You might belong in Hufflepuff, where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true and unafriad of toil.
— The Sorting Hat, from A very important ceremony by J. K. Rowling
Introduction
Name: | Usman Ahmad Khwaja |
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Traits: | Loyal, patient, fair, hard-working, true |
Age: | |
Location: | Newark, NJ |
I am a highly motivated and goal-oriented individual with 5+ years of experience in Web Development. With a focus on front-end engineering, my work has revolved around the balance between performance and end-user experience in web applications. I am extremely enthusiastic about all technology.
Education
Masters in Business & Information Systems
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark
September 2023 – Active
Currently enrolled at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and expect to graduate in the winter of 2024
Bachelors of Science (Hons) in Games Technology
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology
Cyberjaya
August 2011 – August 2015
3.82 CGPA. Key areas of study included Programming, Business, Marketing, Digital Modeling, Animation, Artificial Intelligence, Unity and Unreal Engine.
Experience
Solar systems technician
Self-employed
Lahore
November 2022 - March 2023
Installed solar systems in low-income areas. For each project, I evaluated energy demand, determined the path of sunlight, predicted shadows, calculated energy potential, and designed the layout for the solar system to be installed. Completed installation of panels, inverters, batteries, and wiring in several locations. Proudly helped to reduce the cost of electricity and made families less dependent on the grid during power cutoffs.
Web manager
Al-Huda International Welfare Foundation
Islamabad
February 2018 - February 2020
Took over responsibilities to maintain websites - alhudapk.com, aispk.org, farhathashmi.com. Ensured that the web servers, hardware, and software were operating accurately at all times. Integrated a new 3-D secure payment gateway for donations and set up web-accessible tools for managing transaction records and receipts. My work resulted in nearly doubling the amount of online donations for the non-profit.
Web Manager
Al-Huda Publications
Islamabad
February 2018 - February 2020
Managed and maintained their e-commerce website - alhudapublications.org. Updated the online store daily by adding new products and filling the catalog with SEO data. Managed invoices and performed troubleshooting of any issues regarding payments and purchases. Produced weekly reports on user search and usage analytics and saw an increase in traffic as more meta and structured data was added to product pages by me.
JAMStack Developer
The Developer Line
Rawalpindi
January 2017 - January 2018
Joined a small DevOps team and worked with agile web development methodologies. Used Vue.js, ASP.NET, and WordPress to successfully deliver dozens of prototypes in a short period. Completed projects for a fast food vendor, a shoe shop, and an implementation of a document sharing and signing application for an organization.
Lead Front-end Engineer
Qairus
Lahore
November 2015 - December 2016
Did front-end development for their startup IoT and QMS projects. Created fundamental UX layouts for the product's customer portal and the company website. Produced several graphical assets such as icons, logos, and other UI elements.
Internship
Royaah Services
Puchong
December 2014 - March 2015
Worked on a university searching portal - findcourse.net. Designed icons, logos, posters, and other digital assets. Created illustrations for print media marketing materials.
Assistant Trainee
Mother & Child Health Care Centre of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
Islamabad
April 2011 - July 2011
Provided services in a project of computer networking and centralization of data of MCH Center at PIMS. Assisted the project manager in charge of the Hospital Information and Management Department. Supervised the Installation and layout of networking infrastructure. And helped in the procurement of equipment such as servers, network cables, switches, and hubs. Participated in the cutting and splicing of fiber optics, and configuration of switches.
Abilities
Skills
- HTML5
- CSS3
- Sass
- Bootstrap
- JavaScript
- JQuery
- Gulp
- Git
- WordPress
- PHP
- MySQL
- Webpack
- Vue.js
- Django
Tools
- Windows
- Linux
- Visual Studio Code
- Firefox
- WebKit Browsers
- MS Office Suite
- Photoshop
- Illustrator