Leslie Orchard

Leslie Orchard

Senior Web Developer at Mozilla Corporation

Greater Detroit Area

Current
Past
Education
  • Central Michigan University
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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)

    May 2008Present (1 year 3 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 2002Present (7 years 6 months)

    Blogger, author, and tinkerer

  • del.icio.us software engineer

    Yahoo!

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

    July 2006April 2008 (1 year 10 months)

  • Senior Interface Engineer

    Organic, Inc.

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

    August 2005July 2006 (1 year)

  • Tech Lead

    J. Walter Thompson

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

    November 2003August 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 2003August 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)

    20002003 (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)

    19982000 (2 years)

  • Multimedia Specialist

    Bowne Internet Solutions

    (Public Company; Internet industry)

    19971998 (1 year)

  • Webmaster

    Industry Network, Inc.

    (Internet industry)

    19951997 (2 years)

    Worked here part-time through college and full-time for a bit after graduation. Multi-line BBS that grew up into a full-on local ISP and web provider. I worked on web sites and other odd infrastructure jobs.


Leslie Orchard’s Education

  • Central Michigan University

    BS , Computer Science, Psychology , August 1993May 1997

    Activities and Societies:
    Psi Chi

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Leslie Orchard’s Groups:

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

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