Web application specialist with a broad range of front-end technology expertise.

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1 Kris Karras Experienced Front-End Engineering for UI/UX Summary Web application specialist with a broad range of front-end technology expertise. Loves working with creative and passionate people developing great user experiences. Focused leader motivating teams to get the job done right and on time. Enterprise-level know-how with startup-level ingenuity. Specialties: UI/UX, Web Development, Web Applications, JavaScript Experience Expert Architect, UI/UX at Acxiom October October 2014 (1 year 1 month) UI/UX Architecture JS Framework Development App Development Developed multiple -based web applications using the following front-end technologies: YUI Rails Node.js Less Developed custom Javascript components for i18n as well as general UI widgets for things like form handling, data displays, etc. Worked with offshore teams to ensure code quality and consistency. Page1

2 Introduced new widgets and core components to speed up development and ensure quality. Contractor at Acxiom June October 2013 (5 months) UI/UX Architecture JS Framework Development App Development Less Principal User Experience Developer at Rearden Commerce April May 2013 (2 years 2 months) Provided leadership as well as mentoring and solution design for multiple products. Engineered reusable, enterprise-level components used by multiple development teams. JavaScript (YUI2 + YUI3, YUI3 framework development, YUI3 custom modules, YUI3 Build) Polyfills Grails web applications (Grails Plugin Development, Grails custom components) Java i18n Senior User Experience Developer at Rearden Commerce July March 2011 (9 months) Developed amazing UI as well as JavaScript framework pieces which would be the basis for an enterprise-level web development framework. JavaScript (YUI2 + custom YUI2 components) HTML CSS Grails web applications Page2

3 Java Senior Java Engineer at TradeBeam Inc May June 2010 (7 years 2 months) Technical leadership for multiple offshore and onshore teams with development of J2EE core business components, web user interfaces, and persistence components related to Supply Chain Management and U.S. Export Compliance. Worked as part of the Architecture team as Applications Architect developing web framework core components and web user interfaces. Defined user requirements for several UI components. Wrote functional design specifications and created full technical design specifications for various core business components. Senior Java Engineer at Qiva (formerly Capstan) July April 2003 (1 year 10 months) Development lead for teams in India and Malaysia providing technical guidance for J2EE applications. Extensive web tier development including custom tag libraries, web user interfaces, and server components. Senior Java Engineer at Capstan Systems April July 2001 (1 year 4 months) Developed multi-tier Java solutions using Weblogic and Oracle. Utilized XML and XSLT extensively as well as J2EE technologies like EJB, JSP, and tag libraries. Developed hybrid development methodology to coordinate product and engineering teams. Senior Java Engineer at KnowledgeTrack April April 2000 (1 year 1 month) Provided Java development lead and support for small engineering team working on a knowledge management portal solution. Java/Web Developer at NationsBanc Montgomery Securities (Bank of America Securities) July March 1999 (9 months) Worked as part of the Applications Infrastructure team researching and recommending development technologies to internal development teams. Skills & Expertise Web Applications JavaScript Page3

4 HTML 5 Node.js User Interface JSON AJAX CSS YUI Jade on Rails Java AngularJS Front-end Web Development ExpressJS User Experience Socket.io HTML MySQL User Interface Design Grails Architecture Git Design Patterns Web Services Agile Methodologies Architectures Mobile Applications Tomcat Meteor JIRA Eclipse XML XHTML Page4

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