The impressive résumé of…
Frederick LeBlanc
16a Oak Street, Amesbury, MA 01913 ·
(603) 560-4262 ·
hello@hirefred.net
Skills
| Back-end Development | PHP (4 & 5), Object-Oriented Programming, SOAP/XMLRPC/Web Services, Subversion |
|---|---|
| Database Architecture | Postgres, MySQL, Oracle |
| Front-end Development | JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, ActionScript, XHTML, HTML, CSS, XML |
| Interface Design | Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, OmniGraffle |
| Planning, Proposal & Delivery | Microsoft Office Suite, Apple iWork Suite, OmniPlan |
| Platform Independence | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, UNIX/Linux (via Command Line Interface) |
Work Experience
iMarc LLC
5/04
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Present
Newburyport, MA
Project Manager
- Balance numerous projects simultaneously
- Communicate with clients via phone and email
- Maintain on-time schedules in a fast-paced production environment
- Work with team members to develop innovative and deliverable plans
- Create regular team reports for higher management review
- Craft well-written proposals for small to medium sized projects
- Generate renewing business through maintaining a trusted client relationship
- Facilitate conference calls and meetings with key client stake-holders
- Delegate and track tasks among several team members
- Interview and recommend candidates for open company positions
- Preserve a positive attitude in tone and communications with clients at all times
- Sustain morale across several team members
- Oversee quality control processes prior to website launch
- Provide friendly, timely and helpful support to clients
- Run team meetings to get the team pulse
- Perform accurate annual reviews of team members
- Follow-up with clients post-project to ensure satisfaction in the product delivered
Senior Web Developer
- Plan database architecture and schema for small, medium and large projects
- Participate in project planning for sites of varying sizes
- Author reusable code through object-oriented programming to lower developer time
- Design user interfaces for site administrators and general users
- Handle document and resource management on a per-site basis
- Create easy-to-use website tools that work hand-in-hand with one another
- Develop systems to manage multiple user accounts, feeding customizable experiences per account
- Set up web servers for hosting clients’ websites in a UNIX/FreeBSD-based environment
- Write Javascript-enabled interfaces with Ajax work flows to streamline user experience
- Implement complete and secure custom-built e-commerce work flows
- Work directly with clients’ technical staff
- Convert static Photoshop site designs into cross-browser compliant valid XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS layouts
- Test for and ensure quality control on projects that are set for launch
- Organize new ideas thought-up during projects for easy recovery during future phases
- Deploy and maintain websites upon production completion
- Train and teach new hires in their daily tasks and job duties
- Assist team in creating simple, fresh solutions to complex problems
- Write technical specifications, plans, requirements and time estimates for potential client work
Concentricus
12/01
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12/07
Amesbury, MA
Senior Editor, Designer, Developer, Webmaster
- Plan database architecture and schema for entire project
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Create complete front-end user experience, including custom, hand-coded:
- Forum/message board (including read-tracking and topic-watching)
- Internal site-wide messaging system
- Website-to-email communication control panel
- Weighted article rating and review system
- Develop magazine-style publishing system based on user submissions and recommendations
- Manage profiles for over 700 members
- Implement full-text MySQL searching across website articles and forum posts
Canobie Lake Park
10/03
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4/04
Salem, NH
Multimedia Designer
- Plan, design, program and produce fully functional CD-ROM for Corporate Outing Department
- Create and update designs for park discount coupons
- Design interface template for security logging system
- Assist in the creative processes throughout the park’s operations
OfficeMax
2/02
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6/02
Aurora, CO
Desktop Publisher
- Manipulate digital imagery and documents to make fit for printing
- Design business cards and other business supplies for customers
- Maintain an accurate cash register
- Aid customers in acquiring goods and services the required with speed and efficiency
Education
The New England Institute of Art
9/02
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5/04
Brookline, MA
Bachelor of Science, Multimedia and Web Design
- 4.0 Cumulative GPA
- Graduated with Highest Honors
- Won Interactive Award, General Education Award
- President’s List (3 semesters)
- Dean’s List (2 semesters)
The Art Institute of Colorado
9/00
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6/02
Denver, CO
Multimedia and Web Design
- 3.8 Cumulative GPA
- Dean’s List (5 quarters)
Awards & Honors
Interactive Media Awards
Outstanding Achievement
- 2006: Lead Developer on Two Websites Recognized for Outstanding Achievement
- 2007: Lead Developer on Two Websites Recognized for Outstanding Achievement
MITX
Award Finalist
- 2006: Lead Developer on Two Award-Nominated Websites
- 2006: Assistant Developer on One Award-Nominated Website
- 2008: Project Manager on Two Award-Nominated Websites
W3 Awards
Silver Award
- 2007: Lead Developer on One Award-Winning Website
The Art Institute of New England
Highest Honors (4.0 GPA)
- 2004: Winner of the Interactivity Award
- 2004: Winner of the General Education Award
The Boy Scouts of America
Eagle Scout
- 2000: The Boy Scouts of America’s Highest Award
Accomplishments
Azule – A PHP Framework
7/07
Azule (A PHP Framework)
Built a complete PHP framework geared towards rapid development
- Planned, designed, developed, coded, tested and completed framework
- Wrote documentation including feature overviews, basic tutorials and configuration reference glossary
- Includes ability to handle file-uploads and image manipulations
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Combines multiple design patterns into one coherent, straight-forward package, including:
- Singleton pattern
- Active Record pattern
- MVC paradigm
- Lazy-loading pattern
- Abstract factory pattern
- Iterator pattern
- Piping pattern
- Private data pattern
- Powers Motorola’s Solution Catalog