Pete Klein
Senior Front-End Developer at The Lacek Group
Minneapolis, MN, USACode should be simple and usable, just like designs. Sites serve people. Understanding of this is essential.
I understand human psychology and how people look, read, scan, etc. Applying these human principals to design will get the best and most consistent results. This is where I live: at the nexus of human and computer. I want my home to be a friendly and intuitive place as possible.
I understand human psychology and how people look, read, scan, etc. Applying these human principals to design will get the best and most consistent results. This is where I live: at the nexus of human and computer. I want my home to be a friendly and intuitive place as possible.
Work Experience
RadioShack
Sales Associate
Sales and product support. Was top salesperson at Southdale Mall location for two months straight.
July 2005
- December 2006
Wayzata, Minnesota, United States
Sykes Enterprises Inc.
Tech Support
Did phone tech support for Qwest Dial Up and DSL, and Gateway Computers.
March 2000
- June 2002
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
TempWorks Software
Lead UX Developer
Lead Designer and front end developer on 6 full featured applications for the staffing industry that facilitated vendor management, time entry, payroll, job searching, and filling out on-boarding paperwork, on both desktop and mobile platforms. Also conducted UX research, such as surveys, task analysis, and hallway usability testing of prototypes.
I also created marketing material for trade shows, including motion graphic promotional videos, large scale booth graphics, and mailers, as well as being heavily involved in the ideation of themes portrayed in these materials.
I also created marketing material for trade shows, including motion graphic promotional videos, large scale booth graphics, and mailers, as well as being heavily involved in the ideation of themes portrayed in these materials.
February 2010
- Present
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
GreenSpring Design
Web Designer / Front-end Developer
Was a consultant on a full time basis for this web development company. Worked with Illustrator, Photoshop, Omnigraffle, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, HTML, Ruby on Rails, HAML, and iOS to design and develop eCommerce sites, brochure sites, flash apps, a mobile app, and admin interfaces to run these sites.
May 2008
- January 2010
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Kemteck
Designer, Front-end Developer
Kemteck is an advertising and marketing company focused on the real estate industry, especially condos. I designed and managed web ad campaigns, created logos for various sites. Also did front-end development using jQuery, CSS, HTML, and a little PHP.
February 2007
- April 2008
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
The Lacek Group
Senior Front-End Developer
The Lacek Group is a digital marketing agency whose bread and butter is creating and marketing loyalty programs for big name brands such as Starwood Hotels, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Disney, American Family Insurance, Dupont Pioneer, etc.
I built responsive emails, websites, landing pages, and internal applications with Bootstrap, AngularJS, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3. Got to play a bit with developing service APIs and creating an email build system with node, grunt, bash, and ruby shell scripts.
I built frameworks and tools for other developers to use as well. Gave technology presentations to help keep us current on new technology and discuss best practice.
I built responsive emails, websites, landing pages, and internal applications with Bootstrap, AngularJS, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3. Got to play a bit with developing service APIs and creating an email build system with node, grunt, bash, and ruby shell scripts.
I built frameworks and tools for other developers to use as well. Gave technology presentations to help keep us current on new technology and discuss best practice.
October 2013
- Present
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Education
Bismarck State College
Associate in Arts
Studied fine art, specializing in drawing.
August 2000
- May 2004
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
Minneapolis Community And Technical College
Associates in Web Design
August 2004
- May 2008
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Minneapolis Community And Technical College
Computer Graphic Imaging (CGI) diploma
Learned Media Production, Video Editing, 3D modeling, and sound editing.
January 2009
- May 2010
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Metropolitian State University
Bachelors in Individualized Studies with a Focus on User Experience Design and Project Management
Studied psychology, human factors, and adult education and applied it to interface design and project management.
January 2011
- May 2013
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Awards
Skills
.NET MVC,
AfterEffects,
AngularJS,
C#,
Conducting Surveys,
CSS3,
CSS3,
Entity Framework,
Grunt,
Hallway Testing,
Heuristic Evaluation,
HTML5,
Illustrator,
Indesign,
JavaScript,
Jquery,
Node,
Photoshop,
PHP,
Premiere,
Project Management,
Responsive Design,
Ruby,
Soundbooth,
Task Analysis,
Ux,
WordPress,