Atlanta, Georgia
david@[remove]davidpate.com

To obtain a challenging Internet development position with the opportunity for growth and greater responsibilities based upon demonstrated performance.

Authoring XHTML, CSS, JSP, ASP, XML, and others Programming JavaScript, Actionscript, Perl / CGI Web Application Development Tools PhotoShop, Illustrator, Dimensions, ImageReady, Flash, ClearCase, Visual SourceSafe, Visual Age for Java
Internet Developer
InterContinental Hotels Group / Atlanta, GA
June 2005 – Current

• Build and maintain user interfaces to IHG Web applications using XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, and JSP. The reservations system recently hit a new daily gross revenue high of $9.8 million.
• Participate in the systems design, implementation, integration and testing, deployment and maintenance stages of the software development lifecycle for every project to which my skills are assigned.
• As Flash Liaison, work with third party Flash development firms to ensure successful integration of multimedia projects into IHG systems architecture, review code, and maintain applications.
• Significant projects include the development and deployment of the redesigns for IHG brands such as Holiday Inn, Candlewood, InterContinental, etc., development of functionality to enable members of Priority Club to receive copies of their hotel stay bills via email, a partnership with Lonely Planet to develop a European Holiday site, and integration of an online chat reservation assistance system.

Special Assistant to the Dean of the College / Sponsored Research Officer
Agnes Scott College / Decatur, GA
February 2004 – March 2005

• Took a break from IT, walked to work, managed and facilitated research grants for Faculty, and generally enjoyed the fantasyland called Academia.

Implementation Producer
CoxSearch / Atlanta, GA
November 2003 – February 2004

• Responsible for the construction of the user interface of a localized search tool that is designed to provide information, including maps and directions, to products and services to be found in the Atlanta area.
• Designed and developed JSP templates that employed an Endeca search engine drawing upon multiple databases.

Multimedia Developer / Writer
Six Continents eLearning (now Intercontinental Hotels Group) / Atlanta, GA
April 2002 – June 2003

• Conceived and designed online eLearning courses based on collaborations with trainers and with an understanding of the multicultural international audience.
• Developed multimedia online interactive training courseware titles that instructed users in a variety of service and procedural initiatives that are aligned with company's business strategy.
• Developed evaluation strategies and tools to assess the impact of learning initiatives.
• Using Macromedia Flash MX and Illustrator 10 on a Windows 2000 platform, created applications that instructed users in a variety of service issues and tested them on topic comprehension. Development also required utilizing supporting technologies such as HTML, XML, actionscript, and javascript.
• Click here for an example training module.

Senior Internet Application Developer
Stardata Technologies, Inc. / Atlanta, GA
January 2001 - October 2001

• Developed front-end GUI of Stardata's primary product, schoolSERVER, a Java-based Student Information Management System.
• Provided Java Server Pages to function with the server-side java programming.
• Maintained demonstration versions of the product for use by the training and sales departments.
• Developed JavaScript tools for validation of data and manipulation of the GUI.

Web Development Manager
National Electronic Attachment, Inc. / Atlanta, GA
June 1999 - October 2000

• Designed appearance and information architecture of the FastAttach web site, which marketed NEA's services to both dentists and insurance providers. Due to the limited bandwidth concerns of dental offices, the site was designed to be light and easily navigated.
• Built and developed the FastAttach web site by creating HTML structure using Allaire HomeSite and by creating graphics using Adobe PhotoShop and Adobe Illustrator.
• Designed user interface for FastAttach, an online application which facilitates the processing of dental insurance claims.
• Maintained functionality and appearance of the FastAttach web site and a pre-existing site, DentalClaim.com.
• Ensured an ever-growing amount of audience traffic through use of meta-tags, search engine registrations, and reciprocal link placements on other sites which publish content for dental industry professionals.

Web Master
CNN Interactive / Atlanta, GA
September 1996 - June 1999

• Created back-end Perl scripts that facilitated the production and posting of news content web pages to the web servers.
• Created JavaScript functions that added dynamic interactive functionality to news stories.
• Mediated between web developers, web editors, system administrators, artistic designers, and editorial staff to ensure accurate and timely completion of projects.
• Managed the daily technical operations of the political news branch of CNN Interactive, AllPolitics.com.
• Created many in-depth self-contained news web sites under the CNN Interactive masthead:
  
• Managed a newsroom staff of web editors responsible for the creation of news content web pages featuring text, images, sound files, movie files and relative links.
• Created a CNN Interactive-branded version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5.0.
• Responsible for insuring that style and technical standards were met before posting content to the largest news web site in the world, visited by hundreds of thousands people each day.