Web Developer Engineer

Location:

Cary, NC

Salary:

$100,000

Posted:

July 30, 2017

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Who I am

THOMAS W. SZYPULSKI

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My objective position

Front-End Web Developer/UI Designer

Why you should hire me

My specialty is creating order from chaos. I am an award-winning creative and technical talent with more than twenty years of experience. I have been a one-man shop and have led creative teams at multinational corporations. I consistently work within W3C and Section 508 Web standards. I have the ability to organize and create consistently high quality productions on deadline and in a multitask environment. I have impressive communications and interpersonal skills, specializing in translation between technical and marketing jargon. I am equally comfortable working at a strategic or a tactical level.

Skill set highlights

• Accessibility - WAI-ARIA, WCAG, W3C and Section 508 Compliance, JAWS

• Analytics (Omniture Site Catalyst)

• Cascading Style Sheets and pre-processors (CSS2, CSS3, SASS)

• Content Management Systems (CMS) Drupal, Mediasurface, Interwoven, Vignette, Crown Peak, Expression Engine

• Cross-browser/cross-platform compatibility (Firefox, Edge, Chrome, Internet Explorer, mobile devices)

• Development environments - Dream Weaver, Eclipse, NetBeans, Springsource Tool Suite, Microsoft Visual Studio

• Dynamic content - Java Server Pages (JSP), Grails (GSP), Active Server Pages (ASP), XML

• Graphic design - Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Fireworks

• HTML, DHTML, XHTML, HTML5

• Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP)

• JavaScript, jQuery, Dojo, AJAX, JSON, Kendo Grid, Angular JS, Node JS

• Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - meta tags, site maps

• SQL Databases - SQL Server 2005, MySQL

• Testing - Rational Policy Tester, Compliance Sheriff, Selenium, Jasmine, Karma, Protractor

• Version Control - Subversion (SVN), Git, Team City

• Visual Basic (VB) - Visual Basic Studio

• Windows and UNIX environments

Experience

8/2016 – Present Software Engineer II, Vaco, Raleigh, NC

I am contracted to Quintiles to develop and maintain online investigator portals for doctors, nurses and nurse practitioners involved in researching new pharmaceuticals and medical devices. These portals are delivered to seamlessly function across desktop and mobile platforms. I use HTML5, jQuery, CSS3, SASS, Bootstrap and Foundation on a daily basis to provide all the front end elements required by the user experience designers. I coordinate daily with management, testing, and back end development teams across the globe.

8/2015 – 3/2016 Front End Developer, Robert Half Technologies, Raleigh, NC

I was contracted to Cargosphere to create online Software as a Service (SaaS) prototypes, and to maintain existing online software packages. I used HTML5, CSS3, jQuery and JSON. My responsibilities included development, troubleshooting user interface and user experience issues, repair, deployment, and some design/development of data-driven interactions using Java Server Page (JSP) files. I used Compliance Sheriff to test code.

2/2012 – 7/2015 Front End Web Developer III, Iron Data Solutions, Raleigh, NC

I designed and implemented user interfaces for online eGovernment case management and inspection software products which were compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. My concentration was on mobile applications as well as responsive desktop apps. I was responsible for ensuring accessibility for disabled users by delivering valid HTML, CSS and JavaScript, WAI-ARIA landmarks and JAWS compatible semantic code, and by performing unit and e2e testing.

9/2011 – 2/2012 Web Developer, Computer Task Group (CTG), Morrisville, NC

I was contracted to IBM to develop browser-based server management software products. I wrote XHTML, CSS and Dojo JavaScript code to implement new server functionality and continually reviewed entire application for Section 508 compliance.

6/2010 – 9/2011 Web Developer/Designer, Principle Solutions Group, Raleigh, NC

Contracted to IronData, I designed and implemented user interfaces to online eGovernment software products. I also teamed with other global business units to modify and maintain the IronData public sector website. I was responsible for delivering W3C valid code that was Section 508 compliant and compatible with all major platforms. I also developed a modern version of IronData’s corporate website in Drupal’s content management system.

2/2010 – 5/2010 Front End Engineer, CC Intelligent Solutions, Raleigh, NC

Utilizing XHTML, jQuery and CSS, I designed and produced web-based user-centered mockups from which software engineers would implement online eGovernment software products. My code was required to be W3C standards compliant, cross-browser compatible and based upon current industry best practices. I tested this code using Rational Policy Tester. I also maintained the CCIS website (PHP) and Flash content thereon.

10/2009 – 1/2010 Front End Engineer, Smart Online, Durham, NC

I wrote XHTML, CSS and JavaScript to conform online software user interfaces to W3C standards. My concentration was in cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility, user experience and optimization. I also did a small but appreciable amount of graphics and JSP work.

9/2008 – 4/2009 Web Developer/Software Deployment Engineer, DataDirect, Morrisville, NC

I successfully deployed Omniture SiteCatalyst analytics package on company website, ensuring consistent communication between legacy HTML, JSP, JavaScript and Omniture code. I coordinated efforts between third party support, local contractors and management to provide and confirm accurate online marketing data. I collected, passed and reported data through non-standard and mismatched channels. I was also responsible for internationalization and localization of web portals.

2/2006 – 9/2008 Software Engineer, Computer Task Group (CTG), Durham and Morrisville, NC

Contracted to IBM as a data administrator for the ServerProven hardware and software compatibility website, I was responsible for processing compatibility and configuration data from a database and ensuring its timely and accurate display on the website via Visual Basic, JavaScript and HTML. This important back end work supported a worldwide sales force and customer base. My tasks included daily maintenance of the data set, planning system launches and liaison between technical staff and content owners. I was promoted to Webmaster to lead the team working technical aspects of the website including production, deployment, development, maintenance, data flow and customer satisfaction. Typical tasks included all those of my former role as well, allowing me to control and assure the quality from start to finish.

I was then contracted to Lenovo as a Web applications developer. Using HTML, JavaScript, ASP and MySQL I developed globalized intranet-based tools, which collected business intelligence and enabled Lenovo managers worldwide to evaluate their employees’ performance for semiannual bonus pay calculation and advancement along a management career track. I also supported employee access to intranet training via an authentication system that interfaced with the main employee database and a third party training provider’s library of courseware.

12/2004 – 04/2005 Independent Web Contractor, Danvil Management Systems, Durham, NC

My task was to decommission Central Carolina Bank’s customer websites and ensure the smooth transition of services to SunTrust’s websites during their merge. I found this interesting work because, for the first time, I was taking a website apart instead of building one. My usual tasks included daily updates to static intranet and internet banking websites, developing static web graphics, modifying existing PHP scripts and developing new scripts for rendering dynamic web pages and assuring quality user experience by applying W3C standards.

11/2003 – 06/2004 Independent Web Contractor, Venue Communications, Wilmington, NC

I used HTML, JavaScript and Flash to make websites for real estate agents and insurance brokers. My tasks included planning and implementing information architecture, coordinating with content owners to ensure effective messaging, producing website deliverables and content updates based on user-centered design and handicapped user accessibility principles, developing web-based graphic animation and assuring quality user experience by applying W3C standards.

06/2002 – 1/2006 Web Developer, Oxford University Press, Cary, NC

My mission was to implement a Content Management System (Mediasurface) and incorporate its use into a complete eCommerce website redesign. My strategic goals were to design and deploy deliverable prototypes that content owners could own and modify to their individual needs and to monitor results by using project tracking procedures and encouraging adherence to plans and processes. My tactics included developing web-based multimedia (Flash), designing and producing instructional video and distance learning deliverables, planning and implementing website information architecture for customer-facing web pages and an online catalogue, coordinating with content providers nationally and internationally to ensure effective messaging and producing website deliverables and content updates based on user-centered design and handicapped user accessibility principles. After implementing the CMS I worked as a contractor, making companion websites for college textbooks. These sites could include downloadable and streaming media, courseware and applications like interactive quizzes. Each site involved working within the framework I had set up while deploying the CMS.

03/1998 – 02/2002 Web Developer/IT Advisory Specialist, IBM, Research Triangle, NC

My main responsibilities included advancing the design, production, implementation and globalization of web-based multimedia (HTML, Flash) marketing campaigns and ensuring quality user experience throughout IBM’s Personal Computing Division websites. I achieved these goals by developing, documenting and implementing standards, procedures and guidelines for web-based multimedia, instructional video and distance learning deliverables, planning and implementing information architecture for marketing websites, coordinating with content providers nationally and internationally to ensure effective messaging, producing website deliverables and content updates based on user-centered design and handicapped user accessibility and assuring quality user experience by applying W3C standards. I contributed to three separate and sequential redesigns of IBM’s PC Division website. Each included modification of over 30,000 pages. I worked as a contractor for three years and as an IBM employee for an additional year.

06/1998 – 12/2001 Webmaster, Treetrunk Designs, Inc., Plymouth, NC

I built an eCommerce website for this company by planning and implementing website information architecture and coordinating with content owner to ensure effective messaging. Technologies included HMTL, JavaScript and C++.

03/1997 – 06/1997 Imaging Technician, CyberGrafx, Raleigh, NC

I built third party websites (HTML) and CD-ROMs. My nightly tasks included producing courseware deliverables and content updates based on user-centered design and handicapped user accessibility principles. I also developed web-based multimedia (Flash).

09/1992 – 03/1998 Electronic Media Producer, Catholic Diocese of Raleigh, NC

I helped to build the archetypal Web presence for a multinational enterprise while the industry was in its infancy. I proved concepts and developed standards. I developed web-based multimedia (HTML, embedded audio, streaming video), designing and producing instructional video and distance learning deliverables, initiating, implementing and updating the first weekly audio Catholic Mass on the Internet and the first weekly video Catholic Mass on the Internet. I planned and implemented website information architecture, coordinating with content providers nationally and internationally to ensure effective messaging in electronic media projects.

Recognition

Federal Security Clearance

Certified by IBM Creative Services

Awarded the first ever national Proclaim Award for Websites in 1996

Education

BA in Communications, concentration in Mass Media, North Carolina State University, 1992

BA in Business Management, minor in Russian Studies, North Carolina State University, 1989

References

Thomas Jackson

Director of Architecture

1-919-***-****

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