About Michael
In 1995, I and some friends from Western Illinois University started dabbling in HTML. Two decades later, I have converted his hobby into a successful career designing, developing and managing websites.
Front-end Developer, DCI Artform
February 2017 – January 2019
Accomplishments/Responsibilities
- Reworked a service lounge pilot program for Subaru
- Integrated a Color and Trim feature into our Nissan Personalization Studio
- Redesigned the site for Nissan Service Workflow Suite
- Built a touch display that showcased 50 years worth of selected ads for Subaru’s 2018 National Business Conference
Skills, applications and services used
- Javascript
- Typescript
- Angular 2
- Ionic
- Javascript
- Github
- Bitbucket
- Jira
Front-end Developer, Okanjo
October 2015 – July 2016
Accomplishments/Responsibilities
- Worked on the the front-end routes of a customer-facing interface with our API
- Updated and wrote coverage tests for our SDK
- Helped write database queries used to break down our traffic and interactions
Skills, applications and services used
- HTML
- CSS
- Javascript
- jQuery
- Github
- PHPStorm
- Node/npm
- Presto SQL
- Treasure Data
Product Manager, TownNews.com
March 2014 – October 2015
Accomplishments/Responsibilities
- Manage both day-to-day and roadmap planning for several of our products, including classifieds and verticals, ad entry, and broadcast-centered initiatives
- Conduct product, market and gap analysis for current and potential products and initiatives
- Create and maintain roadmap of software releases
- Create and maintain process tracking spreadsheets used by stakeholders across functions
- Interact with customers to communicate timelines and assess needs
- Research third-party features and talk with vendors
- Coordinate and perform advanced customer service
- Document processes for project managers and designers to follow
Skills, applications, and services used
- Aha!
- JIRA
- CRM
- Excel
Front-end Developer, TownNews.com
June 2012 – March 2014
Accomplishments/Responsibilities
- Developed and expanded several template projects, from content news blocks to front-end interface between our CMS and a third-party subscription service
- Resolved or facilitated the resolution of advanced customer service issues.
Skills, applications, and services used
- PHP/Proprietary template language
- Javascript
- jQuery
- HTML
- CSS
- Aptana/Git/Beanstalk
- Notepad++
- Fireworks
Web Designer, TownNews.com
November 2009 – June 2012
Accomplishments/Responsibilities
- Customized templates for more than 70 newspapers across the country
- Customized and rebuilt block templates
- Rebuilt templates for existing automotive vertical
Skills, applications, and services used
- PHP/Proprietary template language
- Javascript
- jQuery
- HTML
- CSS
- Notepad++
- Fireworks
Owner/Front-end Web Developer, Rock Creek Multimedia
August 2009 – August 2012
- Freelance, often subcontract, web design and development
Skills used
- PHP
- Javascript
- jQuery
- HTML5
- CSS
- WordPress
Web Specialist, Trinity Regional Health System
April 2007 – July 2009
Accomplishments/Responsibilities
- Spearheaded redesign of Trinity’s public sites, including trinityqc.com
- Reorganized trinityqc.com content for better navigation, navigation and efficiency
- Made requested changes to the Intranet
- Helped set up and maintain Trinity’s digital billboard system
Skills, applications, and services used
- Photoshop
- HTML
- CSS
- Fireworks
Internet Content Manager, WQAD-TV-DT
July 2001 – April 2007
Accomplishments/Responsibilities
- Maintained all sections of the site
- Built weather forecast module in PHP, allowing easier input for meteorologists and more flexibility in displaying the forecasts
- Authored PHP script that scraped river levels from the National Weather Service’s page and wrote levels to an XML file
- Wrote a scoreboard module in PHP that allowed creation of teams, conferences and schedules into a MySQL database, input scores into the same database, and let users view scores, schedules and standings dynamically
- Built several news-related infographics in Flash, including election results and BRAC information
- Added or edited reporters’ stories and wire copy
- Posted (and often wrote) local breaking news stories
- Performed most of graphic design for the site, including two moderate redesigns
- Edited video clips from newscasts and posted them online
- Helped create region’s first news podcast
Skills, applications and services used
- HTML
- CSS
- PHP
- Javascript
- MySQL
- XML
- AJAX
- Fireworks
- Flash
- WorldNow (CMS)
- Movable Type (CMS)
- RealPlayer Editor
News Editor/Staff Writer, Eagle Publications of Western Illinois
January 2001 – May 2001
Accomplishments/Responsibilities
- Served as news editor for two weekly hometown papers in the Macomb, IL area
- Covered town news and coordinated freelance work
- Laid out all news content for print
Skills, applications, and services used
- QuarkXpress
- Photoshop