Front End Engineer at Yahoo!
Greater Los Angeles Area
Front End Engineer at Yahoo!
Greater Los Angeles Area
Having been developing web applications for the past four years has taught me a lot about the quality and dedication needed to create projects that engage users. Working with product managers, software engineers and designers has instilled in me a profound desire to communicate with team members to ensure successfully completed projects.
Semantic HTML/XHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, Ajax, PHP, Accessibility, Search Engine Optimization, Site Performance, Cross Browser Development, YUI Library, Rest API.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; YHOO; Internet industry)
January 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)
Worked on the Yahoo News team to create complex dynamic web applications for over 45 million users that viewed our web pages per month. Improved the original News code base to enhance user accessibility and site performance. Developed robust applications that could be used cross properties. Created side projects that included two portable news badges and a simple submit image uploader tool. Mentored fellow team members to ensure a smooth transition into News development.
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
January 1998 — Present (10 years 9 months)
Owner and day to day maintainer of MIDI Delight Ringtones; free downloadable ringtones for mobile phones. Built the site infrastructure using PHP and MySQL from scratch. Used Front End technologies including semantic HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML and Search Engine Optimization to provide users with a one stop resource for all things ringtone related. Developed a community based social network to allow users to build profiles and share ringtones with each other.
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
September 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 4 months)
Worked on advanced e-shopping website built using Coldfusion and ASP. Created and maintained HTML, CSS and JavaScript functionality. Designed interactive flash video players for user engagement and built complex code to enhance the website search engine.
2000 — 2004
web applications, bicycling, basketball