Ryan Orr

Current

• User Interface Engineering Manager at Apple

Past

• Senior User Interface Engineer at Apple, Inc.
• Web UI Technical Lead at Revolution Health Group
• Software Engineer at HealthTrio, Inc.

• Web Design & E-Commerce at DG Wear, Inc.

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Education

• University of Arizona

Recommended

12 people have recommended Ryan

Connections

108 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• Where I work.
• My Blog

Ryan Orr’s Summary

Web standards evangelist with a passion for unique and eye catching web design and the solutions that allow the designs to render properly in all browsers.

Ryan Orr’s Specialties:

Web Standards, XHTML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, PHP, SQL, UNIX Shell languages

Ryan Orr’s Experience

• User Interface Engineering Manager

  Apple

  (Public Company; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)

  February 2009 — Present (10 months)

  Technologies: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ruby, Subversion, TextMate & Adobe CS4 Suite
  
  I manage people who build things that others blog and Twitter about.

• Senior User Interface Engineer

  Apple, Inc.

  (Computer Hardware industry)

  November 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 4 months)

  Technologies: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ruby, Subversion, TextMate & Adobe CS3 Suite
  
  I built things that others blog and Twitter about.

• Web UI Technical Lead

  Revolution Health Group

  (Privately Held; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  January 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 10 months)

  Technologies: Ruby on Rails, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript (Prototype & Script.aculo.us libraries), Subversion, TextMate & Adobe CS3 Suite
  
  Guided Web UI team from the concept stage through a functional prototype and into the final design and build out. Wrote and maintained Ruby on Rails & JavaScript UI helpers to uphold consistent XHTML markup across the site.

• Software Engineer

  HealthTrio, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  April 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 9 months)

  Technologies: Java, ColdFusion MX, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, CVS, Eclipse & Adobe CS Suite.
  
  Transitioned a legacy table based layout to a W3C validating XHTML & CSS based design. Wrote and maintained Java based services.

• Web Design & E-Commerce

  DG Wear, Inc.

  (Consumer Goods industry)

  July 2002 — April 2003 (10 months)

  Technologies: Java, ColdFusion 5, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Eclipse & Adobe Photoshop 7
  
  Created website layout and implemented an electronic commerce engine for medium sized clothing and jewelry retailer

Ryan Orr’s Education

• University of Arizona

  BS , Psychology & Computer Science , 2000 — 2004

Additional Information

Ryan Orr’s Websites:

• Where I work.
• My Blog

Ryan Orr’s Groups:

W3C HTML5 Working Group as an Invited Expert, Refresh DC

•    University of Arizona Alumni
•    Apple Professionals
•    Refresh - Promoting design, technology,and usability.
•    Apple - Current and Former Employees
•    Web Standards Design + Development

Ryan Orr’s Contact Settings

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