*rd Joe *Sepi* Crane-MessinaSr. JavaScript Engineer at New York Times Digital
Location
Greater New York City Area
Industry
Internet
Overview
Current
Sr. JavaScript Engineer at New York Times Digital
Consultant at Standards and Deviations Inc
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Past
Lead Developer at Credit Suisse
Director of Mobile Development at Skedge.me
Sr. Web Developer at Ogilvy Interactive
Sr. Front End Web Developer at Pronto
Front End Lead Developer at Sears Holdings Corporation
New Media Director at Origin Marketing and Communications
Web developer at Shure Incorporated
Entrepreneur at Wrectangular Design
Writer at HardRoad.com
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Education
Mac University
Recommendations
4 people have recommended Joe *Sepi*
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Websites
Personal Website
Company Website
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Public Profile
http://www.linkedin.com/in/joesepi
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Summary
Versatile, creative client-side web development professional possesses leadership
experience and excellent communication skills with a keen eye for detail and a penchant
for clean, well-written code. Diverse background includes project management, design,
accessibility, SEO, writing, editing, print, technical training and presentations.
Specialties
web wizardry and markup magic.
Experience
Sr. JavaScript Engineer
New York Times Digital
Public Company; 201-500 employees; NYT; Online Media industry
January 2012 Present (8 months) Greater New York City Area
ConsultantStandards and Deviations Inc.
February 2011Present (1 year 7 months) Greater New York City Area
Lead Developer
Credit Suisse
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; CS; Banking industry
March 2011January 2012 (11 months) New York, NY
Lead a team of consultants and contractors to port an existing desktop application to
the web
Design and code JavaScript APIs to allow content managers to create analytics charts,
grids and detail components within the new CS+ portal framework
Establish an environment where JavaScript configuration objects could reside on a file
system outside of our development codebase that could then be loaded (dynamically),
edited, created and maintained by resources outside of our development team
Incorporate the Asynchronous Module Definition pattern (AMD) using RequireJS
Implement development conventions and practices and train and support team members who
contribute to our content network
Maintain a Behavior Driven Development (BDD) testing structure using Jasmine
Deliver content components as a part of a portal built using ExtJS, including: support
for inter-widget communication, use of a pub/sub bus system, and interaction with a full
featured portal JS API
Consult on design decisions and offer experienced UI opinions and suggestions
Develop code using emerging technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, ES5, CoffeeScript, Node,
Stylus, UglifyJS, Closure and more
Director of Mobile Development
Skedge.me
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry
February 2010 February 2011 (1 year 1 month)
The next generation of cloud calendaring software built for business and education;
powered by a full-featured website, an embeddable widget and a cross-platform mobile app
www.skedgeme.com
- Manage a team of off-site developers to create and continually enhance a cross-platform
mobile application built using the Titanium Developer product
- Review and contribute code to the mobile development process
- Design and mock-up (Photoshop comps and/or prototype code) new features or improvements
to current functionality for our mobile offerings and web applications
- Maintain a full-featured online web application that was originally built using the
Zapatec JS framework (we believe that Google Calendar was created using Zapatec as its
base)
- Extend the core features of our web application using custom, hand-written JavaScript,
supported by the jQuery framework
- Develop code using emerging technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3
- Contribute to the middle tier and back end code using the Grails dynamic language web
framework for the JVM
- Establish a set of front end standards and best practices
- Mentor other developers in using clean, scalable, reusable, OO front end code
Sr. Web Developer
Ogilvy Interactive
Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry
December 2009February 2010 (3 months)
-- Develop sites and other online assets for highly trafficked and well established
companies
-- Work collaboratively as a part of small Agile development groups
-- Create code from specifications, wireframes and requirements documentation
-- Mentor other developers in front end development standards and best practices
Sr. Front End Web Developer
Pronto
Public Company; 51-200 employees; iaci; Internet industry
November 2008November 2009 (1 year 1 month)
In addition to establishing guidelines and standards for the front end team, I also built
the front end code-base from the ground up when verticalizing the Pronto.com experience
into three targeted micro-sites:
www.prontostyle.com / www.prontotech.com / www.prontohome.com
Front End Lead Developer
Sears Holdings Corporation
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; SHLD; Retail industry
September 2007 October 2008 (1 year 2 months)
Led the front-end team in a Agile environment on their flagship site, ManageMyHome.com
which was the first large-scale web application to incorporate JRuby on Rails into a large
JAVA project and we achieved excellent results; Also developed standards and guidelines
for producing a feature-rich website with semantic markup and progressive enhancement.
Joe *Sepi* has 3 recommendations (3 co-workers) including:
3rd Frederick P., Senior Consultant, Obtiva
3rd Dan N.,
Front End Development Team Lead, Sears
New Media DirectorOrigin Marketing and Communications20062007 (1 year)
-- Worked with broad spectrum of clients on e-commerce sites, flash assets, email
campaigns and content management systems
-- Created and maintained sites using XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and ASP
-- Utilized Flash and Actionscripting for rich Internet application development
-- Managed and administered email, web and repository servers (Mac and PC platforms)
-- Edited video, produced print materials and promotional deliverables, and implemented
SEO strategies
Web developerShure Incorporated
Privately Held; Myself Only; Consumer Electronics industry
20022004 (2 years)
Entrepreneur
Wrectangular Design
19992004 (5 years)
WriterHardRoad.com
20002001 (1 year)
Skills & Expertise
CSS
JavaScript
jQuery
Web Development
Web Applications
HTML5
HTML
PHP
SEO
Agile
User Experience
User Interface Design
OOP
Social Media
Web Design
AJAX
Programming
Photoshop
XHTML
Architecture
Wordpress
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Education
Mac University
Web Mastery, Web Development
2000 2001
Joe *Sepi* has 1 recommendation including:
3rd Andrew V., 2D Animation/ Video, Advanced Design, Web Instructor, American Academy of
Art
Recommendations For Joe *Sepi*
Front End Lead Developer
Sears Holdings Corporation
Joe is a first-rate web craftsman, natural leader, and purveyor of clean, semantic
markup and open standards. I enthusiastically recommend Joe for any position of front-end
technical leadership. July 4, 2011
3rd Frederick P., Senior Consultant, Obtiva
worked directly with Joe *Sepi* at Sears Holdings Corporation
Joe's a top notch front end developer who always provides great quality and value to
projects.
A great guy to work with because you're constantly learning how to do better work
yourself. November 30, 2009
3rd Dan N., Front End Development Team Lead, Sears
worked directly with Joe *Sepi* at Sears Holdings Corporation
Joe has the passion and drive to be the best. He has the skills and experience that
makes him more than qualified for any front end position. July 16, 2009
3rd Mat B., Front End Team Lead, Sears Holdings
worked directly with Joe *Sepi* at Sears Holdings Corp.
Student
Mac University
Joe is a very reliable and hard working. He is constantly learning and developing new
avenues in the web media industry. September 3, 2008
3rd Andrew V., 2D Animation/ Video, Advanced Design, Web Instructor, American Academy of
Art,
studied with Joe *Sepi* at Mac University
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