CLINT ZEHNER 2800 Barton's Bluff Ln, #2208 Austin, TX 78746 512/732-7369 czehner@zwolf.net http://www.zwolf.net PROFILE Intelligent, efficient, creative, Front End Web Designer acknowledged for a people-centric approach to designing internet and intranet programs. Possesses a broad base of experience in hard science, economics, performing arts, literature, and technology. Recognized for designing efficient and elegant web pages that change the ways companies work. Strengths include: * Design * Distilling Complicated Processes * Analysis * Writing TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES Computer Skills: Languages: Design: * HTML/XHTML/WML * JavaScript * Graphic Design * PHP * CGI/Perl * Human Factors/User Interface Design * CSS * Information Architecture Software Knowledge: Graphics: Web: Other: * Photoshop/ImageReady * HomeSite * Acrobat * Illustrator * BBEdit * Streamline * PageMaker * Dreamweaver * Dimensions * QuarkXPress * HTML Validator * WS_FTP * InDesign * Linkbot * ResEdit Systems/OS: * Windows 2000/NT/XP * UNIX/Linux * Macintosh Zwolf Web and Graphic Design - Austin, TX 1997-Present Owner/Web Designer Completed short- and long-term web and graphic design projects for clients. * AmPro Mortgage Corporation: Designed user-interface for Empower Middle Tier mortgage application for AmPro website allowing brokers to submit, edit, and lock loans online. * Austin Swing Syndicate: Doubled hit rate for website by adding new features including forums and user-modifiable calendar. Currently working on WML-based calendar and club guide. * Austin Lindy Exchange: Designed themed website and tee shirts for one of the premier national swing events. Worked with team to resolve unexpected situations with on-the-fly decision making. * Specialized Loan Servicing: Specifically recruited to design logo, intranet, and internet sites. * Ineto: While under 24-hour deadline, created email survey form that generated 30% response rate. PROFESSIONAL HISTORY Fairbanks Capital Corp - Austin, TX 2001-2002 Senior Web Designer Designed, managed, and maintained two websites: intranet site "Notes & Deeds" and internet site OlympusServicing.com, as well as other internal web applications and company newsletter for $10 billion company. Branded all Olympus Servicing media. Active member of Employee Activities Committee. * Eliminated over 90% of company-wide email, saving estimated five thousand man-hours annually through implementation of new intranet site. * Preserved company reputation by conceiving "Olympus Servicing" name. * Reduced hold time and call volume over 30% and saved over $1,200,000 annually by designing Borrower Web Interface allowing borrowers to access and pay their loans on-line. * Improved communication and reduced duplication of effort by centralizing control of forms and company information with intranet. * Trained apprentices in use of Homesite, Photoshop, Illustrator, and other applications. Caresoft - Sunnyvale, CA 1999-2000 Senior Web Designer/Developer Designed mockups and prototypes for major health website. Created and implemented HTML newsletter. Set coding standards and monitored compliance. Trained team members in use of graphics programs and web formats. Created new graphics and worked closely with graphic designers, editors, and other team-members. * Reduced page download time over 20% by enforcing standards and removing extraneous code. * Created prototypes from graphic designers' Photoshop mockups. * Provided DOM compliance by sectioning code for conversion into JHTML to dynamically generate pages using ATG Dynamo server. * Enhanced document usage by copy-editing pages for consistency and use of American-standard English. Sun Microsystems - Cupertino, CA 1998-1999 Web Developer/Contractor Performed front-end development of Java Developer Connection site. Formatted articles, tutorials, and other content by hand. Created templates for common documents. Advised editorial team on front-end web-related issues. Performed first-level edits to transcripts and externally generated materials. * Increased ease-of-use of Java Developer Connection website by simplifying and reorganizing directory structure. * Improved corporate image by eliminating broken links through implementation of scheduled link-checking. * Co-authored style guide defining standards for both HTML and web page layout. Adobe Systems - San Jose, CA 1996-1998 Software QA Engineer/Contractor Conducted quality assurance on Adobe PageMill 3.0 for Macintosh (English/French/German versions) and black box testing on Adobe Illustrator 7.0. Performed planned and ad-hoc testing with Windows 95. Created needed test-files on own initiative. * Enhanced program's compliance with W3C's HTML 3.2 standard by partnering with developers. * Initiated and delivered localized spell-check icons. * Stimulated creative thinking of Illustrator as web design product by coordinating brainstorming meeting with developers and marketing personnel. * Created design for prototype web-functions palette. Orcon Corporation - Union City, CA 1997 Web Designer/Contractor Redesigned corporate website for carpet installation equipment company * Built modern browser-generalized website still used after five years with only minimal updates. * Improved navigation by reorganizing hierarchical structure of site. * Due to quality of work was requested by name for subsequent projects and later hired as de facto Webmaster through Zwolf. GTE Directories - Long Beach, CA 1995-1996 Graphic Artist/Contractor Designed and generated advertisement graphics for yellow page directories using MultiAd Creator, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Streamline on Macintosh. EDUCATION University of California - Santa Barbara, CA Coursework in Digital Media University of California - Riverside, CA Bachelor of Science, Economics; Emphases in Physics and Performing Arts