COLLEEN M. PILARSKI
Ranburne,NY
Summary
Accomplished Senior Software Developer with over 20 years of experience as a developer and team leader with a history of proposing enhancements that improve designs. Proficient in supporting project deliverables and maintaining releases. Strong leader in guiding support teams and solving complex issues. Steadfast in planning and implementing effective development strategies based on industry best practices.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Developer
iPipeline, Inc.
11.2016 - Current
- Collaborate with project team to deliver business requirements for assigned insurance industry customers
- Team lead coordinating multiple developer's workstreams via the Agile methodology from requirements through production deployment
- Participate in requirements analysis, UI/application layout, project time estimation, development, testing, and delivery
- Position requires strong communication skills, the ability to multi-task and code in accordance with development standards while working as part of a team to develop and deliver custom solutions
- Perform RCA, provide defect fixes, support QA and unit testing
- Mentor new hires on company standards for design and review.
- Monitor ongoing operation of assigned programs and respond to problems by diagnosing and correcting logic and coding errors.
- Update old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.
- Nominated for a team Stickman Award, helped develop security compliant VDI process/documentation for Salesforce ticket triage and created screen designer training module for new hires
Contract Front-End Developer
Penske Truck Leasing
10.2015 - 11.2016
- Designed and updated layouts to meet usability and performance requirements.
- Completed maintenance, updates and improvements to several Penske company websites and converted each site to a mobile-up responsive format
- Coded using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to develop features for both mobile and desktop platforms.
- Collaborated with in-house web designers to create sleek and innovative UI design.
- Developed user-friendly web forms with validation and error handling.
Contract Web Programmer
JDM Creative Advertising
10.2009 - 10.2015
- Collaborated with in-house web designers to create sleek and innovative UI design.
- Provided website development, converting mockups into usable web presence via full-stack website development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, .NET, SQL, PHP, ASP, WordPress
- Discussed site and app requirements with clients to produce actionable development plans.
- Completed full redesigns of existing websites to improve navigation, enhance visuals and strengthen search engine rankings.
Web Developer
Softmart Inc.
07.2006 - 03.2009
- Produced enhancements to Softmart's internal and external web applications to support company objectives.
- Supported the complete redesign of the Softmart corporate website utilizing HTML, CSS, JavaScript, classic ASP and SQL.
- Oversaw technical issues and troubleshooting requests to resolve user problems.
Application Developer/Graphics Manager
Taylor Gifts, Inc.
12.2001 - 07.2003
- Reengineered and maintained all three of the company's e-commerce websites from a relatively static CGI platform to a more dynamic and user-friendly platform utilizing ASP and the Ecometry backend database system
- Utilized e-commerce UI/UX best practices, rotated homepage content and created numerous, targeted email campaigns that increased web sales over 35% vs the previous year
- Collaborated with the design department to streamline the process of adding new products and making edits to the websites
Project Manager / Application Developer
Aurora Consulting Group
09.1999 - 08.2001
- Full-stack web development (allocated 65% )
- Included wireframing, database design and application development
- Utilized primarily the following technologies: ASP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, SQL
- Project Management (allocated 35% )
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
- Gathered requirements, allocated resources, estimated project time and cost
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology / Human Development
SUNY, Geneseo
Geneseo, NYSkills
- ASPNET, VB, Python, C#, XML/XSLT, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, JavaScript, JQuery, AngularJS, Nodejs, JSON
- MS SQL Server, Visual Studio, VS Code, GitHub, JIRA, Jenkins, Octopus, Salesforce, DocuSign
- Object-oriented software development
- Interface design and implementation
- Version control systems
- Full-stack development
- Agile development methodologies
- Management and training experience
- Reliable, dedicated, willing to learn
Timeline
Senior Software Developer
iPipeline, Inc.
11.2016 - Current
Contract Front-End Developer
Penske Truck Leasing
10.2015 - 11.2016
Contract Web Programmer
JDM Creative Advertising
10.2009 - 10.2015
Web Developer
Softmart Inc.
07.2006 - 03.2009
Application Developer/Graphics Manager
Taylor Gifts, Inc.
12.2001 - 07.2003
Project Manager / Application Developer
Aurora Consulting Group
09.1999 - 08.2001
Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology / Human Development
SUNY, Geneseo
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