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Well-Educated and Experienced Web Developer

 
Title Well-Educated and Experienced Web Developer
Category Cars & Trucks, Etc. : American : Ford
Created 03/15/06
Description
Theodore Weatherly, III
402 Cole St.· San Francisco, CA 94117 · 415-637-8828 (C) · tweather@alum.mit.edu · http://www.tedweatherly.com
Objective Seeking challenging employment position within the city of San Francisco designing and developing graphical user interfaces with a strong emphasis on usability.
Summary Well-educated graphical front-end engineer with 7+ years of industry experience implementing human-computer interfaces. Considerable experience at developing web applications on multiple levels, from designing web graphics and layouts, to programming Servlet/CGI functionality, to constructing and updating database tables. Familiar with a wide range of web development and design technologies. Passionate about creating user interfaces that are simple, usable, and highly effective.
Skills
  • Programming Languages/Concepts: Java, Servlets, Swing, Perl, Lisp, DOM, C, JavaMail
  • Web Languages: HTML, XML, XSL/XSLT/XPATH, JSP, PHP, JavaScript, DHTML, CSS
  • Web Frameworks: Jakarta Turbine, Jakarta Velocity, Java Server Faces (JSF)
  • Database Technologies: JDBC, PL/SQL, MySQL, Oracle 9i, MS Access, OpenLDAP
  • Graphics/Animation: Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Director, Shockwave, Flash, RoboDemo
  • Web Servers: Netscape Enterprise Server, Resin, Apache
  • Editors/IDEs: Emacs, Eclipse, NetBeans, Visual Café, Visual C++, HomeSite
  • Version Control: Perforce, Visual Source Safe, RCS, CVS
  • Operating Systems: Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows 98/NT/2000/XP
Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 08/1999 - 08/2000
Masters of Engineering degree received in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Master's thesis entitled “A Web-Based Usability Tool for Assessment of Small-Screen GUIs”.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 08/1995 - 08/1999
Bachelor of Science degree received in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Experience Sendmail, Inc., Software Engineer 06/2003 - 02/2006
Lead user interface developer for Message Organizer (MO), a web-accessible management console allowing users to create complex mail-handling rules for incoming messages. Sole user interface designer for Sendmail Sentrion™, a secure, easy-to-use mail appliance. Accomplishments:
  • Utilized the Jakarta Turbine servlet framework to develop web form submission logic.
  • Maintained Java JNDI logic used to authenticate users and retrieve data from an LDAP server.
  • Designed and implemented XML display templates which, when combined with various XSL stylesheets, produced Jakarta Velocity templates used to render HTML web pages.
  • Programmed browser-side form validation and DHTML logic using JavaScript.
  • Wrote automated JUnit tests to simulate web-user interaction and validate application functionality.
  • Used JavaMail to provide webmail functionality by reading and displaying mail messages stored in an IMAP server.
  • Conducted company-wide demonstrations to highlight new product features.
  • Communicated with product management and engineering departments to gather and clarify marketing requirements for Sentrion™.
  • Designed all 100+ web pages for Sentrion™ based on the finalized list of marketing requirements.
  • Assisted in the development JSF pages for Sentrion™.
CoroSoft, Inc., User Interface Engineer 12/2002 - 06/2003
Contributed to the development and marketing of CoroSoft Director™ and CoroSoft Traffic Manager™, two datacenter automation software products for Linux. Co-owner of the web interface components for these products. Accomplishments:
  • Provided immediate development and testing help necessary to complete the initial version of CoroSoft Director™ by its assigned deadline (02/2003).
  • Designed new web pages for querying, submitting, and displaying datacenter automation data, and revised navigation, layout, and presentation of existing web pages to improve aesthetics and usability.
  • Developed client-side JavaScript code to update and validate web form data.
  • Wrote Perl scripts to process CGI requests and output web page data.
  • Outlined and produced Flash-animated demos to showcase key features of CoroSoft Director™.
  • Enhanced the Java Swing GUI for our policy engine demo application using NetBeans IDE.
  • Designed corporate and product banner images using Adobe Photoshop.
  • Communicated with team members to define inter-component exchange of data via XML.
NexTag, Inc., Web Application Developer 07/2002 - 11/2002
Primary owner of all front-end and user-interface related issues for Nextag.com. Accomplishments:
  • Drafted user interface specs, along with HTML mockups, for new features added our site.
  • Wrote and maintained HTML/Java code in JSP files to satisfy necessary changes to the NexTag site.
  • Developed Java business logic to interact with the site's JSP presentation layer.
  • Constructed database tables and SQL queries to store and retrieve user feedback data.
  • Communicated with co-workers in sales, marketing, and engineering to complete necessary tasks.
  • Designed a variety of dynamic ad prototypes using Adobe Photoshop to attract traffic to our site.
  • Converted these dynamic ad designs from Photoshop images to HTML and, ultimately, to JSP.
  • Generated reports of web server log data using WebTrends (a log-analysis program) in order to understand server statistics, visitor demographics and visitor navigation patterns.
  • Organized and administered usability sessions with sample users to collect feedback on our site.
  • Interpreted user feedback and log analysis reports to identify usability problems with our site and formulate solutions to these problems.
Slam Dunk Networks, Web Developer 09/2000 - 07/2002
Sole owner of the front-end component of the Slam Dunk Networks portal. Accomplishments:
  • Developed, enhanced, and maintained Java Servlet code to manage interaction between a user's web browser and our various back-end data storage components.
  • Designed web pages to query, submit, and display network and account information.
  • Developed client-side JavaScript code to validate web browser requests and submissions.
  • Cooperated with team members to establish XML communication protocols between the front-end and back-end components.
  • Wrote XSL stylesheets to convert XML response data to HTML.
  • Restructured code and improved GUI layout for the Unwrap Tool, a Java Swing application.
  • Developed Java application code and shell scripts to install and configure the Unwrap Tool using InstallShield.
  • Conducted user interviews to collect usability feedback on the portal's user interface.
  • Improved and redesigned web pages based on user feedback and basic usability guidelines so as to ensure user efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction.
SiPix Imaging, Inc., Graphical Software Engineer and Network Administrator 11/1999 - 07/2000
Graduate student intern. Accomplishments:
  • Applied human-computer interaction research toward the design of GUIs for digital devices.
  • Wrote C code to program these GUI's into devices using Cygnus eCos.
  • Administered the SiPix computer systems network, backboned by a Linux file server.
Computer Software Incorporated, Web Developer 06/1998 - 08/1998
Contract employee for Ford Motor Company's Quality Management division. Accomplishments:
  • Generated Perl CGI scripts to query Oracle databases and collect buyer survey feedback.
  • Established a searchable web site to let employees view, insert, and comment on vehicle part rules.
  • Composed Shockwave movies to outline automobile design styling guidelines.
Hobbies DJ'ing and listening to electronic music, basketball, running.
References Available upon request.
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