Mat Bergman

Current

• Founder at Dynamic Interface Engineering, LLC

Past

• Web Developer at Mat Bergman Web Development
• Senior User Experience Engineer at Loud Dog Media
• Senior Front End Developer at Advisor Software

• Senior Designer and User Interface Technologist at Travelocity
• Web Lead at AllBusiness
• Graphic Designer at Autoweb.com
• Web Designer at Selective Media

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Mat Bergman’s Summary

Mat specializes in developing sophisticated web and mobile applications that balance usability, accessibility, performance, and great design.

Mat Bergman’s Specialties:

Rich Internet applications, front end web development, mobile web, interaction design, JavaScript, DOM, Ajax, Flash, ActionScript, XHTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, CMS, Ruby on Rails, PHP, information architecture, ADA accessibility, usability

Mat Bergman’s Experience

• Founder

  Dynamic Interface Engineering, LLC

  (Internet industry)

  August 2008 — Present (5 months)

  Dynamic Interface Engineering provides expert design and development services for sophisticated web and mobile applications.

• Web Developer

  Mat Bergman Web Development

  (Internet industry)

  June 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 3 months)

  I'm back on the contract circut as a senior-level front end web developer. My enginerring skills include expert XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, and Ajax, in environments like PHP, JSP, and .NET. I develop robust presentation layer solutions that support visual design, usability, accessibility, and performance.

• Senior User Experience Engineer

  Loud Dog Media

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  March 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Loud Dog is a full-service design firm specializing in websites that are useful, usable and enjoyable. As Senior User Experience Engineer, I direct the front-end web development strategies for all project. I develop presentation layer solutions with XHTML and CSS, and build advanced interface controls with JavaScript and DHTML. I author comprehensive site maps and wireframes for the information architecture phase of complex web applications.

• Senior Front End Developer

  Advisor Software

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year)

  A contract position to upgrade the presentation layer of their web application with standards-compliant XHTML and CSS, and build DHTML interface widgets with JavaScript. The site was a very cool web-based app for the financial services industry.

• Senior Designer and User Interface Technologist

  Travelocity

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; tvly; Internet industry)

  January 2001 — May 2003 (2 years 5 months)

  Defined and maintained standards for best practice CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and DHTML
  
  Designed effective user interfaces in Photoshop
  
  Built flexible, optimized templates in HTML, XHTML, CSS-1 and CSS-2
  
  Designed and built advanced interactive modules in DHTML and JavaScript
  
  Conducted usability, accessibility and performance testing
  
  Wrote and maintained Travelocity.com's style guide, and enforced best-practice front-end design and development
  
  Worked with developers to build and implement database-driven pages robust enough to handle multiple layouts
  
  Taught front-end technology classes to designers
  
  Gave presentations about trends in front-end technologies, the browser market, and web optimization to designers and executives

• Web Lead

  AllBusiness

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; nbci; Online Media industry)

  July 1999 — January 2001 (1 year 7 months)

  The consummate dot.com experience, with a smart team and sound concept.
  
  Designed, built and implemented web pages, templates, and graphics
  
  Developed information architecture and site layout
  
  Managed projects from concept to implementation, including the development of mockups, flowcharts, and timelines
  
  Provided day-to-day HTML and graphic design solutions with creative, programming, marketing, business development, and editorial departments
  
  Advised production specialists with design and coding solutions
  
  Created, maintained and enforced style guide to sustain a consistent user experience
  
  Documented the creative process and the use of proprietary applications
  
  Trained the production department in the use of Documentum and an in-house content management tool

• Graphic Designer

  Autoweb.com

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  October 1998 — June 1999 (9 months)

  Designed and hand-coded web pages based on Autoweb.com's established style guide
  
  Designed and produced original graphics
  
  Created animated and static banners for online advertising and affiliate programs
  
  Optimized HTML and graphics to decrease download time and server load
  
  Actively contributed to the layout, navigation, color scheme, and project schedule of a complete web site re-design
  
  Worked closely with engineers to seamlessly incorporate Cold Fusion programming into HTML code
  
  Met regularly with executives to realize their concepts, and communicated potential conflicts between their ideas and established style conventions
  
  Tested pages in all versions of Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, America Online, and WebTV on the Macintosh and PC platforms
  
  Conducted user testing to fine-tune designs

• Web Designer

  Selective Media

  (Online Media industry)

  1995 — 1998 (3 years)

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