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Alberto Chang, Software Developer in New York, NY, United States
Alberto Chang

Software Developer in New York, NY, United States

Member since July 13, 2015
Alberto is a seasoned interaction designer and web developer who specializes in creative prototyping and production of web and mobile applications using web technologies. He is a creative and practical individual, and looks forward to working on interesting projects.
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Portfolio

Experience

Location

New York, NY, United States

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Git, Ruby, NPM, Node.js, Atom, Homebrew, MacOS

The most amazing...

...thing I've built was a flight booker UI that was very fast at figuring out routes from each airport from a very complex set of data.

Employment

  • Founder, Technical Director

    2009 - PRESENT
    Grandiose
    • Consulted with startups and design agencies on technology stacks and UI experience.
    • Helped startups rescue failing technologies.
    Technologies: Python, Ruby, PHP, CSS, HTML, JavaScript

  • Senior Developer

    2014 - 2015
    Ogilvy & Mather
    • Led the front-end development of Philips Health Innovation website with a team of four other front-end developers.
    • Led daily standup meetings to push agendas and delegate responsibilities.
    • Developed templates and components for Adobe Experience Manager.
    Technologies: CSS, Less, HTML, JavaScript

  • Creative Developer

    2013 - 2014
    Firstborn Multimedia
    • Developed sites using a hybrid responsive and adaptive approach.
    • Developed sprite animations for Canvas using gaming development techniques.
    • Implemented a development/deployment process for new projects using Gulp, Grunt, and Vagrant for Laravel projects.
    Technologies: CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP

  • Senior Presentation Developer

    2013 - 2013
    Razorfish
    • Led front-end development using responsive mobile-first techniques. Template integration in Demandware using ISML.
    Technologies: ISML Templates, CSS, HTML, JavaScript

  • Creative Technologist

    2011 - 2012
    Rokkan
    • Created an in-house light-weight jQuery framework.
    • Established a development convention for front-end coding.
    • Trained clients and team on JavaScript best practices.
    Technologies: PHP, CSS, HTML, JavaScript

  • Web Technologist II

    2009 - 2011
    Frog Design
    • Web Technologist on the GE account. Maintained GE.com and their microsites on a day-to-day basis.
    • Led the development of GE’s intranet, InsideGE, and redesigned it as well as training GE’s tech team on JavaScript best practices and conventions.
    • Developed the first ever HTML5 video player with closed-caption support for iPad and iPhone for GE (Experimental).
    • Consulted Frog’s tech teams on JavaScript for developing enterprise-scale applications for clients such as CA Technologies, Estee Lauder, Qualcom, and TimeWarner.
    Technologies: CSS, HTML, JavaScript

  • Senior Front-End Developer

    2007 - 2009
    Ultra 16
    • Led the development and directed the tech team for all projects for Ultra 16. Helped manage projects and scope out timeline on development.
    • Helped push forward the adoption of MVC frameworks such as CakePHP.
    Technologies: CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP

  • Front-End Developer

    2007 - 2007
    Alexander Interactive
    • Led the front-end development for numerous new projects. Helped refactor many existing projects with semantic HTML and proper CSS to support new emerging browsers.
    Technologies: Java, Python, Ruby, CSS, HTML, JavaScript

  • Junior Web Developer

    2006 - 2007
    HUGE
    • Established a HTML/CSS development convention. Translated designs from PSD to HTML on a day-to-day basis. Consulted for the team on CSS techniques and IE6 bugs.
    Technologies: PHP, CSS, HTML, JavaScript

Experience

  • Time Warner Cable WiFi-Denti-Fier
    http://www.thefwa.com/site/time-warner-cable-wifi-denti-fier

    Led the development of the mobile experience of the WiFI-Denti-Fier using canvas/game development techniques.

  • JetBlue
    http://www.jetblue.com/

    Lead Front-End Developer on JetBlue ReDesign. Responsible for the front-end architecture on UI components, and delegation of responsibilities to team. My chief responsibility was developing the flight booker.

  • GE iPad Web Video Player

    As an experimental project for General Electric while working at Frog Design. I was assigned to build the first ever HTML5 video player that supported closed captions on the first-generation iPad Mobile Safari.

  • Majestic Steel Website
    http://www.majesticsteel.com/

    Led front-end development and back-end integration of this fully responsible/adaptive parallax website.

Skills

  • Languages

    Sass, CSS3, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Less, Java, Ruby, ECMAScript (ES6), TypeScript, HTML5, Python, Haml

  • Libraries/APIs

    jQuery, Ruby on Rails API, Node.js, Twitter API, Facebook API, Handlebars, jQuery UI, React, Backbone.js

  • Other

    Front-end, Performance Optimization, ISML Templates, Homebrew, User Interface (UI), Design, SVG

  • Frameworks

    Laravel, ZURB Foundation, Angular, Express.js, Ionic 2, AngularJS, Bootstrap, Ember.js, Django, Ruby on Rails (RoR)

  • Tools

    Subversion (SVN), Bower, Git, Atom, NPM, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, VMware, Bugzilla, Mantis, Confluence, Jira, Gulp, Grunt, Yeoman, Middleman, Canvas, Jenkins, Vagrant

  • Platforms

    BREW, MacOS, Meteor, WordPress

  • Paradigms

    Object-oriented Design (OOD), REST, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Agile Software Development, Object-oriented Programming (OOP)

  • Storage

    MongoDB, MySQL

Education

  • Associate's Degree in Communication Design
    2005 - 2006
    Fashion Institute of Technology - New York

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