Professional Experience

For the last seventeen years, I have worked for the following companies in and around the Twin Cities. My primary experience has been front end and responsive web development, but I have also worked in web design, provided efficiencies, and have given presentations on front end technologies including responsive web development in 2015. The information below discusses some of my responsbilities and the companies I have worked for.

The Creative Group

Constellation

Collegis Education

Three Deep Marketing

FindLaw - Thomson Reuters

May 2016 - Present

Front End Development Consultant

The Creative Group

With over 16 years of web development experience, I have created quality websites with an emphasis on detail that provide users a pleasant experience. I am very passionate about building interactive responsive websites using the latest web technologies. This provides added value to my clients and their customers on any internet device they use.

I am available for contract engagements through The Creative Group. We can help you achieve your business goals by providing you with the committed resources you need for projects such as web/mobile design and development, user experience and content management. Our Salaried Professional Service specializes in the placement of creative and marketing professionals like myself, on a long-term and project basis where continuity is essential, mitigating the risk of turnover during the engagement.

March 2017 - May 2017

Front End Developer

Constellation

Within Constellation Mutual, I provided services such as building the initial front end of their online forms. The goal was to convert pdf forms into online forms for a much better user experience.

I provided an interactive online calculation tool that provided users a cost estimate based on a couple of variables.

I built out MMIC's Risk Management Section for their new website that included numerous pages, provided filtering functionality, and utilizes some of the latest front end technologies.

Tools:

  • Bootstrap
  • jQuery/Javascript
  • Gulp
  • SASS
  • SVG
  • Material Icons
  • Many More

Project List:

  • MMIC Brand Refresh: Risk Management
  • MMIC Brand Refresh: Calculator Tool
  • MMIC Brand Refresh: Digital Forms

June 2016 - February 2017

Front End Developer

Collegis Education

Providing support for multiple clients including, Rasmussen College, Rasmussen Nursing Programs, and Saint George's University. Support included Front End Development, jQuery UI Development Support.

jQuery Support include building out slide out menus, building custom accordions, and working on a tuition calculator.

Provided on-boarding documentation for the front end development team which provides efficiency gains for new hires.

Implemented new Front End Workflow from PHP to .NET bridging the gab between front and back end development teams as well as presented to the team on the transition. This has provided added value to the company:

  • Significant time reduction between front and back end hand off.
  • Faster release of web assets
  • More collaboration between front and back end developers
  • Growing the development team's skill set that can improve their career

Gained professional experience working with the Umbraco and Wordpress Content Management Systems.

Implementation of CRM campaigns with Visual Website Optimizer (VWO) including A/B and Multivariate testing. Wrote training documentation for other teams to quickly become familiar with the tool.

Technologies:

  • Grunt
  • Gulp
  • .NET/Umbraco
  • Wordpress
  • VWO
  • HTML5/CSS3
  • jQuery/Javascript
  • Responsive Web Development

Project List:

  • Saint George's University: UI Development
  • Rasmussen College
  • A/B Testing
  • .NET Workflow / Umbraco

August 2014 - May 2016

Senior Web Developer

Three Deep Marketing

  • Primary front end developer for multiple Red Wing Shoe landing page campaigns which resulted in high ROI
  • Development for Carnation Breakfast Essentials Responsive Website
  • Developed company's home page including functionality
  • Wrote documentation for the company to improve efficiency
  • Company wide presentation on Responsive Development Best Practices
  • Assisted in designing assets where appropriate including ebooks
  • Work with a variety of platforms including Wordpress, Crossfuse(proprietary CMS), and Umbraco
  • Certified in Umbraco
  • Coached a colleague to help him pass his Google certification exam.
  • Inherited Lindus Construction and their dealers websites
  • Integrated Salesforce into Wordpress which includes enabling email notifications to the dealers
  • Front end build of a work request portal for team members to submit requests to multiple teams via Kanbanize
  • Responsible for many front end related tasks using HTML, CSS, Javascript, and jQuery for well known brands

Project List:

  • Nestle Products (Meals.com)
  • Red Wing Shoes
  • Carnation Breakfast Essentials
  • Three Deep Marketing Website
  • Leafguard Gutters
  • Behr

January 2000 - August 2014

Front End Developer

Thomson Reuters - FindLaw

  • Build of responsive websites for clients using a combination of HTML, CSS, jQuery/Javascript
  • Ensure Cross-browser and device compatibility
  • Provide recommendations for quality responsive websites to design when appropriate
  • Performed web maintenance and enhancements
  • Worked within a pilot project to design and develop websites for our clients which provides value and efficiency
  • Provided efficiency gains working with Moveable Type Blog integrations.

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