Ryan Mears is a web standards focused User Interface Engineer who loves building semantic web applications that are intuitive and fun to use.
Experience
- Apple Inc. - Cupertino, CA
- November 2007 - Present
- Senior Interface Engineer
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- Plays key front-end development role for the Apple online store.
- Engineers precision user Interface elements with HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
- Works with content management teams to ensure timely delivery of promotional materials and landing pages.
- Campbell-Ewald - Warren, Michigan
- April 2005 - November 2007
- User Interface Engineer
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- Develops standards compliant websites using semantic markup, cross browser compatible CSS, and the latest Javascript toolkits to progressively enhance behavior.
- Collaborates with Information Architecture and Graphic Design departments to create stylish and usable layouts for client sites that receive over 35 million hits per month.
- Conducts weekly architecture series with development team to evaluate industry trends and create internal source code libraries.
- Established documentation wiki for the User Interface Engineering department, allowing collaborative documentation of project information and group coding conventions.
- Michigan State University - East Lansing, Michigan
- August 2000 - August 2003
- Web Developer
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- Created markup and graphic design for departmental websites at the Lyman Briggs School of Science at Michigan State University.
- Coordinated content publication for promotional websites with program staff.