Resume of Tamara L. Yee

tamara yee | résumé

Corona, CA 92882 [e-mail] http://tamara.yeezers.com

summary	15 years of experience being a hands-on leader in web development, management, administration and customer satisfaction. Projects range from simple HTML or Flash sites to mission-critical, high-traffic e-commerce sites. I have worked with a variety of technologies depending on what met the client's needs and ensured the highest quality end product.
current skills Team Management
Establish development and design standards, and review system and graphic design for accuracy in following requirements, performance tuning and adherence to standards and the company brand. Mentor junior personnel. Encourage advancement and job satisfaction by assigning tasks based on individuals’ skill set and goals. Client Relationships/Project Management Gather, document and validate requirements. Provide solutions and timelines. Communicate status and manage scope and expectations. Facilitate the review/approval cycle. Keep the project team on task to deliver all items on time or ahead of schedule. Programming and Web Design Technology: HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, ActionScript, Flash Remoting, ASP.NET, C#, ASP, PHP, XML, Facebook API, Java, JSP, XSL, AJAX, RSS/Atom, JScript, VBScript, Microsoft WSH Web Editing: Dreamweaver, Visual Studio .NET, TextPad/NotePad Graphics/Multimedia: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, After Effects, Soundbooth, Sony Vegas Databases: Microsoft SQL Server, Access, MySQL
work experience
jan. 2008 – present		Yeezers Interactive, Orange, CA Owner, Web Consultant Duties: Interface with clients to establish requirements and provide the best solution for their situation; create project plans and keep clients informed of timelines and statuses; succeed in meeting project goals for clients. Create web sites, web applications, Flash ad units, Flash demos and HTML e-mails. Administer databases, FTP servers and web servers. Hire and manage subcontractors. Project Highlights: E-commerce web site at www.rogueperformanceproducts.com: this uses ASP.NET 3.5 in C#, SQL Server 2008, DHTML, CSS and JQuery to accomplish a custom shopping experience for motorsports parts and accessories. This includes catalog browsing by vehicle, seeing product details and related products, shopping carts and a checkout process integrated with a merchant account to accept credit cards. For members, login is enabled via .NET Membership and users can update their profile, maintain wish lists, save vehicles, view order history, see recent products viewed per vehicle, and check gift certificate balance. Administrative users can log in to update product info, view orders, update order status, view reports, and more in a custom-built CMS (content management system). Online, login-based sales tool: this was used for negotiating loans/cash advances for small businesses. This used Flash CS3, ActionScript 3 (AS3), C#, AJAX, ASP.NET 3.5, SQL Server 2005, DHTML and CSS. The Flash interface included sliders to adjust amounts as the sales force negotiated their deals and real-time results as they used those sliders or changed values in other ways. This project also included two admin sites for content and user management at two different levels. The .NET Framework’s Membership components and others like GridViews were highly customized to get the right look and functionality. Screenshots are at tamara.yeezers.com/sites/cashready/. Flash-based, streaming video player with bandwidth detection and full-screen feature: AS3, Flash Media Server 3.5, Flash Player 9 (Flash Player 10 would have made this easier, but the client was not ready for Flash Player 10 yet). Bandwidth was detected at load time and also monitored for changes during the user’s interaction and would change video quality automatically if needed. Notable about the full-screen feature is that the full-screen controls were different from the normal-sized player controls rather than just a bigger version of them as is done with most full-screen players.
jul. 2007 – present		Doner Advertising, Newport Beach, CA Freelancer as Lead Web Programmer / Architect Duties: Produce and maintain Flash-based games, microsites, standard Flash ads, expandable rich media ads with video, landing pages and HTML e-mails. Program Flash units and applications to run on Facebook and MySpace. Suggest ways of improving processes and procedures. Review and approve work done by other programmers. Work closely with art directors, creative services director and account team. Project Highlights: For all projects with Doner, graphic design was done by someone else. I provided all animation (where applicable) and programming. Contest application on Facebook: this included various Flash pieces, video, a contest entry form with optional image upload and a voting system that allowed Facebook users to vote once a day. On the back-end, there was the Facebook API, PHP, SQL Server and ASP.NET using C#, some of which was used for communication between the database and Flash via XML. A static demo version can be launched from the cover page at int.atdoner.com/FB/NB/. Video and Flash-based microsite: this contained a quiz where the user saw a series of seven videos spoken in a fabricated language and had to guess what each scene is about. It also contained audio clips and TV ads and allowed users to post their score to their Facebook profile. This was programmed using ActionScript 3 (AS3), Flash CS4, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML, PHP, the Facebook API and video editing in After Effects CS4. Object-oriented programming was used to control application flow, sound management, logical objects and reusable code. Created a simple API for developers to consume Mazda’s web services for searching inventory, locating dealers and requesting quotes in AS2 and AS3. Rich media ad unit for the Mazda3 on MySpace at yeezersinteractive.com/myspacetest/: this involved sampling music (which I cut with Adobe Soundbooth) using coverflow navigation, drag and drop to add songs to your playlist, drag and drop to sort the songs in your playlist, and downloading a zip file containing the songs from your playlist in order. The zip process needed a back-end web script to work. Since Doner did not own a server that could handle ad traffic and had no idea how many hits to expect, I worked with their IT team to find a hosting solution that would scale as needed and automatically and did not require a long-term contract. I wrote a PHP script to do the zip file creation and hosted that PHP script and MP3 files there. Also created reusable AS3 code for a custom scrollbar (needed one lighter than the built-in Flash component) and accordion navigation to read different panels of features for the Mazda3.
dec. 1998 – may 2007		Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Orange, CA Marketing Web Design Manager: may 2005 – may 2007 Manager: Built an in-house web design team from the ground up, establishing policies and procedures; managed a staff of up to five designers; assessed business needs and assigned tasks as necessary to deliver all requests on time; communicated Marketing requirements to the IT department for updates to web sites; handled user-acceptance testing (UAT) of web site changes; performed standard management tasks. Creative Director: Brainstormed with the team and provided feedback throughout the design process; established and shared vision for projects in how they should be executed and what they needed to communicate; enforced brand awareness and consistency; helped conceptualize all aspects of online marketing including web ad banners, paid search placements, search engine optimizations (SEO), web site design and tracking. Web Media Designer: Created web ad banners, online games and web sites using Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, ActionScript, Flash Remoting, Dreamweaver, XML, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. IT Project Manager / Sr. Web Developer: dec. 1998 – may 2005 Project Manager: Coordinated with business units and technical teams to accomplish several projects including external and internal web applications; carried the projects through the software development life cycle (SDLC) and report status, while working with all necessary technical teams to meet deadlines; wrote technical requirements. Team Lead: Mentored team members established programming standards and performed design and code review. Developer: Designed, coded and maintained several dynamic web applications using ColdFusion and Java (using WebLogic); automated processes in Windows environments; optimized web sites for tracking; randomized various web pages for A/B testing; helped create an enterprise portal that used Active Directory authentication; used WSH with VBScript or JScript to help with automation of scheduled reports and file transfers; helped customize Documentum, a content management tool, using XML and XSL to create page templates. Analyst: Produced and automated reports showing web visitor statistics using SQL Server queries, WSH, NetTracker, HitList and WebTrends. Graphic Designer: Designed the look & feel of intranet and Internet web sites; created web ad banners; converted Photoshop designs to web pages. Project Highlights (no longer in production): Corporate web site – development and management of this mission-critical, highly-available web site Super Bowl-readiness for corporate web site Other various public web sites Corporate intranet web site Registration forms and contest entries Human Resources self-service portal Surveys Commission and loan volume reports
oct. 1998 – dec. 2006		Root Solutions, Inc., Placentia, CA Internet Program Director / Sr. Web Developer / Co-Owner Duties: Similar duties to Yeezers Interactive Project Highlights: Steve Fidyk and Chris Vadala musician sites – www.stevefidyk.com, www.chrisvadala.com; both include secure admin sites / CMS for maintaining their calendars and discography Performance Buyers Club – e-commerce site no longer in production; included an auto parts catalog, search feature, shopping cart system and CMS for maintaining inventory, site content and orders Calendar system – no longer in production
oct. 1995 – jan. 1999		Raytheon Systems Company, Fullerton, CA Member of Technical Staff in Computer Science and Math Designed, implemented and consulted with internal customers for intranet web sites; created database-driven web sites on NT (using the Netscape suite of servers, Access and FileMaker Pro) and UNIX (using C and NDBM/MBase); mentored one developer. Set up and administered an intranet web server and search engine using Netscape FastTrack, Catalog, Compass and Calendar Servers; planned and implemented an extranet involving NAI Gauntlet Firewall and Netscape servers including Enterprise, Collabra, Certificate and Directory; supported VPN administration; installed and administered Windows NT servers and workstations. Trained users to update their department's intranet content. Created and edited technical procedures and documents.
certifications & education
dec. 2001		Microsoft Certified Professional Designing and Implementing Databases with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
nov. 2000		Microsoft Certified Professional Implementing and Supporting Internet Information Server 4.0
nov. 2000		Certified Lotus Specialist Domino R5 Designer Fundamentals
jan. 1998		Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, High Honors California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), 3.93 / 4.0 GPA
jun. 1994		Associate of Arts in Mathematics, Highest Honors Fullerton College, 3.96 / 4.0 GPA
honors highlights
sep. 2006			Web Marketing Association’s “Standard of Excellence” WebAwards for Ameriquest’s Rolling Stones and NASCAR sponsorship microsites
jan. 2001			Annual "Do the Right Thing" Award for year 2000, Ameriquest Mortgage Company
aug. 1998			Certificate of Recognition for excellence in designing and implementing the MAAST web site, Raytheon Systems Company

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