Alanna Clarice Spence
Web Developer
email: contact@angrypirate.com

:::: EDUCATION ::::

• BFA Painting/Drawing California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA Graduated with distinction
• Attended Foothill and De Anza Community colleges 87 — 92
Studied Art, Graphic Design and Photography and General Education courses

Additional Relevant courses:
• Java Courses, UC Berkeley Extension, 2001 and 2002
• ATG Dynamo Courses, ATG Cambridge, MA October 1999 and 2000
• Completed ISO 9000 certification course at UC Berkeley extension 95
• Completed Management, Applescript and Virtual User Courses at Apple Computer 94 - 97

:::: WEB DEV SKILLS ::::

Technologies: HTML, CSS, Struts/Tiles, JSP, Javascript, Ajax, SQL, ATG Dynamo, UNIX, CVS, Subversion, DHTML, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Drupal, vBulletin, streaming media.
Graphics Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, BBedit, Dreamweaver, Flash. Platforms: Unix/Liunx, Mac OSX, Windows

:::: OVERVIEW ::::

Creative and innovative Front-End developer with well-rounded experience. I've worn many hats and adapt well to most environments. My strengths are in coding browser-compatible web pages, taking advantage of current technologies. My code is sqeaky-clean.

:::: JOB EXPERIENCE ::::

Web Developer - Singlebound Creative - San Francisco, CA Part time contractor July 2006 - February 2008
Web development, user experience design, and site maintenace. Clients include Men's Wearhouse, Blanc & Otus, The Nature Conservancy, Mig33, Ztail. Technologies: CSS, HTML, Ajax, Javascript, JSP.

Web Developer - Gap Inc. Direct - San Francisco, CA Nov 2004 - March 2005
Developed internal marketing tools using JSP Struts, Tiles. Lots of experience with JSTL, DisplayTag, Struts validation. Developed a clean, simple, easy to use UI utilizing CSS, DHTML, Struts/Tiles and creativity. Got dirty with some Java code when necessary, especially around ActionForms where Struts validation wouldn't cut it.
Environment: IBM Websphere, Merant Dimensions.

Web Developer - Timbuk2 - San Francisco, CA July 2003 - Nov 2004
Involved in a multi-tiered redesign of the Timbuk2 ecommerce website. Involved in all aspects of the site from design to development with an emphasis on the Front End. Created content, photos and graphics. Created color overlays for bag photos using photoshop. Chopped and created graphics in Photoshop and Illustrator. Coded site templates and created file structure. Hand coded JSP, HTML, CSS, and Javascript. created all the catalog entries in PostgresSQL. The site is hosted on a server running JBoss, Apache and Tomcat using Struts/Tiles Framework with PostgresSQL database.
Environment: Linux Red Hat Development box. Developed mainly on my Mac using BBedit and Samba, and the Mac Terminal.

Web Developer, Yahoo! - Sunnyvale, CA May 2002 - May 2003 - Contractor
Developed Promotional pages for SBC Yahoo! DSL and Dial websites, FIFA worldcup soccer, Ford Gorge Games, Major League Lacrosse. Trained new contractor on Yahoo! internal development tools and processes. Created IMVironment for SBC Yahoo! Using Yahoo!'s in-house development tool and DHTML, HTML, Javascript, CSS, some graphics production and design work. Tools used: BBedit, Homesite, SSH client, ImageReady, Photoshop, Flash MX, Unix.

Freelance Web Design and Development - Angrypirate.com San Francisco, CA February 2001 - present
Designed and produced websites for several clients. Sites were designed using Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady, BBedit, Flash, Dreamweaver UltraDev. Most sites include the use of server-side includes, CSS, and some Javascript. All HTML was hand coded. Mercantec Softcart integration for Adventurous.com, GoEMerchant shopping cart integration for YogiPeople.com. Clients included: Great Nordic, Adventurous Woman, Yogi People, Rooster Media, eMuzed, Eloquent, Mission Terrace Dental, Gravity Tank, JJ Wiesler.

Web Master(contract) - Eloquent.com San Mateo, CA June 2001 - August 2001
Managed requests for new site content for www.eloquent.com. Helped Engineering department improve development environment by creating processes and supporting the deployment of a development, staging and live server. Created processes for new project requests, content updates, development and testing.

Web Production Manager - Guru, Inc. (now unicru) San Francisco, CA July 99 - January 2001
Reported to VP of Engineering. First HTML/front-end developer and seventh employee of Guru.com. Hired and managed a team of Production Engineers. Responsible for all HTML on the site. Developed guidelines for nomenclature, directory structure, jhtml practices, build process. Trained production engineers and freelancers in ATG Dynamo, Unix, CVS, HTML. Attended 'ATG Dynamo for HTML developers' and 'ATG Dynamo for Java developers I and II' classes at ATG.

Web Design and Production - Bigelo and Partners San Francisco, CA - February 99 - May 99
Completed designs for mySimon site redesign. Delivered html templates to client to be turned into ASP pages. Design was done using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, ImageReady. HTML was hand-coded.

:::: WRITING ::::

Book: Unofficial Guide to Photoshop CS2, John Wiley & Sons - April 2006
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
This 720 page, comprehensive guide to Photoshop CS2 covers basic to intermediate features as well as a healthy helping of insider secrets for professional image making. Topics include, but are not limited to: masking techniques, web design, preparing files for professional print, getting the most out of your inkjet printer, advanced type tutorials, color correction, and Camera Raw. Learn by following crystal clear step-by-step exercises in this handy 6" x 9" paperback.
Visit the official website.

Article: Camera Raw Exposed - Webmonkey.com San Francisco, CA January 2006
A 6 page tutorial on the new digital negative format and Adobe's Camera Raw Plug-in for Photoshop CS2. "Your digital camera may be doing more harm than good to your photos. Alanna shows us the advantages of using the Camera Raw plug-in with Adobe Bridge and Photoshop." Read the article.

Article: JavaScript Slide Show - Webmonkey.com San Francisco, CA May 2003
A 6 page tutorial on how to create your own JavaScript slide show for displaying photos. Features include auto-start, user-initiated start, pause, next and previous buttons.

Article: Intro to .JHTML - Webmonkey.com San Francisco, CA July 2001
Wrote tutorial guide on ATG Dynamo's .JHTML for page developers. The six page article covers an introduction to ATG Dynamo, how to create smart page templates, how to create forms and how to input and retrieve data from databases using Dynamo's .JHTML tags.

::: MORE WORK EXPERIENCES :::

Web Design — 401(k)Forum (Now mPower) San Francisco, CA December 98 — February 99
Freelance Web Design and Production. Work under extremely short deadlines to deliver weekly articles and other projects. Produced 401Kafe Bookstore. Created animated promo gifs for promotions on 3rd party sites. Created animated gif for new 401Kafe design. Troubleshooter for Browser incompatibility Issues and design problems for various sites.

QA Engineer - Liquid Audio Redwood City, CA February 98 - February 99
Tested the Macintosh Liquid Music Player, Mac Liquid Publisher, Tested several internal websites. Developed test plans, scripts and test matrix. Developed Virtual User automated test scripts. Edited and debugged Apple Guide for the Player software. Maintained Remedy bug database as administrator. Wrote release notes. Created Beta Test Website.

QA Engineer - WebShopper San Francisco, CA November 97 - December 97
Overseeing the entire QA effort on Large Online Shopping Website. Created Test Scripts and Matrices. Planned tight testing schedule to cover multiple platforms and browsers in a short period of time. Aided with Content Editing.

Supervisor - Apple Computer Inc. Cupertino Ca ...Aug 92 - Sept 93...May 94 - May 97
Provided Quality Assurance for Macintosh Prototype Computers and Peripherals. Developed Test Plans, Matrices and Test Guidelines. Supervised a team of up to 20 people and 8 projects at one time. Organized training classes in various multimedia products and concepts. Trained new team leads and testers. Sent to Cork Ireland for training in DTP applications and technologies. Designed training classes under intense schedules. Held 1 - 1 training with new testers. Developed databases for tracking inventory, keeping employee records, planning and tracking testing using Filemaker Pro. Helped Cork Ireland site achieve ISO Certification. Worked with Cupertino ISO team towards Certification. Used a wide array of multimedia products including digital audio, digital video, MIDI, authoring and web design, page layout, illustration and paint programs, scanners, printer, etc. Due to the nature of this position I gained experience in just about every popular multimedia product on the market.

Team Lead/Tester - SuperMac Technologies - Sunnyvale CA.....Sept 93 - May 94
Quality Assurance test lead of Macintosh compatible Raster Image processor card for Fuji-Xerox color copier for Kanjitalk. Created test files, matrices and test plan. Used Pagemaker, Illustrator, Photoshop, Freehand, QuarkXpress extensively. Tested in US and Kanjitalk Macintosh system software. Maintained and modified bug database in Filemaker Pro. Worked closely with Engineers to resolve problems in product. Provided telephone tech support for Beta site customers.

Owner, Graphic Designer - Buxbaum Mail Order - San Jose, CA...June 91 - Aug 92
In charge of design and pre print of catalogs, magazine ads and fliers for indie music mail order business. Created business cards, band T-shirts and CD cover. In charge of orders, shipping, invoicing. Designed databases for Customer tracking and invoicing.

Graphic Designer - Yamaguma & Associates - San Jose, CA...April 91 - June 91
Created Brochures, business cards, POP displays, packaging, logos, T-shirts, catalogs, maps using mainly Freehand, Pagemaker, QuarkXpress and Photoshop.

Graphic Designer - Black Label - San Jose, CA...June 90 - May 91
Designed catalog covers for 100+ page indie music mail order catalog. Designed page layout, placed text and graphics and prepared catalog for print. Designed fliers. Aided with Bulk mailings.

Graphic Designer - Computer Generation - Cupertino CA...May 88 - April 91
Designed corporate IDs, brochures, business cards, resumes, T-shirts, logos. Provided in-house tech support for customers ranging in computer experience from expert to novice.