Michael Kriskovic

Current

• Team Lead - Web Development at PayPal.com

Past

• Web Designer at Choice Hotels International
• Site Builder at R/GA Interactive
• Web Designer at Homedelivery.com

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Education

• School of Visual Arts
• Briarcliffe College

Recommended

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Connections

73 connections

Industry

Internet

Michael Kriskovic’s Summary

I'm a hard working, high energy, goal oriented Web Professional with ten years of experience. My passion is simple, elegant, accessible front-end development with a focus on plain old semantic HTML (POSH) as well as high quality CSS and unobtrusive JavaScript.

Michael Kriskovic’s Specialties:

HTML, XHTML, POSH, CSS, JavaScript, DOM, Web Standards, Front-end Development, User Interface Design, and Semantic Markup

Michael Kriskovic’s Experience

• Team Lead - Web Development

  PayPal.com

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

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  - Honed my HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and XPT (proprietary) coding skills.
  - Leadership skills used to guide and grow the Phoenix-based Web Development team.
  - Participated in Team/Peer code reviews and the creation of coding guidelines to help steer our organization's process and standards.
  - Managed the Web Development resources within our local team.
  - Participated in requirements gathering while working closely with cross-functional teams
  - Created Technical Design Documents (TDDs) for projects I worked on.
  - Extensive use of Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest software suites for Version Control and Defect Management

• Web Designer

  Choice Hotels International

  (Public Company; CHH; Hospitality industry)

  April 2002 — December 2005 (3 years 9 months)

  - HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JSP coding
  - User Interface Design
  - Spearheaded the Table-less coding revolution in our application
  - Exposure to Java, Apache Tomcat, and the Struts framework

• Site Builder

  R/GA Interactive

  (Internet industry)

  2001 — 2001 (less than a year)

  - XML, XSL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript coding.

• Web Designer

  Homedelivery.com

  (Internet industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years )

  - HTML coding
  - Graphics production
  - Proprietary web template creation
  - Email campaign production

Michael Kriskovic’s Education

• School of Visual Arts

  None , Computer Art, Photography , 1998 — 2000

  Took courses in Web Design, Digital Art, Fine Art Photography, Video Editing, Video Art and Art History.

• Briarcliffe College

  None , Graphic Design , 1996 — 1998

  Attended classes in Design Basics, Web Design, Digital Design, and Print Design.

Additional Information

Michael Kriskovic’s Interests:

Fine Art Photography, Architecture, Green Building, Natural Building techniques, Permaculture, Environmental Stewardship, Organic Gardening, Running, Surfing, Hiking, and Mountain Biking.

Michael Kriskovic’s Groups:

•    Grist
•    eBay Inc. - eBay, PayPal, Skype
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    Green, Energy & Sustainability Careers & Jobs

Michael Kriskovic’s Honors:

PayPal Web Development Excellence Award - Q1 2007

Michael Kriskovic’s Contact Settings

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