Kari White 760.710.7512 Encinitas, CA 92024 email: kari@kariville.com Objective: Education: Skills: Web Development/Design or software QE position, contract or hire BA Applied Mathematics University of California, San Diego I have extensive experience with designing software features, writing feature specifications, writing and executing test plans, and tracking defects, in addition to designing and developing web sites and web applications. I'm able to work independently as well as in a team environment, and am incredibly organized. Adobe (Macromedia) Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks Adobe (Macromedia) ColdFusion, Flex Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop CS4 Hand code: (X)HTML, CSS, ActionScript, JavaScript XML including RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, ATOM SQL Microsoft Access, Project Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook Mac OSX, Windows XP/Vista, Linux Browsers: IE, Firefox, Safari, Netscape Source Control: Perforce
Employment History: kariville.com, Web Designer San Diego, CA July 2005 - present Freelance web designer/developer building custom websites for small businesses in the US and abroad. Duties include meeting with customers, creating estimates, presenting designs, graphic design, and use of HTML, CSS, and ColdFusion. Ability to design and create project from start to finish, working primarily with remote clients. Adobe, Inc., Contract QA Engineer (Adobe Media Player) San Diego, CA October 2007 – December 2008 QA engineer responsible for testing Adobe Media Player. Testing included black/white box, functional, integration, and acceptance. Creation of test media required writing of RSS video feeds and creation of image assets for those feeds. Responsible for logging defects and tracking them until resolution.
Webmistress, Contract Web Programmer San Diego, CA June 2007 – October 2007 As a web programmer, tasks include slicing and dicing of Photoshop mockups, programming in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and some PHP. Work on several projects simultaneously, all in different stages of development such as updates, creating brand new sites, or site redesigns. Incorporate customer updates and suggestions with quick turnaround time. Adobe, Inc., Contract QA Engineer/Flex Application Developer (Flex) San Diego, CA February 2006 – April 2007 Responsible for testing Flex and developing Flex Applications. Testing included black/white box, functional, integration, acceptance, and building full scale applications to test the product in a real world scenario. Duties also include helping to select new feature sets and assist in the design of those features. Responsible for logging defects and tracking them until resolution. Designed, coded and tested applications using Flex and ColdFusion CFC’s/web services for product team use. kariville.com, Web Designer San Diego, CA July 2005 - present Freelance web designer/developer building custom websites for small businesses in San Diego, San Francisco, Costa Rica and more. Duties include meeting with customers, creating estimates, presenting designs, graphic design, and HTML and CSS coding. Macromedia, Inc., QA Manager (Flex) San Francisco, CA June 2002 - November 2004 QA Manager for a team of 9 QA Engineers working on Macromedia Flex, an XML based application model used to build Flash applications. Assembled QA team and developed all QA processes for the 1.0 product release of Flex. Managed and tracked product development schedule. Designed intranet product team web site. Built testing infrastructure including web applications to facilitate testing. Participated in feature planning/scheduling and design. Managed both local and remote employees including engineers in Boston and Bangalore, India.
Macromedia, Inc., Lead SQA Engineer (Dreamweaver) San Francisco, CA January 1999 - June 2002 Responsibilities included writing and executing test plans, writing feature specifications, and tracking defects. Webmaster for team web server and administrator for defect tracking SQL database. Designed, coded, and tested company-wide defect tracking application using ColdFusion and SQL Server database. Designed and coded numerous other web applications for company wide use. Designed intranet product team web site for Dreamweaver. Team lead for 6 members of Dreamweaver QA team. Managed and tracked product development schedule for Dreamweaver. SPSS, Inc., Technical Support San Rafael, CA September 1997 - January 1999 Provided phone and e-mail technical support for DeltaGraph, a data charting product. Consulted customers on creation of their presentations and charts. Created graphics for software box packaging and for the SPSS web site. Reviewed technical documentation and provided graphics for DeltaGraph User's Guide. State of Puebla Public Education, English Teacher Puebla, Puebla, Mexico January 1997 - July 1997 Taught Spanish-speaking middle school students conversational English. Responsibilities included developing lesson plans, creating games and activities, giving exams, grading students, and maintaining a good study environment Portfolio: Other: Please see my online Portfolio. Read/write/speak Spanish Hobbies: surfing, snowboarding, cooking, sewing and jewelry design Traveling: Thailand, Cambodia, South Africa, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, and South America Upon Request
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