rav:portfolio

My projects sorted by category are listed below. Click on a thumbnail image below to get a more detailed description on what I did for a particular project.

All Projects

  • AMSA.com

    AMSA.com

    The corporate website of Boston-based guarantor American Student Assistance.

  • ASA.org

    ASA.org

    The redesigned corporate website of Boston-based guarantor American Student Assistance.

  • Beyond the Book

    Beyond the Book

    Website for superintendents and administrators of pre-K through grade 12 to share stories and perspectives.

  • Body One Massage

    Body One Massage

    Informational website about Harvard Square-based massage therapist Elizabeth Doran.

  • Borrowers Rights

    Borrowers Rights

    Website that promotes the rights of borrowers to receive education debt management.

  • Brattle Publishing Group

    Brattle Publishing Group

    Brattle Publishing Group develops and distributes engaging, evidence-based products for education markets.

  • Christine Hamori

    Christine Hamori

    The website of Dr. Christine Hamori who specializes in facial and body contouring surgery.

  • Classwell Online

    Classwell Online

    Web application that integrated assessment, instruction and professional development.

  • Eldridge Investment Advisors

    Eldridge Investment Advisors

    Eldridge Investment Advisors, Inc. is one of the region’s leading independent investment advisory firms.

  • Evenson Interactive

    Evenson Interactive

    The website of Evenson Interactive—a web design and development company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  • Evidence-Based Investing

    Evidence-Based Investing

    Website dedicated to Evidence-based Investing that helps relieve the anxiety related to unfamiliarity with investing.

  • GCG Law

    GCG Law

    The website of law firm Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell—a leading multidisciplinary law firm based in NH.

  • Global Learning Company

    Global Learning Company

    Website that provides the highest quality experiential Global Travel Seminars for students.

  • Great Source

    Great Source

    An e-commerce website that showcases standards-based products in 6 core curriculum areas.

  • HMCo Intranet

    HMCo Intranet

    The corporate intranet for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt employees and management.

  • HMSI

    HMSI

    Web application that correlates textbook content to state and local standards.

  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

    Corporate website of Boston-based educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Company.

  • Hydrathon

    Hydrathon

    The e-commerce and product website of hydrathon.com for avid cyclists and sport enthusiasts.

  • Lexia Learning

    Lexia Learning

    Website that Lexia Learning uses to showcase the suite of Lexia Reading products and services.

  • MandarinaStudio

    MandarinaStudio

    A Boston based full service interior design firm specializing in distinctive commercial and residential projects.

  • SALT

    SALT

    A free membership program that ASA® created to help students and alumni take charge of their finances.

  • Service Desk

    Service Desk

    Online self-service help desk featuring the most frequent technical issues affecting Houghton Mifflin employees.

  • SMU

    SMU

    Website designed to prepare teachers and students with education and leadership concepts.

  • Sourcebook

    Sourcebook

    Website for instructors using the comprehensive textbook Teaching Reading Sourcebook, 2nd Edition.

  • T-REXXERS

    T-REXXERS

    An interactive website that thrives on the contributions of mainframers, both new and experienced, across the globe.

AMSA.com

AMSA.com

Description:

As part of the American Student Assistance Web Team, I maintain this site on a daily basis. Over the last few years I’ve introduced some new functionality (AJAX, custom CMS) to enhance productivity of content authors. Currently I’m building the new design of the site.

Role:

Web Development, Maintenance

Skills/Technologies Used:

XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, XSL, XML, ColdFusion, AJAX, ASP.NET, Verity, Visual Web Developer 2008, MSSQL

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ASA.org

ASA.org

Description:

As part of the American Student Assistance Web Team, I developed the new asa.org website. This site is now has a borrower-centric focus. The project alloweed me to introduc new functionality into our standard development(jQuery) to enhance productivity of our content authors and ease of use with site navigation.

Role:

Web Development, Maintenance

Skills/Technologies Used:

ASP.NET, CSS, Dreamweaver, Flash, Google Site Search, JavaScript, JEXL, jQuery, JSR-170, MSSQL, Percussion CMS, Velocity, XHTML, XML

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Beyond the Book

Beyond the Book

Description:

As part of the HMCo Web Team, the Beyond the Book website and accompanying e-newsletter were developed for superintendents and administrators of pre-K through grade 12. The website came out of a mandate to meet the No Child Left Behind standards. Superintendents and administrators were able to share their stories of success and perspectives on leadership.

Role:

Web Development

Skills/Technologies Used:

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XSL, XML, Documentum Web Publisher, Flash, ActionScript, CGIScript, Perl

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Body One Massage

Body One Massage

Description:

Body One Massage needed ongoing maintenance of their site to keep their content fresh and up-to-date. Body One Massage hired me to handle those duties.

Role:

Web Development, Maintenance

Skills/Technologies Used:

HTML, CSS, JavaScript

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Borrowers Rights

Borrowers Rights

Description:

As part of the American Student Assistance Web Team, I developed the site to help promote the message that students have the right to education debt management. Featured include a custom-built CMS to allow for updating news and blogs, a popup window in AJAX and the ability to share pages with others.

Role:

Web Development, Maintenance

Skills/Technologies Used:

XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, ColdFusion, AJAX, MSSQL

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Brattle Publishing Group

Brattle Publishing Group

Description:

Hired by Brattle Publishing Group to code their website based on PSD's they supplied.

Role:

Web Development

Skills/Technologies Used:

CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, XHTML

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Christine Hamori

Christine Hamori

Description:

Under the direction of Infoworks!, I created the updated online presence for christinehamori.com. This site is used by Dr Christine Hamori to showcase her services and her thoughts about all things in plastic surgery. I was able to build this site on-time and within the allocated budget.

Role:

Web Development

Skills/Technologies Used:

XHTML, CSS, JavaScript

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Classwell Online

Classwell Online

Description:

As a member of the HMCo Web Team, I developed an online instructional and assessment web application for teachers, students, parents, and school administrators. Classwell contained instructional, assessment, and professional development content that was correlated to the educational standards of each state. Classwell's reporting interface allowed teachers to adjust curriculum based on student performance; these tools gave administrators the ability to make analytical decisions at the school or district level.

Role:

Web Development

Skills/Technologies Used:

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XSL, XML, JSP, Flash, ActionScript

Eldridge Investment Advisors

Eldridge Investment Advisors

Description:

Eldridge Investment Advisors was looking for a redesign to bring their site up-to-date with their new branding, Working under the direction of Infoworks!, I developed the website to let Eldridge Investment Advisors communicate with their clients and to have a place on the web for visitors to have a resource to find information.

Role:

Web Developer

Skills/Technologies Used:

HTML5, jQuery, CSS, CSS3, Dreamweaver, PHP

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Evenson Interactive

Evenson Interactive

Description:

Working under the direction of Evenson Interactive, I developed the corporate website. The site displays the work and services that Evenson Interactive offers to its clients.

Role:

Web Development

Skills/Technologies Used:

XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP

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Evidence-Based Investing

Evidence-Based Investing

Description:

Hired by Evenson Interactive to create a website that promotes Graham Sommer's new book, Evidence-Based Investing.

Role:

Web Developer

Skills/Technologies Used:

HTML5, CSS2, CSS3, JavaScript, Dreamweaver, Photoshop

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GCG Law

GCG Law

Description:

Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell is a leading law firm in New Hampshire. They were looking for a redesign to bring their site up-to-date with their new branding, Working under the direction of Infoworks!, I developed the website to let GCG communicate with their clients and to have a place on the web for visitors to have a resource to find information.

Role:

Web Development

Skills/Technologies Used:

XHTML, CSS, JavaScript

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Global Learning Company

Global Learning Company

Description:

GLC creates and markets customized academic travel programs for business schools. Working under Evenson Interactive’s direction, I developed a web site that showcased GLC’s programs and created an interactive map to see various countries to visit. The content was placed into a content management system that streamlined the setting up and running of travel seminars.

Role:

Web Development, Maintenance

Skills/Technologies Used:

XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, ExpressionEngine, PHP

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Great Source

Great Source

Description:

As a member of the Houghton Mifflin Web Team, I was tasked to convert the existing Great Source website into its new design. Using the PSD’ s supplied by the team, I was able to successfully implement the new design on-time and within budget.

Role:

Web Development

Skills/Technologies Used:

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSP, Python, Ultraseek

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HMCo Intranet

HMCo Intranet

Description:

Houghton Mifflin's intranet was growing so fast that it had become a difficult website to navigate, find information while being wrapped in a less-than-appealing UI. As part of the HMCo Web Team, I gathered the necessary requirements from the various key stakeholders to address and rework the site structure and design to bring consistency, an easy-to-use navigation and a standards-based website to HMCo associates.

Role:

Web Development

Skills/Technologies Used:

XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, XSL, XML, Documentum Web Publisher, Flash, ActionScript, CGIScript, Perl, ColdFusion, SSI, Ultraseek, Python, JSP

HMSI

HMSI

Description:

As part of the HMCo Web Team, I developed the user interface for Houghton Mifflin Standards Intermediary (HMSI). The web application was designed to give HMCo authors the ability to correlate content that they created to the standards of each state— an important step in developing products and ensuring those products met the various state standards. The web application also featured a variety of correlation reports— that could be exported in multiple formats— that the sales team used to document how content was correlated to the various state standards.

Role:

Web Development

Skills/Technologies Used:

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, JSP

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Description:

Houghton Mifflin was concerned that its website was out-of-date and reflected poorly on its brand and previous commitments to integrating technology into its products. Working alongside other members of the HMCo Web Team, I helped develop a web site that showcased HMCO and all its offerings in one cohesive location.

Role:

Web Development, Maintenance

Skills/Technologies Used:

XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, XSL, XML, Documentum Web Publisher, Flash, ActionScript, CGIScript, Perl

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Hydrathon

Hydrathon

Description:

Under the direction of Evenson Interactive, I developed this site for Hydrathon LLC. The site displays products that utilize the frame of a bicycle to help maximize the amount of water that can be carried.

Role:

Web Development, Maintenance

Skills/Technologies Used:

CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, XHTML

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Lexia Learning

Lexia Learning

Description:

Lexia Learning needed a new website to showcase its new product, Lexia Reading. I was hired by Evenson Interactive to help develop an online presence that is informative and attractive to all of Lexia’s audiences. Once the site was re-launched, I was retained for ongoing maintenance to ensure that the site gets updated with fresh content.

Role:

Web Development, Maintenance

Skills/Technologies Used:

XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, SEO, Google Site Search

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MandarinaStudio

MandarinaStudio

Description:

MandarinaStudio was looking for a recoding effort to bring their site up-to-date with mobile devices, Working under the direction of CreativeX2 Studio, I developed the website to support both different screen resolutions and devices to allow MandarinaStudio to showcase their portfolio to potential clients.

Role:

Web Developer

Skills/Technologies Used:

HTML5, CSS, CSS3, jQuery, Android, iOS, Mobile Development, WordPress, Dreamweaver, PHP

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SALT

SALT

Description:

Worked as part of a big team to bring this site online in a short period of time.

Role:

Web Developer

Skills/Technologies Used:

HTML5, Apache Velocity, CSS, CSS3, jQuery, JEXL, Visual Studio, Dreamweaver, Moodle, Percussion, Silverpop, HTML emails, WebTrends

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Service Desk

Service Desk

Description:

Houghton Mifflin's Service desk answered many of the same questions over and over again. For the Service Desk, technical documentation to answer these questions was often missing or difficult to find. As part of the HMCo Web Team I developed a "self-service" online web application for the most frequent technical issues based on the types of calls and requests going to the Help Desk. The launch of the web application reduced Service Desk call volume and employee frustration.

Role:

Web Development

Skills/Technologies Used:

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, CGIScript

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SMU

SMU

Description:

Hired by Brattle Publishing and working in conjunction with SMU, I created a web site that helps teachers and students understand global education and leadership concepts.

Role:

Web Developer

Skills/Technologies Used:

XHTML, CSS. JavaScript, Blackboard, Dreamweaver, Photoshop

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Sourcebook

Sourcebook

Description:

Working under the direction of Evenson Interactive, I developed a companion website for the Teach Reading instruction book.

Role:

Web Development

Skills/Technologies Used:

HTML, CSS, JavaScript

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T-REXXERS

T-REXXERS

Description:

The mainframe community wanted to build an online community where mainframers can talk and collaborate. Under the direction of ClearPeak Interactive, I created the online community for the mainframers to use.

Role:

Web Development, Maintenance

Skills/Technologies Used:

XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, ExpressionEngine Content Management, PHP

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