Alberto Chang
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
New York, NY, United States
Toptal 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.
Portfolio
Experience
- JavaScript - 8 years
- HTML - 8 years
- CSS - 8 years
- jQuery - 5 years
- Sass - 4 years
- CSS3 - 4 years
- PHP - 2 years
Availability
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.
Work Experience
Founder, Technical Director
Grandiose
- Consulted with startups and design agencies on technology stacks and UI experience.
- Helped startups rescue failing technologies.
Senior Developer
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.
Creative Developer
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.
Senior Presentation Developer
Razorfish
- Led front-end development using responsive mobile-first techniques. Template integration in Demandware using ISML.
Creative Technologist
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.
Web Technologist II
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.
Senior Front-End Developer
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.
Front-End Developer
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.
Junior Web Developer
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.
Experience
Time Warner Cable WiFi-Denti-Fier
http://www.thefwa.com/site/time-warner-cable-wifi-denti-fierJetBlue
http://www.jetblue.com/GE iPad Web Video Player
Majestic Steel Website
http://www.majesticsteel.com/Education
Associate's Degree in Communication Design
Fashion Institute of Technology - New York
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, Ruby on Rails API, Node.js, X (formerly Twitter) API, Facebook API, Handlebars, jQuery UI, React, Backbone.js
Tools
Subversion (SVN), Bower, Git, Homebrew, Atom, NPM, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, VMware, Bugzilla, Mantis, Confluence, Jira, Gulp, Grunt, Yeoman, Middleman, Canvas, Jenkins, Vagrant
Languages
Sass, CSS3, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Less, Java, Ruby, ECMAScript (ES6), TypeScript, HTML5, Python, Haml
Frameworks
Laravel, ZURB Foundation, Angular, Express.js, Ionic 2, AngularJS, Bootstrap, Ember.js, Django, Ruby on Rails (RoR)
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
Other
Front-end, Performance Optimization, ISML Templates, User Interface (UI), Design, SVG
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