web developer resume for john r. allen

In 1993, the Mozilla project brought out the first web browser. Up until that time, only academics and researchers used the Internet. My first experience with the 'Net came in 1994. I developed my first, primitive web site that year and by 1995 had registered my own domain name. This site, jonra.com, has been online ever since those early days.

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Background:

When I first became involved in the 'Net I had a dual role as the director of computers and graphics for a small manufacturer. Building web sites was a natural for someone with my programming, networking, and graphics background. Since then, I have studied usability, user-centered design, information architecture, PHP and database architecture, and strengthened my graphics and programming skills.

Over the last twelve years I have worked for a start-up Web development company that quickly became the fastest growing web development firm in Michigan, as a freelancer, and then once again, in a Fortune 500 company. My position as the Lead Content Developer for the web development company required me to act as the liason between the creative and technical departments. We worked on projects for major corporations and banks. After the company was sold in 2000, I moved into freelancing for several years.

Freelancing suited my needs at the time due to the necessity to tend to a family member with a debilitating illness. I recently returned to the corporate world to work in the e-business department of a Fortune 500 company as a Senior Web Developer. My main responsibilities were prototyping and proof-of-concept work. This role lasted until another health crisis for a loved one forced me to once again seek the flexibilty of schedule allowed by freelancing.

The second health crisis has since ended. I am still debating on whether to continue to work as a freelance or to return to the corporate world. I have a feeling it will take a very tempting offer to convince me to once again put on a suit and tie and to face a daily commute.

I am also available for technical writing and graphic design. Before becoming a web developer, I worked in programming and technical support. For more than five years I was a network administrator for a fifty employee Detroit area manufacturer. I setup and maintained the Windows NT network and ran the art department at the same time. I left that job in 1997 to try my hand at web development.

Every job I have held in the last seventeen years, including as a web developer, has required excellent communications skills. I have honed my writing skills working on projects for Fortune 100 companies. I have also dealt directly with all levels of management, from the presidents of major corporations to the sole proprietor of a one-man/woman shop.

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