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Tom Longson

UX Designer + Developer

tomlong@gmail.com

(415) 633-6634

Profile

Tom Longson led Research & Development for Cars.com, and has worked for other companies including Singly Inc, Disney, Wells Fargo, and two startups. He specializes in UX Design and Development, figuring out what the user goals are, as well as ensuring high quality experiences by pushing HTML5 and JavaScript to it's full potential.

Skills

Web Development

A decade developing web apps for intranet uses, and the web at large.

User Experience Design

Tom's passion for UX is also informed by an understanding of what is possible, and that will further business objectives.

Product Development

Tom has led Research and Development, and UX design, and is an advocate of agile UX product design aided by A/B testing.

Technical

  • JavaScript
  • Node.js
  • Adobe Flex (Actionscript 3)
  • Python
  • PHP
  • Ruby
  • jQuery
  • Prototype.js
  • YUI

Experience

Singly, Inc.

UX Designer + Developer

2011-2011

Designed and did analysis on multiple projects related building the Singly hosted platform for The Locker Project (http://lockerproject.org/). Did development on an interactive guided setup, a merged contacts viewer, an intesting links collection, and a photo collection viewer.

Burning Man Earth

Front End Web Developer / Coordinator

2008-2010

Developed new system for adding, tracking, and searching events, art, theme camps, and people for the Burning Man art festival in Reno, Nevada.

Wells Fargo

Senior Front End Web Developer

2009-2010

Developing applications and sales tools for commercial credit tools for the Comercial Services branch of Wells Fargo.

  • Heavy use of JavaScript/YUI.
  • Built custom purely JavaScript MVC framework.

Stop The Spin

Lead Developer / CTO

2008-2009

Led development on political awareness and action site. Stop the Spin was an experimental project aimed at allowing better understanding of "wicked problems", such as healthcare, abortion, global warming, etc. Used decision trees in order to allow people to explore complex issues, allowing them to arrive at a position based on logical conclusions.

  • Utilized Python, Pylons, SQLAlchemy, Mako, JavaScript, jQuery, and Processing, using a MySQL backend.
  • Oversaw a team of writers to create decision tree content.

Cars.com

Manager for Research & Development at Cars.com

2007 - 2008

Promoted to head of department. Built and led a team of three developers to pursue potential new interfaces for Cars.com & NewCars.com. Responsible for executing products from concept to frutition. Projects included (but not limited to) advanced tools to allow consumers better ways to find and compare cars, internal tools to visualize sales data geographically, consumer dealer locator tools, car search widgets, and a new car photo compare.

  • Utilized PHP, JavaScript, and Adobe Flex, using MySQL databases of Make/Model data as well as Dealership data.

Cars.com

Lead Technical Developer for Research & Development at Cars.com

2006 - 2007

Designed and developed a variety of prototype user friendly applications for Cars.com and NewCars.com.

  • Led development for department.
  • Utilized PHP, Ruby, and JavaScript, using MySQL databases of Make/Model data.

Disney

Front End Web Developer

2005-2006

Designed and implemented a central repository for all television animation staff and potential candidates. System included features to allow management to review and rate all artists, maintain in depth history of creative talent, and preserve a digital archive of portfolios for reprinting and reviewing online.

  • Led frontend development and co-developed PHP backend.
  • Initiated adoption of Web 2.0 style UI practices.
  • Utilized PHP, JavaScript, and XSLT, using a MySQL database.

InfoStreet

Front End Web Developer

2004-2005

Implemented site wide features for group ware product called StreetSmart, which is currently used by over 100k users.

  • Developed AJAX based progress bar
  • Developed Import & Export tools for Address Book, Knowledge Base, and CRM.
  • Improved WebMail suite front-end with JavaScript.
  • Utilized JavaScript, XSLT and Python, using a MySQL database.
[ More available on request ]

Distinctions

Where 2.0

2010

Invited to demo the OpenView Project's Streetview Tricycle as part of the Where Fair

BarCamp LA

2007

Presented Overview at BarCamp LA on Facebook & OpenSocial

O'Reilly Google Maps Hacks

2006

Contributed two sections, on defining custom map markers in Google Maps, and creating mapped slideshows of one's travels.

O'Reilly Mapping Hacks

2005

Contributed section on georefrencing images with EXIF metadata

O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference

2004

Lectured and demonstrated technology at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego

iGargoyle

2003 - 2006

Published articles on wearable computing and emerging technology to the online publication, iGargoyle

Education

Cal State University, Los Angeles

Bachelor of Science (Junior)

Tom Longson — tomlong@gmail.com — (415) - 633-6634