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Benjamin Wilson

Manager - Front-End Development

BenjaminWilson

New York City, NY

Experienced Product Manager and Senior Front-End Developer. Creating eCommerce and SaaS websites, for both in-house and high-profile clients including AT&T, Discover Card, BASF, Caribou Coffee and Thomson Reuters. Currently leading the front-end and UX efforts of Big Live, a social media startup.

Specialties:
• Product Vision and Experience • Resource Management • Web stack development with (X)HTML(5), CSS3, Javascript (jQuery, Prototype and DOM Scripting), offline storage, and Actionscript 2 and 3 • Middle-tier development JSP, JSTL, PHP5, MySQL • Mentorship and guidance for junior developers • Customer interaction and consultancy • Design and Information Architecture • CMS development and integration • Accessible application development with WAI-ARIA • Development in Unix (Apple) environments • SEO Optimization

Experience

  • Product Vision, Front-End Management
    New York, NY
    Aug 2010 - Present
    Big Live

    I manage day to day operations of our front-end team, set standards for quality, perform code reviews and collaborate with business and design professionals to create incredible web experiences. As with most startups there are many hats to be worn on any given day.

  • Front-end Developer
    New York, New York
    Jul 2010 - Aug 2010
    Magnani Caruso Dutton

    Magnani Caruso Dutton is an independent digital agency that helps some of the world's most recognizable brands to manage and grow their businesses online.

    Lead Front-End efforts for AT&T BusinessDirect and mobile app development for Discover Card Account Center.

  • Project Management, Interactive Developer
    Minneapolis, MN
    Sep 2007 - Jul 2010
    Valtira LLC.

    Responsibilities split between managing new product (SaaS) development, consulting and creating eCommerce websites for clients including; Caribou Coffee, Meet Minneapolis, Bloomington Convention and Visitor's Bureau and enStratus. The SaaS projects I lead, such as Valtira OnDemand Landing Pages and SmartSpot, have been utilized by BASF, Liberty Mutual and Thomson Reuters.

  • President
    Minneapolis, MN
    Apr 2007 - Oct 2009
    Benmidi Interactive

    Consulting and Development of projects for Dealerscore, New City Inc., Orangeglue, Puny Entertainment, Defeat The Monkey and others. Responsibilities included time management, development, testing and finances.

  • Audio Engineer
    Miami (South Beach), FL
    May 2005 - Nov 2007
    Zone Productions

    Pro Tools operator, Logic Pro operator, musician, archivist, systems admin and client liaison for Sony/BMG Latin, Christian Castro, Jes Brieden, Jim Rado(creator of the Musical "Hair") and many others.

  • Audio Engineer / Software Developer
    Sawgrass, FL
    Aug 2004 - May 2005
    Sonic Reality Inc.

    Worked on Sonik Capsules, Sonik Synth 2, Miroslav Philharmonik cleaning individual audio samples, tuning and key mapping and optimizing for realtime performance, also adding effects and solid unit testing before distribution.

Education

  • Associates of Science, Audio Production
    Orlando, FL
    Jun 2003 - Jul 2004
    Full Sail

    Disciplines included: audio production, audio post-production, ADR, foley, mixing, mastering, business, music history.

Skills


  • Programming languages

    (X)HTML(5), CSS, Javascript (jQuery, Prototype, DOM Scripting), JSP/JSTL, MySQL, Actionscript 2 and PHP 5


  • Additional Certification

    Pro Tools (210m) Operator Level in Music and Logic Pro End User Certification

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