Phil Freo

Student and Web Developer

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Current
  • Owner at Phil Freo Website Development
Past
  • Software Engineering Intern at Google
  • Front-End Web Engineer at Yahoo!
  • Web Developer at W.W. Gay Facility Automation
  • Web Developer at DentalPC
Education
  • University of Florida
Connections
220 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Phil Freo’s Summary

An experienced web developer dedicated to creating attractive, user-friendly, and powerful web applications for your business or ministry.

Graduating in December 2009, looking for potential full-time or freelance work.

Phil Freo’s Specialties:

• Web Design: User interface design (UI), web standards, usability, SEO, web app security, Photoshop CS4

• Front-End: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, DHTML

• Back-End: PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, XML/XSL, RSS, SQL & databases (MySQL, SQL Server)

• Content Management Systems: ExpressionEngine, WordPress

• Programming: Java, object-oriented programming, design patterns, SVN source control, MVC


Phil Freo’s Experience

  • Owner

    Phil Freo Website Development

    (Internet industry)

    2001Present (8 years)

    Portfolio: http://philfreo.com/

  • Software Engineering Intern

    Google

    (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

    June 2007August 2007 (3 months)

    • Improved design and usability on existing user interfaces; improved information architecture for intranet pages.
    • Initiated, developed, and launched a project adopted quickly by over 1,000 employees, increasing their productivity.
    • Developed significantly in JavaScript and PHP; worked heavily with JavaScript & Ajax and interacted with web services.

  • Front-End Web Engineer

    Yahoo!

    (Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)

    June 2006August 2006 (3 months)

    • Created client-side statistical data selection and graphing tool in object-oriented JavaScript / DHTML.
    • Developed new and improved upon existing PHP web applications for data presentation and input.
    • Worked extensively with and extended the Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) JavaScript libraries.
    • Attended several training courses in JavaScript, DHTML, and CSS best practices.

  • Web Developer

    W.W. Gay Facility Automation

    (Internet industry)

    May 2005August 2005 (4 months)

    • Developed parts of ASP application to control climate control systems securely online and present real-time or archived
    data textually and graphically, and allow authorized users to change temperature set points & schedules.
    • Implemented Ajax in online tools to decrease employee time spent on creating data presentations.
    • Created database schemas, managed SQL server, and created routine database backup/maintenance jobs.
    • Improved user interface and navigation of web applications and designed template for company website.
    • Developed intranet web application in ASP.NET to manage company’s support tickets.

  • Web Developer

    DentalPC

    (Internet industry)

    20032004 (1 year)

    • Developed parts of secure ASP web application to manage real estate listings & supporting documents.
    • Developed online mail merge system to output labels and letters to Microsoft Word for printing.
    • Created online photo gallery to display company’s installation work for dentists.
    • Created system to view, search, & manage existing inventory database online.
    • Documented and fixed various bugs in existing web applications.


Phil Freo’s Education

  • University of Florida

    BS , Computer Engineering , 20052009

    3.74 GPA
    Minor in Business Administration

    Activities and Societies:
    Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Campus Crusade for Christ, Entrepreneurship & Technology Club, Student Honors Organization, Tau Beta Pi

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Phil Freo’s Honors:

UF Student Honors Organization, Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society)


Phil Freo’s Contact Settings

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  • new ventures
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
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