Built and tested front-end code for Expedia's mobile website.
Backbone was used to create re-usable interactive components throughout the site.
Developed a library of JSP tags that formed a front-end UI Toolkit,
giving back-end developers throughout the company the ability to
create clean, standards-compliant pages.
Wrote a complete suite of unit tests for the UI Toolkit framework,
including Jasmine tests for the JavaScript, and JUnit tests for
the Java components.
Developed front and back-end code as part of a small but tight-knit team of designers and developers.
Developed WrkView, a Ruby on Rails application for presenting design
compositions: www.wrkview.com.
Built and maintained Design Commission’s own UI Stencils website:
www.uistencils.com.
Wrote front and back-end code for Architects List, a stylish platform
for residential architecture firms in cities across the United States
to present their work: www.architectslist.com.
Worked on-site at Expedia for 5 months, helping them improve their
website by creating a lighter, more flexible library of front-end
styles and modules that follow the principle of “Object Oriented CSS”.
The Seattle Times
Contract Web Developer
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Technologies used: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
Improved the layout and functionality of the “NWhomes” and “NWautos”
tools while moving them from Moveable Type to Wordpress.
POP design + technology
Web Developer
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Technologies used: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
Developed and maintained front-end code for high-profile clients such
as Tully’s, Nintendo, Electronic Arts, Target, Microsoft, and the Metropolitan Opera.
Education
University of Washington
BS in Informatics
GPA 3.44 –
Coursework includes the study of information systems and technology with a
human-centered approach: Information System Design, Computer Networks,
Database Design, Information Retrieval Systems, Systems Analysis and Design,
and Information Management
Honors / Awards
Dean's List, UW
3 quarters
Washington State Honors Award (top 10% of high school graduating class)
