Professional Experience
I have 10 years experience as an enterprise information architect and full-stack web developer in academia, e-commerce, and start-ups. I am equally comfortable negotiating technical issues with systems architects/developers and presenting design documents to non-technical clients.
Information Architect
- Led enterprise information architecture efforts for a high volume e-commerce network, which received 30 - 60 million (peak) unique visitors per month.
- Formally presented design documents to clients for conceptual discussion, requirements gathering, and final approval.
- Observed usabilty testing with users, conducted card sorting exercises, and interpreted results in an iterative design practice.
Web Developer & Designer
- Served as lead web developer for a highly ranked liberal arts college; projects included a $230 million+ capital campaign and creating digital libraries.
- Developed web applications using open-source web technologies that led to multiple projects with Sun Microsystems.
- Managed a nationally recognized medical e-learning website; hired and supervised web development staff.
Research and Teaching
- IMLS Research Fellow
- Teaching Assistant: (INFO 405) Computer Supported Collaborative Work.
- Co-founded an R&D office for digital libraries and educational technology.
- Mentored undergraduate interns in web programming and design.
- Developed interactive medical e-learning web applications.
Previous Employers
GSI Commerce, Bryn Mawr College, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Animation Technologies Inc.
Availability: Have a project and think I can help?
Please contact me.
Tech Skills
Wireframing, Prototyping, User Research, Search & Web Analytics, Requirements & Competitive Analysis, HTML, Javascript, CSS, XML, PHP, MySQL
Service and Affiliation
- Chester County PA Schools, Secondary Unit, Computer & Information Systems: Curriculum Advisory Committee
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Philadelphia area ACM SIGCHI chapter (PhillyCHI)
- American Library Association (ALA)