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Dion Y, Software Developer in Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Dion Y

Software Developer in Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Member since January 2, 2018
Dion has a degree in digital media communications and over 13 years of experience in front-end web and user experience development. He has a comprehensive skill set and he's always looking to expand that skill set with new ideas and technologies. Throughout his varied career, he's built production-ready web pages, created wireframes and mockups, and developed web-based CSS3 animations for banner ads for companies and clients of all sizes.
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Portfolio

Experience

Location

Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Mac OSX, Sublime Text, Git

The most amazing...

...project I've worked on was at Apple, Inc. The project had many exciting challenges that were overcome through critical thinking and an eye for detail.

Employment

  • UI Developer

    2018 - PRESENT
    Clients (via Toptal)
    • Developed high-quality components (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript).
    • Migrated HTML/CSS components into Angular components.
    • Migrated HTML/CSS components into PHP frameworks.
    • Responsible for the site rebrand, which involved refactoring old code and implementation for new designs.
    • Handled the website redesign implementation for existing WordPress sites.
    Technologies: HTML, Sass, JavaScript, Angular, PHP, Responsive Design, WordPress

  • Senior Product Designer

    2017 - 2017
    Galavantier
    • Conducted user research in order to design product pages that will help strengthen the brand and build customer trust.
    • Created wireframes, mockups, and overall design assets.
    • Built production-ready responsive HTML5 and CSS3 pages.
    Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, Axure, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Sass, JavaScript, PHP, Drupal, Grunt

  • Senior UI Engineer

    2015 - 2016
    Healthline Networks
    • Developed and implemented new mobile ad products.
    • Worked heavily on site components that heavily utilize responsive design.
    • Rebuilt a medical pill identification app in AngularJS.
    • Implemented the rebranding of their entire site.
    Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, AngularJS, LESS

  • Associate Web Developer

    2015 - 2015
    ETRADE Financial
    • Involved in building next-gen AngularJS Single Page Applications.
    • Visual graphic of datasets in JS using highcharts library.
    • Used bootstrap to deliver responsive design form mobile to desktop.
    Technologies: AngularJS, Highcharts, JSON, HTML, Bootstrap 3

  • Design Engineer III

    2012 - 2015
    eBay, Inc.
    • Prototyped various front-end web pages for user research testing; these included bringing live product API data into the pages to make the experience more dynamic.
    • Created a platform that allowed for the ability to rapidly prototype new eBay pages with a repository of components, live data, and the ability to add custom UI interactions on the fly.
    Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, Sass, Grunt, Bower, Node.js, AngularJS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL

  • Senior UI Developer

    2011 - 2012
    Apple, Inc.
    • Came up with technical solutions to complicated design implementations for a mobile web project.
    • Successfully delivered on multiple projects from start to finish.
    • Used my critical eye for detail to fulfill daily and on-going tasks.
    • Thoughtfully ideated solutions to the complicated design implementations; this required a critical mind.
    Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript

  • Senior Front-end Designer for eCommerce

    2009 - 2010
    Advance Auto Parts
    • Maintained the production site through various production tasks, such as creating functional prototypes for user testing labs and creating landing pages and newsletters.
    • Coordinated with the offshore development team to lead the integration of the new eCommerce store redesign with the back-end templates.
    • Built components and set the schedule for all the eCommerce promo materials in IBM WebSphere.
    Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, IBM WebSphere

  • Senior HTML Marketing Technology Developer

    2007 - 2008
    FriendFinder, Inc.
    • Created HTML/CSS marketing materials for the FriendFinder, Inc. network of sites.
    • Sliced out images for landing pages, interactive banners, newsletters, and other production materials using Photoshop; also used Adobe ImageReady to create custom GIF animations for ad units.
    • Developed JavaScript classes to handle the heavy interaction of the internal tools which took in user input and generated custom output that users could copy into their sites for promotion.
    • Devised marketing materials which consisted of templating geo-targeted web banners, various landing pages, co-brand landing pages, fully featured co-branded sites, multi-language support, developing monthly affiliate newsletter while ensuring a proper display across Hotmail, Yahoo, and Gmail email providers and bug resolution through Bugzilla.
    Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe Photoshop, Bugzilla

Experience

  • Galavantier Event Page (Development)
    https://www.galavantier.com/las-vegas/nightclubs/xs-nightclub

    I conducted user research in order to redesign this event page. For this project, I was responsible for creating the wireframes, mockups, and overall design assets as well as building out the production-ready responsive HTML and CSS for this page.

  • TableParty (Development)
    http://www.tableparty.com

    I conducted user research in order build and refine the flow of the pages on this website. For this project, I was also responsible for creating the wireframes, mockups, and overall design assets as well as building out production-ready responsive HTML and CSS for this site.

Skills

  • Languages

    HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP, TypeScript

  • Frameworks

    Bootstrap 3, Bootstrap 4, Angular

  • Libraries/APIs

    jQuery, Highcharts

  • Tools

    Adobe Photoshop, Sketch, Google Web Designer, Axure RP Pro, Adobe Illustrator

  • Paradigms

    Agile Software Development

  • Platforms

    WordPress, Shopify

  • Storage

    JSON, MySQL

  • Other

    Banner Ads, Digital Communication, HTML Email, Newsletters, Animation, Typefaces, PSD to Shopify

Education

  • Associate's degree in Digital Media Communications
    2003 - 2005
    Katherine Gibbs School - Melville, NY, USA

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