SUMMARY:

• Broad PHP development skills including four years of experience developing in PHP and MySQL on a LAMP stack, and over fourteen years of experience composing HTML and CSS
• Extensive PC use which has established skills with various software programs, lite hardware repair and replacement knowledge, and troubleshooting/problem - solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• Experience in basic office suites
• Years of direct customer service experience
• Strong desire to learn and expand skillsets

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:

Web Development: NetBeans, Notepad++, Dreamweaver (up to CS5), Sublime Text, PHPStorm, WHM/cPanel

Software Management: Git

CMS: WordPress, Joomla, Mambo, OS Commerce

Internet Marketing: Google Analytics, Google AdWords, Google Webmaster Tools, RavenTools, HubSpot Suite

Graphic Design: Photoshop (up to CS5), Illustrator, Director, Fireworks, some 3rd party applications (IrfanView)

Hardware Experience:

PC Repair: Installation of all PC components (Motherboards with Processors and Memory, Hard drives, Expansion Cards)

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:

Confidential, Knoxville, TN

PHP Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing, debugging and expanding specialized office management suite
• This position primarily entailed adding new features, such as a system to control generation of checks to vendors.
• As changes are made, any discovered bugs were also corrected to the best of my abilities.
• This system was developed using several different frameworks including Doctrine (and Symphony 2), Smarty and some custom frameworks.
• All development was done in PHP, MySQL and Javascript. Javascript utilized jQuery or AngularJS for AJAX commands and dynamic functionality. The platform was built on LAMP stack (Ubuntu).

Confidential, Knoxville, TN

PHP Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for expanding existing Client/Enrollee management system
• The majority of my responsibilities include enhancements to the internal management system.
• These included developing new reports, extending and improving existing processes and collaborating on requested system changes.
• I also performed troubleshooting and debugging when errors or failed operations were discovered.
• All development was done in PHP, MySQL and Javascript/jQuery utilizing Ajax and some Bootstrap functionality.
• Most of my work was performed in an OpenSuse Linux LAMP stack environment.

Confidential

Webmaster

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintenance and development of customer management and vehicle maintenance scheduling database system and maintenance of company websites
• Initially, I managed and built upon an existing MS Access database which supported business operations
• I developed full PHP/MySQL applications to support vehicle maintenance and warehouse inventory management with both including account management.
• I utilized PHP, MySQL, AJAX and Javascript in the development of these applications.

Confidential

Website Designer/Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing layout of, and programming to support, paid membership - access system
• This project included development of user enrollment, membership payments (through PayPal), user logins, restricted document downloading, user reporting and an administrative back-end.
• Site layout and design utilized HTML 5 and CSS 3.
• Site programming utilized PHP with a MySQL database; JavaScript was sparsely incorporated for specific functionality

Confidential

SEO Technician

Responsibilities:

• Developed Search Engine Optimization proposals for client websites including detailed plans for suggested changes; changes were implemented upon approval
• SEO changes included updating site keywords, meta tags and title tags; optimizing site content to be natural and keyword-rich; and adding/updating alt and title attributes for all images and links
• Recorded data and generated reports detailing client’s current SEO rankings and site status using metrics gathered from RavenTools and Google Analytics
• Reviewed and optimized client Google AdWords accounts to insure efficient use of advertising budget
• Implemented changes through the Joomla CMS interface including page-specific changes, template changes and module/plug-in augmentations
• Utilized HTML and CSS through Joomla interface and through cPanel HTML editor
• Generated reports with MS Word; created data set spreadsheet using MS Excel

Confidential

Web Designer

Responsibilities:

• As Website Design Coordinator, I managed all incoming website tasks (changes, repairs, updates, etc.) and designated assignments to production team members
• Performed website changes including site content updates, image changes, new-feature implementations, minor database or server debugging and site restoration.
• Worked with HTML and CSS; set up Javascript on various sites; worked in PHP to fix minor site/database errors; migrated sites to new servers; utilized WHM/cPanel for server access and maintenance
• Utilized Dreamweaver (CS3-4) and basic text editors for HTML/CSS and PHP; utilized Photoshop (CS3-4) and IrfanView for image editing
• Customer service - took changes from customers by phone and email; met with customers in person to establish site designs, documented any noted site issues, and established production schedules for recording and processing significant site changes
• Utilized ACT 2007 CRM to manage customer information