resume

BRAD BOREVITZ

San Francisco CA

Skills

• Thorough knowledge of all aspects of Web development
• Experience building websites using the Drupal CMS
• Expertise in HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Understanding of database and programming principles
• Fluency with visual, user experience, and information design principles
• Facility with image and video production software
• Experience with a wide variety of technologies and website issues: UNIX, Java, PHP, MySQL, Apache, Flash, SVN, GIT, SEO, cross-platform, usability
• The ability to understand strategic business concerns
• An aptitude for teaching and explanation
• Strong organizational and leadership skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Continuously learning

Experience

Freelance
Web Developer, Information Architect, Technical Writer

• Produced numerous Drupal CMS based websites for non-profits, artists, and small businesses
• Wrote specifications and technical documentation for a new web application start-up
• Created and documented information architecture  for a new web application.

Addis
Senior Producer

• Directed an effort to clarify and define the human resources and technical requirements necessary for Addis' interactive capabilities.
• Researched and established new development processes for the Web department and the studio
• Lead multidisciplinary teams in the development of Web sites for large national and multinational corporations
• Wrote proposals and specifications documents
• Managed project schedules and budgets
• Participated in the definition of Information Architecture for Web site projects
• Managed production tasks: HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript and graphic production
• Recruited and contracted with vendors and independents for production resources

Visigy
Executive Producer

• Delivered capabilities presentations and proposals to potential clients
• Mentored junior staff on development skills and processes
• Completed Intranet and Extranet projects for improved corporate and client communications
• Executed a review of internal technical infrastructure with recommendations for networking, hardware, and software improvements
• Researched and established a formal development process for the Web department
• Recruited and contracted with vendors and independents for design, production, and engineering resources
• Wrote proposals and specifications documents
• Managed client relationships
• Lead multidisciplinary teams in the development of Web sites for high-tech Business-to-Business clients
• Managed project schedules and budgets
• Designed Information Architecture for Web site projects
• Participated in production tasks: HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript and graphic production

Push It
Producer / Developer / Owner

• Launched a company to provide Web development services to small businesses
• Developed a 20,000 item online catalogue and e-commerce system
• Mocked up a prototype web-based help system for a major computer manufacturer
• Subcontracted for work in design, HTML, JavaScript and graphic production
• Developed scripts for automated conversion of large numbers of Web pages to new designs and from Quark Documents to Web pages

Impact Online
Webmaster

• Provided design and technical specifications for outside contractors who collaborated on building several iterations of the site
• Created a content management system in Frontier to facilitate changes to the site
• Wrote content, maintained the site and performed traffic analysis

University of Chicago Hospitals
Research Technician and Data Manager

• Performed library and field research on home care for pediatric AIDS patients
• Developed and maintained databases for psycho-social and laboratory data
• Responsible for on site data management of the NIH's AIDS Clinical Trials
• Managed IT needs for a dozen of the department's computers

Education

Teaching