Dylan Hollis

University of California, San Diego

Major:BFA Visual Arts/ Studio(High Honors Distinction)
Minor: Literature/Writing

Art Institute of California, Los Angeles

Major: Interactive Engineering BS

MCSA + 9 MCP certifications

2002 MCSA: Windows Server Admin & secure network architecture, Active Directory, enterprise, remote setup, IIS administration etc., trained in class at Creative Business Concepts (IT resources) Irvine, Ca.

Expert / Advanced:

xHTML 4/5 (code sample), CSS 2.1 / 3 (code sample), DOM (code sample), OO Javacsript (code sample), JQuery (code Sample), SVN,  XML, semantic markup, cross browser compatibility,  client debugging / optimization tools and techniques, Photoshop, OSX, Windows (MCSA Certified), Omniture JS,  CMS (WordPress, Interwoven Teamsite, drupal, joomla), Ticket tracking (QA, BUG, Project), SCRUM methodology, ADA compliancy

Competent:

OO PHP(code sample),  MySQL, RegEx (code sample), YUI, Prototype.JS, Backbone.js, MVC design , Flash AS 2/3, REST, Git, Dojo, JSP, Tomcat, Apache, JSP, Linux / Unix shell, social media platforms & integration,  PHPdoc, SEO

Moderate Exposure:

JSP, JAVA, Zend Framework, Web Services (WSDL/SOAP), Ant, JSF, JBOSS, Selenium QA suite, Velocity.

Other Web Tools:

Firebug, IE debug, Apache, intelliJ, Dreamweaver, Illustrator. Wordpress, Eclipse, IntelliJ.  

LABLOOM EVENT SITE (for JACCC) – LABLOOM.ORG: UX / Web Developer (freelance) 4.2012 – present

• PHP/ MYSQL – HTML5 / CSS3 – Wordpress Theming and Plugins)
• This website was initiated by JACCC (The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center)   for yearly event LA BLOOM
• With the need for extensibility and a quick turnaround, we used WordPress as a CMS to assist with all of the necessary features.  These include and are not limited to: Event Calendar, Online Media, Event Information, ticket sales etc.
• Along with the plugins that I installed and customized, there are many customizations with JS, PHP, and HTML5/CSS3 to accomplish a smooth, interesting and functional site. Many PHP conditionals and basic functions added to contribute to a smooth and dynamic site.
• I created custom PHP widgets and widget settings for different template pages.  HTML5/ CSS3 / JS were used for customizations for menu, advertising cycles, user tracking and click mapping, AJAX processing of forms, special form checking and redirects.
• The goal of this site is to allow for worldwide access to this information of the yearly Bloom of Cherry Blossoms

MobileBits / Pringo Sr. Web Developer (contract) 1.2012 – 4.2012

• Sr. Web Developer: (PHP/ MYSQL/ RegEx / – Javascript / HTML5 / CSS3)
  • This is a B2B social portal / CMS that offers rich media, targeted advertising, eCommerce solutions and mobile integration. As a Sr. Web Developer I actually work entirely in PHP / JavaScript / HTML to create new extensions, and update / maintain existing extensions.
  • Created New extensions including:  exporting to’ iCAL’ and .VCS exported files for input in the ‘ICAL’/ MS OUTLOOK calendar and Google calendars.
  • Extension to add users IP and session information for each logging, and display this report in the admin section – tied together with the ‘users’ overall data.
  •  Client specific extensions to add hooks to existing core functionality without changing the base code. Including a portal that takes a minor’s registration information and prompts the parent to login and authorize and/or take control of the child’s account
  • Assisted with implementation of AGILE ‘waterfall’ to iterative agile / SCRUM-based development, which increases project transparency for the clients and streamlines development procedures for accelerated turnaround.
  • Assisted with documentation of existing code and extensions using PHPdoc, and incorporate this documentation into the company wiki.
  • Technical assessments of proposed products.
  • Directly collaborate with clients to resolve back-end CMS issues.
  • Create PHP files to process SQL and xml files to clean, and filter through SQL files using RegEx and output the file in readable xml or injectable SQL

Foundation for Oral Facial Rehabilitation (Freelance) - FFOFR.ORG: UX/ Web Developer 8.2011 – 12.2012

• UX / Web Developer (PHP/ MYSQL – HTML5 / CSS3)
  • This website was initiated by a group of surgeons at UCLA who need a portal to share information for their specialized services. 
  • With the need for extensibility and a quick turnaround, we used WordPress as a CMS to assist with all of the necessary features.  These include and are not limited to:  User Registration, Online Media, (Video Lectures, PPT presentations, Slideshows etc.), the ability to charge for subscription, user levels, and customizable templates for novice end users. 
  • Along with the plugins that I installed and customized, there are many customizations with JS, PHP, and HTML5/CSS3 to accomplish a smooth, interesting and functional site. Many PHP conditionals and basic functions added to contribute to a smooth and dynamic site.
  • I created custom PHP widgets and widget settings for different template pages.  HTML5/ CSS3 / JS were used forcustomizations for menu, advertising cycles, user tracking and click mapping, AJAX processing of forms, special form checking and redirects.
  • The goal of this site is to allow for worldwide access to this information, and be able to monetize the usage of its learning materials.  Eventually they would like to become a hub for reconstructive surgery information.

Citizen Net Web Developer - Culver City, Ca- 7.11 - 9-11

• PHP Application Dev:
  
  • My role consisted of creating application updates within the PHP (Symfony 1.4) framework which worked with MySQL and Mongo DB with Propel ORM).  I authored PHP tasks that create user spend reports which sum data from users’ projects and individual campaigns' logs (XML) and then insert into the databases (Mongo/MySQL.
  • Created reports that read the databases and created PDF attachments to send to the users as well as display within users Statistics on the website.
  • Created the user registration module which collected all the personal information / billing for the user.
  • This was shared with a 3rd party site (Chargify).  The information we stored on both our own Mongo/MySQL DB’s as well as Chargify.  I used this information to created invoice reports to send to the user.
• Front End Dev:
  • Numerous updates with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for the front end of the corporate site.

National Football League Senior Application Developer (Front End) - Culver City, Ca, 3.08 - 7.2011

• NFL Team Sites: As Senior Application Developer for the Presentation Layer, we created the look, feel and front-end functionality with the interwoven CMS. We used JSP pages, live feeds, live video, a/v galleries, articles, and dynamic input. As each team requires a large set of components. We early on adopted an approach I used on the Chargers (since I alone had 3 weeks to finish this site) where we would template each team off a set of compiled CSS, and image sprites. This actually cut turn around from 6 weeks to 3 weeks.
• Omniture: I am in charge of maintaining the Omniture (s_code.js) tracking for all of our team sites and across 3rd party implementations. I customized the Omniture code for our team sites, related many variables, eventually adding support for third party tracking, and adding switches to pass any parameter, customize it, or nullify.
• NFL Team Blogs: As an extra service to our teams, we offered to give them blog setup with Wordpress VIP.
  • I did the entirety of setting up, customizing the look and feel, updating functionality, and overseeing production of the blogs. Code for this was PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and some xml.
  • I have also started a project in PHP, which centralized the code base of the different themes and separates style parameters based of team codes, thus eliminating the need for a different code base for each set of blog themes.
  • I have also worked closely and extensively with Wordpress VIP in the process.
• Teamsite Components and Site Customizations: I have lead and have been an integral part of the development and deployment of many of customized modules and new components for usage on the TeamSite CMS available for the Teams.
  • a) Registration – Ajax, validation and error handling scripts for the registration system available to every NFL team’s site.
  • b) Ribbon Navigation: Working with several other developers, we created a ‘ribbon navigation’ system that is essentially a configurable dynamic dropdown with ad placement opportunity. This has become very popular amongst the teams.
  • c) Video Players. Working closely with the Flash developers we have developed and deployed several versions of the heavily used video player on our site. . These are evident on the landing pages for every site and throughout component pages. Flash, AS3, JSON, XML, some experience with Java. We released V3 of this which is completely re-factored using proper AS3 OOP class structure, and optimizing the file structure and size 90%. Currently Working on HTML5/ CSS3 based video.

1K Studios HDDVD / Web Developer - Burbank, Ca- 8.07 – 1.08

• 1k Studios creates the code used for HD DVD titles produced by Warner Bros, New Line, I am the customization specialist for these titles. Code used: HDi (XML, XUL, JS, CSS, XSLT, xpath. HDDVD Titles: Hairspray, Rush Hour 3, Pan’s Labrynth, Shoot ‘Em Up, Beowulf; Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny, The Song Remains the Same, Omega Man, No Reservations, In the Valley of Elah.
• Fastest, most accurate customization engineer within company, turning around titles within 24 hours with minimal QC and revision cycles.
• Created XSLT processor to parse playlist and XML data to web pages for QC engineers.
• Worked on both Warner and New Line titles where code base is entirely different.
• Helped to create a proper process for code maintenance, updates and multi-user editing environments.
• Created numerous scripts for markup animation.

B1 Media Sr. Developer HDDVD / Web - Studio City, Ca- 3.07 – 8.07

• HDDVD Advanced Content/Navigation programming for domestic and international releases of major studio motion pictures.
• Code Used: HDi (XML, XUL, JS, CSS, XSLT, XPATH) we worked with several development companies that combine to produce HDDVD Titles: The 300, Harry Potter - Goblet of Fire, Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles, Wild Bunch, Troy Director’s Cut 2007, Ocean’s 12.
• Customized Existing script application for all above titles.
• Preparation of graphical and play list elements for titles
• Worked directly with framework creators, as well as Microsoft, and Toshiba.
• Met directly with clients Warner Bros, Disney etc for development solutions.
• Supplied every menu-set assigned well within set deadline
• Web Updates for various company websites. (HTML, CSS, Flash)

United Online Inc (Netzero.com, Juno.com, Classmates) Web Producer / Security Liason – Web Dev. - Woodland Hills, Ca- 3.07 – 8.07

• Web Tactical Development Responsibilities and Projects:
  • Trafficked the weekly web releases which included additions, updates, and correction requests from several departments including marketing, advertising, corporate systems, and business development. As each item had to be scrutinized by technical assessment and fit within our procedure of development and testing, this was a necessary step to include all teams on the production, development, and release of requests.
  • Initially created as a forum for developers and QA, I and my development team, formalized this session to regularly check off every request and its progress especially compared to the progress of the entire release ‘train.’
  • As producer within the ‘WebTac’ department, I received requests from different teams, performed technical assessment, project meetings etc, developed, and walked through each code change all the way through our QA cycles until this was successfully pushed to production. Typically I handled 6-10 of the 20 requests per week. During this time I was lead developer for several major projects, as well as many smaller projects. Some of these projects are listed below.
• Front End Developer Ad Delivery system (OAS)
  • OAS 6.2 (online AD delivery system). I was the lead developer for the implementation of our dynamic ad system, which is incorporated throughout all of the sites. I provided technical assessment, development and coordination with other development teams, implementation, testing procedures, and ultimate delivery to production.
• Front End Web Developer:
  • I maintained the ad updates to our pages directly with the Media Operations manager. This system has fostered over $65 million dollars in 2006 in revenue, on over 2 million pages views per day. http://my.netzero.net/s/sp
  • Web Registration overhaul. I helped to streamline the offers, filters, and profiles engine based in XML. Working within a team of about 30 people from marketing, executives and technology teams developed the registration system.

I Love Bracelets (Bracelet Club) IT Manager / Web Developer - Santa Monica, Ca- 3.05 – 8.05

• Redesigned and implemented the company intranet and managed twenty in house users.
• Performed network administration, end-user training for new operational applications, managed Active Directory and Exchange services and implemented a Linux firewall and DMZ for security.
• Administration of data backup and network load optimization.
• Web Developer, Using ASP and PHP, I implemented a new site that had more back-end features in order to keep up with growing demand. I designed and implemented a more efficient shopping cart system which could store product related information and share as meta-tags, exports data to Quickbooks, and store and transmits shipping information. The ecommerce system could target certain users with certain products based from certain demographic data stored in cookies www.ilovebracelets.com.