Summary

  • Ten years of web development experience
  • Specializes in front-end web development with web standards: (X)HTML, CSS, and Javascript/DOM
  • Extensive experience with Ajax, PHP, and MySQL
  • Professional interest in user interface, semantics, and distributed identity

Employment

  1. Technorati, Inc

    San Francisco, CA Lead Web Developer
    September 2006–Present
    • Lead UI and web application development on a large-scale website that serves millions of unique visitors
    • Responsible for the front-end codebase and widely-deployed widget platform
    • Collaborated in the creation of a customized MVC framework in PHP
    • Train and coach team members in web standards and modern web development techniques

  2. Infocraft, LLC

    San Francisco, CA Owner and Developer
    August 2004–Present
    • Create standards-based websites using XHTML, CSS, and Javascript for businesses and design firms
    • Redevelop websites using web standards for search engine optimization, accessibility, and rich information content (Microformats & semantics)
    • Develop rich internet interfaces using techniques such as Ajax and DOM scripting
    • Program web-based applications using PHP, Rails, MySQL/Oracle, Apache, and UNIX/Linux

  3. RougePages.com, Inc

    Baton Rouge, LA Co-founder and Lead Developer
    April 2004–August 2005
    • Co-founded a company to address the need for a comprehensive event guide in the Baton Rouge area
    • Built and maintained a web-based application in Perl, MySQL, Apache, and Linux
    • Developed a user interface using XHTML, CSS, and Javascript with Ajax

  4. Teach for America

    Baton Rouge, LA Teacher & Corps Member
    June 2002–May 2004
    • Taught a self-contained class of 24 second graders in a Title I elementary school
    • Developed and implemented lesson plans and curricula across multiple subjects
    • Engaged parents in their children's education to close the poverty-based education gap

Education

  1. Dartmouth College

    Hanover, NH B.A. in Physics & Philosophy
    1998–2002

    Coursework included

    • honors physics
    • quantum mechanics
    • formal logic
    • metaphysics
    • ethics

    Citation for work in Moral Philosophy

Selected Conferences and Workshops

  1. An Event Apart San Francisco 2008

    August 18–19, 2008

  2. South by Southwest Interactive 2008

    March 7–11, 2008

  3. An Event Apart San Francisco 2007

    October 4–5, 2007

  4. Edward Tufte: Presenting Data and Information

    July 20, 2007

  5. South by Southwest Interactive 2007

    March 9–13, 2007

  6. Future of Web Applications San Francisco 2006

    September 13–14, 2006

  7. South by Southwest Interactive 2006

    March 10–14, 2006

  8. An Event Apart Philadelphia 2005

    December 5, 2005

Selected Projects and Publications

  1. hCard Wizard

    August 2008

  2. Technorati “Today in Photos”

    February 2008

  3. “In Search of the Holy Grail”, A List Apart, Issue 211

    January 2006
  4. Additional portfolio projects are available by request.

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