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tomomi imura
address: san francisco, ca 94133
phone: (415)
e-mail: tomomi.i(at)gmail.com
portfolio: http://girliemac.com/tomomi_imura
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 - )
@ Yahoo! inc. Sunnyvale, CA
Worked as a sole web and wap developer at an entire Yahoo! Mobile team, development of mobile web (WAP) site/applications for Yahoo! Mobile portal (incl. “beta”) and most of core properties, including Mail, Address book, search ("oneSearch"), Calendar, Flickr, Answers, promotional sites, also international sites include Taiwan Local. Wrote UI library that supports virtually all devices/browsers including old Nokia WML devices, decent devices like RIM Blackberry, Motorola Razr, to high-end phones like Nokia N-Series and Apple iPhone. m.yahoo.com (on mobile phone!)

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
Front-end web development of a financial web service -mainly building HTML and CSS codes, along with JSP codes done by Java developers, for CNL Securities Corp. web application. (cnlservice.com)

Graphics / Media Localization Specialist (2003) Temp. Employment
@Lionbridge Technologies. Framingham, MA
Development of localized eLearning software and web sites for Japanese market. The main project was for Microsoft Corp, creating tutorials for MS Office, Access and Visio. Tasks including creation and localization of graphics, Flash, HTML, CSS and XML documents. Also worked for EMC, Zoologic etc.

Web Designer / Developer / Localization Translator (2001 - 2003)
Freelance / Contract
Web site development for various individuals and companies. Tasks including front-end techniques such as DHTML (HTML, JavaScript and CSS), SSI, graphic design, GUI design, Flash animations, and some programming works such as Perl CGI and PHP. Also, English to Japanese localization for client's web site and/or software. Clients: CareKey Inc., Suavemente Internet Services, PostureRx, Saenz Group, etc.

Web Developer (2000 - 2001)
@iDL Systems Inc. Cambridge, MA
Web site development for distance education at this fast-paced start-up company. Various tasks in coding with DHTML for essential front-end web building and maintenance, media creations, such as web graphics and interactive Flash animations, and assisting back-end programmers for CGI with MySQL database to create various forms such as student registration.

Research Assistant (1998 - 2000)
@Environmental Microbiology Laboratory at Harvard School of Public Health.
Boston, MA

Assistance of several ongoing projects such as Inner-City Asthma study by detecting allergens in samples mainly by ELISA, using OptiMax and SoftMax. Also bacterial and fungal cultivation, identification, analysis, and their data management.

Education • Information Technology at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2000 - 2002)
(Classes completed: Fundamentals of Web site Development, Programming in Java I and II, and Programming in Perl

Bachelor of Science in Microbiology at California State University, Northridge (May 1998)
Computer Skills Applications: Microsoft Office including Visio. Adobe Photoshop, ImageReady and Illustrator. Macromedia Dreamweaver, Homesite, Flash and Fireworks. Bare Bones BBEdit (and similar coding software), WinCVS (and other similar CVS software). Also familiar with many more software.
Coding and Other Skills: HTML/XHTML, XHTML-MP (for mobile), CSS (incl. CSS3), WCSS, 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