Intellect Technical SolutionsUI/UX Developer
Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2013Michael has over a decade of knowledge in graphics design and is well versed in the applications of Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign. Coupled with this, he is extremely versed in the Frond-End languages of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery. He has worked with the gambit of server-side languages, (ASP.NET / MVC, JSP, PHP & ColdFusion), and various CMS systems including SiteFinity, Cube-Cart, and WordPress. He has extensive CSS experience with the custom skinning of control sets such as Telerik, Kendo UI, DevExpress and the wide variety of ASP.NET controls utilizing sprite coordinate positioning with on-the-fly CSS manipulation for various resolutions. His mobile skills revolve around iPad / Android tablets with smaller handheld device resolutions targeted by CSS media-queries for the perfect fit. In conjunction he has worked with CSS frameworks (Foundation and Bootstrap) to gain the edge of responsive design and extendability coupled with the jQuery Mobile core to extend the functionality further for those devices that lack hover events. He also has worked with several IDE environments (Visual Studio, Dreamweaver and Coda), with various source controls intergraded (TFS, SourceSafe and Mercurial). Michael primarily develops on OSx platforms as it allows him to test various platforms without switching devices. Utilizing Parallels and xCode he is able to build unlimited virtual machines for various operating systems and properly test under each browser within the requested scope.