Freelance web frontend guru | Dance Teacher
Melbourne Area, Australia
- Current
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- Dance Teacher at Various Schools
- Web Designer, Frontend Engineer at Spiral Designs (Australia)
- Past
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- UX Designer at Australia Post
- Ballet Teacher at Dance Factory (Australia)
- Front-end Producer at Feedcorp
- XHTML / CSS Developer (Freelance) at Sensis
- XHTML / CSS Developer (Freelance) at Eclipse
- Java Developer (Contract) at Visuality
- Senior Developer (Contractor) at ING
- Consultant at Thoughtworks
- Senior Consultant at Salestech
- Consultant / Senior Consultant / Team Lead at Cambridge Technology Partners
- Education
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- TAFE
- RMIT University
- RMIT University
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Pamela Ueckerman’s Summary
I am a web developer and frontend engineer with a particular interest in Web Standards, usability, accessibility and Agile methodology.
After completing my Bachelor Degree in Computer Science and Management Skills, I spend the following seven years working as a Java developer / consultant / lead for firms such as Cambridge Technology Partners, Thoughtworks and ING (Amsterdam). I worked for many high-profile clients such as Telstra, Pacific Access (Sensis), ANZ and Nationale Nederlanden and also spent some time as a contractor in Amsterdam. During this time I became familiar with Agile practices and the XP methodology and have since been involved in Agile projects as a freelancer.
In 2005, after realising my forté is in front-end development, I launched Spiral Designs - a one-woman web shop. Since then, I have created and collaborated on numerous sites for various small and medium-sized businesses. I have also worked as a freelance web developer for a number of companies and also as a frontend producer and a frontend designer.
I am an associate of Cogent Consulting (www.cogentconsulting.com.au), creating markup for their various client projects as needed. My particular skill and interest is in taking beautiful designs and turning them into beautiful markup and code (XHTML/CSS/Javascript).
Some sites of note that I have worked on (XHTML/CSS/Javascript/Front-end production):
- JRDutyFree.co.nz
- 2Vouch.com
- Localnote.com.au
- Zurround.com.au
- ipledge.com.au (TAC)
- whitepages.com.au
- mimmocozzolino.com.au
- aboriginalgalleryofdreamings.com.au
Pamela Ueckerman’s Specialties:
High quality XHTML & CSS to Web Standards, Javascript (including Prototype and JQuery); Wireframes; Usability; Accessibility; Wordpress; Gallery2; Agile methodology; SEO
Pamela Ueckerman’s Experience
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Dance Teacher
Various Schools
(Performing Arts industry)
January 2009 — Present (1 year )
I teach ballet, hip-hop/funk, jazz and tap to children and adults in various schools around Melbourne.
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Web Designer, Frontend Engineer
Spiral Designs (Australia)
(Internet industry)
January 2006 — Present (4 years )
Spiral Designs is a Melbourne-based web design and development firm, specialising in creating sites for small to medium-sized businesses and helping out larger businesses clean up their web projects using web standards-based HTML & CSS as well as with site production and implementing open source software such as Wordpress and Gallery2. I also work for graphic designers, turning their designs into quality markup and for larger companies as part of a team bridging the gap between graphic designers and back-end programmers.
Clients have included The Eclipse Group, Anem Design, Sensis, Cogent Consulting, and Feedcorp.
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UX Designer
Australia Post
(Government Agency; Public Relations and Communications industry)
May 2009 — September 2009 (5 months)
Designed fat client screens for new Australia Post outlet application, usability testing, user interface reviews, some BA work, aiding Scrum methodology implementation, writing user interface standards for this very large project.
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Ballet Teacher
Dance Factory (Australia)
(Performing Arts industry)
June 2008 — December 2008 (7 months)
Certificate II and adult beginner ballet.
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Front-end Producer
Feedcorp
(Internet industry)
June 2007 — February 2008 (9 months)
I helped Feedcorp with some exciting, cutting-edge Web2.0 / networking websites for some of the largest Internet companies in the country as well as startups and non-Internet based companies. For these projects I acted as a site producer / analyst / UX designer and in some cases web designer.
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XHTML / CSS Developer (Freelance)
Sensis
(Public Company; TLS; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2007 — January 2008 (9 months)
When required, I help out various teams at Sensis with marking up designs and / or cleaning up existing pages and / or helping the developers with markup on sites such as Yellow and the White Pages.
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XHTML / CSS Developer (Freelance)
Eclipse
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
XHTML/CSS Markup
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Java Developer (Contract)
Visuality
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2005 — November 2005 (4 months)
Visuality is a small firm that creates applications targeted to the fashion industry. As a contractor I was involved in the development of a Java / Swing application using Java's Advanced Imaging API (JAI), and played an advisory role to designers with respect to usability. The project was run using an agile methodology.
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Senior Developer (Contractor)
ING
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ING; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2004 — June 2005 (11 months)
As a contractor at ING I was involved in many aspects in the development of a large enterprise web application (based on Java, Websphere, Oracle, Struts, etc. ). My development roles included back- and front-end development of the main application, development and testing of migration scripts, and development of a build tool. I also introduced many testing and quality processes, educated team members on design patterns and quality practices and was responsible for overseeing the continuous integration build.
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Consultant
Thoughtworks
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
June 2002 — May 2004 (2 years )
As a consultant at Thoughtworks I was involved in numerous projects for major clients. All projects were run using the Extreme Programming methodology and were developed in Java (most with the Struts framework, Oracle database, etc) with Cruise Control for continuous integration. On some projects I was responsible for the development of the user interface, sometimes also playing a large role in the design. I was also involved in requirements analysis, interviewing potential employees and writing proposals for prospective clients.
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Senior Consultant
Salestech
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2002 — July 2002 (4 months)
During my time at Salestech I was a senior consultant on a project developing a rules-engine (Selectica) based site for a major bank in Melbourne.
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Consultant / Senior Consultant / Team Lead
Cambridge Technology Partners
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CATP; Internet industry)
January 1999 — March 2002 (3 years 3 months)
I held numerous roles at Cambridge Technology Partners - developer, consultant, senior consultant and technical team lead as well as acting project manager for a short time. In all roles I had client liaison, design, development and documentation responsibilities, often working closely with graphic designers and cognitive specialists on the user interface. As a team lead I was responsible for four team members, design tasks, development tasks and managing a relationship with the client. This position included clients such as Telstra, Sensis, and Nationale Nederlanden. All development was in Java with various ECommerce and CMS packages such as ATG Dynamo, Broadvision and Documentum.
Pamela Ueckerman’s Education
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TAFE
Certificate IV in Dance Teaching , Jazz, Classical ballet, Tap, Hip-hop/Funk , 2008 — 2008
- Activities and Societies:
- Running warmups, running rehearsals, teaching, fitting and adjusting costumes
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RMIT University
Bachelor of Applied Science , Computer Science , 1996 — 1998
- Activities and Societies:
- President of the RMIT Squash Club
Sessional Tutor for Professional Development and Lab Assistant for Computing Theory (1st and 2nd year classes)
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RMIT University
Advanced Certificate , Management Skills , 1996 — 1998
Additional Information
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Pamela Ueckerman’s Interests:
Web 2.0, Web Standards, Usability, User interface design. Dance, cooking, nutrition, history, languages (English and Dutch), travel, photography.
Pamela Ueckerman’s Groups:
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RMIT Alumni
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