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David A. Schmidt
Peterstraße 35/37, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
+49 (179) 417 45 11 – david@individual8.com
Professional experience
Jun 2006 – present
Freelance
Freelance Developer & Consultant, Hamburg, Germany
Development and programming of client's, as well as my own projects (backend/frontend). Technical consulting and support.
Client's projects (excerpt)
  • Volkswagen, Prototype for visualizing cars on mobile platforms. Built in HTML5, the work presents the exterior and interior of a sample car. Customizable features, it also includes a day/night mode.
  • The Children Museum, Installation and set-up of two Magic Planets – http://www.smcm.org.eg
  • Volkswagen, Frontend-Development of the campaign website for the market launch of the compact car Volkswagen Up! – http://up.de
  • Success Charter Network, Program to map and allocate addresses of NYC students
  • MINI, Rollout of country-specific websites
  • Unilever Germany, Technical support in the launch of campaigns and product pages of the DOVE brand
  • Dokyo, Interim project management for several Unilever projects
  • O2 Germany, Online survey
  • Haus der Natur, Installation and set-up of Magic Planet – http://www.hausdernatur.at
  • Koch, Neff & Volckmar, Frontend-Development of a white-label shopping system for publishers and merchants
  • Express Travel International, User interface and templates for a travelling portal – http://expresstravelinternational.de
  • Production of websites for Robert Woge, Jack Culcay, LIRIo Japan, 123buero, StudioC/E, Markus Seidel and Vodafone Mitgliedschaft
Own projects
  • Foursquare Map, Development of an easy-to-use, open-source Google Maps mash-up, which pinpoints recent Foursquare check-ins. Available at http://individual8.com/ext/4sq
  • Tangile, Development of my own, licensable content management system, demo available at http://t7even.com/tangile/demo
  • TreePrint, Development of a web service for the output of large-scale ancestors and descendants trees, both in PDF format and as print.
    Still in development, later at http://treeprint.net
Jan 2007 – Dec 2008
Interone, http://interone.de
Technical Project Manager, Hamburg Office, Germany
Reponsible for leading and coordinating a team of application and Flash developers within the technical unit. Conceptional elaboration and outlining of technical solutions and solution statements, assistance in developing and programming client projects, controlling the generation of exterior and interior imagery based on three-dimensional models, creation of installer programs for various desktop applications. Technical consulting and support of clients (including on-site), quality assurance and bug fixing, presale support (calculations and cost estimates).
Projects
  • BMW, Application for visualization of exterior and interior features, as well as specific configuration of vehicles at the BMW dealer. Biannual extension by new cars and functions.
  • BMW, Various interactive applications for user terminals in the BMW Welt
  • Oldendorff Carriers, Flash-based application for the Magic Planet, a spherical projection screen
  • Production of 3D imagery for various BMW projects
Apr 2005 – May 2006
Fork Unstable Media, http://fork.de
Technical Manager, Berlin Office, Germany
In charge of managing inhouse development team. Technical consulting and support of clients (including on-site), assistance in developing and programming client projects, conceptual design of client requirements, and in non-technical aspect as well. Worked on Fork‘s technical profile and orientation, screening of new technologies and trends.
Projects
  • adidas, Campaign website for the French Open (Roland Garros)
  • adidas, Multi-lingual site for the outdoor brand
  • Transmediale, Website and movie trailer for the Arts and Media Festival
  • Elternhaus, Website of Unifaith Fragrance MoslBuddJewChristHinDao
  • SportScheck, Expansion and maintenance of the site and various campaign websites
  • The Federal German Agency for Civic Education, Expansion and maintenance of the Project P website
  • Various internal projects (e.g. http://fork.de)
Nov 2001 – Mar 2005
Freelance
Freelance Developer, Berlin, Germany
Development and programming of client's, as well as my own projects (backend/frontend). Technical consulting and support.
Client's projects (excerpt)
  • Websites for Melitta, Berlin Philharmonic, Le Meridien Munich, ELSA Switzerland and Triad
  • Frontend templates for BMW Welt Management System and Fritz Radio
  • Philip Morris, Intranet
Own projects
  • Yay Hooray! World Map, World map with locations of Yay Hooray! members
  • Yay Hooray! Birthday, Birthday reminder service for Yay Hooray! members
  • Subproletariat.de, Blog
Nov 2001 – Mar 2005
McCann-Erickson Communications House, http://mech.de
Freelance Lead Developer, Berlin Office, Germany
Development and programming of client projects (backend/frontend). Consulting and support of the inhouse development unit.
Projects
  • Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Website of chairwoman Dr. Angela Merkel
  • Christian Social Union (CSU), Website of Dr. Edmund Stoiber, candidate for chancellor
  • Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Website of Peter Harry Carstensen, prime minister candidate of Schleswig-Holstein
  • Christian Democratic Union (CDU), CD-ROM with archived media content of the campaign
  • Deutsche Post: Dialog Specials, Interactive CD-ROM to support sales talk
  • Siemens, Various campaign websites for mobile and non-wireless phones
  • Schering, Various campaign websites for pharmaceutical products
  • T-Online: christmas campaign, Campaign website
Jul 2004 – Jan 2005
FDTdesign, http://fdtdesign.com
Freelance Developer, NYC Office, New York, USA
Development and programming of client projects (backend/frontend). Consulting and support of the inhouse development unit.
Projects
  • InSite_05, Website of the multi-national Arts Festival of San Diego and Tijuana with extensive, especially for the event developed content management system
  • AgoraXchange, Website and forum for the online community
Oct 2000 – Nov 2001
Frog Design, http://frogdesign.com
Developer Digital Media, Berlin Office, Germany
Development and programming of client projects (frontend).
Projects
  • Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, Styleguide for digital products
  • Issey Miyake & Dai Fujiwara: A-POC Making, Campaign website
  • Shimano: 50+ study, CD-ROM with interactive content
  • Websites for Elixia, Neun Live, Update.com, United Metro Mags and Gloocorp
May – Oct 2000
PopNet Kommunikation
Web Application Developer, Munich Office, Germany
Implementation of Gauss Interprise’s content management system VIP 5.0 for BMW Germany, Analysis and semi-automated adaptation of BMW.de and its multitude of dealer sites as preparation of integration into VIP 5.0, on-site backup of project relevant data.
Education
Apr 1999 – May 2000
SAE Institute, http://www.sae.edu
Berlin, Germany
Diploma Multimedia-Producer
Sep 1988 – Jul 1998
Goethe-Gymnasium
Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Major in French and fine arts.
Promoted to Freiburg Seminar, http://www.freiburg-seminar.de: Scholarship in computer science.
Professional skills
Process/Design
  • Extreme Programming (XP) and Agile/Iterative Processes
  • Object-Oriented Design and Design Patterns, Functional Programming
Languages
  • PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, ActionScript, Lingo
Related Technology
  • XML (XPath, XSL, etc.), HTML, DHTML/Javascript, AJAX, CSS, JSP, ASP
Databases
  • MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Access
Development Environments
  • Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, Apache, Tomcat, Subversion, git
Tools & Frameworks
  • jQuery, Prototype Javascript Framework, Script.aculo.us, MooTools, Dojo Toolkit, Google Web Toolkit, Yahoo! UI Library
  • Various CMS: Drupal, TYPO3, WebEdition, MediaWiki, Imperia, Gauss Interprise VIP, OpenCMS, MovableType, Wordpress
OS
  • UNIX (Linux, FreeBSD) networking and administration, Windows, MacOS
Languages
German 
– Mother tongue
English 
– Advanced knowledge; Fluent in speaking, reading and writing skills
French 
– Basic knowledge
Spanish 
– Basic knowledge
References
For more information visit my portfolio:
http://individual8.com/works

The following people may be contacted for confidential references:
David Linderman
Creative Director
Hi-Res!
317-19 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10013, USA
+1 (212) 334 3544
david@hi-res.net
Lienhard Siegmund
Head of Tech
Interone
Zirkusweg 1, 20359 Hamburg, Germany
+49 (40) 432969-5606
lienhard.siegmund@interone.de
Tobias Phleps
Board Member
MetaDesign
Leibnizstrasse 65, 10629 Berlin, Germany
+49 (30) 590054224
tphleps@metadesign.de
Collin Cole
Senior Vice President
frog design
101 W. 6th St, Suite 200, Austin, TX 78701, USA
+1 (512) 477-3764
collin.cole@frogdesign.com