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William Gandy

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My name is William Gandy
I'm a Front-End User Interface Web Developer

My Goal Is To Design The Future...
And I'd Love To Work With You To Design Your Future!

I create websites that reap tremendous benefits for my clients by making them easy for their clients to use. Because great websites don't just grow on trees... Clients call me when they want their websites to look like a Million Dollars!


General Contact Info

Name : William (Billi) Gandy
City : San Francisco. CA
slack acct : #web-dev-design mainframium.slack.com
Interests : Remote and Onsite Freelance work


ZOOM TELECONFERENCING INFO

To Initiate a Zoom Meeting with Billi: Text or Call (415) 745-6492
Then click here: Initiate Zoom Meeting
zoom.us ID: 395-356-3677

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

  • Multi-disciplinary Software specialist with 12+ years of coding, testing, design and deployment experience
  • Highly Efficient using a multitude of Rapid Application Development tools to mockup, layout, prototype, test and deploy websites
  • Proficient in HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery and a large number of Rapid Application Development tools
  • Extensive Web Development experience using CSS Grid Systems, Bootstrap frameworks
  • Extensive Design Content experience using Photoshop, InDesign and Apple Pages
  • Experience using CSS3 Animation (to relieve javascript bottlenecks) to create Responsive, mobile web content
  • Familiar with Rapid Application Development Environments and Tools
  • Application and Website development experience with Database integration / implementation

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

  • Freelance interaction with clients arranging initial meetings, consultations, agreements and procedures to contract for work
  • Creating websites from scratch or templates from layouts, sketches and Photoshop/Illustrator mockups and the backs of napkins
  • Created a multitude of websites using Webflow, Mobirise and Wix friendly, as well as hand-coding from scratch
  • Highly competent in delivering on-time, on budget solutions to small and medium-sized companies
  • Outstanding Customer interfacing skills to clearly listen, communicate and translate client's needs into digital reality with On-time and On-budget solutions
  • Passionately serving the San Francisco Bay Area and the world

Web Development Skillset

  • Adobe DreamWeaver - 12 years experience
  • Adobe InDesign - 10 years experience
  • Adobe Photoshop - 12 years experience
  • Adobe Premiere - 4 years experience
  • Apple iWork Pages - 9 years experience
  • CSS - 14 years experience
  • CSS3 Animation - 4 years experience
  • Filemaker Pro - 15 years experience
  • HTML - 14 years experience
  • Javascript - 14 years experience
  • jQuery - 11 years experience

MultiMedia Skillset

  • Apple Final Cut Pro - 6 years experience
  • Apple GarageBand - 11 years experience
  • Apple iMovie - 7 years experience
  • Apple iWork Keynote - 9 years experience
  • Apple Motion - 7 years experience
  • Avid Pro Tools - 5 years experience
  • DAZ 3D Bryce 5 - 7 years experience
  • Apple iDVD - 9 years experience
  • Apple iBook - 4 years experience
  • Smith Micro Poser - 5 years experience

Computer Language Skillset

  • Assembler - 8 years experience
  • C++ - 4 years experience
  • RealBASIC - 9 years experience
  • Mac OS Applescript - 5 years experience
  • Adobe Flash - 4 years experience

Computer Applications Skillset

  • MS Word - 12 years experience
  • MS Excel - 12 years experience
  • MS Excel Macros - 10 years experience
  • MS PowerPoint - 6 years experience
  • Adobe Acrobat Pro - 12 years experience

People Skills

  • Extremely proficient communicator
  • Able to instruct in methods and processes and explain concepts in friendly terms
  • Able to quickly explain and tutor novices and experts alike
  • Instructed students in DTP, graphics layout, design, audio and Multi-Media design
  • Can instruct individuals not experienced in technical processes or nomenclature
  • Personable approach to business to put people at ease with grace and humor
  • Possess ample amounts of wit and patience, necessary in any good relationship

Experience

Freelance Web Designer/Developer Self-Employed

Feb 2004 - Present

I have over a decade's worth of experience in web design, programming, technical project consultation and cross-platform systems integration. I started out working for friends and my consultin business grew to encompass many businesses such as Kaiser Hospital and even Buick, where I beta-tested software for their user-experience division. I am an interface expert by nature and one of the founding dfathers of the Berkeley Macintosh users Group which later spun off such noteworthy accomplishments as Farrallon Networking Company and The MacWorld Expositions.

Chief Technology Officer @ Silicon Valley AI

Feb 2019 to Present

Coordination of a myriad of human and digital resources to serve SVAI, which is comprised of 2 non-profit corporations and 1 for-profit corporation. - I had previously worked with members of this team and was approached to head their technology division in February of 2019

Lead Front-End Interface Programmer @ Markham Entertainment Group

May 2010 - Sep 2015

Lead Interface coder for an online-nightclub project. Coordinating all aspects of front-end and back-end integration membership modules

Chief Technology Officer @ Jet Fuel

Feb 2009 - 2012 & 2014 to Present

I have been consulting on and off for years with the professionals at Jet Fuel in one capacity or another. DUties include tutoring, Front-End Web Design. Website deployment and content creation for a wide variety of projects and services

My lifelong goals have always been centered around digital communications in all of its myriad forms. I feel extremely blessed and privileged to have combined my passion and my work into the same areas


Education

Electronic Engineering | Cogswell College - San Francisco, CA

Digital circuitry, scientific and theoretical knowledge of machines, devices and systems

Certificate in Computer Programming | Computer Learning Center - San Francisco, CA

Assembler Language and Mainframe programming on IBM 4300/360/370 Systems - Deans Honor List

Certificate in Computer Operations | Computer Learning Center - San Francisco, CA

Operational and Maintenance protocols for IBM 4300/360/370 Systems - Deans Honor List