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Justin Hileman

Education

Undergraduate, Computer Science—Brigham Young University, Provo UT. 2004-2008.

Graduate—Prosser Sr. High School, Prosser WA. 2000.

  • Graduated in top 10% of high school class.
  • Named as a National Merit Scholar by the College Board.

Experience

Lead Front End Developer, Portero Inc.—New York City NY. Spring 2008-present.

Freelance Web Developer and Designer—Provo UT. 2005-2008.

  • Developed several custom content engines for websites, podcasts, and web applications.
  • Worked extensively in PHP, MySQL, Flash, JavaScript, AJAX, HTML and CSS.
  • Worked extensively with the Script.aculo.us and Prototype JavaScript libraries.
  • Worked extensively with Drupal, an open source CMS toolkit.

Web Developer / Programmer—Supernerd LLC, Provo UT. 2005-2007.

  • An independent contractor for Supernerd, LLC.
  • Projects included several web sites and custom web applications for small businesses.
  • Worked extensively in PHP, MySQL, Flash, JavaScript, AJAX, HTML and CSS.
  • Worked extensively with the Script.aculo.us and Prototype JavaScript libraries.
  • Worked with and contributed to the Zoop Framework, an open source PHP MVC framework.

Lead Developer / Flash Programmer—Supernerd LLC / Real Salt Lake, Provo UT. 2005.

  • Lead developer of a Macromedia Flash based media guide for a Major League Soccer team.
  • Implemented XML based dynamic content generation.
  • Developed layouts, templates and original graphics.

Full employment history available upon request.

Skills

Specializes in standards-compliant, search engine friendly, cross-browser compatible XHTML, CSS and AJAX based websites and web applications.

Proficient in ActionScript, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, MySQL and PHP programming languages.

Experienced with most major Web 2.0 / AJAX / JavaScript technologies, including: Prototype and Script.aculo.us, MooTools and MooFx, and jQuery.

Interests

Interested in interaction design, effective visual metaphors, and other human usability concerns.

Interested in web accessibility, standards compliance, graceful degradation and natural (organic) search engine optimization.

Honors

Eagle Scout—Boy Scouts of America, 2000.

National Merit Scholar, 2000.

Service

President—BYU Swing Kids Club, 2007-2008.

Volunteer Representative / Missionary—The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2001-2003.