Michael Patten

Lead Front-End Application Developer and User Experience Designer on a number of high profile projects for clients such as Bell, Red Cross and Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. - Worked closely with clients as a key technical point of contact for the duration of projects - Significant involvement in putting together presentations and pitching work to clients - Mentoring and support of Junior and Intermediate front-end developers

Creative development of client sites. (javascript/html5/css3) Prototyping, usability testing, UI design/development. Responsive design / css3 framework design. Front-end architecture / Javascript design patterns. Lead UI Development of next generation CRM system for international clients. (rest architecture, ajax/json, client-side templating [handlebars], "OO" Javascript)

Technical & Creative implementation of editorial projects for thestar.com Front end development of Torstar's proprietary CMS (TOPS) Front end development, design and UX work for sites running on TOPS Mobile web development HTML/CSS, Javascript/jQuery, ASP.NET, Graphic/Visual Design, Photoshop, Wireframing, Analytics, Administration.

Contract Design/Development work for small business clients Design, Consulting, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, Apache, MySQL, Wordpress