MATTHEW
K. COUGHLIN
mail@forestpath.org
Marietta, GA
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JavaScript
CSS
HTML
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PHP
XSLT
Ajax
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Linux
Perl
Bash
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User Interface Engineer
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AutoTrader.com
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Atlanta, GA
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Sep 2008 - Apr 2009
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- Created AutoTraderClassics.com for the online sale of classic automobiles, using JSF, CSS, and JavaScript
- Styled HTML form elements using CSS, Prototype, and Sizzle
- Designed HTML emails with support for Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, and Gmail
- Generated a PDF template that customers can use to promote their cars
- Worked in a Unix shell using SSH and Bash scripts
- Technical Environment: JavaScript, CSS, XHTML,
Prototype, JSF, HTML email, Subversion, PhotoShop, Firefox, Internet
Explorer, Safari, Windows, Unix
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Web Developer |
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| Ceridian Corporation |
Atlanta, GA |
May 2008 - Sep 2008 |
- Developed online applications that allow health coaches to counsel employees on health-related issues
- Used Ajax to populate data fields and for in-page navigation
- Wrote object-oriented JavaScript and PHP code
- Created technical documentation for the existing source code
- Technical Environment: PHP, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax, OOP, SQL, Postgres, Subversion, Firefox, Windows, Linux
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Web Developer
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Turner Broadcasting
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Atlanta, GA |
Jan 2007 - Feb 2008 |
- Maintained the cnn.com, pgatour.com, and nascar.com websites
- Performed a site-wide clean-up of the CSS code
for cnn.com, working closely with the design team to ensure
cross-browser consistency
- Created HTML mock-ups for web pages working from PhotoShop images
- Wrote Bash scripts to automate the process of pushing content to a different server
- Worked in a Unix shell using SSH, grep, sed, and Perl
- Technical Environment: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Prototype, JSP, XML, CVS, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Windows, Unix
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Software Engineer |
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QuadraMed Corp.
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Santa Cruz, CA |
Mar 1999 - Jun 2001 |
- Maintained and enhanced HIM software that
hospitals use to
code medical records and file for reimbursement from insurance companies
- Created utilities and documentation for a SQL
Anywhere
database
- Performed Y2K testing on legacy code
- Technical Environment: Delphi, Visual C++, SQL
Anywhere, Paradox, Visual SourceSafe, Windows NT
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Software Consulting Clients: |
Santa Cruz, CA
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Feb 1997 - Mar 1999 |
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City of Santa Cruz |
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- Modified Paradox database tables and
Delphi front-end programs
- Redesigned city utility bills with
assistance from water department personnel
- Technical
Environment: Delphi, Paradox, Windows
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Farook Inc. |
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- Designed 32-bit Windows version of
Farook, a strategic board game
- Created an installation wizard
- Technical
Environment: Visual C++, InstallShield Express, Paint Shop Pro, Windows
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TerraFlux Ltd. |
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- Developed a C++ program to analyze
data from
on-site machines in Germany and estimate profits from
increased usage
- Extracted data fields and format codes
from raw data
- Technical Environment: Visual C++, Windows
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Sky Designs |
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- Created prototypes of hand-held
electronic games
- Controlled embedded processors from a PC
using C++
- Technical Environment: Visual C++, Windows
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Software Engineer |
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| Cool Software
Technology |
Santa Cruz, CA |
Nov 1996 - Feb 1997 |
- Developed Web Publisher for Internet Sidekick
(displays
business calendars on the internet)
- Maintained corporate website and created
initial company
intranet
- Technical Environment: Visual C++, FrontPage,
Windows
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Software Engineer |
| Airs International |
Capitola, CA |
Oct 1995 - Oct 1996 |
- Adapted the user interface of a proprietary
accounting
program from DOS to Windows 95
- Created database maintenance tools for a
Btrieve
database
- Technical Environment: Delphi, Btrieve, Windows
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| Web Developer |
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| Oslo Children's Museum |
Marietta, GA
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Jan 2006 - Present
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- Created a bilingual website for founding a
Children's Museum in Oslo, Norway - www.oslobarnemuseum.org
- Designed HTML templates for English and
Norwegian versions of the website
- Achieved compatibility with 99% of existing web
browsers, on a variety of operating systems
- Technical Environment: Linux, MySQL,
PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, GIMP Image Editor.
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Quality Assurance |
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Environmental Defense
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Sudbury, ON, Canada |
Jan 2005 - May 2005
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- Tested the usability and visual design of new
web pages
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Web Developer |
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| earthallies.org |
Sudbury, ON, Canada |
Nov 2003 - Jun 2005
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- Created a template engine, allowing HTML
templates and live data to be applied to a website
- Technical Environment: Linux, PHP, MySQL,
HTML
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Software Engineer
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| mozilla.org |
Sudbury, ON, Canada |
Jun 2002 - Feb 2003
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- Provided online technical support for users of
the Mozilla
web browser
- Initiated engineering discussions for a major
feature
enhancement
- Technical Environment: Linux, C++, GNU
Compiler, CVS, Bugzilla
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| University of California Extension, Santa Cruz |
- Java Programming, Fall Quarter 2000
- Object-Oriented Programming Using C++, Spring
Quarter 2000
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Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
University of Georgia, 1994
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