ELECTROFANS.COM

Founder, CEO, CTO

February 2013 - present (1.75 years) - San Francisco, CA


COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Online community, music discovery, and news portal for electronic music fans.

WORK OVERVIEW:
Developed complete front-to-back end, integrated web platform that includes: content management system (data entry, editing, and publishing), online community (user profile creation, customizable playlists, messaging and instant notifications, extensible asynchronous posting and commenting system), multi-category internal search engine, inclusion of data from several different API sources, and internal analytics reporting. Responsive design for desktop/mobile-based browsers.

SCRIPTING LANGUAGES:
PHP/MySQL, JavaScript, HTML(5), XML, CSS(3), Facebook/SoundCloud/YouTube/Songkick API

ACHIEVEMENTS:
Grew social media following to over 1,500 in roughly 6-8 months. Established strong ties with several key electronic music producers and record labels. Set up promotional music giveaway campaigns.

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EMBEE MOBILE

Software Engineer

November 2010 - February 2013 (2.5 years) - San Francisco, CA


COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
San Francisco startup with a Facebook application-based, virtual currency/redemption platform providing prepaid cellphone customers in nearly 100 countries with free airtime, giftcards, and other incentives for participating in sponsored surveys and other crowdsourcing tasks.

WORK OVERVIEW:
Developed and enhanced several MVC application features and admin tools, resolved bugs, wrote database queries, dealt with security and user fraud-related issues. Maintained rigorous adherence to coding standards, testing/test-case writing, and bug reporting.

SCRIPTING LANGUAGES:
PHP/MySQL, JavaScript, HTML(5), CSS(3), Facebook API

ACHIEVEMENTS:
#3 technical person in company (liaison between CTO and QA team). Handled issues such as: region- and phone carrier-specific requirements (international phone number format validation, integration of Spanish and Thai-language branches of application, etc), "Birthday Bonus" feature awarded to Facebook app users on their birthday, and many others. Edited and updated corporate website. Produced all graphics needed by company.

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FREELANCE/WEB CONTRACTOR PROJECTS

Web Developer & Designer

November 2001 - November 2010 (9 years) - San Francisco, CA/East Lansing, MI

FEATURED PROJECTS:

GAP CASTING CALL (July - September 2010)
Member of lead development team that created GapCastingCall.com, a consumer-facing web application site that allowed users to vote on and submit photos of children wearing babyGap/GapKids clothing. [HTML, CSS, JavaScript, .jsp]

JPOPEXPRESS.COM (2001 - 2010)
Japanese entertainment portal site featuring shopping, news, and interactive Web community. Focused on all aspects of Japanese pop-culture, including pop/rock music, animation, games, toys, movies, and more [customized Wordpress theme]

AGGRENOTE.COM (2010)
Collaborative note-taking system for attendees at events [HTML, CSS, Twitter OAuth]

SFTOSHARE.COM (2010)
San Francisco location-based review sharing engine [PHP/MySQL, JavaScript, Google Maps API]


WORK OVERVIEW:
Several website re-designs, additions, feature enhancements. WordPress/Joomla theme customization and edits.

SCRIPTING LANGUAGES:
PHP/MySQL, JavaScript, HTML(5), CSS(3), Facebook/Google Maps API, Twitter OAuth

ACHIEVEMENTS:
At Jpopexpress.com, maintained a steady growth rate of 50% for three consecutive quarters in 2007 across multiple sales channels: music CDs, animation/movie DVDs, video games, posters, toys and figures. Increased traffic to ten times the level of unique monthly visitors from January to July 2005, with a peak Alexa ranking among top 180,000 sites on the Internet.

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BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN

Webmaster, National Accounts Marketing & Sales Department

November 2000 - November 2001 (1 year) - Southfield, MI


COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Michigan branch of Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance company

WORK OVERVIEW:
Responsible for developing, updating, and documenting content for all aspects of departmental intranet. Created custom graphics.

SCRIPTING LANGUAGES:
HTML, JavaScript, CSS

ACHIEVEMENTS:
Compiled a 146-page "Web Workbook" to instruct employees how to handle basic Web-related tasks themselves. Created a detailed site map of entire structure of Web site. Completed a customized, JavaScript-based shopping cart-style application intended for Account Managers' internal use to order materials and track cost.

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C.L.E.A.R. (Center for Language Education and Research)

Web Consultant

Summer 1999, Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI

WORK OVERVIEW:
Provided training to foreign language instructors on how to incorporate Internet technologies in their classes by designing Web pages and activities.

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Lansing Community College

1999 - 2003, Lansing Community College - Lansing, MI

Computer coursework (Java, Visual Basic, Oracle database systems, Internet/Web design-related courses)

Aquent Partners: Springboard Program

Summer 2000, Aquent Partners - Boston, MA.

Intensive two-week course for Web development: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, CGI, DHTML, Photoshop