Loren Sanz

Technical Skills

Skilled in XHTML/CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, XML, JSON Actionscript 3.0, Flex 3.5 and Object Oriented Code. Created templates and utilized WordPress as a CMS. Optimized and debugged code for leading browsers to ensure cross-platform compatibility.

Software

Adobe Creative Suite: Flash Catalyst, Flash Builder, Photoshop, Illustrator & Flash. Eclipse IDE, SVN, TextMate (E the Windows Equivalent), and Vi. My degree in Computer Science enables me to be a quick study for most desktop software.

Server Side

Programmed in the PHP Language. Worked with MVC Frameworks like CodeIgniter and CakePHP. Have setup, managed and normalized RBDMS databases on platforms such as Oracle, MySQL and PostgreSQL.

ThetusProduction Designer / Front End Developer March 2010 - Present

• Design and engineer customized user interfaces for company clients.
• Led front-end engineering and visual design for thetus.com site refresh.
• Train end-user developers on best practices for Flex application components.
• Create a workflow from Flash Catalyst to Flash Builder for development of full featured wireframes.
• Sit on the PCC Web Advisory Committee, advising College Professors on emerging best practices and technologies for their CS curriculum.

Freelance ConsultantJuly 2009 - present

Eating Disorder Center of San Diego - San Diego, CA

• Coded semantic HTML and SEO–friendly code to provide a fully accessible website, ensuring compatibility with major web browsers.
• Implemented and Integrated a customized wordpress blog.
• Sliced and optimized visual specs from Adobe Illustrator files to ensure optium download speed.

Virso - Portland, OR

• Took ownership of several projects for Virso, including some work for two famous Arizonan five star restaurants.
• Created several widgets incorporating external RSS feeds. Developed Custom Event Calendar, Photo Gallery, and Administrative Backend with JavaScript, PHP, HTML and CSS.
• Developed e-commerce functionality for multiple websites by implementing a shopping cart, and a gift card checkout with PayPal integration.
• Created a custom Content Management System in PHP CodeIgniter for clients to upload events, new menus and images and new shopping cart items.

Hart Wright Architects - San Francisco, CA

• Added a new set of pages to introduce fresh content to the site.
• Re-engineered navigation and page elements to optimize for search and ensure a quick load time.
• Optimized high resolution imagery for the web environment.

Yoh IT IT Account Manager - Vancouver, WA 2009 - June 2009

• Met with and discussed the role of Web Developers, Software Engineers, and other Information Technology related talent by actively building relationships with companies in the Portland community.
• Provided industry expertise to the PCC Web Advisory Committee, a body of professors and students to determine current skills needed in the marketplace with respect to Web Development.
• Developed and maintained accounts through excellent customer service and interpersonal relationships.

AT&TAccount Manager & Inside Sales - Portland, OR 2003 - 2009

• Worked with stakeholders and interfaced with clients for enterprise accounts valued at over 11 Mil. Dollars in annual sales.
• Assisted customers in the selection, deployment, execution, of complex technology based infrastructure initiatives by scheduling face to face meetings and presenting Request for Information (RFI) and Proposals (RFP).
• Procured and facilitated domestic and international CPE hardware orders in excess of $1Mil. dollars each month.
• Determined direction and strategy on project requirements for Best Buy ($50 Mil.), US Airways ($26 Mil.) and Caremark ($20Mil.) and created a custom billing solution to accommodate growing scope.

Bachelors of Science in Computer Science Completed 2002

Calvin College — Grand Rapids, MI

• Learned fundamentals of Software Engineering and Database Design establishing a foundation for web application development.
• Coded base C++ projects in strongly typed (ADA, Fortran), functional (LISP) and Object Oriented languages (Smalltalk).
• Taught and Lectured on the theoretical applications of Quantum Computing in Cryptography.