D. Michael Alberghene

(617) 913-6648 (617) 389-8397

Professional Profile

  • Front-end Web Developer professional with nearly 17 years of experience in Web Development and Design
  • Front-end Web Developer creating Web business applications for a privately held print services company that increased gross annual sales from $1 million to over $5 million
  • Front-end Web Developer prototyping Web business applications for a privately held financial services company that managed over 6 million shareholder accounts
  • Proven expertise in managing multiple projects with outside vendors and internal departments: Design, Editorial, Compliance, Information Services, and Production Control
  • Implemented and maintained cascading style sheets (CSS) for multiple websites resulting in consistent corporate branding across the enterprise
  • Dedicated team member with a focus on user experience (UX)

Technology

Specialties
HTML5, X/HTML, DHTML, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap
Familiar with
ASP.NET MVC, PHP, JSP, XML
Applications
Visual Studio, BBEdit, Dreamweaver, Balsamiq Mockups, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXPress, MS Office Suite, Acrobat, Fetch, Interwoven TeamSite (CMS), Eclipse (CMS), NetTracker (Web analytics)

Career Highlights

Web Development

  • Designed and optimized the user interface (UI) and experience (UX) for a print on demand (POD) website that includes a retail storefront and administrative account management web tools
  • Redesigned and enhanced shareholder website to included visual, technical, and structural upgrades resulting in improved shareholder access to monthly and quarterly performance and daily pricing
  • Integrated Advisor and Shareholder account information with third party supplier DST Vision templates
  • Defined HTML standards across the enterprise to educate internal developers on best practices
  • Implemented Photoshop and Illustrator mock-up designs for customized 401(k) client websites

Graphic Design

  • Designed and produced marketing literature including brochures, catalogs, annual reports, collateral material, art‑direction for photography and illustration, and directed vendor services resulting in a consistent corporate branding identity
  • Skilled typographer in Print Media and Web Design resulting in improved legibility and readability
  • Designed and produced multimedia digital presentations, slides, overheads, and handouts for senior management, portfolio managers, sales team, and guest speakers

Quality Assurance

  • Developed Style Guide for website coding standards resulting in consistent company wide corporate branding
  • Created corporate presentation templates, training materials, and instructional support resulting in uniform company wide corporate branding
  • Adapted websites for Web 2.0, W3C, and cross-browser and Mac/Windows compatibility

Professional Experience

Boston College Brighton MAHigher Education 6/2016–1/2019

Front-end Web Developer and UI/UX Designer (Contract)

  • Develop functional HTML based on requirement documents using CSS3, HTML5, JQuery, and JavaScript
  • Expertise with responsive design for desktop, tablet, and phone interfaces using bootstrap framework
  • Partner with ITS developers to design functional web applications interfaces
  • Ensures compliance with web accessibility and best practices
  • Develop and implement design standards for elegant interface design

HubCast Inc. Wakefield MASoftware 5/2011–12/2015

Front-end Web Developer and UI/UX Designer

  • Developed HubCast’s Web properties using CSS3, HTML5, and JQuery within ASP.NET MVC 5
  • Produced wireframes for a complex multiuser print on demand (POD) web application
  • Created custom corporate branding for HubCast’s client base
  • Accountable for front-end Web development and additional graphic design associated with HubCast’s store‑front application
  • Excellent HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript skills focusing on best practices compliant with W3C standards
  • Provided cross-browser efficient HTML5, CSS3, and ARIA markup supporting Mac and Windows operating systems with outstanding troubleshooting abilities
  • Broad understanding of Web 2.0 technologies and knowledge of AJAX, JQuery plug-ins, and Telerik UI framework
  • Strong Web design skills including an attention to detail and aesthetic usability with a broad understanding of typography, color, and layout resulting in a uniform corporate identity

Peopleclick Authoria Waltham MASoftware 1/2011–2/2011

Freelance Front-end Web Developer (Contract)

  • Developing Authoria’s Web properties and debugging for IE6 using CSS, HTML, and Eclipse (CMS)

LiTL LLC Boston MASoftware 9/2010–10/2010

Freelance Front-end Web Developer (Contract)

  • Developed table-less HTML from Photoshop mockups using CSS3 and HTML for LiTL’s Web properties

Staples Inc. Framingham MARetail 5/2010–8/2010

Freelance Front-end Web Developer (Contract)

  • Produced table-less HTML from Photoshop mockups for a B2B Website including ARIA, CSS, and HTML

Putnam Investments Boston MAFinancial Services 4/1994–2/2009

Front-end Web Developer, Marketing and Communications

  • Provided front-end Web development for the company’s Web applications that managed nearly 6 million shareholder accounts: Shareholder, Advisor, Defined Contribution, Institutional, and International
  • Produced hand-coded functional prototype HTML mock-ups based on static Photoshop comps
  • Provided cross-browser efficient X/HTML, CSS, and SEO-friendly markup with excellent X/HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills following best practices standards and W3C compliant
  • Broad understanding of Web 2.0 technologies and knowledge of JavaScript
  • Actively contributed in project planning and collaborated with outside vendors and internal departments: Design, Editorial, Compliance, Information Services, and Production Control (QA)

Presentation Designer

  • Created multimedia sales and marketing PowerPoint presentations for senior management, portfolio managers, sales team, and guest speakers; organized tasks and prioritized work for freelance presentation designers; created corporate presentation templates, training materials, and instructional support for account executives resulting in consistent corporate branding

Education

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth North Dartmouth MABFA Visual Design