Resume - Nathan Stambro

Nathan Stambro
9338 Embers Way Indianapolis, IN 46250 | 317-413-3325 | nathan@stambro.com | http://stambro.com

Dedicated and passionate web developer who has been creating user-friendly experiences on the web for over 10 years.

Summary

Extensive experience planning, designing and developing scalable and user-friendly websites and e-commerce sites.
In-depth knowledge of Usability, Programming Standards, Design Patterns, Web Marketing and Search Engine Optimization.
Keen problem solving and analytic skills and a strong intuition into user and business needs. Able to quickly visualize and understand complex processes.

Skills

Technologies:	ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, ADO.NET, T-SQL, XHTML/HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET AJAX, jQuery, XML/XSLT, Web Services, GDI+, Classic ASP, Microformats, SSL, CommunityServer, WordPress, Joomla, ISAPI_Rewrite, UrlRewriting.NET, Google Maps API, eBay API, PayPal API, CyberSource API, ExactTarget API, Silverpop API, Amazon MWS API, Amazon S3 API, Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web Services
Software:	Visual Studio, SQL Server, IIS, Subversion, StyleCop, ReSharper, Google Analytics, Google Website Optimizer, Google Webmaster Tools, Google AdWords, Photoshop, DreamWeaver, Microsoft Office (plus Access, Visio and Project)

Professional Experience

Klipsch Group, Inc.
Web Team Lead/Manager of Web Technologies

April 2000 - Present

Developed, managed and maintained 4 brand websites, 4 community websites, 3 B2B websites, multiple product mini-sites, an intranet website and countless internal web-based applications that average over 580,000 visitors (409,000 unique visitors) a month.
Developed daily using ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, T-SQL, JavaScript, XHTML and CSS.
Designed and developed an e-commerce website that averages over $1,000,000 in sales annually using the CyberSource API, eBay API, Amazon MWS API, Web Services and EDI.
Improved conversion rate of store checkout by 33% using A/B and Multivariate testing and a strong understanding of the psychology surrounding e-commerce. This increased revenue by approximately $95,500 over the first 3 months.
Improved Search Engine Optimization resulting in increased visits by 34%, unique visitors by 38%, page views by 28%, search traffic from Google by 39% and keywords from search by 41% over an 18 month period.
Utilized website analytics to influence design/development and web marketing decisions.
Designed and developed a multi-tiered Content Management System with multilingual and localization capabilities allowing anyone internally to edit website content.
Developed an advanced Dealer Locator using ASP.NET AJAX, jQuery, GeoIP and Google Maps API that sets the user's country based on IP, auto-completes City/State as the user types their location and displays the results on a Google Map.
Developed newsletter functionality using the ExactTarget API and XML for a list of over 40,000 subscribers. Recently reprogrammed this to use the Silverpop API.
Developed 3 B2B websites using a single common code-base that switches databases and visual themes/skins based on the URL used to access each site.
Developed a custom literature application using GDI+ where dealers choose printable media (postcards, posters, etc.), upload their logo and contact information and then generate a high-resolution PDF containing their personalized information.
Implemented, skinned and managed 3 community websites (forums, blogs and photos) with over 40,000 members and 640,000 posts using CommunityServer.
Designed and developed an issue tracking web application for Customer Service that has processed over 18,000 customer cases.
Designed and developed 3 internal web applications using the CyberSource API that has processed over 67,000 credit card transactions.
Currently developing a B2B website using ASP.NET, C#, jQuery, AJAX, CSS, XHTML, and Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web Services.

Freelance
Web Designer/Developer

January 1999 - Present

Designed and developed a custom e-commerce website using ASP.NET, VB.NET, XHTML, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript, T-SQL and PayPal API that averages over $100,000 annually.
Designed the Graphic Design and User Interfaces for several sites using Photoshop, Illustrator, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery.
Implemented and customized a blog using WordPress and another site using Joomla.

Training & Education

Self-taught* - Daily
Nielsen Norman Group's User Experience 2007 - 12/2007

Information Architecture - Dan Brown
Application Usability 1 - Chris Nodder
Application Usability 2 - Chris Nodder

Web Metrics - Jim Stern

Project Management Methodology and Project Lifecycle - 10/2007
Microsoft Project 2003 Level 1 and Level 2 - 7/2007
Administering a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database (2072A) - 9/2005
Bachelor of Science in Media Arts and Science at IUPUI - In Progress

*I have a ferocious appetite for knowledge and love to learn anything and everything I can. It's the main reason I love the web so much. So much constantly changes on the web that I am forced to always be learning to keep up and that's a challenge that excites me!