Tom Bonner

Experience

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  Self Employed

  Jan 1975 - Jan 1986

  Freelance Writer - Photographer

  Full time freelance writer and photographer specializing in automotive and travel. Track photographer: Detroit Dragway. Track Photographer: Milan Dragway. Track Photographer: Motor City DragwayWriter and columnist:Four Wheeler magazineContributing editor: Super Stock & Drag Illustrated magazineWriter - photographer: photographer Autosport CanadaColumnist: Drag News

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  Autosport Canada / Wheelspin News

  Jan 1976 - Jan 1984

  Freelance Reporter
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  Applied Graphics Technologies

  Mar 1989 - Jun 2000

  Digital Manager

  Managed a 12 person Macintosh prepress division running over three shifts. Handled General Motors Dealer catalogs, magazines and collateral advertising. Hi-res image retouching (Photoshop and Scitex Prisma), page layout (Quark Xpress), Illustration (Adobe Illustrator), digital file transfer (AP Adsend, ISDN, Wham-Net).

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  DWE Worldcom

  Jun 2000 - Mar 2002

  Art Director/Web Designer

  Designed and created websites, print materails, ads and multimedia. Coded in HTML, Flash, Javascript, CSS. Photograped real estate holdings, created numerous 360 degree virtual tours. Position was in a small inhouse design studio. DWE Worldcom is involved in real estate, golf courses, hotels, construction, rental properties, travel agencies and more.

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  Adventures in Design

  Jan 2002 - now

  Owner Operator

  Web Design, Photography, Search Engine Optimization for clients large and small

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  Pelton and Crane

  Dec 2004 - Jul 2006

  Contract Graphic Designer

  Graphic/web designer for large dental equipment manufacturer. Completely redesigned and updated multiple company websites. Created catalogs, print ads, posters, etc. Retouched extensive library of images in Photoshop, worked closely with outside photographers to develop images for various projects. Substantially increased website traffic through SEO efforts.

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  Tata Consultancy Services onsite at Bank of America

  Aug 2006 - Aug 2013

  Designer

  July 2012‐Aug 2013 | Windows 8 Developer ■ Developer, Bank of America Windows 8 application for Microsoft app store ■ Extensive Windows tablet development with Windows 8, Virtual Studio, HTML 5 and JavaScript ■ Created CSS3 style rules to maintain consistent look ■ Developed responsive design pages to meet Microsoft specifications ■ Worked closely with onshore and offshore teams to meet extremely tight deadlines ■ Maintained close relationship with bank design liaison■ Designed a series of designs for a Bank App Store■ Worked with the Toad SVN System to maintain version controlSeptember 2010‐June 2012 | WordPress CMS Designer/Developer ■ Designed and Maintained an extensive network of Wordpress CMS sites for bank automation teams ■ Created graphical look and feel for each site, while maintaining overall consistent navigation ■ Trained users how to use WordPress as a Content Management System ■ Provided support and maintenance for teams ■ Created training and help resources■ Installed and incorporated PiWik open source web analytics system to allow teams to track page analytics without leaving the bank’s internal network ■ Backed up and upgraded each team’s data to ensure all information was secure and available ■ Iimplemented client requests for new features and capabilities September 2006‐August 2010 | Design Head ‐ Nexus Project ■ Worked closely with the Nexus team to develop the overall look and feel of the Nexus Document Management web application for Bank of America ■ Researched and implemented many design innovations for the Nexus Project, including drag and drop, right‐click contextual menus and custom user pages ■ Developed all header graphics, icons and other graphical appearance items■ Responsible for maintaining browser compatibility for IE6, IE7, IE8 and IE9. ■ Met with BOA employees to learn their needs ■ Acted as design head, directing and training other TCS designers Show less

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  EzineArticles

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2010

  Expert Author
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  Acryness, Inc.

  Feb 2014 - Oct 2017

  UI/UX Developer

  Convert standard client Sites to be fully responsive for phone, tablet, laptop and desktop. Responsibilities included creating Bootstrap responsive images, designing icons, rewriting all CSS code, converting to standard compliant HTML5.Incorporated standard look and feel for main customer service website, including designing standard JavsScript alerts and messages, redesigned home page, tabbed and accordion from layout.Created interactive JavaScripts to allow users to select an appropriate credit card and input the cecessary data,Develop independent, free-standing online help system for main websiteCreate automated JavaScript system which takes a large PDF file and separates it into individual files, renames them and saves them to diskOperate PlanetPress variable printing software, which takes client data and output it as a statement using the Objectif Lune PlanetPress software. My role was to be the PlanetPress SME for the company. In this capacity, I would design PlanetPress forms, import and format data, creat3e graphics and line-art and export to a PlanetPress Workflow for output to high-volume print runs. Show less