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UX Designer and Front End Engineer CV (Resume)
1. Shekhar Kumar Sharma
UX Designer/Front End Engineer
itsmes.sh [at] gmail [dot] com,
Blog: http://www.cssjunction.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/shekhardesigner
@shekhardesigner
I am a User Experience Designer and Expert Front End Engineer with depth knowledge
in HTML, CSS and native JavaScript. I have five years of work experiences to support my
knowledge and skills.
I am a HFI-Certified Usability Analyst TM (CUA) and Microsoft Certified HTML5 Specialist.
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SKILLS
● Specialties in User Centered Analysis and Design approach.
● Expert in various aspects of User Experience fundamentals - Requirement Analysis,
User Profiling/Grouping, Personas, Task Analysis, Wireframes, Prototyping, Usability
Testing
● Strong in HTML(5), CSS(3), Native JavaScript
● Very good at jQuery development
● Good hands on OOCSS, performance oriented CSS selector, scalable and modular
CSS approach for front-end architecture.
● Expert in Responsive Web Design, Mobile Web App Development
● Experience with Windows 8 Metro App Design Development.
● Experience with AJAX, REST, JSON, Map based APIs, PhoneGap, HTML5 Canvas
2G Drawing, SVG, Data Visualization
● Good at XML, XSLT
● Expert in LESS CSS
● Excellent skills on getting rid of Cross Browser UI (HTML/CSS) Pitfalls.
● Expert in front-end frameworks – Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, Dojo
Mobile, Knockout.js
● Excellent User Interface Visual design in Adobe Photoshop/Fireworks
● Intermediate coding knowledge in PHP & MYSQL
● WordPress Theme Developer
● Familiar with C# ASP.net, MCV/Code Igniter framework, Telerik SiteFinity, Microsoft
SharePoint branding
● Familiar with version control systems: SVN, TFS
● Familiar with Agile development process.
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2. WORK EXPERIENCE
March 2012 – Present
Front End Developer (Full time)
Neudesic, Bangalore, India (http://www.neudesic.com)
Neudesic is a Business System Integrator for Microsoft Solutions on variety of practices
like CRM, Connected Systems, Business Intelligence, Mobility, with more focus on User
Experience and is a Microsoft Gold Partner & Fortune 5000 company.
Key accomplishments:
● Wrote the HTML5 Standalone offline app of Neudesic Pulse product using HTML5
Main app: http://www.neudesic.com/what/products/pulse/Pages/index.aspx
My HTML5 App: http://www.shekhardesigner.com/pulse
● Wrote a Carousel plug-in for metro parallax effect combining accordion inside.
Demo: http://www.cssjunction.com/demo/accarousel/
● Started use of LESS CSS in UX India region.
March 2011 – Feb 2012
Sr. CSS Developer (Full time)
Web Search Professionals, Kathmandu, Nepal (http://www.websearchpro.net)
Web Search is a custom web application development house based in Sweden and Nepal.
Consumer focused web apps, mobile web apps, e-commerce application development
house.
Key accomplishments:
● Designed zoom able preview interface template for iPad slideshow designer app.
● Played key role for developing mobile web designer apps to create mobile web
apps from existing site’s markup with XML, XSLT and CSS3.
● Started new process to design mobile sites based on jQuery Mobile.
Sept 2009 – Dec 2011
Teacher - Web Design Basics (Part time)
Super Brain Web Technology, Kathmandu, Nepal (http://www.superbrainweb.com)
Super Brain Web Technology is an IT training center located in KTM, offering wide range of
job oriented IT courses for IT students/fresh graduates.
Key accomplishments:
● Steered 100% students of a batch to get the job right after completing the course. 6
Students were there in group – all from graphic design background. All got
placement.
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3. July 2009 - Feb 2011
Web Designer (Full time)
Eb-Pearls Pvt. Ltd, Kathmandu, Nepal http://www.ebpearls.com/
Based in Sydney and Kathmandu, it’s an offshore web outsourcing company servicing
various clients since 2005. Its specialization is in web development, e-commerce, mobile
apps, internet marketing etc.
Key accomplishments:
● Designed several master pages for generating PDF reports from Telerik.
● Learned WordPress customization.
● Selected as a team member for a strictly confidential government project. Designed
UI & responsible for front end coding.
● Known as the killer ASP.net template designer & table CSS bug killer.
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CERTIFICATION
Microsoft Specialist – Dec, 2012
Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 (70-480)
Microsoft
Certified Usability Analyst™ - CUA, 2012
Human Factors Internationals
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EDUCATION
Distance Learning - Pursuing (2010 – 2014 expected)
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
Informatics Academy, Singapore
2008 – 2011
Bachelor of Business Studies (B.B.S)
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
10 + 2 (A level equivalent)
Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) Nepal
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LANGUAGES
Excellent in English, Fluent in Hindi, Native Nepali
PERSONAL INTERESTS
Trekking, Boxing, Photography, Reading
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