Patrick J. Collins
pat@burned.com
http://burned.com
Work Experience
Interactive Developer/Designer, Wall-to-Wall Studios (W|W), Pittsburgh, PA
6/2006–present
- Acted as head designer and developer for numerous projects, taking on role of primary technical contact
- Architected and executed a strategic overhaul of W|W CMS, the in-house content management system, enabling the firm to handle larger web projects
- Designed and implemented a drag-and-drop form builder application (as a modular add-on to W|W CMS) to aid clients in capturing data on their web site using customizable web forms
- Trained clients on concepts and methodologies within W|W CMS, empowering them to edit a content-managed web site
- Researched, designed and built a client extranet system for internal project tracking and file sharing purposes
- Recommended and implemented several in-house technical endeavors, including setting up a dedicated server to serve as critical infrastructure, organization of source code into the Subversion source code management platform, and launching an internal bug tracking tool
- Increased team productivity by establishing and reinforcing web development best practices, including an object-oriented programming approach, implementation of the MVC design pattern, and exercising leadership in an overall effort to modularize code for better reusability and maintainability
Web/Media Services Specialist, Epidemiology Data Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1/2004–6/2006
- Planned, designed, developed, and customized web systems in direct collaboration with Web/Media Services Manager
- Designed identity elements to be used in all media for medical studies, internal projects, and University departments
- Ensured usability and accessibility standards were met for audiences with special needs
- Start-to-finish design and production of print assets such as flyers, brochures, guides, and posters
- Maintained content relevant to medical study web sites for the Department of Epidemiology
- Provided professional web development services for departments throughout the University of Pittsburgh
Education
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
B.A., Interactive Media. Concentrations in Computer Science and Web Design & Development. Topics studied: Instructional design, network programming, database management. Graduated cum laude. (2001–2005)
M.S., Multimedia Technology. Topics studied: Project management, media writing, human-computer interaction. Graduated summa cum laude. (2005–2006)
Affiliations
Founder, Refresh Pittsburgh, 2005–present
Member, American Institute of Graphic Arts, Pittsburgh Chapter, 2005–present
Member, Graphic Artists Guild, At-Large Chapter, 2006–present
Technical Expertise
- Design: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
- Front-end Development: (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM
- Back-end Development: PHP, ASP(.NET), Java, C++ (Currently learning Python and Ruby)
- Frameworks: jQuery (JavaScript), CakePHP (PHP), Rails (Ruby), Django (Python)
- Helper Technologies and Concepts: AJAX, XML, JSON, Web Services, MVC, Subversion
- Database management: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access
- OS Platforms: Mac OS X, Windows, Linux. Very comfortable in command-line environments.