I have worked at the cutting edge of the web for more than a decade from the portal days to social networks and social gaming, in startups at every stage as well as large organizations. An inventor at heart, I am passionate about building out enjoyable new experiences. Experience- Managing projects and small teams, estimating and delegating tasks.
- Planning product, documenting requirements and specifications, flow-charting and wire-framing.
- Prototyping, researching and developing new technology with unknown hurdles. Reverse-engineering sites in the wild.
- Building dynamic UI with a real-world approach to standards, agents and devices, backed with tools for content and analytics.
- Writing, testing and releasing re-usable, maintainable code to millions of users in short cycles.
- Integrating social platforms, third party API's, ad tags, virtual goods, transactions, videos, etc.
- Evolving and monetizing existing product through cautious data-driven iteration, A-B testing and analytics.
- Refactoring legacy code incrementally with short-term work-arounds followed by robust solutions.
- Internationalizing code as it is written.
- Debugging and fire-fighting across the stack.
- Supporting sensitive major brands and clients: Coca-Cola, Skittles, Nike, T-Mobile, CBS, SONY, American Idol, MTV.
Skills- LAMP, PHP, HTML5, CSS3, canvas, javascript, jQuery, Java/JSP, Flash AS3, ssh/emacs, github/svn/cvs, regex, JSONP, HTTP, XSS, memcached, membase, OAuth, curl.
- Social platform API's (Facebook, Open Social, MySpace, Twitter), widgets, gadgets.
- Cross-platform "hybrid" mobile web apps.
- Media syndication and analytics, podcasting, XML/MRSS.
- Foundation in digital arts, Photoshop & video post production.
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