Fraser Crosbie – Calgary Flash & Flex Developer

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Objective

To develop award winning Flash and Flex projects within an exciting, creative and innovative environment.

Employment History

Freelance (Anywhere) Sr. Flash & Flex Developer, February 2010 to present

• If you are in need of a Sr. Flash or Flex Developer for your next project please contact me at frasercrosbie@gmail.com for an estimate.

Critical Mass (Calgary, Alberta) Sr. Flash Developer (Contract), February 2010 to present

• Assisted in the development of the Infiniti Global websites.

RenoWorks (Calgary, Alberta) Sr. Developer, November 2007 to February 2010

• Developed web applications using Flex, Java, JavaScript, MySQL & db4o for Home Hardware, CertainTeed, HGTV, Overhead Door & Richards-Wilcox.

Flash Development Inc. (Calgary, Alberta) Director, October 2007 to February 2009

• Upgraded Flash games from ActionScript 2.0 to ActionScript 3.0 for Disney.com.
• Developed Arysta Life Science Interactive Conversation Flash application.

Rare Method (Calgary, Alberta) Sr. Flash Developer, January 2007 to November 2007

• Developed award winning projects and micro-sites.
• Wrote well-documented, reusable, scalable and maintainable code.
• Integrated Flash user interfaces with data/web services.
• Trained Flash developers and Flash designers who wanted to learn more about Flash programming.
• Estimated on time requirements for developing Flash projects.
• Developed ActionScript best practices.

Critical Mass (Calgary, Alberta) Flash Developer, October 2004 to December 2006

• Developed award winning projects and microsites for Dell, Mercedes-Benz, Hyatt, Albertsons, Pampers, Rolex and Home Depot.
• Worked closely with project teams that included creative members such as art directors, designers, copywriters and web developers, balancing technical requirements with creative needs.
• Coded in ActionScript 2.0 with re-usability in mind, using techniques like Object Oriented Programming and MVC.
• Lead Flash developer on the Mercedes-Benz account.

Education

Centre For Digital Imaging & Sound (Burnaby, British Columbia) Visual Effects & Digital Animation Masters Diploma, December 2000

• Demonstrated proficiency in animation, storyboarding, life drawing, dvd authoring, media delivery, modelling, lighting and texturing , particle effects, compositing and colour grading.

Awards

• 2007 – Alberta Film and Television Awards – Best New Media Production – “Randall’s Goose Fun”
• 2007 – Anvil Awards – Digital Online Advertising – Travel Alberta International
• 2006 – Web Marketing Association – Arts Standard of Excellence – Rolex Ashes and Snow
• 2006 – Web Marketing Association – Outstanding Web Site – Dell XPS Microsite
• Adobe Site of the Day (Feb. 20, 2007) – Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week 2007
• Adobe Site of the Day (Feb. 08, 2007) – Rolex
• Adobe Site of the Day (Nov. 16, 2006) – Dell XPS Microsite
• Adobe Site of the Day (Jan. 03, 2006) – Dell XPS
• Adobe Site of the Day (Dec. 09, 2005) – Mercedes Benz R-Class
• Adobe Site of the Day (Nov. 30, 2005) – Dell TV Info Center
• Adobe Site of the Day (Aug. 19, 2005) – Dell Microsoft Media Center Tour

Programming Languages of Choice:

• ActionScript 1.0, 2.0 & 3.0
• MXML
• XML
• JAVA & JSP
• PHP
• SQL
• JavaScript, AJAX & JQuery
• HTML & CSS

Programs

• Adobe Flash
• Adobe Flex
• Adobe Air
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Fireworks
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Premiere
• Adobe After Effects
• Eclipse
• CVS/SVN

References

Available upon request.