Leslie Orchard

Current

• Senior Web Developer at Mozilla Corporation
• Tinkerer at decafbad.com (Self-employed)

Past

• del.icio.us software engineer at Yahoo!
• Senior Interface Engineer at Organic, Inc.
• Tech Lead at J. Walter Thompson

• Tech Lead at JWT
• Lead Software Architect at ePrize
• Tech Lead at Wunderman
• Multimedia Specialist at Bowne Internet Solutions

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Education

• Central Michigan University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website
• My RSS feed

Leslie Orchard’s Summary

Web / mad / computer scientist focused on web development and social software technologies, possessing substantial experience paired with habits of exploration and experimentation.

Leslie Orchard’s Specialties:

Mashups, feeds, JS frameworks, web frameworks, webdev, REST, XML, APIs, JSON, XSL, microformats, LAMP, perl, python, PHP, Flash, bunsen burners, beakers

Leslie Orchard’s Experience

• Senior Web Developer

  Mozilla Corporation

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 2008 — Present (6 months)

  Contributing to the creation, improvement, and maintenance of the web services supporting and distributing Mozilla processes and products.

• Tinkerer

  decafbad.com (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  February 2002 — Present (6 years 8 months)

  Blogger, author, and tinkerer

• del.icio.us software engineer

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; yhoo; Internet industry)

  July 2006 — April 2008 (1 year 10 months)

• Senior Interface Engineer

  Organic, Inc.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2005 — July 2006 (1 year)

• Tech Lead

  J. Walter Thompson

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; wppgy; Internet industry)

  November 2003 — August 2005 (1 year 10 months)

  Develop and maintain web applications and content for fordvehicles.com using XML data services presented using HTML, CSS, JavaScript interfacing. Liaison with Creative Directors to integrate creative content. Direct production work of other team members.

• Tech Lead

  JWT

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; wppgy; Internet industry)

  November 2003 — August 2005 (1 year 10 months)

  Develop and maintain web applications and content for fordvehicles.com using XML data services presented using HTML, CSS, JavaScript interfacing. Liaison with Creative Directors to integrate creative content. Direct production work of other team members.

• Lead Software Architect

  ePrize

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  2000 — 2003 (3 years)

  Created and developed the Toybox web application platform for rapid development of games and chance-based promotions using a library of reusable components. Developed engineering standards and solutions to daily challenges in easing client integration on projects.

• Tech Lead

  Wunderman

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years)

• Multimedia Specialist

  Bowne Internet Solutions

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  1997 — 1998 (1 year)

Leslie Orchard’s Education

• Central Michigan University

  BS, Computer Science, Psychology, August 1993 — May 1997

  Activities and Societies:

  Psi Chi

Additional Information

Leslie Orchard’s Websites:

• My Website
• My RSS feed

Leslie Orchard’s Groups:

•    JoiIto
•    a2b3 - Ann Arbor Bi Bim Bop
•    Yahoo! alumni

Leslie Orchard’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
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• reference requests
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