Rob Lifford

Current

• Senior Technologist at frog design
• freelance designer/developer at Zzang, Inc.

Past

• Interface Designer at Hoover's, Inc., a D&B Company
• Web Producer at Hoover's, Inc., a D&B Company
• Project Manager at Fernandez Group, Inc.

• English Instructor at Chosun University

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Education

• Cornell University

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog

Rob Lifford’s Summary

My career as a Web developer grew out of the interest I took in self-publishing my travels in Asia from 1998-2001, in the days before visual HTML editors and simple, free blogging tools. I'm still somewhat obsessed with potential of the Web to enrich all of our lives, and I believe we still have a very long way to go toward fulfilling that potential.

My only long-term career goal is to continue working in roles that emphasize creative thinking and for organizations that play a meaningful role in people's lives.

Rob Lifford’s Specialties:

Usability/user-centered design, accessible web development for users of assistive technologies, standards-compliant (X)HTML & CSS (including cross-browser CSS layouts), unobtrusive JavaScript interface enhancements (recent specialization with the jQuery library)

Rob Lifford’s Experience

• Senior Technologist

  frog design

  (Privately Held; Design industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

• freelance designer/developer

  Zzang, Inc.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2003 — Present (6 years 8 months)

• Interface Designer

  Hoover's, Inc., a D&B Company

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)

  November 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 2 months)

  Collaborate with product management, ad ops, and marketing departments to resolve interface requirements and approach for new development and enhancements to existing site. Create user flow diagrams, design wireframes, build graphical or HTML prototypes for usability testing, work with visual designers to arrive at finalized designs. Produce finalized designs as production-ready HTML, CSS, & JavaScript for CMS input or hand-off to back-end developers. Maintain internal documentation on design patterns and front-end code standards & techniques.

• Web Producer

  Hoover's, Inc., a D&B Company

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

  June 2004 — November 2006 (2 years 6 months)

• Project Manager

  Fernandez Group, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  March 2002 — June 2004 (2 years 4 months)

• English Instructor

  Chosun University

  (Privately Held; Higher Education industry)

  March 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 6 months)

Rob Lifford’s Education

• Cornell University

  Bachelor of Sciences , Communications, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences , 1992 — 1997

  Activities and Societies:

  Cornell Daily Sun (writer & copyeditor)

Additional Information

Rob Lifford’s Websites:

• My Blog

Rob Lifford’s Groups:

Central Texas Bluegrass Association, Refresh

•    Web Standards Design + Development

Rob Lifford’s Honors:

First place, AIR-Austin 2006 Stock Car category (team captain, The Dot-Comrades) -- a one-day competition that provides free websites for Austin non-profit organizations with a focus on accessible website construction

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