
Web User Interface Development Specialist
San Francisco Bay Area

Web User Interface Development Specialist
San Francisco Bay Area
Seasoned web developer and technical trainer with a special emphasis on developing standards compliant and accessible websites. Presently enrolled in an information science graduate program and researching aspects of human computer interaction and digital living.
Small team coordination, technical and non-technical liasoning, customer training and consulting, client-side web development in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, XML, XSLT and Dreamweaver, user interface and usability issues, usability research
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2001 — Present (8 years)
Provide hands-on computer training and individualized instruction in a variety of web technologies including XML, XSLT, Javascript, Ajax, Dreamweaver, CSS and HTML. Certified Adobe Instructor of Dreamweaver. Awarded overall best instructor of 2007. Author training materials for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Dreamweaver, XML, XSLT and other XML languages.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1999 — January 2001 (1 year 7 months)
Contracted on a variety of web development projects requiring both user interface as well as XML development. Specialized in highly accessible and standards compliant websites. Activities included information design, content editing & organization, user interface design, graphic design, HTML, CSS, XSL, XML, Javascript development and maintenance training.
(E-Learning industry)
September 1999 — June 2000 (10 months)
Managed the Creative team of 4 developers and designers. Worked with Product Directors & Marketing to develop use-cases, determine requirements, and create specifications documents. Implemented specifications employing appropriate technology & design - HTML/XSL/JSP. Collaborated with Engineering to architect XML specifications, develop DTD, and implement XSL. Responsible for creation of XML documents, training staff to work in XML, and developing administrative interfaces for web based data-entry.
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years)
Guided a small team in the redesign and overhaul of the primary UCSF website. Lead developer on implementation of the unviersity's first online daily, Daybreak. Coordinated the efforts of UCSF departmental web developers by offering training to new employees in HTML, CSS, JavaScript & graphics optimization. Singularly responsible for establishing regular university wide meetings of various department web developers, providing available templates and training to the university web workers, and offering outreach to departments seeking to establish a website.
(Publishing industry)
August 1995 — December 1996 (1 year 5 months)
Acted as marketing lead in the development of the initial website for this now defunct division of the McGraw-Hill Companies. Participated as the marketing product manager on the development of an educational website geared to kids 8-14.
MLIS, Information Science, 2006 — 2008
1988 — 1993