Kotaro Kokubo

Qualification

• Expert of front-end technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and web accessibility. Have addressed “Web Standards” compliant development since 8 years ago.
• Have experience of and good at designing implementation architecture of large websites (including national client's) for multiple countries and in multiple languages.
• With wide range of knowledge about computer, program, and design, can communicate with those professionals deeply and fluently.
• Have experience of writing articles on magazines and lecture for over 300 audience. Presentation skill is reputable.

Lectures

• “Bottom up IA from perspective of document model” at CSS Nite LP7 (2009)
• “Beginner's Guide to User Experience” at The Days of Web Standards 2007 (2007)
• “Philosophy of Coding” at CSS Nite LP3 (2007)
• “Design and Development Website with Component” at CSS Nite LP2 (2006)

Publications

• Round table discussion on “The Web at the time for a change” (2007)
• Chapter “The Concept of Component Based Website Development” on “Dreamweaver Professional Style” book (2006)
• Article “Managing CSS with Dreamweaver” on “des” magazine (2004)

Work Experience

Independent Web Designer as nodot March 2010 - present

• Front-end architect as an indepenedet contractor.
• Front-end architecture, UI design, UI development.

Information Architects, Inc. May 2009 - March 2010

• Interface Designer.
• UI design, Front-end development.

Business Architects, Inc. March 2002 - September 2008

• Sub Lead of Markup Design Engineer Group, Front-end Programmer
• Devised and introduced the concept called “Component Based Web Site Development” to improve website development processes.
• Directed JavaScript team to develop and provide internal libraries.

Eclipse Corporation December 2001 - March 2002

• Designed and developed websites.
• Had experience to design and develop web pages with strictly defined style guide of global company.

Freelance Web Developer April 2001 - December 2001

• Developed front-end of websites.

Education

Faculty of International Relations, Asia University Tokyo, Japan 1995 - 1997

• International Relations.

Western Washington University WA, United States, 1996

• Regular program of learning American culture and English.
  Extra classes of music.

Skills

Computer

• Languages: (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, and XML
• Applications: Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Apache, Subversion, Google Docs, MS Office

Design

• Have knowledge of color, layout, typography, photography, user interface, usability, accessibility and user experience.

Language

• Japanese: native
• English: basic business communication

Additional information

Musical Experience

• Studied percussion under Patrick Roulet at WWU.
• Studied drum set under Osami Mizuno.
• Won a scholarship of Berklee College of Music.
• Released two albums with own band in Japan.
• Have experiences of recordings and concerts as a drummer.