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Print Version JAN THOMAS San Jose, CA
Qualifications:	Thrive in a fast paced environment. Achieve quick turn-around times. Experienced web development for organizations and small businesses. Web page graphics design using Photoshop, and Illustrator. Attention to deadlines and scheduling.
Summary of Skills:	HTML, CSS, Javascript, MySQL, PHP, XML, AJAX WordPress, JQuery, SMF, ActionScript, C++, Object Oriented Programming Adobe Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Illustrator
Current Experience:	Web Development, Jan Thomas Consulting September 2007 – Present (Part Time) Transform client specifications into running web applications. Develop table-less HTML layout using CSS. Build custom WordPress, and SMF designs with PHP. Troubleshoot Apache server problems, browser incompatibilities and PHP runtime configuration issues. Advise customers on technical decisions such as web hosting, and ecommerce. Implement SEO strategies. Improve website effectiveness using web analytics.
Past Experience:	Software Engineer, Ingenuus Inc. August 1999 - August 2000 Designed and developed a web application for workflow management. Coordinated input from Marketing, QA and Customer Support to create web applications using HTML, CSS, Javascript and C++ programming.
	Software Engineer, Saratoga Systems (now part of CDC Software) October 1996 - June 1999 Created Customer Relationship Management (CRM) from high-level specifications. Designed, Built and maintained the search tool portion of application using Visual C++. Interacted with customers at user conferences and on tech support calls. Recommended and implemented functionality enhancements to search tool. Provided interfaces for Palm Pilot, Networking and Mass mailing products.
	Software Engineer, BASYS, (now part of Avid Technology) March 1993 - June 1996 Developed a specialized editor for a television news broadcasting application using Visual C++. Wrote file transfer software to convert files from RTF and text formats. Worked with Customer Support, Quality Assurance and Training professionals to ensure usability and software quality.
Education:	Level 2 Certificate , Digital Media Design and Production, West Valley College (5/08) MS, Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University (11/95) BS, Genetics, UC Davis (6/84)