Jana Byrne

Kirkland, WA. 760.539.2204

Technology Stack

Languages

  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • C#
  • Java
  • C++
  • ruby
  • C (via Matlab and actionscript 3)

Frontend Development

  • HTML5
  • jQuery with Ajax
  • HTML5 Canvas
  • CSS3 (alone and via Sass)
  • CSS frameworks
    • HTML5 Boilerplate
    • Twitter Bootstraps
    • Semantic UI

Serverside Development

  • PHP5
  • Node.js
  • ASP.NET
  • RSS/Curl/XML/JSON generation, processing, and integration

Frameworks - MVC & MVVM

  • Javascript
    • backbone.js
    • durandal.js
    • knockout.js
  • ASP.NET MVC
  • PHP
    • wordpress
    • phalcon

Databases

  • mySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Riak
  • Microsoft SQL CE
  • SQL - Oracle 11g

Graphics

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator

Mobile Development

  • Android SDK

Experience

Freelance Web Developer

Seattle, WA 2012 – Present

Designs and develops user centered, dynamic websites.

Creates databases and corresponding serverside functionality

Creates custom Content Management Systems for data and image management, facilitating website updates by non-technical users. When appropriate, incorporates established content management systems including WordPress.

Optimizes sites for cross-platform and cross-browser viewing, employing polyfills, and graceful degradation techniques when neccessary (legacy Internet Explorer and pre-compiling browsers such as Opera Mini and Amazon Silk), facilitates offline viewing, and intuative user-friendly touch-screen functionality.

Information Technology Intern

Caridad - San Diego, CA June 2011 – September 2012

After analyzing raw product requirements, conceptualized and created a custom multi-user database management application to record, track, and sort financial/user information, automatically generate and email HTML and PDF formatted receipts, generate excel spread , and update a centralized online database. The application was created in Visual Studio 2010 using C# and Microsoft SQL compact.

Designed, created, and maintained the official website. Created custom jQuery plugins, mySQL user database, PHP based forms, facebook API connections, and rss/xml based data retrieval and organization. Created a custom image editor using C# to resize, watermark, and upload images, as well as insert relevant information into an RSS feed.

Provided troubleshooting, technical support, and computer solutions for the whole business, including setting up and configuring employee equipment.

Created and maintained Caridad’s social media presence, including all graphics. Integrated social media connections into the official website utilizing various APIs.

Teaching Assistant

San Diego State University - San Diego, CA March 2009 - May 2010

Assisted Computer Science Graduate student for whom English was a second language with writing technical documents. Assisted in setup and configuration of computer equipment. Assisted in grading papers and supervising classes when instructor was unavailable.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

San Diego State University - San Diego, CA May 2011

Major: Computer Science
Cumulative GPA: 3.13
San Diego State University GPA: 3.37