Ejaz Ahmad

Experience

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  Aptara

  Aug 2002 - now

  • Assembled the company’s team of 500 interactive eBook specialists, including content architects, instructional and UI designers, CSS and HTML5 experts—a team that has made Aptara a dominant force in interactive eBook production.• Leading technical experts and developers.• Analyzing source for design and development, new process, guideline/animations/interactivity and coordinating to coach and Work Group.• Creating time effort for pricing based on project complexity.• Coordinating with Sales support/Project Manager for all technical queries to ramp-up the project.• Delivery responsibilities including, setting up project workflows and ensuring quality delivery of sample products to customers.• Sharing sample file with Work Group for live project and increasing the productivity with less resource. Show less • Assigning work to the Team• Maintaining the Mail and report designing• Tracking and report of the Team• Analysis of project, client's requirement and timeline for template• Creation of storyboard for the project• Involved in client call, meeting with work group and new project discussion• Produced wireframes and mock-ups for new product development• Involved in all phases of the project (Documentation, Designing the forms, coding, unit testing, defect fixing).• Technically guide to team and recovering problematic projects. Show less • Developed multiple types of interactivities; e.g. MCQ, Drag and Drop, Matching quiz, Fill in the blanks, Slideshow, Puzzle, etc. and animation through JavaScript/jQuery, CSS3 and HTML5 for website and ePub3 file for devices like iOS, Android and desktop.• Have done all big projects like Moody, Wiley, Parragon, Rowman & Littlefield, Wildlife, Music Sales, MacMillan, and Balcony 7, etc.• Project - Balcony 7 Media Publishing: This enhanced audio eBook features music, colorful voice overs, continuous cartoon sound effects, synchronized word light-up and glow effects. A trilogy of adventure begins with Dreamy Drums, the first book in the award-winning Salty Splashes Collection of cartoon stories, loved by boys and girls ages 4-12+. • Award winning: 'The Mom's Choice Award' and 'QED Seal', which stands for Quality, Excellence, Design. • Technology used: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery. • iTunes link:https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/dreamy-drums-enhanced-edition/id715840398?mt=11https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/gansevort-enhanced-edition/id716713801?mt=11• Project - Annick Press: This enhanced audio eBook features animation, colorful voice overs, continuous sound effects, synchronized word light-up and glow effects. This book won the national Digital Book Award for the best Enhanced Children's eBook. • Award winning: Digital Book World (DBW) award • Technology used: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery.•Project - Parragon: Created especially for the iBookstore this multi-touch, interactive story and activity book is packed with fun including, over 20 interactive digital activities including matching games, spot the difference, mazes and jigsaws, digital stickers to find and place, A certificate to complete and personalize at the end of the book. • Technology used: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery for custom widgets. • iTunes link:https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/first-experiences-first-time/id681259595?mt=11 Show less • Worked with production department and supervised the projects.• Maintaining and planning workflow for projects.• Created lots of reflow and fixed format ePub and mobi file for multiple devices and desktop like iOS, android, Kindle Fire, Kindle, Kobo, Nook and ADE, desktop.• Have done all big projects of the organization, i.e. Wiley, Kluwer, Elsevier, Blackwell, Ovid, HarperCollins, Oxford University Press, Lonely Planet, Penguin, Parragon, Pearson, Kobo, IEEE, Cisco, Amazon, Google, etc. in XML and HTML. Show less

  • Python Developer

    Jun 2020 - now

  • Assistant Manager - User Interface

    Apr 2014 - Sept 2021

  • Team Lead - User Interface

    Oct 2012 - Mar 2014

  • Programmer - User Interface

    Aug 2011 - Sept 2012

  • Programmer - eBooks

    Aug 2002 - Jul 2011