Park Scholars, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2002.

  Activities and Societies:

  College Park Scholars - American Cultures

Additional Information

John Wang’s Interests:

web design, web development, new technology, learning new things, iphone app development

John Wang’s Groups:

•    Tweeple
•    Manoa Geeks
•    WeAreJustCreative (WAJC)
•    SitePoint

John Wang’s Honors:

• You've Done Good! Award – Kaiser Permanente, Honolulu, HI, May 2009.
• You've Done Good! Award – Kaiser Permanente, Honolulu, HI, November 2008.
• Outstanding Acknowledgment Award – Kaiser Permanente, Silver Spring, MD, 2007.
• Thrive Award – Kaiser Permanente IT, Silver Spring, MD, 2006.
• Outstanding Citizen Award – College Park Scholars, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2002.

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