Resume
John Van Horn
jmvanhorn [at] gmail [dot] com
Web developer and engineer, specializing in front end development using Adobe Flash.
Skills
- Accomplished Adobe Flash platform developer, familiar with object oriented concepts, Actionscript 2 and 3, and the Flex framework.
- Well acquainted with most technologies and aspects of front end web development including HTML/XHTML, CSS and Javascript.
- Experienced with Agile/Scrum development methodologies, version control systems (Subversion, CVS, Perforce) and Bash/shell.
Experience
Yahoo!
Flash Developer, Technical Yahoo!
September 2007 - present
- Develop streaming video delivery applications for use across Yahoo! properties.
- As part of an open initiative, developed Yahoo! Player Toolkit: a platform for building video player applications with support for rich video ads, and streaming video delivery from internal systems as well as CDN's like Akamai and Limelight. Used by Yahoo! properties and external customers such as CNN and Canadian Broadcasting company.
Tribal DDB Dallas
Multimedia Developer
February 2006 - September 2007
- Planned, concepted and produced advertising games, applications, and interactive experiences for global brands using Adobe Flash.
- Projects included work for brands such as Pepsi (Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Diet Pepsi Max, Sierra Mist), Frito Lay (Cheetos, Lays, Tostitos), American Airlines, Dyson, and Product(RED).
Region 10 Education Service Center
Contract Multimedia Designer
March 2005 - February 2006
- Designed and produced rich and detailed interactive tutorials for grade school subjects with Adobe Flash.