Melanie Karlik

Bring enthusiasm, creativity and a "can do" attitude to projects so that I gain further accomplishments in web development and design.

• 6+ years of development experience in client/solution focused roles
• Focused on Web2.0 design and development
• Expert in XHTML, CSS and W3C standards
• Extensive support and troubleshooting experience
• Skilled in Requirements gathering and Specifications documentation

Freelance Consulting

• Jan 2005 - Present

• Consultation, Design, Development & Implementation
• CMS, (X)HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, AJAX, Photoshop, Ruby on Rails
• Portfolio^link | karlikdesign.com

HSBC

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• March 2006 - Present
• Senior Business Analyst, Web Dev Team (1.5 years)
• Business Analyst, Web Dev Team (6 months)
• Burnaby, BC

• Key player in a 3 person team that leads global entities end-to-end in an upgrade of their public website
• Lead the CSS redesign of "HSBC Direct" transactional banking project
• Authored an AJAX Technical Overview Document
• Provide Requirments documentation
• Provide Technical Specifications documentation
• Deliver (X)HTML, CSS and Javascript in a portal environment
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues
• Manage deliverables from our development team in India
• Travel internationally for requirements gathering, workflow workshops and implementation support
• Successful launches to date include Bank of Bermuda^link, Bank of Canada^link and Bank of Malta ^link

Oracle/Peoplesoft

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• June 2002 - March 2006
• Process Scheduler Dev, Peopletools Support Dev Team (2 years & 5 months)
• Web Servers Dev, Peopletools Support Dev Team (15 months)
• Vancouver, BC

• Provided fixes to reported issues with a downloadable patch or input into a maintenance release
• Owner of product areas
• Coded in Java, C++, XML, SQL and various protocols
• Resolved memory, performance, configuration & security issues for various web servers
• Ported solutions to appropriate db & OS environments
• Multitasked a queue of 30-40 reported incidents
• Communicated with QA, vendors, support centre, and clients
• Trained developers in India for 2 weeks
• Coordinated workloads and code reviews for 3 developers working on the same product
• Documented install instructions and unit tests

Hyperchip

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• Summer Co-op 2001
• Software Developer
• Montreal, QC

• Used C++ to have module respond to events in the router
• Ported part of the system over to Win32 from a Unix environment

Mackie Designs/Acuma Labs

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• Fall Co-op 2000
• Junior Programmer
• Victoria, B.C

• Designed the GUI for a “Pitch Shift” sound effect
• Used C++ to create 3 custom plug-ins for d8b mixer system

COE Manufacturing/Newnes

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• Spring Co-op 2000
• Programmer
• Salmon Arm, BC

• Developed 1 utility application program
• Used MSDN functions to interact with the OS

Programming Languages
HTML/XHTML/CSS	Advanced	8 years
Java/Servlets	Advanced	6 years
PHP	Intermediate	5 years
Javascript	Intermediate	4 years
C++	Intermediate	3 years
AJAX	Intermediate	1 year
SQL	Novice	5 years
JSP	Novice	1 year
Flash	Novice	Few months
Ruby on Rails	Novice	Few months
CMS Systems
Wordpress	Advanced	7 years
Teamsite	Advanced	2 year
Mambo/Joomla	Intermediate	1 year
Drupal	Intermediate	Few months
Textpattern/Moveable Type/Expression Engine	Intermediate	1 year
Tools
Photoshop	Advanced	6 years
Dreamweaver	Advanced	6 years
RAD 5.0 ⁄ RAD 6.0 ⁄ Eclipse	Intermediate	5 years
MS Visual Studio	Intermediate	4 years
Web Servers
Websphere/Weblogic/Apache/IIS	Advanced	4 years
Operating Systems
Windows	Advanced	8 years
Unix	Intermediate	4 years

Project Leadership, PMP Certified Course	[ link ]	Sept 2007
Certificate in Business Analysis, Royal Roads Accredited	[ link ]	Feb 2007
Intro to Web Analytics Course, UBC	[ link ]	Aug 2006
Websphere Portal App Dev Course, IBM	[ link ]	Apr 2006
2-D Design Certification, Emily Carr Institute	[ link ]	Dec 2005
SL-275 Java Programming Course, Sun Microsystems	[ link ]	Oct 2005
Advanced Win32 User Mode Debugging Course, Microsoft	[ link ]	June 2005
BSc. Computer Science (Co-op Program), U of Victoria	[ link ]	Apr 2002

Snowboarding | Photography | Design | Travel

Available upon request