Mike O'Toole

Demandware provides e-commerce solutions to some of the world's leading brands. We worked with them to create a visually appealing site that stream-lined their product presentation to potential clients.

Roles Included

• Leading XHTML/CSS development.
• Coordinating content from production artists and flash developers.

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We provided McGraw-Hill with a web-based application that allows multiple administrative users to create and manage articles, file uploads, and a contact directory. The front-end is served up to their employees around the world.

Roles Included

• Building out XHTML/CSS layouts.
• Creating an easy-to-use PHP/MySQL based CMS.

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This VH1 vertical web site launched alongside the television show The Shot. The site acts as a community where users are able to create profiles, upload and share photos, and enter them in contests that parallel the show's content.

Roles included

• Working with designers to architect the user experience.
• Leading PHP and front-end development.
• Creating a back-end for moderation and management.
• Coordinating load testing and deployment.

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Bravo Television wanted a holiday microsite with a quick turn around.

Roles included

• Building out XHTML/CSS layouts.
• Directing flash development and data input.
• Creating a back-end analytics interface.

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This sales tool for LWW, a leading medical publishing company, provides a rich, searchable catalog of training solutions for healthcare professionals.

Roles included

• Designing a database schema to allow advanced sorting and filtering of products.
• Building a dynamic front-end on CakePHP.
• Working with a usability specialist to refine the design and implementation.

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BBN Technologies, the company that invented the internet, needed a new website. They required a low level custom CMS that allowed for large amounts of flexibility while keeping the content organized and making it easy to maintain a consistent brand across the entire site.

Roles Included

• Architecting and coding a highly customizable CMS.
• Coding HTML/CSS front-end layouts.
• Directing content input.
• Training and supporting BBN staff.

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80108's correspondents dispatch timely text messages about a host of local events. They came to Hunt & Gather looking to streamline their sign up process and increase subscriptions. Leveraging sleek animation and AJAX technologies, we created an easy-to-use sign up page that allows users to subscribe to the info they want in only a few clicks.

Roles included

• Coding Javascript animation and AJAX.
• Writing server-side code to integrate with the client's web service API.
• Writing modular HTML and CSS to allow the client to easily co-brand the site.

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Since their inception, A123 Systems has been on the forefront of battery technology. Their website is the product of a significant team effort. I worked alongside an ActionScript developer to create a hybrid Flash-AJAX site that highlights A123's rich visual content, while maintaining a more standard look and feel for the text content.

Roles Included

• Coding XHTML and CSS.
• Writing Javascript code to integrate with ActionScript.
• Creating XSLT style sheets to parse content from a web-service based CMS.

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Mariposa is a leader in handmade serveware, embracing the crafts of ceramics, aluminum, and glass in myriad forms and textures. At Hunt & Gather, I worked with a team to build and maintain a site featuring a front-end to allow their distributors to easily browse and order products, as well as a tightly integrated back-end allowing the Mariposa team to constantly keep their products and content up-to-date.

Roles Included

• Creating XHTML/CSS layouts.
• Coding CakePHP based CMS for large scale product and content management.
• Continuously working with the client on CMS support and site enhancements.

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Nick Washienko is the pro's pro when it comes to executive presentation coaching. He wanted a site that would go beyond a regular brochure site to capture his unique style.

Roles Included

• Designing the site based on the client's existing brand.
• Coding XHTML and CSS.
• Creating a custom-branded flash video player.

Pewter Report is an affinity magazine to the NFL team, the Tampa Bay Bucs. They were looking to grow their online presence and capabilities.

Roles Included

• Creating XHTML/CSS Layouts.
• Coding CakePHP based CMS for all elements of the site.
• Building an online subscription shopping cart.

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Nautic Partners is a Providence, RI based venture capital firm whose website needed a makeover and a brand new content management system.

Roles Included

• Creating an easy-to-use CMS with CakePHP.

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