Forrest Oliphant

441 Old Pittsboro Rd Unit A
Carrboro, NC 27510
email me
Tel (USA): +1-919-883-5229

 

Objective

Standards-compliant semantic HTML + Cross-browser-happy design with CSS + JavaScript toolkit and/or Flash interactivity = \( ._.)/

Skills

  • Flash, Flex, ActionScript 2, 3
  • PHP and content management systems
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Flickr, Google, Facebook, and Yahoo! APIs
  • Standards-compliant HTML and CSS
  • Non-linear video and audio editing suites, online video

Experience

2006 - Present

Sembiki Interactive

  • Interactive media and design
  • Independent contractor
  • Develop sites from the ground-up
  • Edit/rework existing sites
2009

TechShop Durham

  • Workshop including ShopBot router, 3-D printer, Epilog laser cutter, welding equipment
  • Member services, tours of facilities
  • Website content
2008 - 2009

TSMworks, Inc

  • Ruby-on-Rails-powered backup testing application
  • Website and application design
2006 - 2008

Newfangled Web Factory

  • Newfangled PHP-based CMS development and maintenance
  • Research and development
2003 - 2005

Taneichi Town Board of Education, Iwate, Japan

  • Created an engaging English as a second language program
  • Taught elementary and middle school ESL courses

Education

2008

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  • Course in computer science
2000 - 2002

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  • BA in Communication Studies with Honors, December 2002
  • Minor in Japanese language and culture
  • Deans list, graduated with distinction

International Education

Fall 2005

Nordjyllands Sports School, Brønderslev, Denmark

  • Five-month program in outdoor leadership
  • Facilitated an international class
  • Organized workshops relating to international culture
1999 - 2000

Rotary Youth Exchange, Hiroshima, Japan

  • Homestay with family
  • Student at Hiroshima Municipal Commercial High School
  • Cultural and language exchange

Availability

I am currently available for contract positions or job offers. References available upon request, or via LinkedIn.