JOHN RICHTER
BLOG: ECONEXUS.COTECHNICAL SKILLS: Well-rounded developer with focus on front end development and design Programming Languages: Javascript, Java, PHP, SQL, Ruby, C++
Data Visualization: D3.js (incl maps, GeoJSON, TopoJSON)
Front End: Angular.js (learning in progress), HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Design, HAML, Twitter Bootstrap, JQuery, SCSS
2D Media: Photoshop, Illustrator
3D Media: Maya
Database: MySQL, PostGreSQL, MongoDB
Film: Premiere, Final Cut Pro
Content Management Systems: Drupal, Wordpress, Ghost Frameworks: Node.js, Rails
Mobile: Android, Titanium
Versioning: Git
Other: Acrobat, MailChimp;
Editor: Emacs! Eclipse, Sublime Text
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Design and Development Designer and Developer, May 2012-Present
• Design and developed various client websites with focus on front end development.
• Technologies Used: Javascript, D3.js, Titanium, Angular.js, Node.js, JQuery, JSON, AJAX, PHP, Drupal, Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML5, CSS3, SCSS
350 Portland Cofounder
• I cofounded the 350 Portland branch. 350 is a climate change activist organization. I have since stepped away.
Econexus.co
Web Designer and Blogger, July 2011 – Present
• Explore behavioral change and innovative ways to connect people to environment. Focus on nexus of environment, people, technology, and design. Built through Drupal 7 CMS.
• Technologies Used: Drupal, PHP, Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML5, CSS3 Praxsys: iPhone and Website Development
User Interface/Experience Designer, July 2010 - October 2010, Austin, TX • Designed the user interface of iPhone applications and websites. • Technologies Used: Photoshop, Illustrator
Frontline on PBS: Hedrick Smith Productions
Production Internship, June 2008 – August 2008, Washington, DC
• Assisted in film shoots, logged tape information and descriptions, synced transcripts with video clips via Avid, conducted research, helped arranged set locations, and performed clerical tasks for Emmy-winning production company and PulitzerEmmy-winning NY Times writer. Documentary called “Poisoned Waters,” available on PBS.Org. Name listed in credits.
Miscellaneous Design: Hamby & Piatt, American Travel Services Designer, Summer 2011
• Contracted to design logo for construction consulting firm and website for American Travel Services. • Technologies Used: Drupal, PHP, Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML5, CSS3
The Natural Gardener
Cashier, March 2011 – May 2011, Austin, TX
• Provided gardening advice and worked as a cashier. Was fantastic opportunity to learn about gardening myself.
Sierra Club and Arkansas Educational Television (PBS affiliate) Internships, May 2009 – August 2009, Little Rock, AR
• Assisted in film shoots, conducted research, designed graphics, and performed other duties for AETN. Created and designed these environmental awareness websites for Sierra Club:
BeyondCoalArkansas.Org 2; ArkansasSierraClub.Org; CustomersAdvancingResponsibleRates.Org CleanAirArkansas.Org: Sierra Club, Audubon Arkansas
Web Designer, August 2008 – March 2009
• Voluntarily designed a multi-coalition website that promotes alternative energy in my home state. • Technologies Used: Joomla, Drupal, PHP, HTML5, CSS3
Social Justice Center
Work Study, September 2007 – April 2008, St. Louis, MO
• Planned meetings, performed clerical tasks, communicated with other school groups.
EDUCATION
BA in liberal arts from WUSTL; significant CS background from UT University of Texas at Austin, Major GPA 3.5
As of spring 2012, will have taken 30 credits in CS including: • Honors algorithms and data structures
• Logic Sets and Functions • Scientific Programming • Computer architecture
• Object oriented programming • Data management
• Analysis of programs
• Applications of program-analysis theory • Android Development
Washington University in St. Louis, BA 2010 Major: Political Science Minor: Economics Major GPA: 3.85 Overall GPA: 3.57
Arkansas School for Math, Science, and the Arts, 2006 ACT: 34 (Rea: 35; Math: 34; Sci: 33; Eng: 33) (99th Percentile) SAT: 2270 (Math: 780; Cr Rea: 740; Wri: 750) (99th Percentile)
AWARDS AND HONORS
Hacker School at YCombinator, Applied and attended a one-day conference in San Francisco featuring Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, the founders of AirBNB, and many more.
Arts and Sciences Scholarship: Greenberg Scholar (Wash U), $29,500 per year, award based on merit and financial need
St. Joseph’s Scholarship (Wash U), $1000, award based on merit and need from mom’s workplace, freshman and junior year
Career Center Internship Stipend, $1650, applied and awarded to subsidize summer 2009 internships Dean’s List
Leadershape Institute Award, May 11-16 2007, Nominated by two W.U. staff members, applied, and completed week-long training
Leadership Summit, October 25th 2006, Nominated by W.U. staff member, attended ACTIVITIES
Social Justice Center (SJC), lead organizer
Washington University Television: Wash U Weekly News, designer and contributor Peace and Justice Coalition, organizer
Campaign for Barack Obama, volunteer, canvassed weekly
Environmental Sustainability BLOC, member, lived in housing group that promoted environmental sustainability
SCREENSHOTS PORTFOLIO
(A new version of my portfolio site is under development. In the meanwhile, this is a sampling of projects.)
Table of Contents
1. Oregon Climate Logo – A nonprofit climate change organization. I wanted to make a cycle (a la the carbon cycle) that formed an “O” and “C.” I drew salmon as the slices of the cycle logo.
2. Scott White Health Plan – A design I made meant to eschew the typical boxy model of design. 3. My Trainer Website (a responsive site in Drupal). Design and development.
4. Grow Life- a re-envisioned gardening Q+A website. Design.
5. An iPhone App UI I designed for Scott and White Health Plan. Design. 6. Tar Sands Game Over (partial – I don’t have the final design on me!) 7. Recipe page on recipe site.
8. Online: my blog, econexus.co. Simple, utilitarian design in Drupal. Design and development.
9. Online: 350pdx.org. Simple design based off #1 that I made for a climate change organization. Design and development.
10. Data Visualization Online: http://johnrichter.io:8080/infographic/testvideo.html -Mockup sports interactive story 11. Data Visualization Online: http://johnrichter.io:8080/y/ - Projection of data on to a map, custom algorithms to
draw regions around points
3. a) My Trainer Website – Full View
6. Tar Sands Game Over (partial – I don’t have the final design on me!) I took the background picture at Big Bend National Park.
