Resume

Joshua Nathanson
Web Application Developer

1535 Chestnut St. #101, San Francisco, CA 94123 | 510.919.9297 | joshnathanson at gmail dot com

Technical Proficiencies

ColdFusion, OOP, SQL, Javascript, jQuery Javascript Library, Ajax, CSS, HTML

Professional Experience

Lead Web Developer, IGIGI, San Francisco, CA
January 2006 – present

IGIGI is a fashion ecommerce manufacturer and retailer, specializing in luxury clothing for plus-size women, which does all business online (no brick and mortar). During my tenure as lead and sole website developer, business has grown from 8 to 25 employees, and annual revenues have increased from $700K/year to $2.5M/year. Some accomplishments include:

Maintained, customized and extended CFWebstore Fusebox-based application

Developed extensive reporting suite featuring usage of CFChart for visual displays of data

Created scalable barcode-based order fulfillment system, tied into third-party UPS integration for rapid shipping fulfillment

Designed and deployed single-page AJAX order checkout

Developed affiliate management system, utilizing on-the-fly PDF generation for affiliate activity statements

Freelance Web Developer
January 2000 – December 2005

Featured Freelance Projects:

Aubergine Catering Menuing/Online Ordering Application
Developed ColdFusion menuing, order and reporting application for Berkeley-based catering and food delivery service. Allowed company to develop menus and take orders online.
http://www.auberginecatering.com (ordering application no longer online)

Vicars Management Rental Listing Application
Developed ColdFusion apartment rental listing management system for Berkeley-based property management company Vicars Management. Features include image upload and management, multiple listings, admin area.

Shotgun Players Online Ticketing System
Designed and built online ticketing system for Berkeley-based Shotgun Players theatre group. Featured secure credit card authorization via CFC-based Authorize.net API, admin reporting suite, show/event/reservation/will call management.

Projects, Associations, Activites

Calabunga Online Calendar Application
2005 – Present
Designed, built and deployed multi-tenant online calendar application. Currently supporting over 100 paid monthly subscriptions. Technologies: ColdFusion, SQL, Javascript/jQuery/Ajax, HTML, CSS

jQuery Library Plugins
2007 – Present
Developed open source plugins for use with jQuery javascript library. Projects include ClockPick, a widget to select a time value for an input field; Magnify, a UI widget to allow "magnifying" a section of an image; and HeatColor, a plugin used to apply a “heat” color to data grid rows. http://jquery.com/plugins

Member/Attendee: SF Javascript Meetup

Attendee: Bay Area ColdFusion User Group (BACFUG)

Education

University of California at Berkeley, 1991; B.A., Anthropology
Additional courses in Computer Science