Philip Klauzinski. Summary. Experience. Senior UI Engineer at Rightside

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1 Philip Klauzinski Senior UI Engineer at Rightside Summary I am a senior web UI/UX architect, engineer and designer specializing in RESTful SPA (single-page application) development. I prefer to use the right tools for the job, and I do not constrain myself to a particular front-end framework. I also specialize in developing platform-agnostic front-end architectures that do not rely on a single server-side architecture in order to function, allowing for optimum portability and flexibility on the front-end. Experience Senior UI Engineer at Rightside January Present (1 year 3 months) Previously part of Demand Media, Rightside is a spinoff company trading on the NASDAQ under NAME. We specialize in new gtlds with registry/registrar infrastructure. I am currently working as Senior UI Engineer in VAS (Value Added Services), architecting and building new products to accompany various TLD marketing brands. Co-Founder, CTO, & Chief Applications Engineer at Hang3 Inc. May Present (2 years 11 months) May 2012: Launched Hang3 Social Classifieds. Hang3 is an online community that allows you to publish your own free classified ads instantly across multiple social networks. Responsible for all graphic design, web design, corporate identity, platform development, database, UI, and application engineering. hang3.com. Senior UI Engineer at Demand Media October December 2013 (2 years 3 months) Hired as Senior UI Engineer to architect and develop social media applications and other specialized company applications using OOP JavaScript, jquery, Underscore.js, d3.js, Raphael/gRaphael, Python, Tornado Web Server, MongoDB/NoSQL, CSS3 and HTML5. UI/UX Developer at Hewlett-Packard August October 2011 (3 months) [ 3 Month Contract ] - Joined the HP.com IT development team for HP's new Home & Home Office e-commerce site, yet to be released. Responsibilities included advanced OOP JavaScript, JavaScript architecture design, HTML5, CSS/CSS3, jquery and jquery plugin development. Page1

2 UI Developer & Software Engineer at Hoovers Inc. July August 2011 (2 years 2 months) Worked as a UI Developer and Software Engineer on the Balboa project helping to develop Hoover's new subscriber website. Responsibilities included coding HTML/XHTML, JavaScript, jquery, jquery UI, jquery plugin development, graphic design, Java/Velocity template coding, Spring, JBehave, Selenium, SVN, and strict agile development practices. Also responsible for phone screening and interviewing candidates for UI developer positions. Senior Web Designer & User Interface Engineer at QuantumDigital, Inc. November July 2009 (4 years 9 months) Worked as senior UI Engineer and New Media Team Leader. I was initially hired as a web designer by contract in 2004 to redesign the home pages for their existing websites, and gradually redesign the internal dynamic sites and various user interfaces. Duties included user interface and graphic design/icon design for all primary company websites, CSS style management, writing and maintaining the company style guide, usability, accessibility, designing, developing and managing the company Intranet, search engine marketing/optimization and findability enhancement, designing all advertising landing pages and graphics for marketing campaigns, and leading the QuantumDigital development team for the companies new website and branding. Technologies used are XHTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, AJAX, IIS, Visual FoxPro, and Westwind Webconnect. Specific examples of UI design: -Designed and Developed the QuantumMail.com Management Dashboard web application, implementing web standards, AJAX and SQL Server interaction, among other technologies. Sample login links are listed in the Portfolio section below. -A desktop-to-web application entitled Print On Demand System (PODS) for company-level management of direct mail orders for BellSouth Corporation (AT&T). The development of this application was initiated for the needs of BellSouth, but was designed and developed to be easily customizable for future clients with similar needs. -A customized web order interface for placing bulk ship orders over the web for John Deere Corporation. This application was designed to fit John Deere s branding and was developed to run independently of the company s in-house application. -Upon company name change and rebranding, I developed the new website in a Linux / Redhat environment using the CakePHP framework, Prototype Javascript framework, and several more open source software resources. 1 recommendation available upon request Web Designer & Developer at Brewer Management Corporation July November 2004 (7 years 5 months) Contracting in web design, web development, PHP / MySQL development, JavaScript. Certifications Business Foundations McCombs School of Business - The University of Texas at Austin August 2003 Page2

3 Publications jscroll June 3, 2011 Authors: Philip Klauzinski jscroll is a jquery plugin for infinite scrolling, written by Philip Klauzinski. Infinite scrolling; also known as lazy loading, endless scrolling, autopager, endless pages, etc.; is the ability to load content via AJAX within the current page or content area as you scroll down. The new content can be loaded automatically each time you scroll to the end of the existing content, or it can be triggered to load by clicking a navigation link at the end of the existing content. Projects Hang3 Social Classifieds April 2012 to Present, Justin Arnoldi Hang3 is an online community that allows you to publish your own free classified ads instantly across multiple social networks. We are Classified Ads Reinvented. jscroll - A jquery Plugin for Infinite Scrolling August 2011 to Present jscroll is a jquery plugin I have developed for the simple purpose of infinite scrolling, lazy loading, or whatever catchy phrase you may know it as. A real-world example of this behavior is your Facebook News Feed, which automatically loads content as you scroll down and reach the end of the page. RSS Graffiti (the app) October 2011 to May 2013 RSS Graffiti is a multi-tier web application which automatically publishes your RSS and Twitter feeds to Facebook. It employs a pure JSON API using jquery and Underscore.js templating for consuming JSON data, on top of a Python / Tornado Web Server back end. RSS Graffiti (the website) April 2012 to May 2013 Documentation and support for the RSS Graffiti app. Built on WordPress. TLD Marketing Websites June 2013 to Present Assigned with architecting and implementing the ability to create, manage, and deploy individual marketing websites for the company's new TLD (top level domain) offerings. Used TYPO3 content management system due to its large enterprise business community, MVC architecture, scalability, ability to Page3

4 manage multiple domains, internationalization support, and sophisticated content manageability. Installed on AWS EC2 instance using Ubuntu/LAMP stack. Skills & Expertise jquery JavaScript HTML 5 CSS Web Development XHTML AJAX User Interface Design User Experience User Interface CSS3 PHP Web Applications HTML5 MySQL Subversion SEO MVC Website Development JSON Web Design Software Development OOP HTML Web Standards Unobtrusive Javascript JavaScript Libraries CakePHP Semantic Web Facebook API Web Application Design SEM SEO copywriting Scalability DHTML Object Oriented Design Git Social Media Social Networking Sites Python Accessibility Page4

5 Copywriting Cross-browser Compatibility Linux Handlebars.js Typo3 Amazon EC2 GruntJS REST Front-end Engineering Education The University of Texas at Austin BA in Business Economics and Minor in Mathematics, Certification in Business Foundations, Studied Electrical Engineering, Mathematical Science, Computer Science, and Business Economics, Interests UI development, user experience, mobile development, JavaScript, PHP, CakePHP, technology, programming, CSS, jquery, html5, web standards, writing, graphic design, photography, music Languages English (Native or bilingual proficiency) Page5

6 Philip Klauzinski Senior UI Engineer at Rightside 1 person has recommended Philip "Philip produced some very nice work for us. He took great pride in creating interfaces that were clean and modern. Philip is a quick learner and exhibited a strong work ethic. He was a well-liked and respected member of our team and contributed some really good ideas. Philip will be a success in whatever he chooses to accomplish." Chris Anderson, VP/CTO, QuantumDigital, Inc., managed Philip at QuantumDigital, Inc. Contact Philip on LinkedIn Page6