jake farmer
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jake@jakefarmer.com
www.jakefarmer.com |
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data-driven,
application UI design and development,
web-based and client-server, desktop and mobile website design and development, client and backend/database graphic
design for web and print, digital natural-media illustration, photo correction
and restoration |
expert, hand-coded HTML,
CSS, JavaScript, DOM, cross-browser/version expertise, Windows and Mac full
project lifecycle experience, tactical and strategic needs analysis, hiring,
requirements gathering, functional and technical specifications, wireframes,
comps, prototypes, usability testing, development, implementation, support,
technical and user docs, online help, training videos with voice-over, train-the-trainer |
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applications |
client: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery,
C, JSP, SmartClient server: PHP, Java |
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data |
SQL,
Oracle, XML, XSLT, JSON |
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design |
Photoshop,
Illustrator, Painter, Premiere, After Effects |
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experience |
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Profit Velocity Solutions San
Francisco, CA 2011.01
present |
application
UI designer-developer lead UI designer and
developer for browser-based applications for desktop and iPad (JavaScript, AJAX,
JSP, HTML, CSS, SmartClient) lead
graphic designer for identity and collateral functional specifications and
online help website design and development |
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Woody Creek Pictures* Seattle,
WA 2009.09
2010.04 |
web designer-developer designed and developed
business website and multi-media blog (PHP, HTML, CSS) |
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OutPerformance* San
Rafael, CA 2007.08
2009.01 |
application
UI designer-developer designed, prototyped UI redesign
for web-based reporting and charting developed graphics and client-side code for
elected designs (DHTML, JavaScript, CSS) |
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Woody Creek Pictures* Seattle,
WA 2005.11
2006.06 |
web designer-developer designed, developed website
for critically acclaimed film The Heart
of the Game released by Miramax (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP) |
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Mellon Financial* San Francisco, CA 2004.11 2005.06 |
application
UI designer-developer led UI redesign of large web-based transaction
and reporting application (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript) initially storyboarded and coded UI
enhancements to existing legacy system
then redesigned and coded system UI for new look and feel, navigation
scheme, considerable new/changed functionality
abstracted presentation to CSS to simplify code changes by backend
development team technical documentation |
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Microsoft* Redmond,
WA 2004.05
2004.11 |
UI
designer-developer programmer-analyst redesigned website UI for educational
portal defined repository and metadata strategy for
programmatic page presentation and search/browse functionality defined product strategy for document
management and routing/approval workflow considering legacy system
utilization, 3rd party software evaluations, and custom development created Access database and custom reports
from XML data designed-developed SharePoint sites for
team collaboration designed, developed custom reports (HTML,
CSS, JavaScript, PHP) |
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Primal Solutions*, Seattle,
WA 2003.04
2004.03 |
web
UI designer-developer designed, developed,
released, maintained corporate websites
sites featured
standards-compliant XHTML architecture and DHTML content (XHTML, CSS,
JavaScript, PHP) |
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Maxager Technology* San
Rafael, CA 2003.01
2003.02 |
application
UI designer-developer designed, prototyped UI enhancements for
web-based reporting and charting application
developed graphics,
client-side code for elected designs (DHTML, JavaScript, CSS, NetCharts) |
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Maxager Technology San
Rafael, CA 1999.05
2001.11 |
product
manager application UI designer-developer analyzed business needs, proposed product
solutions in functional specs and UI prototypes
approved technical specs managed product enhancements
recommended feature set and timing for software releases migrated client-server reporting and
charting application to web led UI redesign and usability testing
prototyped web UI (DHTML, JavaScript)
UI featured: customizable
pages of independently updating summary objects with drill-down and functions
menu, user-collapsible panels to maximize screen real estate, simplified
interface with advanced features shown in-place on demand redesigned touch-screen UI for limited
screen real estate manufacturing shop-floor data collection system
prototyped, usability tested client-server UI (Delphi)
co-developed, taught training classes for product release evaluated reporting needs, led assessment
of Crystal Reports and other 3rd party tools
prototyped proposed solutions
using each tool proposed in-house custom reporting
solution, prototyped client UI (Delphi) subcontracted through Maxager Technology for iQuantic: led UI design for new web-based data
collection, processing, reporting application
gathered requirements,
proposed functionality, prototyped web UI, usability tested (DHTML, JavaScript)
coded pages and servlets (JSP, Java)
redesigned corporate website,
coded, handed-off templates (HTML, JavaScript, CSS) |
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Fecondo Landscaping* San
Francisco, CA 1998.09
1999.04 |
CAD
designer designed, developed 3-D CAD models of
proposed garden hardscapes for sales, engineering feasibility, materials
lists for pricing drafted 2-D plan and elevation drawings,
schematics for irrigation and lighting systems (TurboCAD) |
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United Behavioral Health* Oakland,
CA 1996.05
1998.07 |
programmer-analyst enhanced, debugged large mixed-code health
care insurance billing and patient treatment event tracking system (VAX C,
BASIC, ACMS, Oracle, SQL) |
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Pacific Bell* San
Ramon, CA 1994.02
1995.10 |
programmer-analyst
application UI designer-developer designed, wrote specifications for new
system to transparently wrap many disparate but interdependent legacy telecom
apps with single UI designed, coded re-architecture of customer
billing system for new functionality, performance (VAX C, RDB, SQL) |
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Hewlett Packard* San Jose, CA 1993.07
1994.02 |
programmer-analyst designed, coded new system to provide graphical monitoring,
reporting for high-volume PBX data (Visual Basic) |
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Salomon Brothers*, AMS*, Wells Fargo*, First Boston* San
Francisco, CA 1991.07
1993.07 |
graphic
designer designed, created company collateral,
presentations, newsletters, in-house publications (Illustrator, Freehand,
Photoshop, CorelDraw, PageMaker, QuarkXPress) provided technical and design support,
training for graphic design production staff (Mac and Windows platforms) |
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Pacific Bell* San
Ramon, CA 1990.07
1991.05 |
application UI designer-developer re-designed, coded UI enabling telecom
application to be configured graphically (Microsoft C) designed, coded re-architecture of complex
telecom application for database-defined features and UI allowing
non-technical staff to reconfigure system (VAX C, RDB, SQL)
trained junior programmers in C language, VMS internals, relational DB
modeling |
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Digital Equipment Corp* Irvine,
CA 1989.10
1990.07 |
application
UI designer-developer designed, wrote specifications for UI and
functionality for new system to link hospitals allowing data sharing,
scheduling, physician authorizations, retrieval of patient test result images
and text coded UI, email, privileges, administrative
software components (VAX C, RDB, SQL) |
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Jet Propulsion Lab* Pasadena, CA 1989.03 1989.10 |
application
UI designer-developer designed, wrote specifications for UI and
functionality of new system to manage and deploy peacetime Air Force resources
coded UI components (VAX C, RDB, SQL)
wrote technical and user
documentation taught classes in C language, VMS
internals, UI design |
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Digital Equipment Corp Costa Mesa, CA 1988.06
1989.03 |
programmer-analyst
project manager project manager for McDonnell Douglas: directed team developing resource
management system for the Space Station planning project (VAX Fortran)
defined coding standards, performed code reviews
conducted train the trainer classes for software releases programmer for Rockwell International: coded new functionality for aerospace
design applications (VAX Fortran)
provided on-site programming
support |
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Digital Equipment Corp New
York, NY 1987.02
1988.06 |
programmer-analyst
project manager project manager for Morgan Stanley: led team to design, code, document system
to generate Postscript-based personalized prospectuses (VAX Fortran)
trained new system manager lead programmer for Citibank: designed, coded secure check disbursement
system (VAX Fortran) |
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Ernst & Young San
Francisco, CA 1985.10
1987.02 |
system administrator programmer managed VAX data center and three remote
sites automated system operations
managed vendor accounts maintained all hardware and software
supported user base enhanced financial applications (VAX Basic) |
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Duke Medical Center Durham,
NC 1983.09
1985.05 |
programmer
graphic designer developed software to identify structures
in 3-D stereogram images of muscle tissue (VAX Fortran) created 3-D models and large-format plotter
graphics for publication (selected acknowledgments in Nature and The
Journal of Molecular Biology) |
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education |
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Duke University Durham,
NC 1981.09
1985.05 |
B.S.E., Biomedical Engineering graduated cum laude
Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
Dean's List
Class Honors |
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Updated 2021.03.31 |
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