jakefarmer

aboz9t@r.postjobfree.com

skills

application UI design, prototyping, development,

for web and client-server

website design and development, client and backend

graphic design, digital natural-media illustration,

photo correction and restoration, image optimization

product management, strategic business consulting,

expert knowledge transfer

custom reporting, relational databases

full project lifecycle experience:

tactical and strategic needs analysis, hiring, requirements gathering,

functional and technical specifications, use-cases, wireframes,

prototyping, usability testing, coding, implementation, support,

technical and user documentation, help systems, train-the-trainer

expert, hand-coded XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML/DOM,

abstraction of presentation from structure

classically trained musician, keyboards, voice; composition,

performance, digital sequencing, notation

tools

applications & prototyping:

expert: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript; experienced: PHP, JSP, Java, C, Delphi, VB

design:

expert: Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter; experienced: Flash, TurboCAD; some: Premiere,

After Effects

DB & reporting:

experienced: SQL; XML, XSLT; Oracle, MySQL, Access, RDB; Crystal Reports, NetCharts;

some: Business Objects

music:

experienced: Digital Performer, Finale, MIDI sampling workstations/synthesizers

experience

(*contract)

Woody Creek Pictures*

Seattle, WA

2009.09 - presentweb designer-developer

design business website (development pending) design, edit, administer multi-media

blog (PHP, HTML, CSS)

Maxager/Outperformance*

San Rafael, CA

2007.08 - 2009.01UI designer web designer-developer

designed, prototyped UI redesign for web-based reporting and charting developed

graphics, some client-side code for elected designs (DHTML, JavaScript, CSS) evaluated

tools for RIA enhancement

Woody Creek Pictures*

Seattle, WA

2005.11 - 2006.06web designer-developer

designed, developed website for critically acclaimed film The Heart of the Game

released by Miramax (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP)

Mellon Financial*

San Francisco, CA

2004.11 - 2005.06UI designer web developer

led UI redesign of large web-based transaction and reporting application (XHTML, CSS,

JavaScript)

initially storyboarded and coded UI enhancements to existing legacy system then

redesigned and coded system UI for new look and feel, navigation scheme, considerable

new/changed functionality abstracted presentation to CSS to simplify code changes by

backend development team technical documentation

Microsoft*

Redmond, WA

2004.05 - 2004.11UI designer web developer product manager

redesigned website UI for educational portal defined repository and metadata strategy

for programmatic page presentation and search/browse functionality

defined product strategy for document management and routing/approval workflow

considering legacy system utilization, 3rd party software evaluations, and custom

development

created Access database and custom reports from XML data designed-developed

SharePoint sites for team collaboration

designed, developed custom reports (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP)

Primal Solutions*,

Ubicom*, Portal Player*,

Maxager Technology*,

AT&T Wireless*

Seattle, WA

2003.04 - 2004.03web designer-developer

designed, developed, released, maintained corporate websites sites feature standards-

compliant XHTML architecture and DHTML content (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP)

Maxager Technology*

San Rafael, CA

2003.01 - 2003.02UI designer web developer

designed, prototyped UI enhancements for web-based reporting and charting application

developed graphics, client-side code for elected designs (DHTML, JavaScript, CSS,

NetCharts)

Maxager Technology

San Rafael, CA

1999.05 - 2001.11product manager web designer-developer UI designer

analyzed business needs, proposed product solutions in functional specs and UI

prototypes approved technical specs managed product enhancements recommended feature

set and timing for software releases

migrated client-server reporting and charting application to web led UI redesign and

usability testing prototyped web UI (DHTML, JavaScript) UI featured: customizable

pages of independently updating summary objects with drill-down and functions menu, user-

collapsible panels to maximize screen real estate, simplified interface with advanced

features shown in-place on demand

redesigned touch-screen UI for limited screen real estate manufacturing shop-floor data

collection system prototyped, usability tested client-server UI (Delphi) co-developed,

taught training classes for product release

evaluated reporting needs, led assessment of Crystal Reports and other 3rd party tools

prototyped proposed solutions using each tool proposed in-house custom reporting

solution, prototyped client UI (Delphi)

subcontracted through Maxager Technology for: iQuantic

led UI design for new web-based data collection, processing, reporting application

gathered requirements, proposed functionality, prototyped web UI, usability tested (DHTML,

JavaScript) coded pages and servlets (JSP, Java) redesigned corporate website, coded,

handed-off templates (HTML, JavaScript, CSS)

Fecondo Landscaping*

San Francisco, CA

1998.09 - 1999.04CAD designer

designed, developed 3-D CAD models of proposed garden hardscapes for sales, engineering

feasibility, materials lists for pricing drafted 2-D plan and elevation drawings,

schematics for irrigation and lighting systems (TurboCAD)

United Behavioral Health*

Oakland, CA

1996.05 - 1998.07programmer-analyst

enhanced, debugged large mixed-code health care insurance billing and patient treatment

event tracking system (VAX C, BASIC, ACMS, Oracle, SQL)

Pacific Bell*

San Ramon, CA

1994.02 - 1995.10programmer-analyst UI designer

designed, wrote specifications for new system to transparently wrap many disparate but

interdependent legacy telecom apps with single UI

designed, coded re-architecture of customer billing system for new functionality,

performance (VAX C, RDB, SQL)

Hewlett Packard*

San Jose, CA

1993.07 - 1994.02programmer-analyst UI designer

designed, coded new system to provide graphical monitoring, reporting for high-volume

PBX data (Visual Basic)

enhanced functionality, UI, charting for internal billing system (Excel, macros)

Salomon Brothers*, AMS*, Wells Fargo*, First Boston

San Francisco, CA

Redwood City, CA

1991.07 - 1993.07

graphic designer

designed, created company collateral, presentations, newsletters, in-house publications

(Illustrator, Freehand, Photoshop, CorelDraw, PageMaker, QuarkXPress)

provided technical and design support, training for graphic design production staff

(Mac and PC platforms

)

Pacific Bell*

San Ramon, CA

1990.07 - 1991.05programmer-analyst UI designer

re-designed, coded UI enabling telecom application to be configured graphically

(Microsoft C)

designed, coded re-architecture of complex telecom application for database-defined

features and UI allowing non-technical staff to reconfigure system (VAX C, RDB, SQL)

trained junior programmers in C language, VMS internals, relational DB modeling

Digital Equipment Corp*

Irvine, CA

1989.10 - 1990.07programmer-analyst UI designer

designed, wrote specifications for UI and functionality for new system to link

hospitals allowing data sharing, scheduling, physician authorizations, retrieval of

patient test result images and text

coded UI, email, privileges, administrative software components (VAX C, RDB, SQL)

Jet Propulsion Lab*

Pasadena, CA

1989.03 - 1989.10programmer-analyst UI designer

designed, wrote specifications for UI and functionality of new system to manage and

deploy peacetime Air Force resources coded UI components (VAX C, RDB, SQL) wrote

technical and user documentation taught classes in C language, VMS internals, UI design

Digital Equipment Corp

Costa Mesa, CA

1988.06 - 1989.03programmer-analyst project manager

project manager for McDonnell Douglas: directed team developing resource management

system for the Space Station planning project (VAX Fortran) defined coding standards,

performed code reviews conducted train the trainer classes for software releases

programmer for Rockwell International: coded new functionality for aerospace design

applications (VAX Fortran) provided on-site programming support

Digital Equipment Corp

New York, NY

1987.02 - 1988.06programmer-analyst project manager

project manager for Morgan Stanley: led team to design, code, document system to

generate richly-formatted Postscript-based personalized prospectuses (VAX Fortran)

trained new system manager

lead programmer for Citibank: designed, coded secure check disbursement system (VAX

Fortran)

Ernst & Young

San Francisco, CA

1985.10 - 1987.02

system administrator programmer

managed VAX data center and three remote sites automated system operations managed

vendor accounts maintained all hardware and software supported user base enhanced

financial applications (VAX Basic)

Duke Medical Center

Durham, NC

1983.09 - 1985.05programmer graphic designer

developed software to identify structures in 3-D stereogram images of muscle tissue

(VAX Fortran) created 3-D models and large-format plotter graphics for publication

(selected acknowledgments in Nature and The Journal of Molecular Biology)

education

Duke Medical Center

Durham, NC

1981.09 - 1985.05

B.S.E., biomedical engineering

graduated cum laude Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society Dean's List Class Honors Mensa

(IQ 182)

c 2000 2012 jake alan farmer. updated 2009.11.06

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