Kyle P. Johnson
Overview
I am a Web designer and developer who architects, designs, and builds successful standards based Web sites, and applications. With nine years experience designing, developing and guiding the Web, I am well versed in all aspects of Web design, development and production with an emphasis on user-centered design and practical Web standards.
Professional Experience
2008 - Present: Seattle Children's Hospital
Senior Web Developer
- Responsible for all aspects of the Web development and the development life cycle including discovery, definition, structure, design, production and launch.
- Responsible for the overall code quality of internal and external sites
- Provide guidance with best practice coding techniques
2006 - 2008: The Nebraska Medical Center
Web Site Coordinator
- Responsible for all aspects of the Web development and the development life cycle including discovery, definition, structure, design, production and launch.
- Creates and implements site structures and policies
- Interim Webmaster tasks include:
- Setting overall strategies and goals for the Web team.
- Managing working relationships with service line executives, directors and vice-presidents
- Working with third party contractors and outside vendors.
- Conducting interviews with new job applicants.
- Primary tasks include:
- Information architecture
- Project management
- User centered designs
- Usability research, implementation, and testing
- Standards based development
- Search Engine Optimization
2004 - 2006: HunTel.net
Web Designer
- Responsible for managing and maintaining custom built help desk software in addition to traditional client work.
- Responsible for Web development, design, production, and launch of client Web sites.
- Primary tasks included information architecture, Web design and development with an emphasis on:
- Information architecture on both large and small scale Web projects
- Project management and account management
- User-centered Web design
- Usability research, consulting and testing
- User interface design and implementation
- Content editing and production
2002 - 2004: HunTel.net
Education and Additional Training
- General Degree - May 2000 - Albert City-Truesdale High School
- Associate of Applied Science in Micro Computer Support Specialist, May 2002 - Iowa Western Community College
- Flash MX Boot Camp - Instructed by Designer and Author Duncan McAlester
- MIX 2007 - Microsoft Web training Las Vegas, NV
- SXSWi 2008 - South By South West Interactive Festival
- Sitecore Certified Developer Training
- Ektron Certified Developer Training
Personal & Volunteer Experience
- 2007 : Wisdump - Content Producer/Writer
- 2003 - Present : Kyle P. Johnson - Personal blog - Freelancer and Independent Content Producer
- Web designer and developer on various freelance projects.
- Maintains a personal site, now a blog, called Kyle P. Johnson. Has maintained this personal site since 2002.
Awards
Skills
Languages
- HTML - 10 years experience (expert)
- ASP.NET - 4 year experience (advanced)
- Classic ASP - 6 years experience (expert)
- CSS - 7 years experience (expert)
- JavaScript - 6 years experience (advanced)
- ActionScript - 5 years experience(advanced)
- XML/XSLT - 3 years experience (advanced)
- PHP - 2 year experience (novice)
- AJAX - 2 year experience (intermediate)
- Ruby on Rails - Less then one year experience (novice)
Database Technologies
- Microsoft SQL - 6 years experience (advanced)
- MySQL - 5 years experience (advanced)
- Microsoft Access - 8 years experience (expert)
Graphics and Multimedia
- Flash - 4 years experience (advanced)
- Fireworks - 5 years experience (advanced)
- Photoshop - 5 years experience (advanced)
- In Design - 1 year experience (novice)
- Freehand - 1 year experience (novice)
Other Programs, Technologies and Tools
- Microsoft Expression Studio - 2 year (intermediate)
- Visual Studio / Visual Web Developer - 4 years (advanced)
- Dreamweaver - 6 years experience (expert)
- MS Office and related - 12 years experience (expert)
- IIS Administration - 4 years (advanced)
- Visio - 4 years experience (advanced)
- FrontPage - 8 years experience (expert)
- Source Vault - 2 years experience (intermediate)
Operating Systems
- Windows - 10+ years experience (expert)
- Mac OS - 5 years experience (advanced)
- Linux - 1 year experience (advanced)
Soft Skills
- User Experience
- User Interface Design
- Project Management
- Information Architecture
- Accessibility
- Usability
- Web standards and best practices
- Teamwork
- Verbal communication
- Content Management
- Account Management
Web Portfolio
Personally Developed
Developed for The Nebraska Medical Center
Developed for HunTel.net