Clint Andrew Hall

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Clint Andrew Hall

Kansas City

MO

64110

USA

aboyjd@r.postjobfree.com://www.clintandrewhall.com

Currently a Senior Software Architect and Web Evangelist at Cerner Corporation, I am

consistently looking for an experience where I can grow and make a consistent contribution

to my team, our users and the web at large. Awards and Publications

Cerner Corporation

Kansas City, MO

2009 The Ajax Experience Lightning Round: Bootstrapping Web Pages for Accessibility

and Performance

2009 18th International World Wide Web Conference Developers Track: Bootstrapping Web

Pages for Accessibility and Performance

2009 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility: Web Presentation

Layer Bootstrapping for Accessibility and Performance

2007 Rich Web Experience: Prototyping and Component Rendering at Cerner Corporation

Rockhurst University

Kansas City, MO

2001 Featured in the KC/ACTF Tech Expo for excellence in Technical Theatre Design using

3D Computer Graphics.

1997-2001 Invited to the Festival of Student Achievement all four years at Rockhurst

for excellence in research.

1998-2001 Three-time KC/ACTFIrene Ryan Acting Scholarship Nominee for excellence in

Acting.

2000 Served on President s Commission for the Future Technology Advisory Committee.

1999 Recipient of the Rockhurst University Dean s Research Fellowship in 1999 for 3D

graphics research.

Siggraph 1999 International Conference

Featured speaker in the Playground and Classroom discussing the success of my 1997

and 1998 ThinkQuest websites in teaching, more specifically the use of 3D graphics

combined with Internet technology to teach difficult subjects to students of all ages.

ThinkQuest 1997 International Web Competition

Participated in the Thinkquest competition with Shakey s Place, a website about

Shakespeare featuring a 3D Globe Theatre. Placed Second in Arts and Literature category

totaling $48,000 in scholarships. Team Leader, designed interface and 3D graphics,

programmed Perl 5 scripts, designed HTML layout.

Education

Rockhurst University

Kansas City, MO

B.S. Computer Science

09/199708/2001

Earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science, with a minor in Theatre Arts,

attending on academic and theatre scholarships.

Experience

Cerner Corporation

Kansas City, MO

Web Evangelist10/2009Present

Web Evangelist responsible for promoting an agnostic, progressive enhancement web

philosophy for all web teams within Cerner. Also responsible for evaluating emerging web

technologies for potential inclusion in the stack, performing research and presenting

findings to the Cerner community and beyond, general code review and consulting projects,

and managing relationships with existing and potential partners and vendors.

Notable projects have included:

Development of an OpenID iPhone SDK, (similar to that of Facebook);

JSON-P redesign of existing semantic search web service;

Proscenium, an experimental technique for compiling templates into JavaScript libraries

for both client and server consumption;

Drinking the Progressive Enhancement Kool-aid series, introducing developers to a

strict PE philosophy;

Ownership of internal Web Development groups on uCern.com;

CSS/JS skin development supporting single codebase sites.

Software Architect03/200710/2009Presentation Architect within Cerner Healthe, (a consumer division within Cerner),

responsible for all aspects of the web presentation layer technology stack. Influenced and

interpreted visual design, delivering complete HTML, CSS and JS code for multiple

platforms (e.g. mobile, iPhone, desktop, etc) for more than six different solutions

impacting health and claims management, as well personal health record-keeping.

Credited with developing and implementing a comprehensive, browser agnostic web

philosophy responsible for a level of accessibility previously not possible for Cerner web

solutions.

Invented the Web Bootstrapper, a patent-pending technology that allows semantic web pages

to adapt to the heuristics of the device or platform on which it s being displayed. This

technology has since been utilized across the spectrum of Cerner solutions.

Served as a consultant and mentored engineers for multiple groups and product units in

web technology and development.

Sr. Software Engineer01/200503/2007

Presentation Architect over the ePrescribing (eRx) and Community Health Record (CHR)

solutions for the treatment of entire Medicare populations in several states. Duties

included interpreting functional requirements into a coherent user interface and visual

design. This was followed by deep technical design for implementation, including

proprietary, markup-producing Java Presentation Components, service facade usage, Struts

actions, Ajax, JavaScript, CSS, semantic HTML and cross-browser compatibility.

Proposed and spearheaded the New Navigation project, a radical redesign of the user

interface based on usability study and sales feedback. Wrangled module teams and

coordinated their workflow redesign from concept to deployment.

Developed architecture pattern discarding JSPs in favor of full modules of aggregate

presentation components, adding entire workflows to any WAR using standard J2EE and Struts

configuration. Approach was then adopted by all web solutions at Cerner.

Responsible for mentoring software engineers and other architects in semantic markup

practices and prudent JavaScript.

Application Developer10/200301/2005

Presentation layer developer for the Web Experience solution, specifically the Order

Management space. Designed, documented, and developed front-end user interfaces for order

placement, drug catalog browsing, proactive interaction checking and alerting.

Developed a reusable, component-based rendering system for the presentation layer. This

resulted in a dramatic 80% reduction in markup on JSPs and allowed for the inclusion of

order-specific constructs in other spaces with little code.

Considered Subject Matter Expert for presentation layer technologies, serving as a code

review agent for other associate and team-produced code. Taught multiple courses for new

and existing associates within the HR training framework.

Sprint

Overland Park, KS

Software Engineer II06/200310/2003

Transitioned from Accenture Outsourcing to Sprint PCS as a Software Engineer II. Member

of the Architecture team, responsible for applying design patterns, creating interfaces to

back-end applications, and overseeing code development across releases.

Accenture LLP

Overland Park, KS

Outsourced Analyst07/200106/2003

Employed as an Analyst in the Outsourcing organization for a number of client

engagements.

Wireless Telecom Engagement

Software engineer developing principal web-based Customer Care billing platform using

Java. Primary fix agent responsible for resolving defects throughout the delivery life-

cycle. Individually resolved over 200 test tickets for a large conversion release.

Long Distance Telecom Engagement

Responsible for monitoring load balance and processing time on Long Distance switches

through an SQL interface. Placed on-call to troubleshoot backlogged transactions across 14

different telecommunication applications.

Broadband Telecom Engagement

Responsible for analyzing new functionality and creating end-to-end test plans for all

development efforts involved. Coordinated multiple teams across the United States to

communicate test approach and obtain sign-off.

Skills

Technical

Highly proficient in all facets of web design, including:

Progressive Enhancement as philosophy,

browser interoperability and agnostics,

standards-based HTML design,

semantic markup,

CSS,

object-oriented and unobtrusive JavaScript,

Ajax techniques and patterns.

Comfortable functioning as both designer and engineer, delivering function and aesthetic

as well as technical approach.

Well-versed in the use of Java, J2EE, and the Jakarta Struts Framework, delivering

scalable, high-performance web solutions to remote clients on Weblogic, Websphere and

Oracle application servers.

Experience delivering code for production systems using Java, Perl, SQL, Visual Basic,

Cold Fusion, and C++.

Recent Skills Inventory

HTML (including HTML5)

CSS (including CSS3, WebKit extensions)

JavaScript

Node.js and CommonJS modules

Java, J2EE, Servlets, JSP

iPhone/Touch web development

WebOS and SDK

JavaScript Frameworks (e.g. jQuery, MooTools, Xui, Microframeworks, etc)

Personal

Active in local Theatre, including acting, directing and design.

Organizer of a weekly Geek Night consisting of local professionals collaborating on

various subjects and projects.

Volunteer for Young Friends of Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, including the

committee for Party Arty.

Active in multiple communities such as Social Media Club, Pecha Kucha, Startup Weekend,

etc.

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