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As a freelance consultant and a Web Development Manager of J.S Paluch Company, Inc., I've been actively involved in various E-Commerce and Systems project for the real client in order to get a valuable exposure to complex computer operations, software development, as well as to develop an understanding of the purpose of the project in relation to major operational systems. Below I've furnished some of my project accomplishment and information about my ongoing project for your reading pleasure. 

» MBCnet.org and RadioHOF.org
» MotivationOnline.com
» BACUSA.org
» DePaul.edu
» SereneArt.com
» Kern's Entertainment, Inc
» 'AYSO-American Youth Soccer Organization'
» Computer Consulting Unlimited, Inc
» CCP Systems Project

MBCnet.org and RadioHOF.org
Working as a webmaster and multimedia designer for The Museum of Broadcast Communications, a Chicago's non-profit organization, maintaining and adding updated event info to the museums two existing sites MBCnet.org for the museum and Radiohof.org for the only website of Radio Hall of Fame in the nation, 

In addition to the general design of the web presence, creating a stimulating and e-commerce presence with demand. While the Museum has taken small steps in the direction of commercial viability, the nature of the Museum in terms of content presents an open slate for e-commerce potential.

Web Tools: Macromedia DreamWeaver, Flash 4, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator, HTML, JavaScript, ASP. 
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MotivationOnline.com
Supporting and managing a web-based software systems in a customer and technical service environment as a System Tester and Technical Service Provider. 

Testing Tools: MS SQL Server 7.0, Seagate Crystal Reports, MS Excel, SortUte 7.0, Browser (IE, Netscape) 
Developing Environment: HTML, JavaScript, Java, Perl/CGI, ASP.

Responsibilities includes: 
» Accept incidents and/or error reports on Motivation Online (MOL) applications from various sources (MOL Project Managers, Clients, etc.) 
» Find incidents as part of the MOL Quality Testing process. 
» Help set up and manage internal systems to log incidents by type and track their progress through the resolution process. 
» Help diagnose issues as the arise, to provide input to the developers that can help them to fix the problems. 
» Suggests solutions to system issues, improvements to internal processes, training enhancements, or client communications. 
» Reconcile financial account information across systems. 
» Troubleshoot credit card approval and processing issues. 
» Report on the status of issues as needed. 
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BACUSA.org
As an active member of Bangladesh Association of ChicagoLand (BAC) - a membership-based, non-profit, tax-exempt organization without affiliation to any political parties in Bangladesh or in the US, founded by Dr. Fazlur R. Khan, I've developed a web site BACUSA.org to provide better community service through online. One of the biggest advantages of the site is that the users can now be able to renew their membership and become a new member by submitting the online application form. The site has local news, classifieds and special activities at BAC, and information about Bangladesh with various useful weblinks. I've started working for this site from December 1999 and updated and maintained the site as a Webmaster since then. This is a 100% volunteer effort that I'm providing as a part of my contribution to the Bangladeshi community in greater ChicagoLand area and abroad. 
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DePaul.edu
Description: Design, prototyping and evaluation of e-commerce web sites. Context of usability in the project development life cycle. User/task analysis with emphasis on the first time and the infrequent user. Content organization. User testing with low fidelity prototypes. Issues of perceived privacy and security.

My Role: Worked as a facilitator while redesigned the DePaul CTI web site concentrating on the content related to procedural issues encountered by the users. 

Tools used: FrontPage 2000 for HTML editor, Paint Shop Pro 6.0 for graphics and layouts and Dynamic HTML using JavaScript. Since the end product was only a prototype, we've used the same contents of the current web site for our redesigned site.

After we've tested the newly designed Web pages with at least five users, we've communicated our findings in a report form. The goal of the report was to describe strengths and weaknesses in the prototype and to suggest actions for improvement.

Click to see a PowerPoint presentation of our final deliverables to the instructor and students as a client and audience. 

Click here to view the proposed redesigned web site by our team. If you wish to compare the redesigned site with the current site, click DePaul CTI 

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what design is NOT:
» just pretty pictures
» gift wrap for the application
» quick visual solution for back end integation
» always a fast process

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» strategic and logical
» tangible and subjective
» enhance effective usability
» integrates users and back end through interface & experience
» visually ties together--
  -- business imperative
  -- user needs
  -- features and functionality
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