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Jason Youngberg

Career Summary:
Over eight years experience designing and programming websites and independent applications in large and small scale projects. Most have been a full life-cycle development. Have worked directly with businesses to determine their needs then fulfill them on the Internet. Experience with e-commerce and database management. Specializing in user-friendly administration sections and intranets.

Computer Languages Known (order of expertise):
HTML, VB.NET, ASP.NET, SQL (MS Enterprise Manager), ASP, CSS, JavaScript

Experience:

  • Local Launch
    • Chicago, Illinois
    6/2005 to present
    Creation of applications in VB.NET.
  • Ilios Partners
    Chicago, Illinois
    11/2001 to 6/2005
    Wrote applications from scratch to assist in stock surveillance and parse Edgar 13F stock purchase files. Continued development of company intranet including pivot tables, database conversion, and version control Used ASP, Visual Basic Script, SQL in a Microsoft environment. Primary duty was to answer the needs and requests for over 100 employees for intranet features and functions. Part of a team developing stand alone applications using VB.NET and creating Excel spreadsheets. Developed sales application using ASP.NET.
  • Pulsity
    Chicago, Illinois
    2/2001 to 7/2001
    Creation of commercial sites concentrating on administration and ASP database applications. Some work was done in Cold Fusion as well.
    Sites (active and inactive)
    • PSI ATMs
    • NexGen4 integrated a content management system
    • Oak Enterprises three e-mail forms in ASP
    • TruePoints games and administration section (ambitious contest, survey, prize plug in style addition for commercial web sites)
    • Live Chicago Blues content management system
    • CSA Link content management system and request for quote forms
    • Online Imprint improved shopping basket
    • Metro Paint Supplies content management system
    • Loyola University : Department of Neurological Surgery ASP to Cold Fusion conversion of content management system
    • Internal document tracking system
  • Water|color
    Wheaton, Illinois
    12/1999 to 1/2001
    Creation and maintenance of commercial and internal sites concentrating on administration and Cold Fusion database applications. Upgrades, customer relations, and modifications to meet changing needs are common.
    Sites (active and inactive)
    • Updateable news section for Watercolor Home Page. Articles could be placed in different sections of the site. Headline, date, and summary are included in the link.
    • docChicago content management system, event registration and submittion, calendar of those events
    • Intranet for Watercolor. Features include project tracking, discussion board, contact information, and downloadable programs.
    • Personalization for Import CD. User preferences would be stored on their computer and in a database. 'Skins', address, and music genres are available in addition to learning order status and history.
    • News, job openings, and administration for The RDI Group and its sub-divisions
    • Online registration and purchase of tickets for conference for Cohasset. Enhanced site with improved search features developed, but not used.
    • Catalog, content management, file uploading, PDF download tracking for Dentsply Site
    • Northern Baptist Theological Seminary job page
    • TV Access database uploading and reformating for reports
    • American Health Products
  • Trans-Tech
    Downers Grove, Illinois
    8/1999 to 10/1999
    • Assignment at WW Grainger
      August through October 1999
      Core project involved streamlining the customer return process. It used Cold Fusion in an Oracle environment to e-mail a client's request for a return/refund. Cold Fusion, HTML, and JavaScript were primarily used. Administrators would interact with Oracle database through Cold Fusion forms to process the request.

      Additionally I created a report generator for customer service in the same Cold Fusion and Oracle environment. All records fitting the criteria were evaluated and displayed using Cold Fusion functions and tags. Project involved e-commerce, Oracle Database, and working as part of a large team in a corporate environment. Side projects involved HTML editing and generating detailed reports for customer service.
  • Woodward Internet Services
    Dubuque, Iowa
    5/1997 to 6/1999
    Creating and managing commercial and company web sites, customer relations, database management in a Cold Fusion and MSAccess environment. Highlights include

    • Designed community/job sites for Dubuque, Iowa, Waterloo/Cedar Falls, Iowa, Iowa Jobs Site
    • Updateable news and events registration page for DALMC
    • Search engine and viewing feature of Realty-Now, Truck Country, Hawkeye Boats
    • Catalog and 'What's New' page for Main Street Fine Books
    • Created Vinny/Bubba's restaurant page
    • Wrote Classifieds-Now (except graphics) includes database interaction, category select, key word search, and classifieds notification.
    • Able Commerce store for Junnie's Cat Tracker *, American Eagle Galleries *, Syskos Sport Books, Great American Popcorn Co. *, Roelli Cheese *
    • "City Select" for Welcome Traveler *
    • Multiple survey forms for WOLX *
    • Created applet which uses Cold Fusion to display a banner from a database and track number of views and times it was clicked. Cold Fusion page selects the banner based on parameters sent to it by the applet. The parameters direct the database query to select one or more banners. Cold Fusion then selects a random banner to be displayed. *
    * Site has since then been rebuilt and no longer uses my work

    Education: University of Iowa - Graduated Fall of 96
    Four Year BS Degree in Computer Science - Minor in History