Biography
Jens Meiert (ينس ميزت), born September, 1978 in Northern Germany, is a professional web designer, developer, and author working as a webmaster for Google. His career includes (also see 2007 résumé in PDF format and profile at LinkedIn):
| From | To | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1999-10 | 2000-06 | Career start as a web decorator in a web company in Varel, Frisia. |
| 2000-08 | 2001-07 | Development and maintenance of the multi-client communication platform of Unified Messaging specialist CANBOX, Oldenburg. |
| 2001-04 | Foundation of erde/drei, Jens Meiert’s later freelance business. | |
| 2003-12 | First article for Germany’s web design magazine Dr. Web. | |
| 2004-02 | Launch of UITest.com, a hub for web development resources and tools. | |
| Membership in the Interaction Design Association. For about two years, Jens Meiert supports the IxDA as the team lead for the German website. | ||
| 2004-06 | Membership in the German Chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association. Within the following years, Jens Meiert helps organizing the “Munich Usability Day”, gives talks, and supports the organization by event sponsorships (Mensch & Computer, Usability Professionals). | |
| 2004-07 | Web standards compliant relaunch of GMX, Munich, one of Europe’s biggest online communication providers. As information architect and web developer, Jens Meiert shows that and how multi-billion page impressions companies as well as their customers benefit from web standards. | |
| 2004-12 | First expert review for O’Reilly by advising for the German edition of Eric Meyer’s CSS Pocket Reference. Work on half a dozen other O’Reilly books follows since. | |
| 2005-04 | 2006-03 | Invited Expert in W3C’s WCAG Working Group. |
| 2005-11 | Release of the book Webdesign mit CSS (O’Reilly). | |
| 2005-11 | 2007-04 | Membership in the “steering committee” of the Webkrauts, an association of German web designers and developers. |
| 2006-08 | 2007-07 | Engagement for Aperto, Berlin, for which Jens Meiert develops internal projects and standards, and leads the implementation of both governmental and corporate websites, like for example Stiftung Warentest. |
| 2006-10 | Launch of web art and CSS experiment “The World’s Highest Website”, available in 23 languages. | |
| 2007-05 | Membership in W3C’s HTML Working Group. | |
| 2007-08 | Release of the second edition of Webdesign mit CSS. | |
| 2007-08 | 2008-03 | Freelance consultation and development for companies like Aperto, CeWe Color, Environmental Analyses Dr. Guse, OpenKnowledge, Sohomint, and Triplemind. |
| 2008-03 | Intensified charity work including one-time and regular donations for people in need (Selbsthilfe für Wohnungslose e.V., Schweizer Tafeln). | |
| 2008-04 | Marriage with Google, leading efforts with respect to Quality Assurance as well as Education & Outreach. | |
| 2008-07 | Launch of the example.ms test domain. | |
| 2008-10 | Launch of the “Code Responsibly” initiative, available in 5 languages. | |
| 2009-04 | Membership in the ACM. | |
Biography