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SUMMARY & OBJECTIVE

I have 10 years of experience implementing and managing online projects. I know how to plan site architecture strategies, build e-commerce and custom content management systems, and code standards-compliant dynamic HTML. As a self-taught programmer, I strive to learn continuously — independently and in collaboration with clients and colleagues. I am seeking opportunities that allow me to make use of my web development skills and expand them. My focus is on client-side interfaces in JavaScript, CSS and XHTML and on server-side development in Ruby.

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TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE

• I am part of a two-person team building a web-based medical diagnosis application.
• The application's features include patient signup, online doctor's visit submission and doctor review, visualization and diagnosis tools, task time-tracking, and PDF generation.
• The project makes heavy use of RSpec to verify all features of the application, jQuery for AJAX interactivity, animations and form processing, and git for collaborative development along several concurrent feature-based branches.

• I extended out-of-the-box ecommerce software with Ajax and JavaScript to produce more attractive, flexible, and responsive page interfaces for Blind Spot's products.
• I built a custom PHP/MySQL content management system for Blind Spot's artists, featured photos, and news items. I use JavaScript to build relational links between this content and the store's products.

• I designed and built a public site for Mr. Anagnos and a private clients-only site from which his students may track their grades and download custom tutoring and test practice documents
• The private site is built on Ruby on Rails, with prototype.js and RJS for asynchronous interaction, RSpec, and a MySQL database.
• The private site is built on Ruby on Rails, with prototype.js and RJS for asynchronous interaction, RSpec, and a MySQL database. It features administrator and student dashboards as well as interactive tables and charts for tracking grades against goals.

• I built a web-based lesson-planning system for teachers in Virginia's school districts.
• Lesson plan creation is closely integrated with Virginia's standards of learning: instructors can quickly build plans from common resources and associate them with standards and essential knowledge and practice areas; administrators can track progress across schools.
• The site uses Ruby on Rails, MySQL, prototype.js and RJS for significant AJAX client-server interaction, and RSpec to verify specified functions.
• The beta version is currently in use in the Franklin City school system.

• Because there is no substitute for high-pressure short-deadline web site production to test one's skills, I am pleased to have handled some of online search company Accoona's production of lead generation forms and portal websites for company Exchange Place.
• Working from comps, I marked up the HTML, coded JavaScript form validation and interface interactivity, and provided Perl/CGI scripts for preprossessing data.

• I set up a Linux development server running Apache web server, Perl, PHP, MySQL, and the Tomcat servlet container. The server now hosts sites for over 20 clients.
• I consolidated, updated, and in some cases rebuilt the web sites of Domani's family of art museum clients including the Association of Art Museum Directors (aamd.org) and the Whitney Museum of American Art (whitney.org). Both of these properties became PHP-based sites enhanced in places with content-management tools and consistent HTML/CSS interfaces.
• To build a maintainable apartment rental site for Mann Realty, I used PHP and MySQL to program MyNewApts.com with custom tools for previewing and publishing content.
• I crafted specifications including use cases, flowcharts, a database schema, and XML AJAX templates for custom handbag company Freddy and Ma's e-commerce site, including a Flash-based bag-configuration tool with which users can create their bag on the site: freddyandma.com.
• I planned and helped implement a web-based time-tracking system for Domani Studios. An AJAX-enhanced dashboard captures assignments and work session information and saves it in a MySQL database for time and resource reporting.

• For the Smithsonian institution I programmed XML data descriptions and Perl-scripted page-creation templates for a dynamic homepage banner and weekly newsletter using the Smithsonian's Teamsite Management system. The results: www.si.edu, www.si.edu/research/spotlight, and www.si.edu/opa/insideresearch2.
• For the NIH Small Business Office (SBO), I built a government-to-business application for distributing contract opportunities, and integrated it into the SBO's business-registration process, using ASP and SQL Server.

• To produce a proof-of-concept dating web site to attract investors and partners, I configured a Linux server and MySQL database and built a Java-based web application. Its features included updatable user profiles with photos, a compatibility search with ZIP-code-based distance calculation, profile visibility and blocking controls, and site-based tools to allow members to communicate without revealing personal information.
• Although the project did not progress beyond this proof of concept, I gained experience with topics in Java web technology including servlet containers, framework programming with Struts, object-relational persistence layers, unit-testing with Junit and HTTPunit, and server performance optimization.

• To build a relationship with the content management software company Roxen, Angel used Roxen's XML-based system as the platform for a corporate communications web site for Identrus LLC. As the developer on the project, I mastered XML/XSLT technology, designed the data structures for the site, and programmed dynamic HTML pages.
• To provide Statement One, LLC with a portable sales demonstration, I built a scaled-down version of Statement One's web-based portfolio management application with Roxen Internet Server and an Access DB on a PC laptop.

• Arena Networks sought to aggregate online communities and mine their members' content for marketing and advertising opportunities. I lead feature development of Arena's message board software. My responsibilities included tracking competitors and industry trends, analyzing customer feedback, and planning strategic product development. Unable to secure financing, Arena ceased operations in September 2000.

• I oversaw planning and development of an email and web-based collaboration application called globeclubs, which was built with Pervasive Software's Tango server-side scripting environment and Oracle database software. I also planned the clubs' topic hierarchy and coded data retrieval and display functions. Aggressively scheduled, the application launched on time. (On the Web Archive: globeclubs.theglobe.com)
• As theglobe.com's development team grew and its products matured, I sought to identify a set of best practices for application development that could better coordinate the work of our developers. I based my recommendations on the eXtreme Programming methodology. Although my recommendations were not adopted, I remain a believer in the value of close teamwork, code simplicity, unit testing, and refactoring.

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MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

• As lead Project Manager for Domani's account with Starwood Hotels and Resorts, I managed the production and delivery of $2 million of creative materials.
• I managed the production of interactive Flash banners that simulate a pinball launcher to promote the Volkswagen GTI.
• To plan Domani's site redesign for Estée Lauder's new brand Rodan and Fields, I produced site maps and detailed page schematics outlining the function of the site for Domani's graphic designers and programmers (www.rodanandfields.com)
• I have also managed the production of dynamic web sites for Princeton Tec (princetontec.com), About Faces Day Spa (aboutfacesdayspa.com), and the Museum of Biblical Art (mobia.org).

• theglobe.com operated a portal site that integrated news and lifestyle features with the activity and content of its members. I planned and oversaw online promotions, interactive quizzes and contents, and daily content publication on the home page. (On the Web Archive: theglobe.com)

• I coordinated a team of designers, writers, and programmers in producing and maintaining a site for Classical Music fans. The site, www.classicalinsites.com, featured artist interviews, music reviews, educational content, and discussion forums. (On the Web Archive: www.classicalinsites.com)
• To facilitate regular workflow between design and programming teams, I developed asset-tracking and scheduling procedures for the production department.
• Seeking to exploit online community activity to build traffic and generate targeted e-commerce opportunities, I drafted plans for an expanded integrated community section that would make use of personalization and collaborative filtering

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EDUCATION & INTERESTS

• Princeton University, 1995. BA Cultural Anthropology. Summa cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
• I blog about technology and my projects at http://www.michaelharrison.ws/weblog/
• I co-organized and chair the Washington DC Clojure Study Group, which is devoted to a collaborative exploration of the new programming language Clojure.
• I organized and lead an online group taking the MIT OpenCourseWare class Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. September 2007 – May 2008.
• Certificate in Ruby on Rails, from training sessions with Chad Fowler, January 2007.
• Certificate in Object-Oriented Programming with the Java Programming Language. New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies. 2002.
• Member of Northern Virginia and Adams Morgan Ruby User Groups.
• Fluent in Spanish: I lived in Madrid, Spain from August to December 2001.
• Current technology interests include Ajax, JavaScript, and Web 2.0 site strategies; dashboard design; automated testing; functional languages, especially Scheme; site accessibility; and web development frameworks, like Ruby on Rails.