A brief introduction to Wezz
Hi! I'm Wezz Balk, an senior web Developer specialized in Front-end development; Socially competent nerd; Club arranger; Fire artist (Poi spinner).
Fast facts
- Name
- Wezz Balk
- Age
- 39 years
- Home
- Sweden, Stockholm, Södermalm
- Family
- Girlfriend & Cat
- Languages
- Fluid in English and Swedish
Experience highlights
- Over a decade of professional experience working with Web Development
- Created markup for +300 websites
- Specified and developed numerous web applications
- Sales management system
- Resource booking system (very complex but fast and flexible architecture)
- Timesheet registration assistance tool
- Issue management tool (in Adobe AIR)
- Mobile Poll system
- Fridge kiosk sales system (Touchscreen interface)
- Mashups / API implementations with
- Google Maps / Virtual Earth
- Google Charts
- Liquid Planner
- Spotify
- Created a Layar layer called Sthlm Metro
- Created a lightweight CMS system based using PHP & XSLT. Focus was fast implementation and development.
Wezz is one of the quickest most prolific developers out there. Seeing him work is a sheer joy; even though you have no way of keeping up with what he's doing, you can just smile at the results. What's more is this guy is a great all-rounder and knows his way around the turf in all kinds of development environments, not just front-end development. My personal pick for a start-up
When it comes to web development Wezz is a master of most techniques; HTML, CSS, DOM, Javascript, Ajax etc
Skills
(Hurray for Buzzwords & Abbreviations)Programming languages
- Great
- (X)HTML(5)/CSS, JavaScript, XSLT
- Proficient
- PHP, SQL, ASP/VB script, C#
- Beginner
- Ruby on rails
- Tools of trade
- Brain & Hands, Photoshop, e, Visual Studio
Employments
Web Developer (Front-end) (Senior Developer)
- Employer
- Comprend (Formerly KW Digital, a Sister company to Hallvarsson & Halvarsson)
- Duration
- 2012 November – Now
- Description
-
Additional responsibilities/roles
- Member of the operative steering group for Digital Communications.
- Responsible for Front-end development and FE coding standards
- Technical sales assistance
Board member / Club arranger
- Employer
- Syntax Error / Svenska Spelmusikfrämjandet
- Duration
- 2009 August – Now
- Description
- Arrange the monthly nightclub Syntax Error. Sweden's biggest nerd club.
Web Developer (Front-end) (Lead Developer)
- Employer
- Hallvarsson & Halvarsson
- Duration
- 2010 November – 2012 November
- Description
-
Additional responsibilities/roles
- Member of the operative steering group for Digital Communications.
- Responsible for Front-end development and FE coding standards
- Technical sales assistance
Web Developer (Front-end) (Lead Developer)
- Employer
- Softronic / Milagro Business Partner
- Duration
- 2009 November – 2010 November
- Description
- Milagro was bought and integrated into Softronic in the summer of 2010
Web Developer (Front-end) (Lead Developer)
- Employer
- Orbitsville AB
- Duration
- 2002 December – 2009 August
- Description
-
Additional responsibilities/roles
- Post-production resource manager
- Internal invoice
- Technical sales assistance
Web director/Web editor
- Employer
- HB Svenska Dagbladets AB & Co
- Duration
- 2001 February - 2001 December
- Description
- Published tomorrows paper on SvD.se.
IT support/Help desk (Temp)
- Employer
- WM-data Assistans Företagspartner AB
- Duration
- 1999 June - 2000 July
- Description
- Same as the previous position (WM-data took over the Support department).
IT support/Help desk (Temp)
- Employer
- HB Svenska Dagbladets AB & Co
- Duration
- 1998 June - 1999 March
- Description
- Worked as a support technician in a Macintosh dominated environment.
Other Engagements
Eggs Inc
I helped redesign and set up the website within the constraints of the cms