Marlon Gaines

About Marlon Gaines

Looking for DC Metro/VA/MD - & /or Remote Contracts on C2C Background includes extensive experience in design, operations management, payroll processing, information technology, and estimating/fiscal management.• A very keen and adaptive learner who thrives in a challenging dynamic environment.• Experience with programming/scripting languages, including CSS3, HTML5, TSQL, C#, XML, PHP, VB.Net, Python, Ruby, Java, JavaScript, and Ruby on Rails, JSON, Angular.JS, and AJAX. • Extensive UI/UX Design and Web Design and Development skills over a decade of intensive experience and formal college training. Expertise in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, SASS, Less, Twitter Bootstrap, Node JS, Backbone JS, Angular JS, LAMP/PHP/MySQL, CMS – WordPress, Drupal and Responsive Web Mobile application design and development technologies. • Formal college education & training in Multimedia Design, Web Design, User Experience Design and Web Development!• Adobe CS6/CC Suite- Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Muse.• Introduced a new platform/SaaS model that included a move towards technologies and practices such as Ruby on Rails, ReactJS, RESTful APIs, Heroku, GitHub, SendGrid, CircleCI, and PostgreSQL.• Implemented client-side application to invoke SOAP and Restful Web Services.• Experience in Maintaining WebLogic/JBOSS/Apache/Tomcat Servers on different UNIX and Windows platforms and setting up the Development, Testing and Production environments• Implemented server-side Restful web services for external vendors to access our applications.• Front End Web Development (XHTML, XML, HTML5, CSS3, Twitter Bootstrap, SASS, LESS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, JSON, Responsive Web Design and Development - Desktop, Tablet and Mobile.)• Extensive hands-on experience in Analysis, Planning, Configuring, Administering, maintenance of various types of UNIX flavors (AIX/HP-UX), Linux (Red Hat) and other Web Technologies.

Experience

1. Senior Front End Web Developer

   American Airlines

   May 2017 — Present · Norfolk, VA, US

   As a Front-end Developer (FED) in the Tech Ops department, in the process of creating a centralized location for data to improve data analytics, trending, dashboards, and reporting, I have been providing direction for the future development of all front-end technologies (CSS3, HTML5, DOM, JavaScript, JSP, Apache Tiles, etc.) used on AA.com. Working closely with business owners, product owners, business analysts, project managers, UX leadership and graphic designers, and J2EE developers and tech leads. Effectively using the Agile project methodology. Am responsible for establishing and executing the User Experience Front End Technology vision using industry best practices and standards for AA.com user interface (UI) development. Strong focus is in Front End Development but also, I create functional web based solutions, assisting Tech Ops in developing the tools necessary to create standard and custom reports utilizing reference data. Responsibilities:• Collaborating in an environment to rapidly iterate and prototype digital products • Developing front end applications and dashboards using strong DOM Markup, Javascript, AJAX, and CSS. • Leading technical solutions throughout the entire product lifecycle, from initial explorations through final design deliverables • Creating pixel perfect visuals with cross browser compatibility (especially Internet Explorer)

Education

• Dauphin County Technical School

  Drafting and Design Technology (Completed)

  1997 — 2001

• Southern New Hampshire University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Majors in accounting (Completed)

  2012 — 2016

• Southern New Hampshire University

  Master’s Degree, Major-Finance.Minor-Computer Information Technology (In Progress)

  2012 — 2017

Skills

• Ajax
• Java
• Databases
• Phonegap
• Backbone Js, Lamp/Php/Mysql, Cms – Wordpress, Twitter Bootstrap, Node Js
• Css
• Computer Vision, Simplecv, Opencv
• Laravel
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Sdlc
• Angularjs
• Vendor Management
• Jquery
• Web Applications
• Css3, Html5, Tsql, C#, Xml, Php, Vb.net, Python, Ruby, Java, Javascript, Json,
• Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Outlook
• Agile Methodologies
• Autocad Micro Station, Autocad 3d
• Javascript
• Html5
• Web Development
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)