SUMMARY:

• An experienced web developer with a wide range of experience across all phases of design, development and marketing. Specializing the open source platforms and tools for design and development, and experienced in user interface and user experience design, search engine optimization and social media marketing strategies.
• Building an entire high demand advertising and target marketing server for the Star Tribune, which is still in use today on many of their web properties. PHP/MySQL platform, using effective caching to keep up with the demand, and aggregating targeted email lists of members by demographic data queries.
• Creating everything from the database schema, to UI/UX, to advanced SQL queries and advertisement delivery.
• Managing a group of web based survey systems in multiple languages for Questar Data Systems. The legacy systems in Classic ASP, newer system administration/reporting tools in Java/JSP, survey side remained in Classic ASP that were built from XML feeds retrieved from the admin tool, all running on SQL Server databases.
• Creating a very dynamic eCommerce platform for Total Source Solutions that consumed third party XML data feeds of product information to create product pages and order placement that were fulfilled by the third party pick, pack and ship vendor. Creating the UI/UX of the catalog and shopping cart, XML format and the .Net code to parse and display the products.
• Creating a weather/flight rule application for Telvent DTN, for use by Confidential that consumed satellite retrieved weather data, and using it to determine current weather conditions and associated flight rules. Created the PHP code and the resulting front end UI.
• Developed a new eCommerce system for a small manufacturer of boxing/kickboxing gear for Confidential, based on HTML5 and CSS3 with full responsive design and integrated with the Cart32 ordering system. Creating all of the HTML5 and CSS3 code, using jQuery JavaScript and designing the entire UI.
• Updating the SaaS eLearning platform for Thomson Reuters to include law firm staff management, assignments, completion records and reporting. Done is Classic ASP and SQL Server with heavy use of AJAX and the Yahoo YUI. Also very involved in UI/UX design and security planning.
• Created many reporting systems for many reasons and industries including not only the tabled results or pipe, bar and pie charting of the results, but also the complex SQL queries that retrieved them.
• Designed UI/UX and coded a custom CRM system for Hearth & Home in VB.Net including many - to-many relationships between brands and dealers and the database design to support it.
• Developing an online community for home recording musicians including articles, tutorials, message forum. Currently one of the top 3 of it’s kind. Programming and designing everything myself including HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, Responsive design formatting, web service consumption to manage product catalogs for place I affiliate with.
• Installation, configuration, administration, custom theming and custom module development for multi-tenant Drupal and Wordpress CMS’s for a variety of companies, most notably, Confidential and Dolan Media.
• Being asked by Google to join their “Top Contributor” program in the AdSense system, which gets me insider information on upcoming feature additions, the chance for early adoption of them, and often access to apply for beta testing of new products from Google including Nexus, Chromebook, Glass and more.

TECHNOLOGIES:

• PHP (and Yii Framework)
• Classic ASP
• VB.Net
• Java
• MySQL
• SQL Server
• MS Access
• SQL
• MySQL Workbench
• PHPMyAdmin
• SQL Server Query Analyzer
• XML
• XSL (and XSL-FO)
• HTML / HTML5
• CSS / CSS3
• JavaScript
• Prototype JS jQuery
• Yahoo YUI
• AJAX
• Responsive Design
• UI / UX
• Social Media Marketing
• SEO
• Open Graph schema.org Rich Snippets
• Subversion SVN
• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe
• Drupal
• Wordpress
• Joomla
• Custom Built CMS
• Photoshop
• GIMP
• NetBeans
• TextMate
• Dreamweaver
• Visual Studio
• Aptana
• Eclipse
• Various shareware text editors

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Eden Prairie, MN

Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP/MySQL, SQL, Git, GitSwarm, Responsive Design

Tools: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Text Wrangler, OSx Terminal, Acquia Dev Desktop, Drupal 7

Responsibilities:

• Developing the Confidential corporate web site, which runs on Drupal 7, helping the Marketo templating for landing pages and email marketing, improving SEO as opportunities present themselves and analyzing traffic analytics. Also helping as a backup for the local IT guy with desktop support and network troubleshooting.

Confidential, St Louis Park, MN

Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP/MySQL, SQL, SVN, HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Design, Yii, Amazon and Rackspace Cloud hosting

Tools: EditPlus text editor, WinSCP, PuTTY, Gimp, Amazon AWS (Linux), Apache, Magento, Drupal

Responsibilities:

• Working with development and marketing departments to develop and maintain company marketing sites (on Drupal 7) and software - as-a-service applications. Hosted in the Rackspace Cloud.
• I recently replaced the original version of our flagship product, Confidential Online. It resulted in cutting hosting fees by 75%, increased speed by 200% minimum, more in certain areas, with 100% uptime 3 months after full launch.
• I also manage the company’s network, Wi-Fi, laptops, Exchange, Google Apps and phone systems, as this is a small startup with limited resources.

Confidential, Eden Prairie, MN

Technologies: PHP/MySQL, HTML, AJAX, CSS, JavaScript, XML, XSL, Prototype JS, SQL, Stored Procedures, Client Analytic Reporting, Release Management, SVN

Tools: TextMate, NetBeans, SVN, Apache, ImageMagick, AntennaHouse, LucidCharts, Beanstalk SVN, Gimp, Linux, MySQL Workbench, MySQL command line

Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining custom portals for clients to order direct mail pieces, email and SMS marketing campaigns as well as performance analytics associated with the campaigns.
• Work included wireframing and designing new portal UI with a very dynamic AJAX driven interface, third party web services and server side objects to assemble printable PDF documents.
• Projects were waterfall methodology in the beginning and moved more toward agile in the last 6 months of my time there.