Kelly Gifford

Projects range from designing web pages to print collateral to coding tasks depending on client needs.

Developed and maintained full scale, multisite, SEO compliant, websites for clients ranging from start-ups to multi-million dollar corporations on the Brightspot CMS platform. Worked on teams ranging in size from two to ten developers depending on size and scope of project. Worked with team members to solve technical and performance challenges.

Main responsibilities included front end development with standards compliant HTML 5, CSS3, LESS, JavaScript, jQuery, grunt, git, and handlebar templates. Employed a combination of responsive and/or mobile first development methodologies.

My primary responsibilities included front-end development (including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, and integration with Ruby on Rails-based views), UX/IA/wireframing, and some design work.

I helped build and deploy two Facebook Applications, Iran Voices and PollCast using FBML and FBJS with a Ruby on Rails back-end.

Additionally, as Lead UI Developer, I worked with a team of developers on a video contest platform for the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs using Ruby on Rails. My responsibilities included the UX/UI/wireframing and front-end coding tasks along with ensuring the site was built using standards-based development practices to ensure accessibility and usability.

1. Community and Social Networking

   2007-2009

   Daily tasks included partnering with other development team members, employing agile development methodologies, refining architecture based on changes in user culture, business strategies and technologically advances, interfacing with designers, product and project managers, and providing support to ensure solutions align with project visions.

   I worked on several major social networking projects including AIM Pages, AIM Photos, CircaVie, and AIM Chat. My primary duties included front-end development writing valid, semantic, XHML and CSS, JavaScript development utilizing frameworks such as Dojo and jQuery and interfacing with web applications built with Java, JSP, and Ruby on Rails.

2. AIM Pages Developer Support

   2006-2007

   My primary responsibilities including interfacing with third-party developers, the core AIM Pages development team, and marketing. I was responsible for coordinating deployment for third party components between global QA, marketing, operations, and external development resources. Additionally, I provided consulting services to the marking team to help determine the scope of capabilities in the AIM Pages system and to third-party development groups in support of external development efforts interfacing with AIM Pages.

I was responsible for application development, QA testing, environment setup and configuration, product installation, integration and deployment as well as expert-level production support of mission-critical e-commerce and back office environments at the application layer. I maintained the AWHN internet and intranet websites in addition to the WholeHealthMD website -- including over 50 client versions and creating new sites on demand using a content management system, the Find a Practitioner sites, and WholeHealthPro website.

I also assisted with new development efforts included a Rapid Response Web System developed in .NET

I was responsible for maintenance and the conversion of Visual Basic Telephone Applications using Pronexus VBVoice software to VB.Net and developed user forms for intranet and internet web-based applications. Additionally, I played a key role in the design, architecture and development of web applications and the redesign of the fly.faa.gov website.

At ALPA, I was responsible for the conversion from ColdFusion to ASP.NET, re-design, and development of internal web applications to support pilot requests. I also designed and developed a web-based replacement for a membership application used by field analysts for the updating of member data using VB.NET, ASP.NET, DHTML, CSS, and JavaScript with an Oracle back-end. Additionally, I provided technical guidance to team members in learning ASP.NET, CSS, JavaScript and debugging their applications.

Worked to develop a Health Electronic Record System for women’s health which was deployed in various Army women’s health clinics Responsibilities included writing SQL statements for Oracle and SQL Server, and writing client- and server-side code using DHTML and ASP.

I was Team Lead for front-end development for the company's commercial web-based report generating server -- using technologies including DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, and ASP and Technical Lead in maintaining and updating of the company website.

Additional projects included creating an import/export program for a client to be used in conjunction with the main Cizer product using COM, Visual Basic, XML and other web technologies and designing and developing the UI including front-end server-side and client-side script for a joint development project using DHTML, JavaScript, VBScript, Active Server Pages, and XML.