Kyle Robinson Young is a programmer and designer with 10+ years of commercial experience. Oral and written communication flow naturally. His code is well organized, documented and shows great attention to detail. He is a very passionate learner and is always open to new ideas. He is one of the few that bridge the gap between art and code with simple and smart solutions.
Work Experience:
Epiphanet Web Design (Sonoma, CA)
Independent Contractor – Senior Programmer & Designer
September 2000 – Present Day
- Lead programmer and co-designer on nearly all projects for over 9 years.
- Developed an easy install e-commerce system, a remote based CMS and many other custom solutions.
- Close interaction with Epiphanet’s clients regarding support and sales on a daily basis.
- Worked with a wide variety of clients some of which are: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Think Fun, and the Sonoma County Water Agency.
- Have both telecommuted and worked in house for the duration.
- Constantly switching between team manger and team player.
Nu-Designs (Santa Rosa, CA)
Independent Contractor – Programmer
January 2003 – January 2004
- Constructed custom e-commerce solutions.
- E-Commerce and SEO consulting.
- Support for their clients.
- Database optimization (PostgreSQL).
Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau (Sonoma, CA)
Webmaster
September 1998 – September 2000
- Managed website and online presence.
- Implemented an inventory system and reprogrammed all cash registers.
- Basic office work including preparing meeting notes and attending to customers in store and over the phone.
Technical Skills:
- 10+ years experience in LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP).
- 10+ years designing websites with Photoshop (version 4 to CS4).
- 10+ years with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- 10+ years in social network development (constructed his first social networking site in 1999).
- 9+ years with Flash (AS2, AS3, Flex, MXML, and animation).
- 7+ years telecommuting and working with remote teams.
- 6+ years with Search Engine Optimization and performance tuning.
- 6+ years in object-oriented design.
- 5+ years with Ajax, SOAP and XML.
- 2+ years in Model-View-Controller methodology.
- 2+ years with CakePHP, JQuery, Prototype, Python, Drupal and Wordpress.
- 1+ year Ruby on Rails, Joomla, Magento and MooTools.
Other Skills & Interests:
- Foreign Language (Currently learning Spanish)
- Musician (Cello, Guitar and Drums)
- Can juggle 3, 4 and 5 balls.
- Enjoys photographing nature and wildlife.
- Designing clothing and writing scripts for Second Life.
- Enjoys drawing with pencils, charcoal and digital pens.
- Programming homebrew apps for the Nintendo DS.
