Ahmed Abu-Nadar

Profile I’m a web developer with over 10 years of experience in responsive front-end design and integration moving into back-end development. I have used many technologies and framework including Ruby on Rails, Foundation, Gumby, and Bootstrap. During my work years I have contributed to building major brand sites such as WView.com, Canada.com, GlobalTV.com, and QatarAirways.com. I’m a team player, a keen self-directed learner, and a dependable resource under pressure. Looking for a role encompassing back-end as well as front-end responsibilities for high-profile projects.

Featured Projects • utsoniss.com: is a Single Page Application (SPA) built with Ruby on Rails, SCSS,

jQuery and Bootstrap. Hosted on Heroku with a custom domain. • Local Merchant: an e-commerce application; I built it using:

• Ruby on Rails. • Sorcery for authorization and authentication • Strip for payment processing • HTML5, jQuey and Foundation for front-end development • Git for code version control • TDD for robust

• HashTag: a search twitter app via hashtag. Built in Ruby on Rails using TDD. • ToDo is simple a todo app with email authentication only. Built in Ruby on Rails

using TDD.

Experience

• Develop and maintain the front-end layout and functionality for wview.com using HTML, SCSS, JavaScript and jQuey.

• Proficient in responsive web development using Bootstrap and media query to customize CSS in order to offer the audience a better visiting experience.

• Used Git version control tool and Gitlab to make project versions updated with other team members.

• Utilized FireBug, IE tester and Chrome Element Inspector to track and fix bugs. • Evaluated and debugged code to ensure cross browser compatibility and

accessibility.

E-Mail: ahmednadar@gmail.com Blog: http://ahmednadar.github.io Github: https://github.com/AhmedNadar

Front-End Web Developer – Corus Entertainment -Toronto

November 2014 January 2015

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• Develop and maintain the front-end layout and functionality for internal applications using HTML, CSS, jQuey and handlebars.

• Evaluated and debugged code to ensure cross browser compatibility and accessibility.

• Write documents about used tools, work process and functionalities as guide for other front-end developers.

• Online classified portal for listing products worldwide. • Managing development and design teams remotely working on all aspects of the

product. • Focus on the responsive design for web and Mobile applications (IOS and Android).

• Worked as front-end developer on Qatar Airways, the national airline company for Qatar.

• Developed and maintained the front-end layout, functionality and usability for the project using HTML, CSS and jQuey with focus on responsive design for Mobile.

• Used SEO best practices to elevate the company web presence. •

• Responsible for working on a range of projects such as Canada.com, Global TV and 12 other newspapers across Canada, developing appealing websites and interacting on a daily basis with graphic designers, .NET back-end developers and marketers.

• As front-end developer I worked with different technologies such as: HTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, jQuery and JavaScript.

• Responsible for web site creation for clients, from initial design (suing Photoshop, Fireworks) and architecture (using HTML and CSS).

• Worked directly with clients to ascertain requirements and projects goals, ensuring that all objectives were outlined and accomplished.

• Worked closely with back-end team to ensure the final projects meets requirements.

Front-End Web Developer – Brookfield -Toronto March-July 2014

Co-Founder - Waddat.com February 2013 - Present

Front-End Web Developer -Qatar Airways, Qatar

January 2011- 2013

Front-End Web Developer - CanWest August 2008 – 2010

Web Developer – Merxmotion, Toronto November 2005-2007

Web Developer – Moonbeam, Cairo January 2004-2005 2

• Responsible for web site creation for clients, from initial design (suing Photoshop, Fireworks) and architecture (using HTML and CSS).

• Worked closely with back-end team to ensure the final projects meets requirements.

Education • 2013 @Bitmaker Labs -Toronto 10 weeks of intensive course in full stack web development. I worked on several projects using several technologies and languages. Ruby on Rails, Ruby, TDD, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3, Git, Github, Bootstrap, Gumby and Sass.

• 2010 @Seneca Collage - Toronto .NET specialized course in Web Application Development with ASP.NET using C# at Seneca college.

• 2006 @Horizon - Cairo Specialized diploma in graphic design included HTML, Front Page, Swish, Photoshop, Fireworks and Dreamweaver.

• 2000 – 2004 @U of C -Cairo Bachelor of Commerce and Business Administration from Cairo University.

Web Designer – InterClub, Cairo (January 2002-2004) - Full-time • Designed web sites templates using Fireworks, Photoshop, Flash and Swish. • Convert design to web page using HTML and CSS. • Training clients fundamental of web development.

Interests Music | Mentoring| Reading | Assembly Hardware | Photography | Biking |Hiking | Travelling | Gardening |Cooking

References Available online From CanWest creative Director: David Groff Hired Ahmed as Web developer in 2008 “I have worked with Ahmed for over a year, on a number of complex web development projects. I have found Ahmed to be intelligent, thorough, and very reliable. Because of these qualities, we extended his contract, which was completed in 2008, but well into 2009, and hopefully beyond.” Source Ahmed’s LinkedIn

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