Portfolio of Ben Dekarske
 
A few examples of my recent work, that can be presented to the public, are listed here. As always, there are other things that never came to fruition, or I'm just not allowed to present them for whatever reason. The newest ones are all standards-compliant besides the usual clean, professional look. If you wish to discuss doing work with me, use the contact form.
EARNworks
 
EARNworks.com
March 2009 - April 2009 2008, View Site
This promotional/informational website created for the U.S. Department of Labor provides a valuable resource to our nation's disabled service members. Work involved coding the re-designed home page.
 
America's Heroes at Work
 
America's Heroes at Work
June 2008 - August 2008, View Site
This promotional/informational website created for the U.S. Department of Labor provides a valuable resource to our nation's service members. Features over thirty pages of static content.
 
1StopKBShop.com
 
1StopKBShop
March 2007 - October 2007, View Site
This project featured a fully-functional content management system to manage the products and site content, photo upload for the site administrators and a flash-based intro screen for a customer that doesn't need to be technical to maintain their online business presence.
 
Afton Alps Riding Development Team
 
Afton SBDT
December 2005 - December 2006, View Site
Created an informational flash website for the Afton Alps Snowboard Development team, complete with event data, news, and pictures. Biggest feature is a tie-in to the league's scoring application (also written by myself), which can display competition result data right on the website for the competitors and their parents.
 
Homeland Security and Defense Business Council
 
HSDBC
March - April 2006, View Site
Designed and developed this website from the ground up after Council's director wanted a new look. Features include a fully-customizable administration section, as well as the member's ability to update content without having to contact the webmaster.
 
RT GO Registered Traveler Program
 
RT GO
November 2005 - September 2006, View Site
Created the flash prototype website for the Unisys flavor of the Registered Traveler Program. Has since undergone a large revision for colors and content, but that was after I was finished with the design.
 
US-VISIT Exit Kiosk
 
US-VISIT
December 2003 - September 2006, View Site
Designed, implemented, and deployed a kiosk solution for the U.S. Government's Department of Homeland Security. An innovative design that uses video for primary instruction on how to go through the process, this kiosk also contains translations for the most popular languages of U.S. visitors.
 
Cargo Portal Services
 
CPS
August 2002 - September 2006, View Site
Designed the user interface as well as created the website for the world's first multi-carrier cargo portal. Users are able to create and track their shipments in real-time, get rate estimates, check schedules, and more.