My name is Pim Linders and I'm a web developer with a passion for making great websites.
My Work
National Park Service – Timeline
Description
The U.S. National Park Service website provides historical background and visitor information on national parks in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. This data-driven interactive timeline allows website visitors to browse through centuries of data in a fun and easy-to-navigate way. (2011).
What I did
- Built on top of the timemap JavaScript library which combines the SIMILE timeline with various mapping tools
- Developed zooming, scrolling, and content list functionality
- Customized the timeline to meet both UX and design needs
Skills Used
AJAX, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery
National Park Service – Subject Pages
Description
The U.S. National Park Service website provides historical background and visitor information on national parks in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. The NPS website has separate pages for each of its parks, which provide helpful information to visitors. (2011).
What I did
- Served as technical lead
- Worked closely with a team of front-end developers
- Developed the majority of JavaScript components
- Wrote a custom Twitter feed parser
Skills Used
AJAX, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery
National Park Service – Park Pages
Description
The U.S. National Park Service website provides historical background and visitor information on national parks in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. The NPS website has separate pages for each of its parks, which provide helpful information to visitors. (2011).
What I did
- Served as technical lead
- Worked closely with a team of front-end developers
- Developed the majority of JavaScript components
- Created an image gallery featuring a custom tooltip and lightbox
Skills Used
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery
World Bank - Young Professionals Program
Description
The World Bank Young Professionals Program is designed for highly qualified and motivated individuals skilled in areas relevant to the World Bank. The YP Program has hired over 1,500 people who now hold positions ranging from entry-level jobs to vice presidents and managing directors. It is a unique opportunity to experience development and gain exposure to the World Bank’s operations and policies. (2011).
What I did
- Served as front-end developer on project
- Created a random selector for landing page content
- Wrote a custom jQuery tab control to provide tab functionality
Skills Used
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery
National Park Service – Education Pages
Description
The U.S. National Park Service website provides historical background and visitor information on national parks in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. From lesson plans based on national curriculum standards to professional development opportunities to college-level historic preservation course outlines, the teacher pages has tools that can help enliven classroom presentations and engage students in learning about history. (2011).
What I did
- Served as technical lead
- Worked closely with a team of front-end developers
- Developed the majority of JavaScript components
- Created a highly dynamic searching tool, ratings system, and several unique sliders
Skills Used
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery
Economic Policy Institute - State of Working America
Description
Published by the Economic Policy Institute since 1988, the award-winning website The State of Working America presents data on economic trends and how they affect American workers and families. Originally published in book form, the data is now available online, making information easier to find, sortable, and downloadable in various formats. (2010).
What I did
- Created a custom content management system using CakePHP
- Integrated front-end templates into the custom CMS
- Implemented infinite scroll to minimize load times and click fatigue
- Implemented an innovative tagging system to make charts easier to find
- Created print-friendly templates
Skills Used
AJAX, CakePHP, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP
Flickr + Highslide
Description
Flickr + Highslide retrieves images from a user’s Flickr account and combines them with the stylish Highslide image gallery. The plugins and modules provide an easy-to-implement gallery for Wordpress, Joomla, and Drupal. As of April 2011, Flickr + Highslide has been downloaded over 70,000 times. (2009).
What I did
- Created Wordpress plugin
- Ported plugin to Drupal and Joomla models
Skills Used
AJAX, Drupal API, Flickr API, JavaScript, Joomla API, PHP, Wordpress API
National Park Service – State Pages
Description
The U.S. National Park Service website provides historical background and visitor information on national parks in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. In order to show the breadth of NPS services, the redesigned state pages feature an interactive map within which NPS activities can be filtered by type, funding mechanism, historical registration, and other parameters. (2011).
What I did
- Served as technical lead
- Sliced Photoshop designs into 508-compliant front-end templates
- Created innovative map control functionality to easily allow users to add and remove map layers
- Created print-friendly style sheets
- Created a unique template and used it to dynamically populate PDFs
Skills Used
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery
Department of State - J-1 Visa
Description
The J-1 visa, a non-immigrant visa that promotes cultural exchange between the U.S. and other countries, is used by participants in training and scholarly programs such as college students, teachers, research scholars, and other specialists. The modernized, redesigned website aimed to make it easier to find information about the J-1 visa and allow online waiver applications. (2011).
What I did
- Integrated Google custom search
- Provided quality control
- Resolved several JavaScript issues
- Fixed system bugs to allow site to be experienced properly on all commonly used browsers
Skills Used
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, Wordpress
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials - Vaccination Gallery
Description
ASTHO is a nonprofit umbrella organization that represents public health agencies across the U.S. and its territories, as well as their employees. Its vaccination gallery includes customizable posters in various formats, which local- and state-level agencies can download and use in health communication campaigns promoting vaccination. (2011).
What I did
- Sliced Photoshop designs into ASP.NET master templates and web forms
- Built a time-saving preview function into image gallery
- Integrated templates into a CMS based on ASP.NET
- Created a mechanism to ensure valid information is collected from all users who download kit materials
- Created a back-end data manager to facilitate viewing and exporting of data submitted through forms
Skills Used
ASP.NET, CSS, HTML, jQuery, SQL server
National Park Service – Civil War Sesquicentennial
Description
The U.S. National Park Service website provides historical background and visitor information on national parks in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, NPS planned a series of commemorative events taking place in Washington, DC in March 2011. The commemoration included a website that aimed to help users better understand the important events of the war, and to encourage visits to Civil War places and parks. (2011).
What I did
- Served as technical lead
- Provided support and guidance throughout the project
- Resolved several JavaScript issues
Skills Used
HTML, JavaScript, jQuery
Hotwire Revealed
Description
Travel deal site Hotwire.com provides information on hotel location and amenities, without revealing the name of the hotel, giving their customers the best possible price on a hotel stay. For customers who want to know which hotel a Hotwire deal is for, Hotwire Revealed uses data on hotel locations and amenities gathered from various sources to reveal the hotel name and a link to its website. (2010-2012).
What I did
- Conceptualized idea for site
- Planned, executed, and maintained site
Skills Used
AJAX, CSS, HTML, jQuery, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, Python
U.S. Institute of Peace
Description
The U.S. Institute of Peace, an independent national institution funded by Congress, aims to prevent and resolve violent international conflicts, stabilize and develop areas after conflict, and promote conflict management. The site features an online calendar of courses and simulations, information on country-specific conflicts, and an interactive map of focus areas. (2010).
What I did
- Resolved several issues relating to events calendar controls, image spacing and layout issues
- Integrated a new content type for copyright information into an existing layout
- Improved filtering menus for online course offerings
- Fixed system bugs to allow JavaScript carousel to be experienced properly on all commonly used browsers
- Performed general site maintenance
Skills Used
CSS, Drupal, HTML, JavaScript
Aspen Institute – Ministerial Leadership Initiative
Description
The Aspen Institute organizes seminars, fellowships, policy programs, and public conferences and events related to leadership, society, and current issues. It runs the Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health, which uses evidence-based strategies to strengthen the capacity of ministries of health around the world and improve global health. (2010).
What I did
- Created promotional area for video content and fixed associated issues
- Fixed system bugs to allow site to be experienced properly on all commonly used browsers
- Performed general site maintenance
Skills Used
CSS, Drupal, HTML, PHP
World Bank – Arabic Language Site
Description
The World Bank provides developing countries with financial and technical assistance, with the goal of reducing poverty, building infrastructure, and sharing knowledge. It has versions of its site in various languages, including Arabic.
What I did
- Created Arabic CSS styling for existing markup to accommodate right-to-left direction of Arabic text
Skills Used
CSS
Communities in School
Description
A national organization with 181 local affiliates, Communities in Schools unites public school professionals to provide students with needed resources, encouraging them to stay in school and be successful later in life. To encourage donor support, the donation portion of the site was upgraded to provide information on non-cash donations, such as stocks and assets, planned giving, and workplace giving. Online donation, previously housed on a third-party site, was also integrated into the organization’s site. (2011).
What I did
- Interacted with a donation service API to allow donations to be made directly on the CIS site
- Created the backend and frontend code for the career and location sections
- Made a custom permission management system within Django that allowed offsite users to submit and manage career and location postings
- Integrated several components from the legacy site
Skills Used
AJAX, CSS, Django, HTML, JavaScript, Python
University of Central Florida - Today
Description
UCF Today is the University of Central Florida’s social hub, where members of the community come to share their stories. Its features include a content slider for top news stories, a Flickr image gallery, a UCF YouTube video widget, and a Twitter aggregator. (2009).
What I did
- Created several Wordpress plugins, including Twitter aggregator, dynamic content slider, Flickr gallery, and YouTube aggregator
- Sliced Photoshop designs into 508-compliant Wordpress templates
- Worked closely with marketing team to optimize site to fit with office procedures
Skills Used
AJAX, CSS, Flickr API, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL, Photoshop, PHP, Twitter API, Wordpress, YouTube API
Brains 4 Rent
Description
IT consulting firm Brains 4 Rent provides strategic planning for people, processes, and technologies in and around the data center. It offers services such as web application development, cloud computing, and virtualization (2010).
What I did
- Customized existing front-end templates to meet company's needs
- Created and populated site content
Skills Used
AJAX, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials – Presidential Challenge
Description
ASTHO is a nonprofit umbrella organization that represents public health agencies across the U.S. and its territories, as well as their employees. Every year, the organization and its partners issue a Presidential Challenge to state-level agencies, encouraging them to innovate and work together toward a particular health goal. (2011).
What I did
- Sliced Photoshop designs into ASP.NET master templates and web forms
- Integrated templates into a CMS based on ASP.NET
Skills Used
ASP.NET, CSS, HTML
Best Sell Price
Description
Best Sell Price searches online marketplaces, such as Amazon and eBay, and calculates a resale value for a given item. For users looking for the best place to sell an item, Best Sell Price will analyze recent sale prices and site usage fees to find the most profitable marketplace. The site also features a “Money in Your Pocket” history chart, which tracks whether the item is on an up or down swing. (2009).
What I did
- Conceptualized idea for site
- Planned, executed, and maintained site
Skills Used
AJAX, CSS, HTML, jQuery, MySQL, PHP
Duke University - Faith and Leadership
Description
Faith and Leadership is the online magazine of the Leadership Education department at Duke University’s Divinity School. The site provides news, information on programs and training, and multimedia resources. (2010-2011).
What I did
- Customized default Drupal RSS feed module, including sanitizing and extracting HTML characters from RSS feed and removing extraneous RSS content
- Upgraded Drupal core and several Drupal modules, and resolved associated issues
- Maintained existing Drupal site
Skills Used
Drupal, PHP, XML
Benjamin Moore Online
Description
Benjamin Moore Online is an ecommerce site that specializes in selling paint samples. This small paint shop is based in Sanford, Florida. (2008).
What I did
- Worked closely with local client to create wireframes, IA, and design
- Sliced design into front-end Magento templates
- Created MySQL database with over 2,600 products
- Enabled SSL certificate for secure online purchases
Skills Used
CSS, HTML, Magento, MySQL, PHP
National Endowment for the Humanities - EDSITEment
Description
An independent agency of the U.S. government, the National Endowment for the Humanities manages grants that support research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. (2011).
What I did
- Resolved several issues client was experiencing with Drupal modules
- Performed general site updates and maintenance
Skills Used
Drupal, PHP
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NPS - Timeline
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Hotwire Revealed
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NPS - Civil War
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Communities in School
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NPS - Park Pages
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EPI - State of Working America
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Dept. of State - J-1 Visa
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NPS - Subject Pages
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NPS - Education Pages
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NPS - State Pages
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World Bank - YPP
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Flickr + Highslide
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U.S. Institute of Peace
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Aspen Institute - MLI
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World Bank - Arabic
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ASTHO - Vaccination Gallery
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UCF Today
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Brains 4 Rent
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ASTHO - President Challenge
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Best Sell Price
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Duke Divinity School
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NEH - EDSITEment
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Benjamin Moore Online
Resume
Skills
Languages and Web
Frameworks
Databases
Web Servers
CMS
Other
Experience
Software Engineer
Threespot
August 2010 - March 2012
- Developed a modular component system for use across all NPS pages
- Built a data-driven timeline interactive that combines a scrollable timeline with a map and list view
- Created front-end templates for NPS’ state, park, education, and subject pages
- Used Django, a high-level Python web framework, to upgrade the online donation functionality and career posting workflow for Communities in Schools
- Integrated Google custom search into the Department of State J1 visa website
- Served as technical lead on award-winning National Park Service projects
- Created front-end templates for the World Bank Young Professionals Program
- Fixed multiple problems with an ASP.NET based application used by the Service Employees International Union
- Resolved issues with several Drupal-based websites including U.S. Institute of Peace, National Endowment for the Humanities' EDSITEment and Aspen Institute's Ministerial Leadership Initiative
- Built a custom CMS for the Economic Policy Institute State of Working America using CakePHP, an open source web application framework written in PHP
Software Engineer / Systems Engineer
Lockheed Martin
July 2009 - August 2010
- Added several new features to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) webcast portal, such as allowing multiple lines of closed captioned text for live webcasts and streamlining the process of archiving webcasts
- Promoted to Level 2 Software Engineer in May 2010
- Awarded Lockheed Martin’s Personal Recognition Award for Excellence in March 2010
- Served as technical lead on HUD’s Enterprise Mashup Project, a role involving developing, supporting, and maintaining mashups
- Developed a C# based application for seamlessly migrating a user’s Windows XP settings to Windows 7, which will be used migrate more than 12,000 workstations
- Worked closely with the engineering and operations teams to write requirements, concept of operations, and system design documentation for the Enterprise Mashup Project
- Built a project proposal management system for HUD within SharePoint, which included developing SharePoint web parts, SharePoint workflows, and InfoPath forms with custom code that interacted with the SharePoint API
- Created a Java application to automate a tedious and time consuming Excel-based process, which is expected to save Lockheed Martin $47,000 per year in labor costs
- Developed a PHP web application to provide Lockheed Martin program managers with a dashboard to monitor the status of projects in real time
- Created several targeted applications, including an internet response time monitor and a tool to migrate databases from SQL Server to MySQL
- Created an alternative 508-compliant webcast portal
Web Developer
University of Central Florida Marketing
January 2009 - May 2009
- Built website for UCF Today, a news source and content sharing system for the UCF community
- Explored and evaluated feasibility of several content management systems including SharePoint, WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla, to find best fit for UCF’s needs
- Built templates for, installed, and configured a CMS using SharePoint, WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla
- Created W3C and 508-compliant templates for Joomla and Drupal CMSs
- Created several Wordpress plugins, including Twitter aggregator, dynamic content slider, Flickr gallery, and YouTube aggregator
- Migrated legacy HTML/CSS designs to XHTML
- Built custom back-end for dynamically controlling AJAX-driven forms
Education
BS in Information Technology
University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)
- GPA: 3.8
- Awards: President's List (multiple semesters), Dean's List (multiple semesters)
- Scholarship: Florida Bright Futures
About Me
An experimenter and learner since childhood, I’ve spent over ten years building websites. As a teenager, I taught myself HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and I practiced these skills by building websites for friends and neighbors. But the Florida beaches beckoned, and it remained a hobby until I started college. At that point, I started taking programming classes and eventually declared an information technology major.
Although my classes provided a good foundation, I quickly discovered that the best way to learn how to program and build websites was through real-world experience. As a college student, I began freelancing for local companies in the Orlando area and building small web applications of my own. I also took on a lab instructor job my junior year, passing on my newly acquired skills and business savvy to others. This led to a part-time position with my university’s marketing department.
Making the world a better place, one website at a time.
After graduating, I moved to Maryland and started working at Lockheed Martin. I worked on a variety of projects there and earned multiple honors and awards, including an unusually fast promotion to Level 2 Software Engineer. To broaden my experience and focus more on web development, I moved on to Threespot, a digital engagement agency, where I currently work as a Software Engineer doing both front-end and back-end development.
