Web Designer & Developer
Calgary, Canada Area
- Current
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- Freelance Web Developer at Samlu.ca
- Past
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- Web Developer at Critical Mass
- IT Support Analyst at University of Calgary
- Summer Intern at City of Calgary
- Education
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- The University of Calgary
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Sam Lu’s Summary
Web Developer with experience in internet application development and designing for the web. Had the ability to work as a web developer at Critical Mass for a year onboard the Ashland account maintaining websites which ran on an ASP/MS-SQL stack. During that time there were many opportunities to do both frontend and backend work as well, and make webpages more interactive with the help of jQuery.
During free time, coding of internet applications and exploring new technologies to utilize is a hobby. The Wii Friend Number Facebook application which was developed during free time utilizes the CodeIgniter PHP framework and Amazon's SimpleDB database infrastructure for scalability. To improve on server resource efficiency, the uncommon server nginx was utilized to power the server behind it.
Other interests include SEO, social media, illustrating, motion graphics, and photography.
Sam Lu’s Specialties:
PHP, MySQL, internet application development, server administration, scalability, facebook application development, designing for the web
Sam Lu’s Experience
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Freelance Web Developer
Samlu.ca
(Online Media industry)
September 2004 — Present (5 years 4 months)
Design and develop websites for local clients. Also ventured into different forms of animation by freelancing. Clients include: CUPE 1169, CalMedi, CWRC, and a number of others through contracting via Mediumrare and FoundPages.
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Web Developer
Critical Mass
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 2 months)
Maintained websites for the Ashland account which were powered by an ASP/MS-SQL stack. Besides maintaining, the building of emails for email campaigns and building of microsites which involved the heavy use of jQuery (a javascript framework) were occasional tasks.
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IT Support Analyst
University of Calgary
(Educational Institution; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 8 months)
Provided support through phone calls and in-person visits for student and staff at the U of C for a wide range of problems and software including: account issues, virus/spyware, Windows, Mac OSX, Blackboard, Microsoft Office, etc.
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Summer Intern
City of Calgary
(Public Company; Online Media industry)
June 2004 — August 2004 (3 months)
Created an intranet website for the Document Records and Managment Competency Centre. Tested modules for Livelink database.
Sam Lu’s Education
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The University of Calgary
Computer Science 2005 — 2010 (expected)
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