Engineer Developer

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J onathan S. Knoll

Professional Experience

LEAD DEVELOPER (Consultant)

Information Architecture Institute (Mar '09 Present)

Currently working on improving Institute s web presence, starting with the IDEA2009

Conference website.

Links: IDEA2009 Conference

Technologies: HTML/XHTML/CSS; Ajax/JSON; PHP; jQuery; Photoshop

SENIOR INTERFACE ENGINEER (Consultant)

Schematic, New York, NY (Feb '09 Jul '09)

About to complete third engagement, building front-end templates for agency s major

corporate clients.

Built fully interactive HTML/CSS templates for multiple projects, followed by integration of

these templates into .NET architecture.

Co-developed fully functional prototype for use in UX trials.

Links: LaneFurniture.com, BroyhillFurniture.com

Technologies: HTML/XHTML/CSS; Ajax/JSON; PHP, ASP.NET; jQuery; Photoshop

USER EXPERIENCE CONSULTANT

Night Agency, New York, NY (Apr '08 Jun '09)

Initially brought in to create wireframes and design the experience for a major mutual fund

company s website.

Repeat engagement, on a per-client basis, assisting in creation of wireframes and

conceptualization of out-of-the-box user experiences.

Educated and advanced user experience and web interaction paradigm.

Provided UX Strategy and IA deliverables for VanKampen.com, FilenesBasement.com, and

Purex.com.

SENIOR WEB DEVELOPER (Consultant)

Time, Inc., New York, NY (Jul '08 Dec '08)

Had enviable role of roaming gnome, working on most titles on an as-needed basis; these

included: Real Simple, Health, InStyle, MyRecipes, and MyHomeIdeas.

Primary front-end developer for RealSimpleRealLife.com, Recipes.Health.com, TVFan.EW.com

(discontinued).

Educated and advanced user experience and web interaction paradigm.

Technologies: HTML/XHTML/CSS; Ajax/JSON; Ruby/PHP; JavaScript; YUI/jQuery/MooTools

SENIOR INTERFACE ENGINEER (Consultant)

IconNicholson, New York, NY (Nov '07 Jul '08)

Developed front-end solutions and prototypes for multiple concurrent projects in disparate

environments.

Assisted in implementing variations of front-end code for Valspar Paint website, and

developed new front-end HTML/CSS/JSP templates for their Cabot Stains website.

Front-end development using HTML/CSS/JavaScript for various clients including MasterCard,

Regeneron, and Robin Hood.

Links: Valspar, Cabot Stains, MasterCard En Espa ol, MasterCard Worldwide, CAPS Online

Education Network (discontinued)

Technologies: HTML/XHTML/CSS; Ajax/JSON; JSP & ASP.NET; Interwoven; Python;

Photoshop

LEAD WEB INTERFACE DEVELOPER (Consultant)

Bright Pages, LLC, New York, NY (Oct '07 Feb '08)

Short-term engagement as principal web interface developer for their brightpages.com

product.

Implemented HTML/CSS/JavaScript in JSP and GWT environments for early development of

their 2.0 site.

Technologies: HTML/XHTML/CSS; JSP; JavaScript; Prototype + script.aculo.us; Photoshop

INFORMATION ARCHITECT/USER EXPERIENCE LEAD (Consultant)

Standard & Poor's, New York, NY (Feb '07 Oct '07)

Was engaged as UI/UX design and technology expert for top-tier rating agency's overhaul of

one of the ratings process management system.

Created mockups and built functional front-end prototype for an in-house reporting web

application.

Conducted reviews and provided recommendations for user interface changes for multiple

stand-alone and web applications.

Technologies: UI/UX analysis; JavaScript; HTML/XHTML/CSS; Photoshop

WEB INTERFACE DEVELOPER/INTERACTION DESIGNER (Consultant)

Standard & Poor's, New York, NY (Aug '06 Jan '07)

Built functional prototype, HTML templates, and CSS stylesheets for new eCommerce

product, using wireframes and Photoshop mockups alone.

Advised and implemented shift in web development paradigm for future of Advisor Insight

product, by modeling a front-end interface which could mimic variable back-ends with

minimal interaction between.

Worked on extending cross-browser compatibility for their various web applications.

Began work on addressing ADA accessibility concerns for certain web applications.

Links: Advisor Insight

Technologies: JavaScript using prototype & DOM scripting; HTML/XHTML/CSS; Photoshop

INFORMATION ARCHITECT/WEB DEVELOPER (Consultant)

Lawrence Family JCC, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, San Diego, CA ('04 '06)

Completely redesigned and restructured website with focus on standardization and

modularization, and implementation of dynamic content.

Shifted large portions of the site to purely dynamic content, using PHP and MySQL.

Created first Admin interface (PHP) to allow layman updates to website.

Links: www.lfjcc.org // sdcjc.lfjcc.org // jpride.lfjcc.org // Camp Jaycee

Technologies: PHP; Python; MySQL; JavaScript; HTML/XHTML/CSS; Acrobat & Photoshop

TEST & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN (Consultant)

RoyaltyShare, Inc., San Diego, CA (Summer '06)

Initiated first broad testing program for royalty tracking system website, and wrote scripts for

automated testing and analysis of website.

Worked directly with CTO in testing and guiding future product development of Royalty

Tracking System.

In process of creating comprehensive test plans and completing product specification

documentation.

Technologies: MySQL; Python; JavaScript; HTML/XHTML/CSS; XML; Black & White Box

Testing

SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER (Consultant)

Sligo Computer Services, Inc., Remote ('05 '06)

Initiated first testing program for Maryland Report Card website, and wrote scripts for

automated testing and analysis of website.

Began implementation of first bug-tracking system for multiple projects.

Technologies: Python; HTTP; XML; Expertise in HTML/XHTML/CSS

SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER (Consultant)

Ankura, Herziliya, Israel (Summer '00)

Set up and maintained several test machines, created first database for bug tracking, and

performed black and white box testing of their MIXM product.

Increased product performance and functionality through analysis and fine-tuning of its

DHTML code.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT/CAMPAIGN MANAGER/EXTRANET DEVELOPER

eZula, Inc., San Francisco, CA (Apr '01 May '02)

Worked with Executive Team in design, development, and implementation of both the user-

interface (web) and back-end (database) for their ezManager extranet client application.

Developed and tested various components of ezManager application.

Worked directly with principle software architects to push forward ezManager development.

Technologies: SQL/Access; VBScript/JavaScript; ASP/ADO; HTML/XHTML/CSS

CONTENT ENGINEER/CATALOG ANALYST

EoExchange, Inc., San Francisco, CA (Apr '01 May '02)

Created tools as well as a testing suite for Content Team, and developed automation scripts

for tracking and monitoring of content, as well as for delivery of e-mail notifications.

Designed, developed, and maintained Team's Intranet, and managed over a dozen separate

databases on several machines.

Technologies: SQL/ObjectStore; VBScript/JavaScript/Perl; ASP/ADO; HTML/XHTML/CSS/XML

Skills

EXPERIENCE DESIGN AND APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Experience Design: Prototyping (Paper & HTML prototyping), wireframing, design patterns,

contextual inquiry, User-centered design (UCD), UX strategy

Social Media: Social media strategy, social experience design (SxD), social networking sites,

Twitter API

Standards & Accessibility: Web standards, accessibility, ADA standards, Search Engine

Optimization (SEO)

Programming Languages: Python, PHP, JavaScript, Ruby, Perl, T-SQL, Visual Basic, VBScript,

WSH

Web Development Tools: PHP, ASP, Ajax, ADO, XML/XSLT, HTML/XHTML, CSS,

DOM/client/server-side scripting

JavaScript Frameworks: YUI, jQuery, Prototype, MooTools

RDBMS: MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0/2000, Microsoft Access

OS/Platforms: Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/ME/2003, Unix/Linux, Mac OS X, DOS

Testing: Black & White Box testing, test-automation scripting

Productivity: Comfortable with most Microsoft & Adobe/Macromedia applications, OmniGraffle

ACADEMIC AND ANALYTICAL

Primary, secondary, library, and Internet research

Analytical and professional writing and editing

Proficiency in Hebrew: Read/Write

Education

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO MA, Computational Political Science, Spring '05

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY HONORS COLLEGE BA, With Honor, May '99

HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM Israel, Aug '97 Jun '98

Useful Links

LINKEDIN PROFILE: http://infinityplusone.com/LinkedIn

ONLINE RESUME: http://infinityplusone.com/resume

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