Vernon Thommeret

vernon@thommeret.com
(440) 935-5328
http://thommeret.com/portfolio/web/

Software engineer and graphic designer with a specialty in web application development and interface design.

Proficiencies

Languages: PHP, JavaScript, Java, Objective-C, C, Python, Ruby, ActionScript, AppleScript
Technologies: Standards-based, cross-browser compatible HTML + CSS web pages with Ajax interactivity; iPhone development; Apache; HTTP and REST; memcached; MySQL; PHPUnit; jQuery, YUI, Prototype, and Scriptaculous; Wordpress and Drupal; Django; Flash; XML and XSLT; Spring Framework, Lucene, Tomcat, and JUnit
Studied: ML, Prolog, Intel Assembly (x86), Scheme, Verilog
Disciplines: Unit testing, scaling and performance, interaction design, mobile development, usability testing, accessibility, interface design
Operating systems: Mac OS, Unix, Linux, Windows

Etsy (2010-present): Software engineer doing backend and frontend work. I ship code every day.
Meetup (Summer 2009): Completed an internship developing a mobile version of Meetup.com. Designed and developed an iPhone application using Objective-C and Cocoa Touch.
Yahoo! (Summer 2008): As an intern, redesigned second-largest internal web application, Yahoo! Insights; rewrote search using Apache Lucene; decreased page load times from 20 seconds to 100 milliseconds. Wrote a popular tool, Yahoo! Roundtable, used by executives to receive feedback on technical manifestos.
Eight-to-eight (2008-2010): Answered phones for a confidential, non-directive, listening service providing support for students. Led a month-long, 50+ hours training program for new listeners.
Wesleyan Argus (2008-2009): Completely redesigned web presence; introduced blogs and video.
Wesleyan ITS (Summer 2007): Completed an internship developing an audiovisual language learning tool, Kalliope, using PHP and MySQL.
Wesleyan Argus (2006-2007): Laid out the feature, editorial, and sport sections.
Oberlin College (2002-2006): Designed websites and posters; managed audiovisual equipment.
Mike Matas (2000-2003): Hand-coded designs for Mike's blog and company into interactive web pages.

Graphical: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Maya, Final Cut Pro, Motion
Command-line: vim, emacs, git, svn

Wesleyan University (2010): Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science
Computer Science courses: Algorithms, Data Structures, Design of Programming Languages, Automata Theory and Formal Languages, Computer Organization, Databases, Programming Methods
Art courses: Typography, Graphic Design, Drawing, Digital Media, 3D Animation

Apple (Summers 2008, 2009, 2010): Worldwide Developers Conference Student Scholarship

Guitar (fingerstyle, classical, and electric), Music Theory, Typography, Photography, Cooking, Drawing, Book Design, Language