Matthew Stolley

Summary

  • Experienced in evolving Web development for more than a decade
  • Achieved success with both established corporations and fast-paced startups
  • Written dynamic, compliant, well-documented code
  • Rapidly learned new coding practices and languages
  • Initiated group standards, facilitated discussions and delivered expectations

Skills

Presentation Layer

  • html 5
  • css 3

Client-side Scripting

  • Javascript
  • jQuery
  • jQuery Mobile
  • jQuery UI
  • ajax
  • json

Server-side Scripting

  • php
  • asp.net
  • jsp

Experience

Frog Design

  • Austin, TX
  • Senior Technologist, Contractor
  • 03/10 - 04/10
  • Contracted for covert project showcasing valid html5, css3 and jQuery
  • Wrote custom jQuery plugins for client solutions
  • Utilized AJAX for streamlined loading of JSON data objects
  • Optimized user experience by emphasizing new session storage features, bolstered by jQuery's data storage for less advanced browsers
  • Implemented Modernizr JavaScript toolkit for graceful cross-browser degradation

Dell

  • Round Rock, TX
  • Web Developer, Contractor
  • 03/09 - 02/10
  • Developed highly customized web application using ModX framework
  • Created faceted navigation solution utilizing jQuery's AJAX functionality
  • Initiated Dell's custom CSS grid solution for rapid presentation layer development
  • Wrote multitudes of hi-fidelity, rapid prototypes for user testing and client approval
  • Enhanced Dell's next generation pages with progressively enhanced jQuery features, such as carousels, 3D carousels, custom accordions
  • Helped initiate and deploy Dell's usability standards
  • Used Basecamp for project collaboration and management
  • Trained in prototyping applications, such as iRise and Sketchflow/Expression Blend

Kolar Advertising

  • Austin, TX
  • Web Developer, Contractor
  • 10/08 - 01/09
  • Recommended and deployed creative UI solutions based on client requirements
  • Successfully optimized search engine keywords for multiple clients' sites
  • Updated 3M's affiliate site using ASP.NET and SQL Server
  • Utilized Google Maps API for Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau content
  • Added AJAX-based jQuery functionality for loading images in viewer
  • Created xhtml and css pages from Photoshop design templates
  • Used Active Collab for project management
  • Optimized site images for favorable download rates

Springbox

  • Austin, TX
  • Web Developer, Contractor
  • 04/08 - 08/08
  • Assessed business requirements, recommended and deployed creative solutions
  • Mentored team on best practices, coding trends
  • Developed multi-panel forms in C#, tied to a SQL Server database
  • Integrated AJAX-based autocomplete form fields
  • Researched and created jQuery UI enhancements to replace existing Flash elements
  • Resolved outstanding cross-browser JavaScript compatibility issues
  • Hand-coded transitional xhtml and css pages from Photoshop mockups
  • Utilized various CMS tools for Fortune 100 client
  • Tracked issues using JIRA project management software
  • Saved projects' codebase in Subversion repositories, using Tortoise client

Austin Software Architects

  • Austin, TX
  • Web Developer, Contractor
  • 09/07 - 11/07
  • Architected, coded secure membership-based Web portal for On Networks in PHP
  • Engineered Web portal database in MySQL
  • Created Section 508 and W3C compliant site using xhtml and css
  • Transformed Photoshop-based page mockups to functional xhtml pages

Solarwinds

  • Austin, TX
  • Lead Web Developer
  • 12/06 - 06/07
  • Performed daily site enhancements, writing compliant xhtml, css, and JavaScript
  • Deployed Community Server for co-branded site, developed custom .Net functionality
  • Wrote thorough technical documents based on business requirements
  • Implemented xml-based rss newsfeeds
  • Initiated SEO-aware programs and corporate keyword agenda for customer expansion, conversion, and retention
  • Increased sustained traffic by 20 percent within one quarter
  • Ranked all targeted keywords in Google's top ten, often with multiple longtail listings
  • Targeted competitive phrases, maximizing industry keyword leverage

Avenue A / Razorfish

  • Austin, TX
  • Front End Technologist, Contractor
  • 09/06 - 10/06
  • Front end developer for ATT WorldNet portal reskin
  • Wrote strict xhtml and css based pages using no tables for layout
  • Converted pages to Dreamweaver templates
  • Created cookie-handling Javacript for personalization
  • Used Tortoise CVS for version control repository

Open Labs

  • Austin, TX
  • Lead Developer, Contractor
  • 05/06 - 09/06
  • Updated existing website using xhtml, css, php, flash, and rss
  • Initiated consistent corporate branding
  • Setup testing environment using a staging server and CVS for version control
  • Managed email marketing lists
  • Assisted with print ad production in Photoshop for national magazine placement

Netcom Group

  • New Orleans, LA
  • Lead Developer, Contractor
  • 02/05 - 08/05
  • Developed dynamic site for Ruths Chris Steakhouse Private Dining application
  • Administered corporate sites via Contribute for various clients
  • Drafted detailed functional and technical specifications for projects
  • Maintained project timelines and budgets for various clients
  • Managed network of technical contractor employees

Gary Null & Associates

  • New York, NY
  • Webmaster / Lead Web Engineer
  • 01/04 - 06/04
  • Deployed Zope Application Server for internal and external sites
  • Managed the entire corporate web development process
  • Created W3C compliant sites using strict xhtml and css
  • Ensured consistent content rendering across multiple browsers
  • Wrote technical documentation and specifications
  • Configured and customized e-commerce package based on Zope

Peoplesoft

  • San Francisco, CA
  • Lead Web Engineer, Contractor
  • 02/02 - 08/02
  • Wrote dynamic, Perl-based ROI calculators
  • Led effort in creating group coding and design conventions
  • Edited and finalized project's functional specifications
  • Implemented CVS version control system for script repository

Food.com

  • San Francisco, CA
  • Web Engineer
  • 08/99 - 09/01
  • Implemented form-handling JavaBeans for Internet site
  • Enhanced existing Food.com Java framework for rendering JSP pages
  • Transferred application codebase from Objective C to Java
  • Utilized Perforce for version control
  • Developed on Bluestone Sapphire application server

Netscape Communications

  • Mountain View, CA
  • Web Content Specialist
  • 09/96 - 07/99
  • Responsible for production of homepage and other top-level pages
  • Assisted development and integration of personalized Web portals
  • Created CGI-based templates for rendering HTML
  • Crafted animated GIFs
  • Implemented CVS version control system for script repository

Education

  • University Of California

  • Santa Cruz, CA
  • B.A., American Studies
  • 06/01/95

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