Aaron Cole

Yahoo Inc. - Year In Review 2009

yearinreview.yahoo.com, uk.yearinreview.yahoo.com, in.yearinreview.yahoo.com, fr.yearinreview.yahoo.com, br.yearinreview.yahoo.com

Sunnyvale, California
October 2009 – December 2009
Front-End Web Developer

• Created a data schema to work with our internal content management system.
• Helped coordinate the work of content editors in five countries.
• Hand-coded the overall page layout as well as the More Top Ten, Share Your Moments, and Category (carousel) modules.

Yahoo! Inc. - Buzz

buzz.yahoo.com, buzz.yahoo.com/yearinreview2008

Sunnyvale, California
October 2007 – May 2009
Front-End Web Developer

• Worked within a team of developers, designers, and product managers to deliver high-quality work on a tight schedule.
• Familiar with the Agile/Scrum project management process
• Built the article list sections found on the homepage and article pages.
• Built navigation module, which includes the tabs, search form, category list and "view by" filter.
• Built the "2008 Year In Review" site.

Stanford University Communications

stanford.edu, news.stanford.edu, events.stanford.edu

Stanford, California
July 2006 – September 2007
Front-End Web Developer

• Developed and maintained front-end markup for the homepage, news, and event websites.
• Consulted with small groups on campus looking to create a web presence.
• Ran SU Webmasters, a wiki/email list for web developers on campus. Also organized lunchtime talks on related subjects. Speakers included Tantek Celik , who spoke about Microformats and Christian Heilmann of Yahoo! who spoke about best practices.

Stanford Graduate School of Business

gsb.stanford.edu

Stanford, California
September 2001 – June 2006
Front-End Web Developer

• Developed and maintained front-end markup for numerous web pages and applications.
• Educated others about the importance of web standards, accessibility, and semantic markup.
• Investigated new technologies that could be used to enhance our users' experience.
• Worked closely with software engineers to streamline the web application development process.
• Created web application prototypes based on wireframes delivered by user-interface designers.

Grapevine Interactive

Redwood City, California
August 1999 – April 2001
HTML Engineer

• Created websites for clients with diverse and unique needs.
• Collaborated with the creative department to implement approved designs.
• Developed website templates for non-technical clients.

The Vanguard Group Inc.

Phoenix, Arizona
May 1997 – July 1999
Licensed Communication Associate

• Series 6 and series 63 registered
• Responded to customer service inquires regarding 401K plans
• Responsible for problem resolution.

The Buttes Resort

Tempe, Arizona
September 1994 – May 1997
Garde Manger Cook

• Mad knife skills
• Killer guacamole
• Cool under pressure