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<sect1 id="stephen-tudor">
  <title>Stephen Tudor</title>
  <sect2 id="front-end-web-developer">
    <title>Front-end Web Developer</title>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Phone: <ulink url="tel://610-590-4484">610-590-4484</ulink>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Email: <email>smt@stephentudor.com</email>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Blog:
          <ulink url="http://stephentudor.com">stephentudor.com</ulink>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Github: <ulink url="http://github.com/smt">smt</ulink>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Twitter:
          <ulink url="http://twitter.com/tagsoup">@tagsoup</ulink>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </sect2>
  <sect2 id="summary">
    <title>Summary</title>
    <para>
      I am an experienced front-end developer who has led development
      for multiple successful $1MM+ projects. I am passionate about
      building high quality apps and user interfaces with modern web
      technologies. Through being conversant in server-side engineering,
      visual/UX design, and project management practices, I am able to
      execute end-to-end on a product or project.
    </para>
  </sect2>
  <sect2 id="specialties">
    <title>Specialties</title>
    <para>
      Authoring great user experiences with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
      Advocating for the open web. Managing and mentoring dev teams.
      Performing code reviews. Writing white papers and API
      documentation. Particating in the black art of software
      estimation. Drawing from a strong background in many diverse web
      technologies and frameworks.
    </para>
  </sect2>
  <sect2 id="experience">
    <title>Experience</title>
    <sect3 id="ux-developer-at-ebay-enterprise">
      <title><emphasis role="strong">UX Developer</emphasis> at
      <ulink url="http://ebayenterprise.com">eBay
      Enterprise</ulink></title>
      <para>
        <emphasis>November 2013 - Present</emphasis>
      </para>
      <para>
        As a member of the Solution Innovations team, I am creating a
        RWD pattern library as the system of record and living style
        guide for the next version of the Magento reference store. I
        also support sales activities by building and deploying various
        tools and services, such as a third-party JavaScript app that
        enables users to annotate any website with content authored in a
        WordPress blog.
      </para>
    </sect3>
    <sect3 id="senior-software-engineer-at-epam-empathy-lab">
      <title><emphasis role="strong">Senior Software Engineer</emphasis>
      at <ulink url="http://epam.com/empathylab">EPAM Empathy
      Lab</ulink></title>
      <para>
        <emphasis>December 2012 - November 2013</emphasis> (1 year)
      </para>
      <para>
        Championed a more collaborative process for responsive web
        design between the UX and development disciplines. Curated an
        internal static web framework and responsive pattern library to
        be used on multiple projects. Lead development on responsive
        prototypes for NBC Universal, DIRECTV, AIG, Lionsgate, and the
        USA Network.
      </para>
    </sect3>
    <sect3 id="senior-web-developer-at-empathy-lab">
      <title><emphasis role="strong">Senior Web Developer</emphasis> at
      <ulink url="http://empathylab.com">Empathy Lab</ulink></title>
      <para>
        <emphasis>April 2010 - December 2012</emphasis> (2 years 9
        months)
      </para>
      <para>
        Created front-end web applications on tight deadlines for
        marquee clientele. Responsible for estimating work, vetting UX
        designs prior to development, developing key features, assisting
        team members on challenging sections of code, performing code
        reviews, and coordinating releases.
      </para>
    </sect3>
    <sect3 id="web-developer-at-empathy-lab">
      <title><emphasis role="strong">Web Developer</emphasis> at
      <ulink url="http://empathylab.com">Empathy Lab</ulink></title>
      <para>
        <emphasis>April 2009 - April 2010</emphasis> (1 year 1 month)
      </para>
      <para>
        Authored standards-based HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for websites
        representing a broad range of internationally recognized brands:
        Sesame Street, Sprout, Lexmark, StrideRite, Walgreens, Verizon,
        Comcast, 21st Century Insurance, Liberty Global, American Red
        Cross.
      </para>
    </sect3>
    <sect3 id="it-director-at-artisan-custom-doorworks">
      <title><emphasis role="strong">IT Director</emphasis> at
      <ulink url="http://artisandoorworks.com">Artisan Custom
      Doorworks</ulink></title>
      <para>
        <emphasis>December 2005 - April 2009</emphasis> (3 years 5
        months)
      </para>
      <para>
        Designed the corporate website with a library of over 8,000
        searchable PDF docemunts. Developed in-house sales and
        management application in Rails, while supporting and
        customizing business systems and applications.
      </para>
    </sect3>
    <sect3 id="president-at-tudor-studio">
      <title><emphasis role="strong">President</emphasis> at
      <ulink url="http://tudorstudio.com">Tudor Studio</ulink></title>
      <para>
        <emphasis>January 2002 - Present</emphasis>
      </para>
      <para>
        Providing professional web consulting and development services,
        from individuals and small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.
        Designing and developing hosted web applications with open
        source frameworks like Ruby on Rails. Integrating CMS and
        eCommerce applications.
      </para>
    </sect3>
  </sect2>
  <sect2 id="skills-expertise">
    <title>Skills &amp; Expertise</title>
    <para>
      These are languages, tools, and practices to which I have had
      exposure over the past 6 years or so. Those things which enjoy
      routine usage in my daily work are denoted with a
      <superscript>†</superscript> symbol.
    </para>
    <sect3 id="programming-languages">
      <title>Programming Languages</title>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript">JavaScript</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://php.net">PHP</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://ruby-lang.org">Ruby</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </sect3>
    <sect3 id="markuptemplating-languages-preprocessors">
      <title>Markup/Templating Languages &amp; Preprocessors</title>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://coffeescript.org">CoffeeScript</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Overview.en.html">CSS</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://linkedin.github.io/dustjs">Dust.js</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERuby">ERB/eRuby</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://haml.info">Haml</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://handlebarsjs.com">Handlebars.js</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://developers.whatwg.org">HTML</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://jade-lang.com">Jade</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaee/jsp">JSP</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/5/tutorial/doc/bnakc.html">JSTL</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://lesscss.org">LESS</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://liquidmarkup.org">Liquid</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown">Markdown</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://mustache.github.io">Mustache</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://sass-lang.com">Sass</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://smarty.net">Smarty</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://paularmstrong.github.io/swig">Swig</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://learnboost.github.io/stylus">Stylus</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </sect3>
    <sect3 id="frameworks-apis">
      <title>Frameworks &amp; APIs</title>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://backbonejs.org">Backbone.js</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://bower.io">Bower</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://browserify.org">Browserify</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://compass-style.org">Compass</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.djangoproject.com">Django</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://expressjs.com">Express</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://jasmine.github.io">Jasmine</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://jquery.com">jQuery</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://krakenjs.com">krakenjs</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://lodash.com">Lodash</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://meteor.com">Meteor</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://middlemanapp.com">Middleman</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://nodejs.org">Node.js</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://prototypejs.org">Prototype.js</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://facebook.github.io/react">React</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://requirejs.org">Require.js</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://rubyonrails.org">Ruby on Rails</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://sinatrarb.com">Sinatra</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://dev.twitter.com">Twitter API</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://underscorejs.org">Underscore.js</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://wordpress.org">Wordpress</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://developer.yahoo.com/yui">YUI</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </sect3>
    <sect3 id="software-tools">
      <title>Software &amp; Tools</title>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite.html">Adobe
            Creative Suite</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://aws.amazon.com">Amazon Web
            Services</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://apache.org">Apache</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://developer.apple.com">Apple XCode</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://demandware.com">Demandware</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://git-scm.com">Git</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://gruntjs.com">Grunt</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://gulpjs.com">Gulp</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://jboss.org">JBoss</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://atlassian.com/software/jira">JIRA</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://apple.com/macosx">Mac OS
            X</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://magento.com">Magento</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://mongodb.org">MongoDB</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://mysql.com">MySQL</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://wiki.nginx.org">Nginx</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/web-commerce/atg">Oracle
            ATG</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc">Pandoc</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://postgresql.org">PostgreSQL</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://rvm.beginrescueend.com">rvm</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.sublimetext.com">Sublime Text</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://svn.apache.org">Subversion</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://tmux.sourceforge.net">tmux</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://tomcat.apache.com">Tomcat</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://ubuntu.com">Ubuntu Linux</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://vagrantup.com">Vagrant</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.vim.org">Vim</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://virtualbox.org">VirtualBox</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://jetbrains.com/webstorm">WebStorm</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://yeoman.io">Yeoman</ulink>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <ulink url="http://www.zsh.org">zsh</ulink><superscript>†</superscript>
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </sect3>
  </sect2>
  <sect2 id="education">
    <title>Education</title>
    <para>
      <ulink url="http://sju.edu">Saint Joseph’s University</ulink>,
      Erivan K. Haub School of Business<literallayout>
</literallayout>BS, Information Systems, 1996 - 2000
    </para>
  </sect2>
  <sect2 id="honors-and-awards">
    <title>Honors and Awards</title>
    <para>
      <emphasis>Unsung Hero</emphasis>, Empathy Lab, May 2011<literallayout>
</literallayout>A peer-awarded honor which I’ll always be terribly proud
      to have won.
    </para>
  </sect2>
  <sect2 id="interests">
    <title>Interests</title>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Being a dad and spending time with my family
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Playing
          <ulink url="http://boardgamegeek.com/user/smtudor">board and
          card games</ulink> (and video games, too)
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Making and listening to
          <ulink url="http://www.rdio.com/people/smtudor">music</ulink>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Watching and contributing to Open Source Software
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
    <para>
      ©2014 <ulink url="http://s17r.com/resume">Stephen Tudor</ulink>.
      All rights reserved. Direct contact only desired
      (no recruiters please).
    </para>
  </sect2>
</sect1>
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