David Barker
71B Nevay Rd
Miramar, Wellington, NZ--
Recent Work Experience
VizExplorer
Senior Front-End Developer
Wellington, NZ
Sept 2018 - Present
" Advanced feature development for proprietary AngularJS and React products, providing data
visualizations and analytics for casino player data, in a fully-realized SCRUM environment
" Team mentorship and leadership in establishing workflow and UX best practices
VOLTAGE, LLC
Senior Developer / Team Lead
Louisville, CO
July 2015 - Aug 2018
" Front-end - several award-winning animation and interaction projects, industry leadership in
bleeding-edge technologies and JS libraries, and expertise in all levels of WCAG accessibility
" Back-end - built global-market applications and eCommerce for clients including Reebok, Adidas,
and Chipotle - on Wordress, Laravel, Shopify, and Demandware
" Standards Development - wrote and refined standards for code, communication, and process
" Leadership / Mentorship - responsible for a team of 2-5 developers, inc. resourcing, training, code
quality, conflict resolution, and short- and long-term goal achievement
" Technical Project Management - fostered client relationships, strategically grew and supported
accounts through emerging technologies, and iterated projects in a SCRUM-flavored workflow
Primacy
Creative Technologist (Front-End Developer)
Farmington, CT
March 2013 - July 2015
" Maintained front-end development ownership of sites and applications for national clients, using
bleeding-edge technology - jQuery 2, Raphael/Kinetic, Require, SASS/LESS, Bootstrap, and more
" Created standardized and portable environments, facilitated by SVN/Git, CodeKit, Grunt
" Direct mentorship and development of training resources for junior devs
" Admin and development experience under several CMS applications
GeniusRocket, Inc.
Lead Developer
Bethesda, MD
November 2010 - November 2012
" Development of all aspects of GeniusRocket’s web presence using Concrete 5 and Wordpress
" Created homebrewed HTML5 video players, Canvas widgets, 3D coverflow-style galleries, and
misc AJAX applications, completing both the front-end and back-end aspects of each
" Introduction and integration of Git to facilitate and stabilize an organic, needs-based growth style
Transcendigital LLC
Web Developer
Burlington, CT
June 2005 - November 2010
" Development of themes and applications using Wordpress, Magento, Joomla, and Concrete5 from raw PSD design to full interactive experience
" Creation and modification of JS widgets such as countdown clocks, galleries, and video players
" Optimization of sites for use with desktop managerial applications, such as Adobe Contribute
Relevant Skills
" Leadership and management - honed team leadership techniques, demonstrable results from
client relations soft skills, lifelong passion for problem-solving
" Front-end specialist - interaction and animation development, Canvas, WebGL, myriad JS
frameworks, WCAG accessibility expert
" Solid back-end proficiency, as gained through developing on more than a dozen frameworks and
platforms - OOP, REST API engineering, database modeling, websockets
" Server-level management - Apache / nginx setup, PHP and Linux pkg and config, bash scripting
" Dev-ops - old friends with Git, acquaintances with SVN, wide experience with CLI project tools
(Gulp / Webpack / Grunt / Yarn / composer / npm). Skilled at establishing and tailoring workflows
to best suit the client / project needs
" Comfortable with concepts and technologies applied in physics, astrophysics, and mathematics
Education
Union College, 2009
Bachelor of Science: Astrophysics - Sigma Pi Sigma Inductee
Secondary Degree: French Language and Literature
Term Abroad: Normandy/Brittany, France - Sept-Nov 2007
Schenectady, NY
Extracurricular Leadership
Boy Scouts of America
" Eagle Scout, with Bronze and Silver Palm distinctions
" 8 years of leadership positions, including SPL
Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Honor Society)
" Society events and presentations with Union College professors (Physics Journal panels,
presentations for thesis and extended research)
" Community outreach and youth programs at Suits-Bueche Planetarium
Union College Observatory Open Houses - Manager and Telescope Operator
French, German, and Japanese cultural/language immersion clubs
