Yeah JeffNat!
I worked at Jefferson National several winters and summers during school breaks in the past couple years. Recently, JeffNat launched their tax deferral comparison calculator — and just in time, too. A week ago, The Courier-Journal ran a great article on the company’s recent success.
I spent a lot of time on this project during my tenure at JeffNat. My efforts here were mostly in design and the business side of development. Originally, the calculator was presented to me as an elaborate Excel file, which needed to be translated into something more web- and user-friendly. Once these plans were laid, it was presentation time: Powerpoints and conference calls abound. Lucky me, the higher-ups would instantly recognize greatness when they see it.
From there, I crafted the inputs page to be intuitive and easy-to-use. I added a healthy dose of DOM-savvy JavaScript to validate the user’s data client-side. Try changing Portfolio Type to Custom, and enter some of your own numbers, you’ll see what I mean.
This is the second tier of Monument Advisor Xpress, the first being their annuity comparison tool. I contributed a good bit to this project as well, but also borrowed lots of elements of it for the tax deferral tool.
Admittedly, my work stands on the shoulders of giants: the Oracle & ColdFusion brilliance of Frank Wheatley and the gorgeous styles and copy by notorious ladies man Mark Forman. While it was me that coded other nice features, like the Print/Edit/Email buttons, it was entirely Mark’s genius thinking and Frank’s coding methodology that enabled such. Generous tip of the hat in their direction.
And uh.. I am no financial adviser, but from what I hear, Monument Advisor ain’t too shabby if you’re in the market for a nice annuity ;D
On the side, apologies to my visitors for the recent blankouts on here. Somewhere I’ve got a bug in my PHP that causes WordPress to run to the corner and cry. Perfect timing, too, after I’ve been showering it with praises for the past week. Talk about misbehaving in front of guests…
What say you?