I am a creative, skilled web developer with over <cough, cough> years’ experience. Creating beautiful pages with clean, standards-compliant code is what I love to do. But I’m retired now & just too darn lazy take down my site, so…

But don’t just take my word for it:

Recommending Pat as a web developer is easy; she is talented, creative, efficient and grasps difficult ideas quickly.
– Jaron Sampson, Sr. Software Engineer, NameMedia

Pat is an excellent web developer and a vibrant team member, finding ways to contribute both inside and outside her areas of expertise.
– Kevin Osborn, Director of Engineering, NameMedia

…she would…produce perfect XHTML representations of the mock ups that were multi-browser/multi-platform tested.
– Erik Stern, Visual Designer, NameMedia

Employment history

Liberty Concepts, Allston, MA
April, 2010-September, 2021
Front End Developer
  • Built web sites for progressive political candidates and causes.
GyPSii, Warwick, RI
January, 2009-February, 2010
Web Developer
  • Building HTML/CSS/jQuery pages for the next-generation webtop application.
NameMedia, Waltham, MA
November 2006-November 2008
Web Developer
  • Built web pages from mockups using HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, JSF, RichFaces.
  • Helped convert HTML pages to WordPress themes and JSF web applications. Created logos and headers for e-comm sites.
  • Created banner ads using Flash (remember when Flash was everything?) and animated gifs.
Captains of Industry, Watertown, MA
September 2003-October 2006
Office Manager/Webmaster
  • Implemented SEO and no-Flash content for web site. Created HTML emails from Photoshop mockups.
  • Provided IT support & user training. Office management, bookkeeping, HR.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
December 2001-August 2003
Staff Assistant
  • Supported Harvard professor and programs. Designed & built department web sites featuring PHP-driven navigation.
  • Provided IT support and training. Created publication design/layout.
Infinitemarket, Newton, MA
2000-2001
Web Designer/Developer
  • Produced JSP sites with Java programmers and graphic designer.
  • Designed page flow for user input. Researched and implemented accessibility standards.
  • Developed XSLT (remember XSLT? yeah, me neither) for JSP tag library on company intranet.
Consortium for Energy Efficiency, Boston, MA
1997-2000
Office Manager/Network Administrator/Webmaster
  • Designed and built web site for national non-profit organization.
  • Provided IT support and training. Office management, HR, conference planning.
The Bishop Organ Company, Inc., Wakefield, MA
1987-1997
Vice President/Treasurer, Co-owner
  • HR, bookkeeping, vendor and customer relations. Rebuilt and tuned pipe organs.

Skills/Applications

Dev: Dreamweaver, Eclipse, SVN, HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, WordPress, PHP, JSF/RichFaces
Design: PhotoShop/Illustrator, Flash, Quark, Acrobat
OS: Windows, Mac, caveman UNIX

Education

Northeastern University
Certificate of Professional Achievement, Web Site Development
Cleveland State University
Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance

Contact

9 Joseph St Unit 2
Somerville MA 02143
781.956.6643

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