Resume
Salt Lake City, UT
Summary
| Ten plus years experience as a web developer, webmaster and software engineer. Recognized for ability to create innovative solutions for rich content management and delivery challenges. Works well in team environment. Seeking a challenging opportunity that will allow me to continue developing skills with a variety of internet technologies. |
Computer Skills
| PrimaryHTML 5, CSS 3, Javascript, PHP, Sass, Ajax, JSON, XML, Git, Slack, Apache Web Server (LAMP stack), Unix/Linux, Windows, iOS, WordPress, Joomla, Clickability/Velocity, NetBeans IDE, MVC Architecture, JQuery, MySQL, MediaWiki, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator. | |
| Development Specialized in front end web development primarily using WordPress and Joomla platforms and web software development with PHP, Javascript and HTML/CSS. Experienced with full LAMP stack management. Development of fully responsive email marketing pages. |
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| Some Experience with: Less, Java, Angular JS, Bootstrap, Node JS, Tampermonkey, Ruby on Rails, PhpStorm IDE, Android Studio IDE, Eclipse IDE, Zend Framework, Flash, Premiere, After Effects. |
Experience
| 2018 – present | Freelance Web Developer |
| 2015 – 1018 | Web Software Engineer, Axis41/MerkleServed on the software development team working with talented designers to create cutting edge, fully responsive custom websites for major local and national corporations. Some client sites that I helped in the development or maintenance of are: Ken Garff Project Listen, California Bank and Trust, Studies Weekly, EdgeConnex, H.B. Fuller, Infotraxsys. |
| 2000 – 2015 | Webmaster, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of UtahEstablished and maintained all of the Institute’s web presence including setup, configuration and management of the web servers, excluding hardware maintenance and OS installation which was handled by the Institute’s IT team. Worked closely with SCI’s graphic designer and media group manager, Nathan Galli, to develop and maintain the Institute’s main website as well as its many collaborative project websites, wikis and forums.Was primarily responsible for a major migration of all web resources to new web servers. This included setup and configuration of the apache server, upgrading and migrating over 20 Joomla CMS based sites, over 15 MediaWikis and one vBulletin forums.
Developed custom components for the SCI website including: • JoomBib – An online publications library management system. Joombib provides frontend and backend tools for uploading publications and entering related bibliographic data in an enforced BibTeX compliant format. • SCI Software Dissemination – A component for easy software package publication and dissemination. Collects download data for automatic generation of analytics reports. • Events Calendar – A component for managing and selectively displaying both public and private events such as seminars, demos, distinguished lectures, meetings, conferences and workshops. |
| 2005 | Website Developer and Photographer, Association of Space Explorers Nineteenth International CongressSelected by State Science Advisor, Greg Jones, to develop a state of the art website for the Nineteenth International Congress of the Association of Space Explorers which was held in Salt Lake City and hosted by former Utah state senator Jake Garn. This week long event drew together fifty six astronauts and cosmonauts from 10 nations. I developed the site which represented its international nature and included a Flash animation simulating a “Journey to the Planets.” Also served as a photographer for the event, accompanying astronauts as they visited schools, held technical sessions, visited areas of cultural and social interest, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies. |
| 1996 – 1998 | Internet Service Provider, Umbriel Internet Services, Salt Lake City, UtahOwned and operated a small company Umbriel LLC. Set customers up with internet connectivity and provided technical assistance, tutoring, and web development services. Handled all marketing, promotion, accounting, billing and customer relations. |
Education
| Skilled at self-educationThe majority of my education and skill development has been self-directed. While classroom education is useful, I believe it is imperative to continually educate oneself in order to keep up with the constantly changing environment of technology. I use my imagination to conceive challenging projects then take advantage of all resources available to bring the project to completion. Beyond technology, I am also interested in science, history, art, music and philosophy. | |
| 2000 | Associate of Science in Visual Arts (Multimedia Specialization) Salt Lake Community College |
| 1995 – 1996 | Completed several courses as a Telecommunications major University of Utah |
| 1994 | Associate of Science in General Education Salt Lake Community College |
Honors
| 2015 | Honored for 15 years of service to the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute and the University of Utah |
| 1996 | Inducted to Kappa Tau Alpha, National Honor Society in Journalism and Mass Communications University of Utah |