Joanna Kommala WEB DEVELOPER joannakommala@gmail.com joannakommala.com | ca.linkedin.com/in/joannakommala EXPERIENCE Freelance Web Developer, Toronto, ON: Project Manager/Web Developer, Jun 2013 - present Get Your Hours, Toronto, ON: Project Manager/Web Developer, May 2013 Dec 2013 Worked with client, and the Humber College Research Office to build a Drupal 7 website for a new startup Worked out client requirements and wrote up requirements and manuals for each user role Implemented custom code and customized Drupal to build website to track student volunteer hours SMBpulse.tv, Toronto, ON: Web Developer, Aug 2012 - Oct 2013 Created ads and slide graphics and used responsive design to work across a variety of mobile devices Worked with client, a new web channel, and the Humber College Research Office to build a Drupal 7 website for the video content Set up and installed Ubuntu server OS and other software to build LAMP stack, configured the server for domain aliases, FTP/SFTP Analyzed client needs and implemented custom content, code snippets, and theme to meet client requirements Humber Showcase 2013, Toronto, ON: Web Developer, Mar 2013 Jun 2013 Worked with Humber College to build a website for Humber's annual conference, Humber Showcase to facilitate organization and registrations for events Created custom content and built a system to handle sign-ups to events and to automatically create user-specific event lists for the day with a countdown to each event KLibrary Website, Toronto, ON: Web Designer & Developer, Sept 2009 present Designed and built a library cataloguing engine from scratch for own personal home use using PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, and Javascript Studied PHP and MySQL on my own and implemented website using the selftaught technologies Implemented database design and website code by hand and ensured browser compatibility (FireFox/Opera/IE/Netscape) Continued... Joanna Kommala | joannakommala@gmail.com Lao Canadian Evangelical Mennonite Church, Toronto, ON: Web Designer, May 2011 - Sept 2011 Designed a mock-up using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator Coded a Joomla template in PHP, XHTML/CSS from scratch using a text editor based on the approved mock-up design Pioneered and led the web team to maintain the new website Drafted manuals and style guides for future use SKILLS PROGRAMMING: XHTML, HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, jQuery, XML, C, Java CMS: Drupal, Joomla SERVERS: Apache Server DATABASES: MySQL, SQL, phpMyAdmin OPERATING SYSTEMS: Windows, Linux/UNIX DESIGN: Adobe Photoshop CS5.5 TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMING: AJAX, ASP.NET C#, Visual Studio, XSLT, Eclipse, FAMILIAR SERVERS: IIS WITH DATABASES: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server EDUCATION Post-Graduate Certificate with Honours in Web Development, Flash Actionscript 3.0 DESIGN: Adobe Illustrator CS5.5, Adobe Flash CS5.5, Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5 November 2012, Humber College, Toronto, ON Bachelor of Computer Engineering with Honours, June 2008 Ryerson University, Toronto, ON AWARDS Humber College (2012), President's Letter for highest average in every semester for the Web Development program Ryerson University (2003 - 2008), Dean's List for four years including final year; Entrance, In-Program, and Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top scholarships for four years, totalling $12,917 INTERESTS Currently learning more about XML/XSLT, AJAX, GIT, and HTML5 All things design-related including digital art, painting, sculpture, and drawing/sketching 2