Alan Werstler Jr.

Seattle, WA

206-***-****

ad2osw@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.guicoder.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/werstler/

Objective:

Front-end engineer with expertise in React, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS. Skilled in developing engaging web applications with a focus on user experience, responsive design and WCAG. Seeking a Front-end role to leverage my skills in creating impactful and intuitive user interfaces.

Primary Development Skills

Extensive experience coding:

oHTML5, CSS3, XHTML

oJavaScript

oTypescript

oXML, JSON

JavaScript frameworks:

oReact

oAngularJS 1 and 2.

ojQuery

oD3.js

Responsive Design.

Consuming REST API's using OData.

Experience developing in .NET, MVC, and Azure cloud computing0 environments.

Jest and Jasmine unit tests in React.

Agile development experience.

Bootstrap and CSS Pre-Processors: SASS, LESS

Visual Studio, VS Code.

Git and SVN version control.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards.

oImplementing ARIA best practice and semantic markup.

oTesting with screen readers like Narrator and JAWS.

oTesting with Accessibility Insights for the web and ANDI in browser developer tools.

UX and UI Proficiencies:

Ability to analyze business requirements and implement sound engineering solutions: Translating complicated visual designs from wireframes, redlines, and PSDs into pixel-perfect hand-coded HTML/CSS.

Strong eye for UI design: Utilizing tools like Photoshop and Figma to create wireframes and ensure visually appealing user interfaces.

Collaboration and team-oriented: Proven experience collaborating across multiple functional/technical teams and actively participating in paired programming and code reviews.

Awareness of web standards and best practices: Strong understanding of web standards, semantically correct markup, WCAG standards and SEO best practices.

Quick learner and adaptability: Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly and apply new knowledge to deliver business solutions effectively.

Employment History:

Front End Engineer II

Microsoft June 2019 – May 2023

Cloud + AI

Designed and developed interactive dashboards reporting Microsoft Partner earnings, payments, and transactions data.

Dashboards consumed multiple RESTful APIs enabling users to view, filter and download their data.

Developed dashboards in a SPA format using React functional components and Hooks with D3.js data visualizations including pie charts, line charts, and bar chart components and paginated and sortable tables.

oImplemented routing, and built components like the date picker component, table component, form components and tooltip component.

oMigrated original reporting dashboard code base from Angular 1.3 to React.

Developed internal configuration tool using React and Typescript consuming Restful APIs to fetch and update partner data. This internal configuration tool was built using a Micro-frontend architecture implementing shared code and component libraries created and maintained and consumed across multiple teams. The configuration tool set boundaries for user engagement in reselling Microsoft products.

WCAG standards applied to user interface.

oI provided feedback to the Design team on the UX that impacted the accessibility of the new features on web pages. I updated the partner center shared component library to provide accessible React components to all teams consuming components in the shared library. I consulted with the Microsoft Accessibility team to arrive at solutions to complex accessibility problems.

oI created new features and web pages with Accessibility Insights for the Web tool to surface bugs before deployment and reduce bug count in future accessibility audits.

Multi team collaboration utilizing shared code and component libraries.

Tech stack: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript, React, C# .NET, Azure.

Web Developer II

Microsoft contract - Collabera May 2018 – June 2019

Redmond Washington

•Created interactive dashboard consumed multiple RESTful APIs reporting partner earnings payments and transactions data.

•Developed SPA dashboards in Angular 1, and D3.js data visualizations.

•Added Features:

oRepurposed code base from Microsoft Store reporting to Microsoft Partner reseller reporting.

oApplication enabled users to view, filter and download their data.

oCreated new Earnings, Payments and Transactions history reporting pages using AngularJS 1.3 to business and design specifications.

oCreated and implemented D3 components: pie chart, line chart, bar chart and paginated and sortable tables.

•Multi team collaboration utilizing shared code libraries.

•Tech stack: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS 1, D3.js, C# .NET, Azure.

Web Developer II

Microsoft contract - Collabera April 2016 – October 2017

Redmond Washington

Created analytics dashboards for Microsoft developer center. These dashboards provided purchase data including acquisitions, usage, health, reviews, ratings, and revenue data for developers selling their applications in the Microsoft Universal Store. These charts could be filtered and updated in real time.

Presented reports in a SPA format using JavaScript, CSS and HTML utilizing JavaScript frameworks AngularJS 1.6, D3.js and Underscore.js.

Developed analytics dashboard pages with new design that was presented at Microsoft Build 2017.

Multi team collaboration utilizing shared code base.

Tech stack: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS 1, D3.js C# .NET, Azure.

UI Developer

Microsoft contract - Neudesic

Seattle, WA 98104 October 2015 – March 2016

Contributing developer of the new Eatingwell.com. Eatingwell.com was owned by the parent company All Recipes. Project was to repurpose and optimize All Recipes code base for Eatingwell.com.

Primarily worked with C# MVC 5 .NET creating the controller for the recipe page.

Hand coded HTML 5, CSS3 and Sass in building and styling views for Eatingwell.com detail recipe page.

Tech stack: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS 1, Razor MVC, C# .NET.

UX Developer

Microsoft contract - iSoftstone April 2015 – October 2015

Developed UI for Microsoft Dev center. These web pages provided information for Microsoft partners reselling Microsoft products as well as reported customer earnings.

Tech stack: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Knockout.js in an MVC Razor, C# .NET.

UI Developer

Microsoft contract - ADITI September 2013 – September 2014

Developed marketing pages for Microsoft Office Product Marketing Group.

Tech stack: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Presentation Layer Developer

SapientRazorfish February 2008 – February 2013

Seattle, WA

Took ownership developing the UI for highly visible online brands.

Lead developer for form validation for www.chase.com customer online banking working with the accessibility team to provide a user experience implementing best practices.

Contributing developer for the 2010 redesign of www.microsoft.com.

Developed numerous flash banners for Bing.com and Nike and Miller Coors digital ad campaigns.

Front end developer lead for Microsoft Office 2010 marketing web site.

Tech stack: HTML, CSS and JavaScript, C# .NET.

Web Developer

Worktank

Seattle, Washington February 2006 – November 2007

Developed online registration pages capturing customer data.

Created and maintained email newsletters.

Member of team who received 2006 WEBAWARD For Outstanding Achievement in Web Development http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=6893

Web Developer

Smart Department Coinstar Inc. contract

Bellevue Washington August 2005 - December 2005

Designed and developed HTML/CSS styling the appearances of Coinstar kiosk user Interface.

CSS formatted over 600 screens in American English, United Kingdom English, Spanish and Canadian French.

Graphics production, image optimization and photo editing.

Education:

North Seattle Community College Web Developer Certificate program. (Course work - no degree)

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown Pa. Core Art. 128 credits. No degree.

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