tomomi imura / resume

Tomomi Imura

San Francisco, California

Objective
A position in web front-end development (of desktop computers and mobile devices), which will enable me to combine my skills and design sense with my knowledge and experience.
Work Experience
Mobile Web Developer (2007 Q1 - 2009 Q2)
@ Yahoo! inc. Sunnyvale, CA
Up until March 2008, worked as a sole web developer at an entire Yahoo! Mobile team, development of mobile web and wap site/applications for Yahoo! Mobile portal and most of core properties and promotional sites, also international sites include Taiwan Local. Wrote UI library that supports virtually all devices/browsers including old Nokia WML and newer S40/S60 devices, RIM Blackberry, Motorola Razr, to high-end phones like Nokia N-Series, Apple iPhone and T-Mobile G1 (Android).
Also UI implementation of Yahoo!’s new open platform called Blueprint.
Mobile (WAP) sites I took major roles:
http://m.yahoo.com
(and most sub-directories – mail, addressbook, finance, oneSearch etc.) http://new.m.yahoo.com (and oneSearch AT&T, T-Mobile, Helio, Vodafone etc.) also Int’l site like, http://tw.lifestyle.yahoo.com (Taiwan Local)
Web / Mobile Developer (2005 Q4 - 2007 Q1)
@ Nokia Corp. San Francisco, CA
Development of web templates for Day Communiqué content management system (CMS) for multimedia mobile phone gaming web sites and device software, also XHTML-MP / CSS development for mobile web (WAP) sites for S60 web browsers.
Front-End Web Developer (2005) Contract
@ Real Networks, Inc. San Francisco, CA
Web development/update and creating email newsletter templates, for the company's music department (rhapsody.com). Technology used includes HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, XSLT, and some JSP and JSTL.
Front-End Web Developer (2005) Project-based Contract
@ Landor Associates. San Francisco, CA
Front-end intranet development of a branding resources web application, with XHTML, CSS and JSP for the client, Abbott Laboratories.
Front-End Web Developer (2004) Project-based Contract
@ IBM Corp. Cambridge, MA
Graphics / Media Localization Specialist (2003) Temp. Employment
@Lionbridge Technologies. Framingham, MA
Web Designer / Developer / Localization Consultant (2001 - 2003)
Freelance
Web Developer (2000 - 2001)
@iDL Systems Inc. Cambridge, MA
Research Assistant (1998 - 2000)
@Harvard School of Public Health Environmental Microbiology Laboratory. Boston, MA
Education
Information Technology at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2000 - 2002)
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology at California State University, Northridge (May 1998)
Skills
HTML/XHTML, XHTML-MP (for mobile), CSS (incl. CSS3), JavaScript, DHTML, AJAX, Cross-platform/browser issue, WML, XML, PHP, XSLT, JSP and JSTL. Also, accecibility, (Section 508), UI/GUI design, graphic design including Flash animations and vector illustrations. L10N and I18N (Japanese-English).
Foreign Language
Fluent in Japanese
References
Available upon request