Nicholas J. LaPrell
9979 E. Skyward Way
Tucson, Arizona 85730 
520-979-1615
Nick@LaPrell.org 

SUMMARY
Experienced Web developer specializing in both client and server-side scripting and architecture. Upholds industry web standards and best practices. Natural ability to improve work flow process to reduce maintenance and design time. Adaptable to new technologies and frameworks and eager to apply new knowledge. Experience with e-commerce, AJAX, SEO, and UI design. Comfortable with both self-directed and templated design, working within a group or solo. Experience in training and mentoring colleagues on new technologies.

Skills include:
PHP 			CSS 					API Design
JavaScript 		XML 					UI Design
MySQL 			Apache					Omniture® / Google Analytics
(X)HTML 		Search Engine Optimization (SEO) 	W3C & Section 508 Standards
jQuery

EXPERIENCE

Knowledge Computing Corp. - Tucson, Arizona (2009 - Present)
Developer / Data Analyst
Accomplishments:
 * Integrated the jQuery JavaScript library and designed a plugin platform, drastically reducing design time while increasing site performance.
 * Increased SEO page-rank by applying meta data and designing a user and search engine friendly category page.
 * Designed an AJAX solution for username availability and validation during the registration process.
 * Designed an extensible JavaScript form validation routine for order forms, portable to all sites.

Jupiterimages - Tucson, Arizona (2007 - 2009)
Web Developer/Designer
Accomplishments:
 * Integrated the jQuery JavaScript library and designed a plugin platform, drastically reducing design time while increasing site performance. 
 * Increased SEO page-rank by applying meta data and designing a user and search engine friendly category page. 
 * Designed an AJAX solution for username availability and validation during the registration process. 
 * Designed an extensible JavaScript form validation routine for order forms, portable to all sites. 


AOL, LLC. - Tucson, Arizona (1999 – 2007)
Senior QA Software Engineer (2005-2007)
Accomplishments:
 * Designed a new user-friendly tool to build XML driven public facing forms to collect project feedback data and publish them to the AOL Beta website. Time required to publish feedback forms was further reduced from 20 minutes to 3 minutes (average). 
 * Optimized the page load time of the site using industry standard optimization techniques reducing 56K page loads from 45 seconds to 15 seconds. 

QA Software Engineer (2000 – 2005)
Accomplishments:
 * Designed a content management system to reduce the time and technical knowledge required to publish content, resulting in an estimated annual budget cost savings of $300,000. 
 * Designed a tool to build public facing data collection forms, reducing the time required to publish forms from an average of 4 hours to 20 minutes.  
 * Trained the department on HTML and CSS required to publish project pages, creating a greater number of resources capable of publishing and enabling the department to more easily handle a larger number of projects. 

Customer Service Consultant (1999 - 2000)
Accomplishments:
 * Maintained a customer satisfaction rate above 95% and a first time fix rate above 90%. 

EDUCATION
B.S. Information Technology
University of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona

ADDENDUM
An online portfolio including sample code is available at: http://nick.laprell.org/portfolio.