Jan Van Tol

Contact

122 N. Bassett St.
Madison, WI 53703
1.608.797.2307

Education

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Fall 2005 – Present

Undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science and Russian Language.

Work Experience

Engineering Intern, Critical Path Software

May 2007 – August 2007

Developed plugins and/or widgets for Movable Type, WordPress, TypePad, and Blogger to connect to a web-based blog-to-PDF print conversion service. Languages used were Perl, PHP, and JavaScript; connecting technologies included the Atom and RSS syndication formats, XML-RPC (Metaweblog API), and the Atom Publishing Protocol. Provided technical support for server deployment of plugins. Developed improvements to server software and associated web interface for the service using Java, JavaScript, XHTML, and CSS3.

Student Technical Assistant, UW Center for Climatic Research

August 2006 – Present

Responsible for the maintenance of and development of new pages and dynamic features for CCR web site, minor computer hardware upgrades, software installation, and processing of climate data using the NCO toolset.

Independent Web Designer

January 2004 – Present

Designed and developed websites as a contractor or volunteer for clients including HP/Travelocity, Rotochopper Inc., Madison Street Pulse, and Youth Initiative High School.

Teacher, Youth Initiative High School

January 2006 – March 2006

Taught a group of six 9th through 12th grade students a twice-weekly introductory class on Java programming. Responsible for all aspects of the class, including preparation, lecturing, and evaluation of individual students.

Independent Software Developer

November 2002 – August 2006

Independently conceived and developed Comictastic, an application for Mac, and accompanying website, as well as websites for other Spiny products.

Skills

Applications

Languages/Frameworks


References upon request.