AUBREY ALEXANDER
(206) 330-5503 -- AUBREY@ACTIVESTUDIOS.COM

SKILLS

Programming Languages: JavaScript, JQuery, JSP, ASP, PHP, HTML/XHTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, JSON, SAX/DOM, SQL, PL/SQL, limited Ruby on Rails, Native iPhone Appliation Development Development Concepts: AJAX, Iterative Design, Rapid Development, User Interface Design, Usability Principals, User-Centric Design, Scalable Websites, Web Services, Idea Generation Software: IDEA, Aptana Studio, Dreamweaver, Crucible, Fisheye, Bamboo, CVS, Subversion, Trac, Bugzilla, Photoshop Database Platforms: MySQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle

EXPERIENCE

5/07-Present Blue Nile, Inc. Seattle, WA Web Developer, SiteDev Team o Lead developer for several key AJAX projects including diamond comparison, collections and several features of interactive diamond search o Participate in focus groups and brainstorming sessions to bring new and exciting features and usability enhancements to Blue Nile o Plan, implement, deploy, and support software projects o Collaborate with business sponsors to create solutions that satisfy business needs o Perform code and test plan reviews; take responsibility for the quality of released software o Monitor success of projects to ensure an excellent customer experience. 6/05-5/07 Lee Management Westbrook, ME Lead Web Developer o Designed and deployed a large scale online parts e-commerce system with over 2000 pages generating over $50,000 of income a month o Created an administration panel that allowed several dealerships to interact and build potential web content after being approved by marketing. Custom interfaces were designed for specials, coupons, location information, parts e-commerce and categorization, event calendars, customer testimonials, and image galleries. o Developed AJAX-based business card maker that allowed people to view business card creation in real time. It also highlighted addresses or phone numbers that had not been registered with the system to help report errors and reduce incorrect orders. o Designed MaineHybrids.com, a database driven portal that lets you learn more about hybrid automobiles and see earth-friendly events in a calendar. 8/03-12/04 Tripleclick Design Akron, OH Lead Web Developer o Product design for Content Management system and Business Automation systems such as timeclock, tasks, calendar and scheduling systems. o Quoted project costs to customers and contractor bids o Created object-based functionality plug-ins end users could drag and drop into their website to give functionality like message boards, blogs, photo galleries and more. 8/02-4/03 LeadForward Portland, ME Lead Web Developer o Created CRM solution to manage customer interaction o Lead Management software helped sales associates automatically get leads assigned to them, as well as follow up ticklers. o Skin-based user-interface allowed branding and co-branding opportunities with no additional code. 4/01-8/02 Independent Consulting Various Various Clients o SteepRock, Inc. -- Designed an Intranet Solution for SteepRockInc.com that helped them improve the rate and degree of market acceptance of products, leading to accelerated revenue generation and improved returns on clinical development investments for people who used our software. o AirWebster.com -- Created an in-house CRM and reservation system to sell single tickets, managing the process of private charter and fractionally-owned aircraft. 7/00-3/01 Portalsmith Brunswick, ME Senior Internet Application Developer o Automated network management, billing, content management, contact management, event tracking through an easy-to-use extranet giving a top-down dashboard style control of the entire ISP. o Personalization engine based on XML and XSLT. o Graphic design with Photoshop creating user interfaces for web and VB projects. 12/98-7/00 Cerepoint. Inc. Windham, NH Senior Internet Application Developer, Research and Development o Integrated a web application with a complex configuration engine. o Developed web-based solution incorporating quoting, proposal generation, shopping cart and smart part selection. o Created a powerful personalization engine for web sites. 1/98-12/98 Independent Consulting Various Various Clients o MaineLaw.com -- Consulting and IT for Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer and Nelson, including the development of their 1,500 page website, www.MaineLaw.com. o Eway, Inc. -- Creating database driven websites for several Boston companies making it easier and quicker for them to get information on the Internet. o Worldlink, Inc. -- Multilingual Web Design and database/website engine used to easily allow creating websites that could be easily maintainted and read in over 10 different languages. o Newmarket International -- MS SQL, Novell and product call center support for hotel chains. 12/95-1/98 CC-Net Internet Bath, ME Webmaster, Internet Application Developer, Technical Support Manager o Setup of a new ISP running on Windows NT and Linux. o Lead team of 5 who provided the best technical support in the area and the shortest call times of other local ISPs. o Developed customer portfolio and ecommerce websites o Lead developer on several database driven websites on several keynote projects for the company.

EDUCATION

1993 Wiscasset High School Wiscasset, ME