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Kevin Decker

Frontend engineer focusing on performance, a11y, and i18n for awesome user experiences.

Work Experience

• 2011 – Present
  WalmartLabs – Mobile Web Architect
• 2011 – 2011
  Set Direction – Sr. Software Engineer
  • Created retail in-store mobile application prototype under Android
  • Built tiledroid, an android map widget supporting arbitrary tilesets and world dimensions
  • Developed HTML5 reader application
  • Implemented facebook comments UI and feeds on functionsource.com
• 2010 – 2011
  Palm, Inc. – Developer Relations Engineer
  • Developed and maintained Facebook for webOS.
  • Created open source libraries webOS platform.
  • Created open source tools for common developer use cases
  • Blogged on topics of interest to webOS developers.
  • Provided developer support on Twitter, forums, and via direct contacts.
• 2006 – 2010
  Xythos Software – Software Engineer
  • Designed Web 2.0 Framework
  • Updated Web 2.0 and legacy application for ADA compliance
  • Developed thumbnail UI for primary application UI
  • Implemented CSS minifier, sprite generator, and resource aggregator to improve application performance
  • Implemented modular installer for dual-product installations
  • Designed database merge utility and resolved issues from different database structure
  • Customized OGNL library to resolve performance issue
  • Prototyped VM-based development environment
  • Performed Tier II support
  • Implemented custom Java fork library
  • Maintained build and installer routines
  • Designed upgrade test framework
  • Developed DoD 5015.2 compliant content management system
  • Managed redistributed library versions including YUI, Struts2, dhtmlxGrid, and Tomcat
• 2005 – 2007
  University of Illinois – Application Programmer
  • Managed branding of web-based content management system used by 30,000 users
  • Implemented account management tools
  • Designed usage monitoring service
  • Developed automated testing and distribution processes
  • Managed version control of all related projects
• 2005 – 2006
  Motorola – Test Engineer
  • Designed manual integration test suites
  • Developed test suites for J2ME Java implementation
  • Developed automation tools for execution of Java-based test suites on embedded devices
• 2002 – 2004
  Black Hawk College – System Technician
  • Managed software deployment using Remote Installation System and Microsoft Systems Management Server
  • Developed enterprise-wide system patching processes and procedures
  • Developed web-based asset inventory protocols and software
  • Designed and enhanced system deployment methods

Projects

• 2011 – Present
  Lumbar
• 2011 – Present
  Thorax
• 2010 – Present
  gradient-scanner – Creator
• 2010 – Present
  border-image-generator – Creator
• 2011
  Handlebars.js
  • Componentized VM and compiler.
  • Implemented template precompilation.
  • Added npm module support.
• 2009 – Present
  Firediff – Creator
  • Designed DOM event tracking framework
  • Implemented Myers diff algorithm in Javascript
  • Implemented page snapshot UI and serialization routines
  • Implemented unified diff generator
• 2009 – 2011
  Firebug
  • Reimplemented search functionality to support multiple documents and directional searches
  • Fixed User-Agent CSS handling
  • Improved duplicate CSS sheet handling
  • Implemented change monitoring interface for Firediff integration
  • Enhanced CSS editor to allow creation and editing of CSS rules
• 2006 – 2007
  eFusion Project
  • Implemented Winsock Service Provider for Pragmatic General Multicast protocol
  • Developed distributed multicast protocol for real-time presentations

Education

1. May 2007
   University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, IL
   B.S. in Computer Science
   3.4/4.0
2. Dec 2004
   Black Hawk College - Moline, IL
   A.S. with Computer Science emphasis
   3.4/4.0