Michael Sherrin

Past

UI Developer at Gather.com
UI Developer at SmartBargains.com
Web Developer at Blue Egg

Web Developer at Boston.com

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Education

University of Chicago
Emerson College

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Industry

Online Media

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Michael Sherrin’s Experience

UI Developer

Gather.com

(Online Media industry)

February 2008 — May 2008 (4 months)

Gather Inc. is a social networking start-up focused on bringing together people and ideas. Developed HTML, CSS, and JSP in a Java environment.
o Developed and deployed two major releases in four months, using HTML, CSS, and JSP
o Researched and evaluated new technologies for deployment including Ajax and content management systems
o Presented social networking strategies to management, including diversifying our target audience, opening up API, and integrating with other social websites
o Proposed mobile strategies, encompassing design, functions, and iPhone applications
UI Developer

SmartBargains.com

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Retail industry)

October 2007 — February 2008 (5 months)

Smart Bargains is a seven-year-old e-commerce site providing discount shopping of brand name products. Maintained and upgraded legacy systems in a .Net environment using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
o Produced and deployed new content and designs, using HTML, CSS, and Photoshop, to meet the needs of several departments
o Developed and deployed A/B testing for several sections of website
o Designed and presented front-end coding strategy to management for new web properties and redesigning legacy systems to increase efficiency and scalability
o Coordinated with creative and marketing departments to develop best practices and streamline the development process
o Screened new products and programming languages to be used in new web properties
Web Developer

Blue Egg

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

January 2007 — October 2007 (10 months)

Blue Egg is an e-media company that celebrates attainable sustainable living. Produced cross-browser compatible web sites using HTML, CSS, JSP, and Photoshop.
o Built the largest business-to-business site in green industry as part of a two-person front-end team in two months
o Developed and deployed a new business-to-consumer site in green industry as part of a three-person front-end team in two months
o Team averaged 95 lines of code per hour per person: total of 200,000 lines in four months
o Designed prototype for Department of Energy
o Researched and implemented advertising models and 508 compliance standards presented to the president, CTO, and product manager
o Deployed dozens of template forms in Interwoven
o Deployed and trained staff on collaboration tool
o Deployed online product catalogue featuring 2,000 products
o Built email templates for marketing campaigns
o Deployed data capturing tools with a customer relationship management system
Web Developer

Boston.com

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; NYT; Online Media industry)

June 2006 — December 2006 (7 months)

o Created more than 25 buyers guides for personal technology
o Increased business section web traffic 37 percent in first month; increased personal technology section traffic more than 650 percent in first month
o Chose news stories, art and extras to feature on homepage several times a day