Selected Projects
Governor General's Performing Arts Awards is a re-design project for a high-profiled art event host in Ottawa. The new site helps client to manage yearly photos, videos in a central place.
( Contract works with Ecentric Arts )
- XHTML template creation
- Kentico CMS integration
- Kentico customized web part development
Summer Infant is a major baby products brand. The project is to upgrade old Kentico CMS to latest version with a completed new designed UI.
( Contract works with Ecentric Arts )
- XHTML template creation
- Kentico CMS integration
- Kentico customized web part development
Born Free is a re-design project for a major baby products brand.
( Contract works with Ecentric Arts )
- XHTML template creation
- Mobile version templates development
- Kentico CMS integration
- Kentico customized web part development
Personal Tax Advisors is a redesign project for a local accountant. She wanted to face-lift her ages old site with latest style and easy to updates. So Wordpress is the nature choice for this project.
- Wordpress theme customizations
- Wordpress plugin modifications
OPPA Honour Roll is a micro site for police memebers who gave their lives in the services as early as 1800's. This is a part re-design project for OPPA.
( Contract works with Ecentric Arts )
- XHTML templates creation
- Customized web part development
- Kentico CMS integration
Simplicity is a re-design project for a private resort in a Caribbean island. The brochure type of design emphasis on openness, relaxation and privacy. The message is present by Gallery, which serves as virtual tour to the house and surroundings.
- XHTML templates creation
- Javacripts/CSS coding
The Power Plant is a gallery located at Harbourfront Centre in downtown of Toronto. The re-design web site project was part of its initiative to re-brand visual identity of The Power Plant. The newly designed site is backed by Kentico CMS, which allow clients to update exhibitions and programs information, along with multimedia content such as image gallery slide show and video posting. The site has won Kentico Site of Month in March 2011.
( Contract works with Ecentric Arts )
- XHTML templates creation
- Image slideshow creation
- Kentico CMS integration
Play, Live, Be Tobacco-Free is a re-design project for Cancer Care Ontario. This Kentico base, bilingual web site helps clients to easily update promotion content and materials for target groups.
( Contract works with Ecentric Arts )
- XHTML templates creation
- Image slideshow creation
- Kentico CMS integration
Indigo re-design project helped this No.1 Canadian online book store simplified layout of the content, therefor easy for customers to follow the flow of the information. The new design also make the site load faster and looks trendy. In the first month after the new site was launched, the sales over 15% compare the same period of previous year.
- Applied new theme styles on existing
content layout - Debugging and trouble shoting on styles
issues across browsers
Arrival Aeroplan is the online version of Arrival magazine. This Ektron based site gives editors easy access to CMS for updating content in regular basis. It also provide more interactive communication with target readers such as "Like" button in each article, to track favors of readers. In additional, the site can also help sponsors to track likeness of particular products.
- XHTML templates creation
- Ektron CMS integration
CAA Magazine is the online version of CAA Magazine. This Ektron based site gives editors easy access to CMS for updating content in regular basis. A contest engine and poll also help to promote sponsors' products and services, and track users feedbacks.
- XHTML templates creation
- Ektron CMS integration
Mangos From Mexico is an UI design project. It is modified based on an open source feed aggregator called Gregarius. It automatically generates health headlines from major media and web sites through RSS feeds.
- Info architecture design
- User interface design
- XHTML/JavaScript/CSS coding
- Video editing and encoding
Lewis & Neale is a leading marketing agency in the food industry. The old web site was no longer effective as a channel of communication between consumers and retailers. The re-designed web site not only enables the agency to add more information, but also brings a better user experiences to visitors.
- Info architecture design
- User interface design
- XHTML/JavaScript/CSS coding
- Flash movie intro creation
Professional Careers . Technicial Skills
I started my first job at Virtual University Design & Technology of Michigan State University as a web project developer back in 2001. After working at VUDAT for almost two years, I moved to New York to pursue a master degree while continuing working as an independent consultant for ad agencies, design boutique shops and local business firms, including GlobalWorks, Syrup NYC, Leadership Directories, Career Corner TV Corp, and Group IV Graphics. After my graduation, I got an offer at Ilions Partner, a financial services firm, as a front-end developer in 2005. Two years later, I moved to Toronto and kept working as a front end developer at Infinite Media and Totem (formly Redwoord Custom Communication). In summer of 2009, I joined re-design project for Indigo Books online store, the No.1 online book sttore in Canada. After the project was launched, I moved to Ecentric Arts to develop web sites backed by a .NET based CMS called Kentico. One of the sited I helped to developed, The Power Plant, won Kentico Site of The Month in March.
Languages
- .NET
- C#
- XHTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- PHP
- Action Script
- XML
Software
- MS Visual Studio
- MS Expression Studio
- Dreamweaver
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Flash
- Premiere
- Final Cut Pro
- Microsoft Visio
Web Developer
- 02.2013 - 07.2014
Storage Appliance Corporation Toronto, ON
- Developed and maintained a Backbone framework based open source application for photos collection and sharing
- Developed a SPA version with AngularJS framework and Node.js
- Implemented unit testing and end to end testing for SPA
- Participated routine Scrum meetings and followed Agile development methodology
- Worked with QA for automation deployment and testing
UI Developer
- 01.2011 - 09.2012
Ecentric Arts Toronto, ON
- Developed web sites with Kentico CMS and create customized web parts
- Redesigned Summer Infant and Born Free, and created responsive templates for mobile version
- Participated redesign project for OPP Association web site, build up customized forums used by multiple local chapters, and developed Honor Roll micro site
- Developed a bilingual site for Government General’s Performance Arts Awards Foundation
- Created templates and interactive functions such as image slide show, and integrated them with Kentico CMS for redesigned The Power Plant web site, which has won Kentico site of the Month
- Developed a bilingual web site for Cancer Care Ontario, including functions such as background images slideshow, photo lightbox gallery and video postings
Client list
- Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation
- Born Free
- OPP Association
- ITT
- The Power Plant
- Cancer Care Ontarios
- Calico
UI Developer
- 07.2010 - 01.2011
Indigo Books & Music Toronto, ON
- Participate re-design Indigo e-commerce web site project
- Work with Business Analysts and developers on layout and style schemes redesign based on business requirements by utilizing C#, ASP.NET, JavaScript and CSS
- Modify and update Account Centre section that manages customer's profile and order information
- Help other developers on UI fixing up and debugging
Client list
- Indigo
Web Developer
- 12.2008 - 07/2010
Totem Toronto, ON
- Converted creative concepts into functional web sites by using C#, ASP.NET, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript
- Used C#, ASP.NET, XHTML and CSS to design Master Page templates, and integrated them with Ektron CMS for clients including Aeroplan Arrival, CAA Magazine and Home Depot Garden Club
- Managed and provided tech support for Ektron usage for Sears Advantage and P&G’s Rouge web sites
- Developed monthly newsletters, deploy and track newsletters in EmailLabs and Dream for clients including Sears, P&G, Aviva, LendingTree and Bank of America
- Provided tech support for 7 different account teams
Client list
- Arrival Aeroplan
- CAA Magazine
- Home Depot
- P&G
- Bank of America
- Sears Advantage
Front End Developer
- 01.2007 - 10/2008
Infinite Media Toronto, ON
- Designed and developed cooperation and B2C web site and app, for clients including Rogers,Xerox, Scotiabank, Accenture, TTC and Cyberbahn
- Collaborated with project managers, programmers and database administrators to design web sites architectures
- Converted creative concept into functional web sites by using C#, ASP.NET, XHTML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PhotoShop
- Used C#, ASP.NET, XHTML and CSS to design Master Page templates to dynamically change layout between multilingual versions in Rogers project and Xerox project
- Used C#, ASP.NET, XHTML and CSS to design in-page multiple content displays and customized print out in Scoitabank project
- Used C#, ASP.NET, XHTML, JavaScript and CSS to design a Master Page to dynamically change layouts, menus, color schemes and images between main sites and 3 sub level sites in Cyberbahn project
- Provided guidelines and references for standardization of web site development
Client list
- Rogers
- Xerox
- Scotiabank
- Accenture
- TTC
- Cyberbahn
- Accenture
Front End Developer
- 04.2005 - 08/2006
Ilios Partners LLC New York, NY
- Assisted business analysts in designing new functions and customized features for a web-based Investor Relations application, used by clients including GE, Comcast, Coca Cola and Yahoo
- Collaborated with database administrator to implement data modifications in MS Server 2000
- Utilized C#, ASP.NET, HTML, JavaScript, CSS and PhotoShop to develop application’s user interface, constructed new application pages, fixing or modifying existing application
- Provided trouble shootings and debugging on existing application
- Designed Flash multimedia brochures for financial industry trade shows
Client list
- GE
- Comcast
- Coca Cola
- Yahoo
Consultant
- 08.2002 - 04/2005
TYiD New York, NY
- Helped clients analyze and define business objective of company web sites, then develop corresponding communication strategies
- Conceptualized and designed information architecture for 12 web sites, utilized PhotoShop and Flash to create interface and layout, and used XHTML, CSS and JavaScript to construct web sites
- Utilized PHP and MySQL to create Content Management Systems
- Provided consultation and administration support on clients’ web hosting servers
- Worked with professional media firms and interactive agencies, including GlobalWorks, Syrup NYC, Leadership Directories, Career Corner TV and Group IV Graphics for web development projects
Client list
- GlobalWorks
- Syrup NYC
- Leadership Directories
- Career Corner TV
- Group IV Graphics
Project Developer
- 01.2001 - 06/2002
Virtual University Design & Technology E.Lansing, MI
- Assisted senior producers to plan and design site architectures for 15 online college courses
- Collaborated with programmers and artists to create interface, and delivered course content
- Facilitated video shooting laboratory experiments, used Premiere and Final Cut Pro to edit video and produce delivery format for online streaming and CD-ROM
- Utilized HTML, JavaScript, Flash and PhotoShop to update and maintain content of 10 courses
Client list
- Michigan State University
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