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Nick Shontz

Missoula, MT

abo3o4@r.postjobfree.com

Introduction

I am passionate about technology. I love playing with new gadgets and tinkering with

code, trying to unlock and leverage the potential they hold. Over the last ten years I've

worked on a variety of platforms, languages, databases and frameworks and I've spent most

of those years working within the LAMP stack, right now I'm really interested in API

development. I am interested in continuing to improve my skills and learn new ones here in

Missoula.

Some Things I Enjoy

Linux

Apache

MySQL

PHP

CodeIgniter

XPath

RESTful API's

Git

Web Mapping (GIS)

jQuery

HTML5/CSS3

Adobe InDesign

Photography

Canoeing

Homebrewing

Missoula

scp

grep

wget

vim

Projects

Web Mapping for The University of Montana

map.umt.edu

Fall 2008

Web GIS project that uses shape data

Created using open source tools: PostgreSQL + PostGIS, Tilemile, Mapnik & OpenLayers

Includes interactive features including toggleable layersProfessional Development

Course Manager for Information Technology at UM

www.umt.edu/apps/it/shortcourse

Summer 2011

Uses Cascade CMS, CodeIgniter & jQuery

Migrated course data from MSSQL to MySQL

Featured at SIGUCCS 2012

Manages over 100 courses taken by over 650 users, totalling over 1400 registrations

Homepage rewrite for The University of Montana

www.umt.edu

Summer 2012

Converted the site from C#.NET to PHP

Uses Cascade CMS, CodeIgniter & jQuery

Includes versioned, secured RESTful API

Load balanced across 4 RHEL servers

Places I Have Worked

Information Technology,

University of MontanaSystems Analyst

Missoula, MT

2007 - Present

.NET and PHP/CodeIgniter Development

Setup and administration of servers with the LAMP stack

Participated in several major server migrations for primary web servers at The University

of Montana

Assisted in training and supervision of student employees

FedEx Kinko'sSenior Project Coordinator

Missoula, MT

2006 - 2007

Supervised floor, coordinated employee breaks, and resolved schedule conflicts

Worked as a liaison to bridge gap between team members and management

Responsible for orders finished on time and done correctly

Acted as first point of contact for customer conflict resolution

Document Creation Technician

Missoula, MT

2005 - 2006

Created custom documents for customers, including business cards, fliers and postcards,

among others

Worked directly with printing presses on the production of high-volume and complex orders

Worked primarily on Apple computers running OS 9.2 and OS X

Extensive knowledge using Adobe InDesign 2.0, Photoshop CS, PageMaker 6.5, and Acrobat

Working knowledge of Quark, Adobe Illustrator, Fontbook and high-speed printer copiers

Information Technology,

University of MontanaDeveloper, Student

Missoula, MT

2005 - 2006

Member of Enterprise Portal Project Team

Worked in a team development environment

J2EE programming specific to Oracle Portal and PDK Portlets

Involved in programming, testing, debugging, deploying portlets

School of Education, University of MontanaWeb Master, Student

Missoula, MT

2003 - 2005

Principle Webmaster in the redesign of the School of Education web site,

summer 2004

Corresponded with faculty members to create departmental web pages

Heavy utilization of the scripting language PHP, and extensive knowledge of HTML and CSS

Set up and managed servers both IIS 6 and Apache 2 with PHP and MySQL support

Professional Development

2012 - CodeIgniter Conference - San Francisco, CA

Two day web development conference with the core development team of the CodeIgniter PHP

Framework.

2012 - Montana DevCon - Bozeman, MT

State of Montana technology congeference centered around web and community development.

2008 to 2012 Annually - Missoula BarCamp - Missoula, MT - Presenter

Full day of self-organizing workshops based on the open space conference philosophy.

Presentations on open source web mapping, CodeIngiter & Homebrewing

Montana Programmers - Missoula, MT - Presenter

Local technology group presents monthly on a wide range of topics. Have presented on PHP

and CodeIgniter.

2011 - CodeIgniter Conference - New York, NY

Two day web development conference with the core development team of the CodeIgniter PHP

Framework.

2010 - The Rich Web Experience - Fort Lauderdale, FL

Three day web development conference with developers of web tools like MooTools

(JavaScript) and Spring (Java).

2009 - Educause Western Regional Conference - San Francisco, CA - Presenter

Presented various open-source software packages used to create an interactive map in

which other data sources can be integrated.

Places I Have Studied

University of Montana

Missoula, MT

2002 - 2006

Major in Progress: Business Information Systems

Minor: Computer Applications

Full admission to the School of Education

Helena High School

Helena, MT

1998 - 2002

Business Professionals of America

Community Involvement

Boy Scouts of America

1995 - Present

Eagle Scout

Assistant Scoutmaster

Photos

Apple Pies

Why You Need To Buy An SSD. Right Now.

Ginger Beer

BeerBug Calibration

New Brew Gear in Action

Excellent Missoula Made Dog House

PHP & Oracle.

Kegerator

The Smith River

Sunset on the dock

twitter: @nshontz

flickr: nshontz

blog: nickshontz

Thanks to:

Hector Gomez

CodeIgniter

blueprint css

jQuery

bitbucket (Git

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