Xavier  Vanvlasselaer

Berkeley, CA
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Experience

Oct 2005 - Present. Consultant, Senior Front End Developer. Spanstrategies, Palo
Alto
	XHTML / CSS Development on Internal Portal for Sun Microsystems
	XHTML / CSS / Javascript -  Web Site Development Lead BitTorrent.com
	XHTML / CSS / Javascript - Web Site / VBulletin / Media Wiki  Development Lead
for Ingres.com
	XHTML / CSS / Javascript - Web Site Development Lead for ZapTXT.com

Aug 2001 - Sep 2005. Freelance Web Developer. Self Employed, CA
	Created web-based document management application (ColdFusion, SQL)
	Built customized web applications and Ecommerce web sites 


Jul 2003 - Oct 2003. XHTML / CSS Production Engineer. Williams Sonoma, San
Francisco, CA
	Created and updated web templates for Williams-Sonoma Ecommerce web site

Apr 2000 - Aug 2001. Web Production Manager. Liquid Thinking, San Francisco, CA
	Managed Web Engineering team
	Developed production processes
	Allocated resources
	Developed ColdFusion-based custom knowledge management application (including
complete UI and design) used as firm's extranet, and sold to clients for similar
use (ColdFusion, SQL)
	Implemented product search capabilities for Cypress Semiconductor, a Macromedia
Spectra-based site, using PL/SQL and ColdFusion; search functionality integrates
a proprietary product information system on the back-end as well as Spectra-based
object model
	Managed development of large sites such as Certicom.com, Asera.com,
Informationweek.com
	Participated in development of JamesIrvineFoundation.com using XML,XSL,XSLT
	Developed Production Specifications for Wrigley.com's new CMS site 

Jan 1999 - Apr 2000. Senior Web Engineer. MarchFirst, San Francisco, CA
	Production Lead for high-profile, award-winning e-commerce sites
(williams-sonoma.com, potterybarn.com)
	Led development using HTML, ASP, and ColdFusion
	Created database-driven templates.


Skills

	Technical -	Expert cross browser XHTML Programming, CSS, PHP, ColdFusion, ASP,
JSP, Web Production, Layout Design, Print Production / Pre-press, Typography
			Expertise in open source platforms: Drupal, Wordpress, PHPBB, MediaWiki,
VBulletin


	Applications

MS SQL Server 2000, MySQL, ColdFusion Server,  Adobe Photoshop, Adobe
Illustrator, Macromedia Flash, CVS, SVN, Perforce, Remote Desktop, IIS


	Languages

XHTML, CSS, ColdFusion, ASP, SQL, XML, XSL/XSLT, PHP, VBScript, JavaScript
(prototype & Jquery), Ruby On Rails (exposure).



	Platforms

Macintosh, UNIX, Windows



Non Technical - Fluent in English, Dutch. Proficient in French & German.

Avid swimmer, runner, skier, and mountainbiker.