Ryan S. Christie
http://ryanschristie.com
Arlington, VA
Ryan combines over seven years of experience in the information industry with a background in management and development.
Employment
Lead Front End Developer
Network Designs, Inc.
July 2005 - present
Current responsibilities for the Federal Aviation Administration include support to the AOC as part of the Web Management Team:
- Designing, programming, implementing, and managing the FAA.gov family of websites.
- Drafted and implemented official FAA HTML policy & guidelines focusing on code standardization.
- Developed, and implemented a backwards-compatible, CSS- and semantics-based styling solution with complete online documentation and training materials for all FAA developers.
- Provide oversight of document accessibility & standards compliance, including HTML, PDF, and MS Office.
Specific examples of work for FAA are available upon request.
Web Developer / Office Assistant
CISAT Creative Services, James Madison University
November 2001 - June 2005
- Introduced and oversaw the development of projects using CSS layout and web standards.
- Transform design composites into fully functional standards-compliant web content.
- Ensure WAI Level 2 compliance across all projects.
- Proofread and advise on content information and placement.
- Construct and oversee website projects from development to launch and beyond.
- Use DOM JavaScript to enhance web page functionality.
- Create and communicate solutions to both creative and technical teams.
- Operate audio, scanning, video and other multimedia equipment.
- Modify, colorize, crop, and enhance images in Adobe Photoshop.
- Assist lab users with various PC and Mac software applications and hardware.
Skills Languages & Applications
Lots of experience, frequently used
X/HTML, XML, CSS, RSS, Section 508, WCAG, MVC development, ColdFusion, JavaScript, DOM, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Acrobat, MS Office, CMS administration, browser compatibility, web design, research, information architechture, accessibility, usability, working in teams, writing.
Some experience, less frequent use
Atom, XSL, Fusebox, PHP, SQL, MySQL, Oracle, Linux, Mac OSX, Illustrator, Flash, ASP, VBScript, project management, regular expressions, various microformats.
Group Affiliations
- Guild of Accessible Web Designers (http://www.gawds.org)
- Refresh Community (http://www.refresh-dc.org)
- Washington Web Standards Meetup Group (http://webstandards.meetup.com/9/)
- Web Standards Group (http://www.webstandardsgroup.org)
Training
- Fig Leaf Software: Advanced ColdFusion MX7
Education
- James Madison University (2000–2004)
References
My mother thinks I’m great, but other opinions are available by request.
