Ramkumar Ramanathan ac124b@r.postjobfree.com +1-716-***-****

Summary:

11+ Years of IT experience with Web Development, Sr. Developer along with experience in companies involved the areas of Banking, Retail, Airline and Life Science.

Experience in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including requirements gathering and analysis, design, use-case development, problem solving, interactive prototypes, usability testing of web applications.

Profound knowledge on Web Standards, Cross Browser and Cross Platform HTML and CSS.

Extensive knowledge on JavaScript frameworks including jQuery, AJAX, RactiveJS and PrototypeJS.

Expert knowledge on optimization tools like jQuery Inject, Page Speed, Minification, Firebug, Web Kit Developer Tools.

Skilled at analyzing and solving browser compatibility challenges and possesses ability to maintain consistency and well commented HTML and CSS markup.

Expert knowledge on Photoshop and Adobe Flex/Flash with Action Script 2/3, especially in implementation of Photoshop Documents (PSD) to Responsive HTML 4/5.

To provide the best possible professional support, contributing to the success of my organization, while constantly enhancing my professional and personal skills.

Focused in Web designing majoring development of dynamic responsive web pages.

Text and image formatting and posting of photographs in HTML programming

Involved with HTML, XML, DHTML, SASS, CSS and Scripts JavaScript and JavaScript libraries jQuery, UI and PrototypeJS.

Typically used XHTML and JavaScript to a large extent to implement Web Standards.

Identified and implemented missed SEO opportunities that increased site traffic exponentially.

Designed Asynchronous web pages using AJAX.

Customization of tables was given high priority when involved in projects with report generation

Having experience to lead the User Interface / User Experience Development team

Mastery in HTML with focus on hierarchical, semantic document structure and SEO. High level of expertise in CSS pixel-level layout consistency with browser, version and platform independence.

XML Developer with expertise in XML related technologies such as XPATH, XML, etc.

Able to generate effective and concise requirements artifacts to facilitate the transfer of stakeholder needs to application development staff.

Highly advanced level of expertise in coding with HTML, DHTML, and CSS3 website planning and optimization for search engines.

Experienced in the process of product analysis, comparison and recommendation using internal and external resources as well as making cases for off the shelf solutions versus custom built applications

Experience in building websites with Responsive Web Design.

Identified and implemented Accessibility that increased site traffic exponentially.

Familiar with JSON API’s.

Good expertise in jQuery and writing jQuery plug-ins.

Proficient in reengineering the process and improving it to make the business effective and efficient. Have also involved and contributed a lot in converting the requirements into effective business design.

Experience in developing table-less layouts implemented using CSS and semantic web mockups.

Experience in cross platform HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript development.

Hands on experience in developing semantic web markups and JavaScript best Practices.

Strong Understanding and experience in implementation, customization, and integration of Adobe AEM

I have involved in different phases of system implementation such as Requirements / Usability Analysis, Information Architecture, Wireframe Mockups / Prototyping, Visual & Graphic Design, Front-End Development, Integration and Launch & Maintenance.

Capable to lead the User Interface Development team.

Strong Analytical and Problem-solving skills with Self-motivating and ability to meet the deadlines.

Team Player, quick learner and self-starter with effective communication, motivation and organizational skills.

Expertise in Document Object Model (DOM) level manipulations.

Profound knowledge on Testing and Debugging in cross platform.

Expertise in developing various Test Plans to do rigorous Testing and Implemented various applications developed successfully.

Technical Skills:

Markup Languages : HTML 4/5, MXML, XML

Style Sheets : CSS 2/3

CSS Pre-processor : SASS

Scripting Language : JavaScript, Action Script 2/3

JavaScript Frameworks/

Libraries : jQuery, RactiveJS, AJAX

Editor/IDE : Notepad++, IBM RAD, Eclipse, Adobe Flex, Adobe Flash Builder 4.5

Web Content Management : AEM6.1

Design Software : Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash

Data Communication : JSON/XML

Screen Reader : NVDA

Repository : GIT

Task Runner : GRUNT

Industry Certifications:

W3C - jQuery and Java script,

Microsoft Specialist: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 (MS)

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Bharathidasan University.

Projects Experience:

Delta Airlines (Minneapolis, USA) Oct 2014 – Present

Sr. UI Developer / Onsite Coordinator

Advanced search page:

http://www.delta.com/air-shopping/searchFlights.action

Flex pages:

http://www.delta.com/air-shopping/flexAirports.action

http://www.delta.com/air-shopping/flexDates.action

http://www.delta.com/air-shopping/low-fare-calendar.action

Flight result pages - Out bound & Return pages

http://www.delta.com/air-shopping/findFlights.action

Delta Airlines Flight Reservation is developed to help individuals to reserve flight for domestic/international destinations. User can go to Advanced search page to get more options to plan their travel based on Dates, Fare and Class for One Way, Round trip and Multi-city.

The client side framework is based on multiple JavaScript frameworks and libraries like RactiveJS and jQuery.

Responsibilities:

Involved in requirements gathering, development, testing, deployment and post production support.

Used agile methodology and SCRUM framework for rapid development.

Developed user interface using RactiveJS framework with JavaScript, JQuery and custom validations.

Used Git for version control and build management.

Designed, Developed and Deployed website in timely manner.

Created semantic web HTML mockups and Style sheets.

Executed high quality web design for all the business's web properties under the direction W3C Web Standards.

Adhered to design standards and brand guidelines.

Designed and documented RESTful APIs, including JSON data formats and API versioning strategy.

Implement Accessibility for all the shopping pages in delta.com.

Creating and maintaining UI prototypes and specifications.

Used HTML/SASS for layout and styling of the application.

Developed components, templates and also created some workflows using the requirements in AEM.

Collaborating with Product Managers and Software Engineers to provide guidelines on solid UI design.

Created multiple components based on the framework like accordions, tabs etc. complete with HTML structure and robust cross browser CSS.

Assigned the role of Team Lead on multiple occasions, in the absence of the manager, performing activities like allocating tasks, resources, making development decisions and assisting in development of components.

Selected for a special fast track team that was formed to test out the agile methodology.

Environment: Web development, HTML 4/5, CSS 2/3, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery, RactiveJS.

American Express - (Phoenix, USA) Jan 2014 – Sep 2014

Sr. UI Developer / Onsite Coordinator

I was taking care of the Partner lending/charge cards Acquisition pages where the user will submit the data to apply for the partner cards like Delta SkyMiles Card, Plenti Card, Charles Schwab Card through the partner site.

There will be multiple flows involved in applying for a card through a partner site like Microsite, Purchase Path and Checkout Plus through which the Account Information will be passed back to the partner to use the card details in making the purchase in their site.

Responsibilities:

Involved in all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Gathered & analyzed requirements for projects during project discovery.

Designed Wireframes, interactive HTML semantic web mockups and site maps through analysis of website strategy and stakeholders.

Adhered to design standards and brand guidelines.

Code layouts using HTML, XHTML and CSS adhering to web 2.0 standards.

Designed page illustrators with the help of Adobe Photoshop CS3.

Involved in conceptual, strategic and tactical creation of robust, integrated web site and web application solutions using HTML 4/5 and JavaScript.

Designed Rich user Interface Applications using JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, Action Script and AJAX.

Implemented browser security policy with same-origin policy and designed cross side scripts (XSS).

Developed Responsive Web Design with Progressive Enhancement and Graceful Degradation using table-less layouts.

Designed PSD images and converted those to HTML 4/5 and CSS 2/3 technologies.

Developed standards-compliant HTML 4/5, CSS 2/3 and JavaScript for various client projects, focusing on mobile, tablets and desktop.

Managed and mentored junior developers through development life cycle.

Designed layouts for websites using Adobe Photoshop objects.

Identified and implemented missed SEO opportunities that increased site traffic exponentially.

Designed Asynchronous web pages using AJAX.

Developed JQuery plugins based on various JavaScript frameworks

Developed code in Cross Platform implementation.

Documented all work and process of development with timelines and milestone markers.

Performed Unit, Integration and System testing.

Tested code on Windows and Macintosh platforms.

Worked especially on Internet Explorer (Cross-Platform) Bug Fixes.

Refactored several messy implementations (HTML, JavaScript) that weren’t dynamic, and therefore had lot of code duplication, into much cleaner, more maintainable, dynamic versions without duplication.

Provided extensive pre-delivery support using Bug Fixing and Code Reviews.

Worked in deadline driven environment with immediate feature release cycles.

Environment: Web development, HTML 4/5, CSS 2/3, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery

Mattel (Buffalo, USA and Chennai, India) Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

Sr. UI Developer / Onsite Coordinator

Mattel operates several marketing websites to engage with its user community. Several of these sites currently operate on different platforms and technologies.

The purpose of the Mattel 2012 Tridion Migration and Website Accelerators project is to migrate three of these marketing sites onto Mattel’s new SDL Tridion 2011 (“Tridion”) Content Management System. In addition to these migrations, this project includes the development of a collection of website accelerators to facilitate the development and maintenance of future sites.

Responsibilities:

Designed, Developed and Deployed website in timely manner.

Created semantic web HTML mockups and Style sheets.

Executed high quality web design for all the business's web properties under the direction of the Visual Design manager.

Adhered to design standards and brand guidelines.

Creating and maintaining UI prototypes and specifications.

Collaborating with Product Managers and Software Engineers to provide guidelines on solid UI design.

Keeping up to date with the latest industry trends in UI design and usability.

Translating market and product requirements into UI designs in the form of conceptual models, wireframes and prototypes.

Designed web pages using with HTML, DHTML, jQuery, and CSS based on the W3C standards.

Implemented best practices of W3C and other web design standards.

Designed the front-end applications, user interactive (UI) web pages in a professional manner with using web technologies like HTML, DHTML and CSS.

Creating cross-browser compatible and standards-compliant CSS-based page layouts.

Developing semantic markups and Wireframe development.

Worked on various multimedia and web projects developed in Macromedia Flash, Shockwave and Adobe Photoshop.

Identified and implemented missed SEO opportunities that increased site traffic exponentially.

Reviewed site for bugs and issues and logged bugs when found and resolved bugs.

Environment: Web development, HTML 4/5, CSS 2/3, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery, Adobe Flash, Action Script, JSON

Merck - (Chennai, India) Dec 2008 - Dec 2011

Sr. UI Developer

Merck maintains more than 300 sites about Life sciences and related products which are mostly viewed by doctors, healthcare professionals, patients and general consumers. This mostly uses Html, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery Applications placed in it and Hence development and maintenance activities are done using Flash, Flex and Html along with Content Management Tool (Tridion R5).

Responsibilities:

Designed, Developed and Deployed website in timely manner.

Created semantic web HTML mockups and Style sheets and Flash with Action Script.

Executed high quality web design for all the business's web properties under the direction of the Visual Design manager.

Adhered to design standards and brand guidelines.

Creating and maintaining UI prototypes and specifications.

Collaborating with Product Managers and Software Engineers to provide guidelines on solid UI design.

Keeping up to date with the latest industry trends in UI design and usability.

Translating market and product requirements into UI designs in the form of conceptual models, wireframes and prototypes.

Designed web pages using with HTML, DHTML, jQuery, and CSS based on the W3C standards.

Implemented best practices of W3C and other web design standards.

Designed the front end applications, user interactive (UI) web pages in a professional manner with using web technologies like HTML, DHTML and CSS.

Creating cross-browser compatible and standards-compliant CSS-based page layouts.

Developing semantic markups and Wireframe development.

Worked on various multimedia and web projects developed in Adobe Flash and Adobe Photoshop.

Identified and implemented missed SEO opportunities that increased site traffic exponentially.

Reviewed site for bugs and issues and logged bugs when found and resolved bugs.

Environment: Web development, HTML 4, CSS 2, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery, Adobe Flash, Action Script, XML, JSON

Telic Info Services Pvt Ltd (Chennai. India) Sep 2005 - Nov 2008

UI Developer

Telic info services private limited will work with the world leading design agencies like Ogilvy & Mather, HUGE, CHI Partners. We have developed lot of Web Application, Email Campaigns and Flash Games. I have worked as RIA developer focused mainly on Adobe Flash/ Flex and HTML development.

Responsibilities:

Designed and Developed Flash Games using Adobe Flash with Action Script 2/3

Developed Rich Internet Applications using Adobe Flex/Flash with Action Script 2/3 as a front end.

Handled back end communication from Adobe Flash/Flex with PHP as a middleware

Designed server side pages and static webpages using HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

Utilized JavaScript (Cross-Platform), HTML, XHTML, CSS to modify existing website, replaced existing functionality with new code.

Used advanced level of HTML, XML, AJAX, JavaScript, CSS layouts.

Developed site according to client specifications with HTML and Dynamic Cross-browser JavaScript.

Installed and extended existing jQuery plugins as well as the jQuery UI library.

Designed Graphic web applications using Flash and PhotoShop.

Cleaned up and rewrote front end HTML and CSS to meet validation requirements.

Tested site and debugging code for cross-browser and cross-platform performance.

Environment: Web development, HTML 4, CSS 2, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery, Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Action Script 2/3, XML

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