Christopher S. Yap

Web Software Developer and Designer

GMail: buzzyapyear | Tel: 510.387.6284 | Web: www.chrisyap.com

SKILLS

EXPERIENCE

  • Co-founder, Design Director and Interactive Developer
  • Exobi Interactive, San Francisco, CA
  • January 2006 - Present
  • www.exobi.com
  • Establish, standardize and implement the creative strategy, design process, technical standards and application code for all projects. Create visual design comps and assets for all projects, and create style guides, while adhering to company business objectives. Design information architecture for maximum efficiency. Develop website applications using PHP, XHTML, CSS, Javascript/AJAX, Python and Django, adhering to highest expectations for standards compliance and cross-platform performance. Contribute to business development efforts and manage client relations. Manage project timelines and ensure project completion and delivery on-time and on-budget.

    Major roles include:
  • Software Developer
  • Flowgram, San Francisco, CA
  • October 2007 - Present
  • www.flowgram.com
  • Develop and design a rich internet MVC application using a host of cutting edge modern tools such as Django web application framework, Python, AJAX/Prototype.js, Scriptaculous, XHTML, CSS, Flex/Actionscript and Adobe Creative Suite. Contribute to brainstorming efforts for innovative and useful features, and perform end-to-end implementations, from design through front and back-end development. Implement an AJAX-friendly analytics system using Google Analytics tools. Optimize user-interface using A/B experimentation with Google Web Optimizer.

    Major roles include:
    • Lead website developer
    • Contributor to website and application design
    • Contributor to Flex application development
  • Interactive Developer
  • DHAP Digital, Inc., San Francisco, CA
  • September 2004 - October 2007
  • www.dhapdigital.com
  • Develop large, robust websites and presentation layer of custom software applications with hand-coding of JSP, Struts, XHTML, JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, while maintaining highest standards for standards compliance and cross-platform performance. Utilize advanced object-oriented Javascript libraries to create data-rich front-end application frameworks. Integrate websites into complex and robust content management systems, such as Interwoven TeamSite, working with custom Perl scripting. Create original graphics and layout for client sites, using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Develop and maintain sites in Flash using Actionscript.

    Major roles include:
  • Web Production Artist
  • Entercomm, Inc., San Francisco, CA
  • October 2001 - September 2004
  • www.entercomm.com
  • Production Engineer
  • NOVO Interactive (now Arc Worldwide), New York, NY
  • September 2000 - March 2001
  • www.arcww.com
  • Web Designer and Technical Support
  • W. W. Norton & Co., New York, NY
  • September 2000 - March 2001
  • www.wwnorton.com

EDUCATION