Don Zacharias

Summary

I eat, sleep and breathe HTML/CSS/JavaScript. I think the $ function is humankind's greatest achievement. I would do this even if you didn't pay me.

Languages and Skills

HTML, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, jQuery, jQuery-UI, Yahoo! UI, .NET, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Python, XML, XSLT, Java, ColdFusion, Visual Studio, Mac OS X, Subversion, MSSQL, MySQL, WordPress, IIS, ADA/WCAG accessibility

Experience

Web Developer (various positions) Sutter Health Sacramento, CA 2004-Current

• Lead web developer for My Health Online, the patient portal for Sutter Health's electronic healthcare record project.
• Custom front-end features/enhancements and maintenance of legacy ASP/VBScript/XML.
• Implementation and support of high-profile enterprise healthcare application
• Rapid delivery of ColdFusion+MSSQL data driven web applications.
• Maintained dozens of internet and intranet sites.

• 2010: Delivered custom portal used by 1.4 million patients in Northern California.
• 2008: Redesigned My Health Online. Implemented source control using Subversion.
• 2007: Instrumental in creating cross-browser stylesheets for Sutter Health's consumer websites.
• 2004-2007: Rapid development of custom web applications: podcasting platform, event staffing tracker, document management system.

Other Work History

Research Associate American Institutes for Research Sacramento, CA 2002-2004

Teacher Various School Districts Sacramento, CA 2000-2002

Proofreader eToys, Inc Santa Monica, CA 1999-2000

Editorial Assistant Prima Publishing Roseville, CA 1998-1999

Education

A.S., Computer Science Los Rios Community College District 2006-Current

B.A., English - Creative Writing Loyola Marymount University 1994-1998

• 1998: Editor, literary journal LA Miscellany. Graduated with Honors.
• 1997-1998: Editor-in-Chief, Los Angeles Loyolan

Personal Projects and Freelance Work

The Sac Rag (http://sacrag.com) Custom WordPress theme and plugins

Cordell Corporation (http://www.cordellcorp.com) Custom WordPress theme, custom webcam

River Life Church (http://riverlife.org) Custom WordPress theme and plugins