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Presentation layer architect, with a focus on establishing clean, efficient, browser-friendly, presentation layer code (CSS and HTML) that scales elegantly as the product and company grows. Ability to recognize where process goes awry in the visual design -> code development process and to establish new routines to ensure a code base that is cross-browser, reusable, extensible and...

Presentation layer architect, with a focus on establishing clean, efficient, browser-friendly, presentation layer code (CSS and HTML) that scales elegantly as the product and company grows. Ability to recognize where process goes awry in the visual design -> code development process and to establish new routines to ensure a code base that is cross-browser, reusable, extensible and suitable for rapid expansion in a complex environment. My primary focus is on hand-coded CSS in complex applications. Supplementary skills include JS, angularJS, jQuery, RoR, JSP and PHP. Great organizational skills, with attention to minute detail, meeting deadlines and delivering pixel perfection. Completion of Scrum Master training and application of agile principles to front end development. Specialties: Establishing best practices for design implementation, CSS, CSS architecture, SEO, page performance, mentoring/overseeing full-stack developers as they work in presentation layer code, HTML newsletters, Agile methodologies.Lead Engineer, UI Lead @ From March 2013 to Present (2 years 10 months) San Francisco Bay AreaFreelance Front End Web Developer @ *Interested in CSS and HTML focused opportunities that do not conflict with my full-time position* Clean, efficient, browser-friendly, hand-coded CSS and JavaScript in stand alone sites or AngularJS, PHP, Ruby or JSP-based environments. Experienced in jQuery implementation, JSP and PHP programming as well. Great organizational skills, with attention to minute detail, meeting deadlines and delivering pixel perfection. Clients include Sephora, Stella & Dot, SurveyMonkey. From December 2007 to Present (8 years 1 month) Lead Front End Developer @ Successfully led a front end redesign and clean up project by: - hiring, supporting and coordinating quality support contractors - coordinating and troubleshooting with product management, design and QA - establishing a new CSS/HTML code base taking advantage of LESS compilation, a grid system and supporting a progressive enhancement approach to browser support, and - hitting a deadline that moved up by 10 days and included a scope creep of a dozen pages. - developing nested layouts in the Ruby layer to allow for quick and clean updating and deployment of related pages Created browser support and code quality standards and trained staff in the means to achieve them Transitioned the JS code base away from a cluster of plugins and JQuery UI towards the use of a consolidated cleaner library (JQTools) Advocated for the implementation of a development process that allows for clearer specs and goals by the time the project reaches the technological team Cleaned up the existing CSS/HTML code base significantly, writing CSS, HTML and JS that is reusable, extensible and standards compliant. Code reviewed peer front end code to achieve the same. From March 2011 to February 2013 (2 years) Design and Development Engineer @ Develop user interface for web sites and web-based applications using CSS, JS, JSP, JSTL From March 2007 to October 2008 (1 year 8 months) Owner @ IMM was a small web development business with a vision: professional partnership with small businesses and nonprofit organizations in creating, developing and maintaining their web presence. We provided full site development from strategy through execution, including design, static page development (CSS, JS, DHTML), dynamic site development (PHP, MySQL) and integration of third-party products (MIVA) and custom-built applications (grant application, event registration, content management and membership management systems). Clients included Hesperian Foundation, Superior Court of Contra Costa County and California Health Care Foundation. From October 2000 to December 2007 (7 years 3 months) Front End Web Developer (6 month contract) @ Develop user interface for web sites and web-based applications using CSS, JS, JSP, JSTL working withing 508c (disabled user accessibility) guidelines. From September 2006 to March 2007 (7 months) Senior Front End Web Developer @ Developed user interface for www.hotwire.com, using CSS, JS, XML, JSTL, JSP, Struts From October 2004 to April 2006 (1 year 7 months) Production Director @ Implemented a project process that markedly decreased time from design to site launch, trained and managed a junior developer, hand coded, cross-browser HTML From April 1999 to August 2000 (1 year 5 months) Production Engineer @ Hand-coded HTML, Flash, ActionScript, JavaScript From 1998 to 1999 (1 year) BA, Psychology, Linguistics @ University of California, Berkeley From 1987 to 1992 AngularJS BootcampAngularJS BootcampHigh School Diploma @ Monte Vista High School Lise LaTorre is skilled in: Team Leadership, Advanced CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, User Interface Design, HTML 5, Web Development, MySQL, Scrum, HTML, Front-end, User Interface, Ruby on Rails, CSS3