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Relevant Skills
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Expert:

  • HTML/CSS/JS - 19 years
  • PHP/MySQL - 16 years
  • WordPress - 8 years
  • Less/Sass - 5 years

Intermediate:

  • Node.js/Express - 4 years
  • Python 2.7 & 3.x - 4 years
  • Laravel/Forge/Spark - 2 years
  • NoSQL/MongoDB - 1 year

Recent:

  • React & React Native - 1 year
  • Twig/Timber - 1 year
  • Flask - 1 year

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Work Experience
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APPLICATION DEVELOPER @ CDI CORPORATION – Mar 2015 to Jan 2017

  • Supported technical recruitment & payroll app for multiple Fortune 500 & Global 1000 clients.
  • Created contractor certification & compliance tracking system used by Canadian energy companies.
  • Performed visual redesign of mobile & desktop web interfaces, and specced API & native mobile app.
  • Developed automated user simulation test scripts using Selenium WebDriver and its Python library.

WEB DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT @ SELF-EMPLOYED – Dec 2011 to present

  • Redesign & content creation for home medical services firm. (WordPress, PharmaPlus, CSS)
  • Served as online editor of quarterly academic magazine. (HTML/CSS)
  • Created responsive themes, custom data structures, and plugins. (WordPress)
  • Built features for disruptive medical equipment marketplace app. (CodeIgniter, Foundation, Phinx)
  • Designed and built MLS aggregator (phRETS) and photo storage app (imgur API & Unirest)
  • User & content migration, built custom crypto & user hierarchy modules. (WordPress & Drupal)
  • Data structure and meta queries for executive searches & staff directory. (WordPress, Toolset Types)
  • Built extensions for car dealership inventory, coupons, and promotions. (SilverStripe)

TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER @ OMEGACON – May 2013 to Jan 2016

  • Started local gaming convention and grew it to ~600 attendees in six months w/ a $0 ad budget.
  • Built annual responsive WordPress themes based on Bones & Joints frameworks.
  • Created online event ticketing system using WPEC & UAM plugins + custom code.
  • Negotiated group rates and promotions with various clubs & organizations to drive attendance.
  • Directed art & content asset creation for annual themed redesigns; created some minor art assets.
  • Led other technical projects such as LAN administration, equipment sourcing, and app design.

WEB DEVELOPER @ THE IVY GROUP – Dec 2008 to Sep 2011

  • Built sites and apps for clients of full-service advertising, marketing, public relations, and library services agency.
  • Co-created proprietary form/app builder for rapid generation of schemas and site scaffolds.
  • Conducted requirements-gathering meetings, focus-group testing, client training seminars, and interviews.

HELPDESK TECHNICIAN @ SHERIDAN REAL ESTATE – Jun 2007 to Oct 2008

  • Built and maintained computers for use by agents.
  • Performed troubleshooting on hardware and software issues.

WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPER @ NORTHERN ARIZONA MUSCLE TISSUE INSTITUTE – Oct 2006 to Dec 2006

  • Added features by request to massage therapy appointment scheduling system.
  • Rebuilt some existing static HTML aspects of application as data-driven versions.

GRAPHIC DESIGNER @ COMMONWEALTH ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – Aug 2006 to Oct 2006

  • Created photorealistic rendering of non-existent house for cover/promotional art in building proposals.
  • Designed new company logo based on scans of previous handdrawn logo from old blueprints.

QUALITY ASSURANCE LEAD @ MYNETCENTRAL – Jul 2001 to Mar 2002

  • Oversaw testing of customer-reported & internally discovered issues with web hosting service.
  • Performed administrative maintenance and assisted users with special technical requirements.
  • Assisted with homepage redesign and new feature design & documentation.

SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER @ PRIME MERIDIAN SOFTWARE – Nov 1999 to Aug 2001

  • Co-managed newly formed testing team at Microsoft-partnered medical residency systems firm.
  • Designed/developed automated tests in Rational Robot, Segue SilkTest, and Visual Basic.
  • Created test documentation in accordance with Rational Unified Process.

GRAPHICS TECHNICIAN @ MCQUAY INTERNATIONAL – Aug 1998 to Mar 1999

  • Modified scanned images of HVAC designs to adhere to certain formatting criteria.
  • Images were used in system that let builders access designs from terminals in machine shop.