Charles T. Lau | tigershark@mac.com

Expertise

I began developing for the web in late 1993. I am an award-winning web developer who implemented the University at Buffalo's first external web site (www.buffalo.edu) in 1995, followed by the Schools of Law, Management, and Engineering. I cofounded Tapestry Design Group in 1996, and created websites for clients in downstate New York. My last major project, "Origin of a Browser," attracted much interest - from members of the original team who created Netscape to national newspapers - including the New York Times.

I seriously maimed my web design career in the 90's when I decided to head off to med school. However, I guess it was a necessary sacrifice in my bid to become the first skater to be board certified to read his own x-rays after he breaks his arm/jaw/leg while thrashing.

I work in a big hospital in Philadelphia, PA. That's right, the city that turned a world famous symbol of skateboarding populated by Philadelphia's youth into an unskateable park populated by vagrants and itinerants. (Free link to dudes at SAN.)

Experience

Co-Founder | March 1996-December 1996
Tapestry Design Group
Designed, implemented and delivered customer-focused Web sites for corporate clients. Majority of time spent developing intelligent user interfaces, site organization, scripting and graphic design.

Web Architect | May 1995-August 1997
Electronic Media Group, University at Buffalo
Responsible for creating graphics, layouts, and interface designs for all web-based projects at the University of Buffalo, the flagship of the State University of New York. Provided intensive internet programming support as well.

Web Master/Web Developer | October 1994-June 1996
Department of Chemical Engineering, University at Buffalo
Designed and maintained departmental site used by students and professors.

Freelance Web Developer | 1995-Present
Worked on numerous smaller projects in different capacities for non-profit organizations and special interests. The majority of work entailed creating and working with graphics, layouts, interface designs and programming.

Education

B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering, from University at Buffalo, 1996

M.D. degree, from University at Buffalo, 2000

Skills

  • HTML layout and design (strong: 4 years of experience)
  • Javascript and Java Programming (moderate experience: 2 1/2 years)
  • Fortran programming (strong: 6 years)
  • Photoshop (strong: 3 years)
  • Audio editing (moderate: 3 years)

Personal Web Projects

Spaceman Spiff's Launchpad, a web site highlighting the adventures of my favorite superhero.

Origin of a Browser, a time capsule and museum dedicated to Netscape, circa 1994.

Temporal Bone CT: if you don't know what this is, you probably won't care either.