Jorge Pedret

Experience

My programming skills were mainly learned at work. From co-workers, from though situations that had to be dealt with, and from teaching others.

Here is a list of the places where I've learned the most!

• Web Developer & Search Engine Sweetener

  Candybox Marketing (Canada)

  Dec 08 – Present

  Responsibilities:

  I've participated on the development of more than 10 different websites, getting assigned differnt tasks for each one of them. Here are the most relevant tasks:

  • Turn Photoshop Designs into Websites
  • Fix incorrect usage of HTML to comply with W3C standards and to be Search Engine friendly
  • Form submission processing:
    • Emailing administrators the customers data
    • Saving customers data on external software (through API's)
    • Emailing the customer with supplied material

• Web Developer

  Freelance (Canada & Japan)

  Dec 08 - Present

  I've worked as a freelancer since I'm 17 (when I haven't had a full position job). I started designing in websites in Flash, and then started to move to programming web applications.

  Responsibilities:

  • Website design
  • Transform design to (X)HTML
  • Improve page loading speed
  • Code customized PHP & JS scripts

  These are some of the customers I've worked for:

  • Amairca

    Venezuela - 2006

  • RobandoCamara

    Venezuela - 2006

  • Sytek

    Spain - 2007

• Web Developer

  Pitney Bowes (Canada)

  Nov 07 – Dec 08

  Responsibilities:

  I was in charge of BlueStream, one of the main products of the company. Its main features were managing direct mail campaigns, email campaigns and p-URL/g-URL, allowing the use of a CRM.

  I practied to a professional level Programming Design Patterns, Information Architecture, User Interface Design, Software Performance Improvement for high volume of data, Solution and Software Architecture, API's Design and Live Servers Administration.

  Achievements:

  • Improved contact Excel import feature speed by 100/1
  • Created API for customers to communicate with our software
  • Interviewed the customers and fixed their most frequent problems
  • 'Hardly worked' on important customers support cases (yes, it's a joke)

• Web Developer

  VIVO Phone (Venezuela)

  May 06 – May 07

  Responsibilities:

  • Design and structuring of the web site
  • Advanced CSS design for all major browsers support
  • Structuring, design and programming of:
    • Administrative tool for company personnel
    • Internal use blog
    • Multiuser/Multilevel System Development
    • Multi-language management tool for public and private web site
    • Development of customized AJAX functions and library
    • Creation of Policies and Standards for Design and Programming
  • Severs Security:
    • General check of Linux Web Servers
    • Basic Application for securing Linux Servers
    • Creation of Policies for Intern security