Neil K.

Palmer UI/UX Designer and Developer

Flat 1, Galaxy House, 32 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4LX www.uifarm.co.uk | neil@uifarm.co.uk | @uifarm_uk | 07714 018024

Career Objective
To leverage front-end web application and UI/UX knowledge and passion to design and develop innovative, clean, accessible, compliant, user-centric web and mobile based applications through a mobile first, progressive enhancement philosophy. Collaborate with engineering and business teammates in a vibrant work environment, where ideas are shared and people internally and externally are enthusiastic about the companys outlook.

Education
Middlesex University, June 2000 BSC, Information Systems with Management

Skills & Strengths

User Interface and User Experience Expert Experienced web application developer and Team Lead Strong in written and verbal communication Fast learner; embraces evolution and big picture UI Design Personas, User story flows, Wire framing, Prototyping, Comp design, Responsive design. Front-End Development XHTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, SASS, Compass, JavaScript (OO, MVC, TDD with Js Test Driver), DOM, BOM, jQuery, Modernizer, Sencha Touch 2, AJAX, JSON, SEO, Usability, Accessibility, Application of Mobile first - Progressive Enhancement, Graceful Degradation, Cross-Browser development. Application Development Object Oriented Design, Core Java, Spring, Hibernate, Struts(1&2), Tiles, XML, XSLT, XSLFO, FOP, JSP, Servlets, Acegi Security, Tomcat, Tag Libraries, JBoss, CVS, SVN, Ant, TDDJUnit, Database Schema design, Oracle SQL, MySQL. Software Eclipse/Aptana, Emacs, Perforce, Photoshop, Fireworks, GIMP, SQL Developer, TOAD, TeamTrack, ProtoShare, Jira.

Experience
Co-Founder, UI Farm Ltd, May 2012 Present UI/UX agency based in London, with a content first, responsive design focused philosophy towards UI design and development. Front End Technical Lead, Bodog Europe/UK, February 2012 April 2012, London Team lead (including line management duties) for the UX and UI development of one of the companys most high profile products slots.com. Followed scrum, continuous integration and TDD agile processes. Responsible for the development of the companys various mobile projects using Sencha Touch 2. Technologies: OO JavaScript, TDD - Js Test Driver, JQuery, Backbone, Web Services (AJAX, JSON), Sencha Touch 2, HTML5, CSS2/3, SASS, Compass, PHP. Founder, DiamondNeil, November 2010 March 2012, London Founder, lead designer and engineer for DiamondNeil, a UI and UX development and consultancy shop based in London. Designed and developed informational web site and document repository and reader application for AOC-LHR, built using Hibernate, Struts, AJAX and Scribd 3rd party API. Technologies: OO JavaScript, TDD - Js Test Driver, JQuery, jQuery UI, Backbone, Web Services (AJAX, JSON), HTML5, CSS2/3, SASS, Compass, Java/JSP, Struts 2, Hibernate, Tomcat. Senior Web Software Developer - Technical Lead, QuinStreet, October 2007-August 2011, Silicon Valley Technical lead developer for the companys affinity groups/social media product, FindSmith Groups, involved in everything from database schema design, to back-end API development, to MVC development (Struts), to front end development including AJAX. Responsible for the UID and UXD of the product, including recommending latest front end technologies for implementation into the products UI. Lead developer for the FindSmith Groups directory product that was developed for QuinStreets client sites and publisher network.

Lead developer for FindSmith Groups forum product involved in all aspects of the development life cycle. Technologies: OO JavaScript, TDD - JUnit, JQuery, Web Services (AJAX, JSON), XHTML/5, CSS2/3, Java/JSP, JSP Tag Libraries, Struts 1&2, Hibernate, Spring, Jboss. Senior Web Developer - Team Lead, QuinStreet, January 2005-October 2007, Silicon Valley Promoted to senior member of engineering team, becoming an integral player and lead engineer in implementing Interwoven TeamSite into the company. Provided recommendations and training on how to develop and maintain J2EE lead generation sites using TeamSite to the web development and business teams. As a Team Lead, mentored, designed and conducted training on emerging front end technologies for web development team members. Designed and built internal admin web application tool using Hibernate and Struts. Designed and implemented the companys Co-Registration J2EE platform enabling each of QuinStreet's business verticals to increase revenue by accepting leads from their publisher network. Worked on companys proprietary forms on demand service for their publisher network using XSLT and XPath to translate XML to generate W3C compliant HTML lead generation forms. Technologies: OO JavaScript, TDD - JsUnit, JQuery, Web Services (AJAX, JSON), XHTML, CSS2, Java/JSP, JSP Tag Libraries, Interwoven TeamSite, XML/XPath/XSLT. Web Developer, QuinStreet, March 2003 January 2005, Silicon Valley Responsible for the development and maintenance of the companys JSP based lead generation micro, multi-lead and theme sites for company's largest business (education and B2B) verticals. Key member of the development team that transitioned the companys J2EE lead generation web sites from BEA WebLogic to JBOSS. Member of the "skunk works" team creating java based widgets for the company's education publishers and partner sites. Technologies: OO JavaScript, TDD - JsUnit, Web Services (AJAX, JSON), XHTML, CSS2, Java/JSP, JSP Tag Libraries.

Web Designer and Developer, Cyberlease, October 2000September 2002, Silicon Valley Recruited by CEO (A.J. Batt) of ATEL to lead front-end development of Cyberleases commercial leasing web application to be sold/used by companies in the big ticket leasing domain of the commercial leasing industry. Solely responsible for UID and UXD of the product, from conception to successful implementation of the front end. Developed wireframes, user-flows, carried out usability testing, created prototypes and implemented full product front end code. Developed products lease documentation module using FOP and XSL-FO/XSL to dynamically generate branded PDF leasing documents on the fly. Technologies: OO JavaScript, XHTML, CSS1&2, Java/JSP, JSP Tag Libraries, Servlets, XML/XSL-FO/FOP. Web Designer, ATEL Capital Group, July 2000-October 2000, Silicon Valley Maintained ATELs corporate web site and created new marketing material. Developed ATELs internal proprietary web application, designed to facilitate loan process for small ticket items (from initial loan application to decision making and processing of loan documents). Technologies: OO JavaScript, HTML, CSS1&2, ASP.

Interests
When Im not coding or researching the latest trends on front-end development you can find me bowling around East London with my friends, travelling, cooking (including my food blog), working out, experiencing the highs of Watford FC or working on my latest DIY project.

References
References available upon request