Joshua Taylor
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Project manager; strong background in web design, web development and customer service. I
have been professionally and/or personally employed in the field of web design since 2002.
experience
Project & Account Manager
from August 2010 (Current Employer) at MusicCityNetworks, Nashville, TN
Operate as the exclusive project and account manager for all Digital Dog clientele &
potential clientele, and primary project manager for business projects. Responsibilities
include:
Operate as technical project manager, development team manager and architect for
company's largest client.
Communicate with existing clients, potential clients and a development team to scope,
document, service and provide quality assurance for new and existing projects.
Act as primary point of contact and exclusive information retainer for many small and
large clients.
Working to improve business infrastructure and capital.
Drupal CMS development and theming using CCK, Views, other common Drupal modules, HTML
and CSS.
Perform site updates using HTML and CSS, and/or the Drupal CMS.
Project & Account Manager
from January 2008 to August 2010 at Digital Dog Inc. (now owned by MusicCityNetworks),
Nashville, TN
Responsible for managing varying activities, ranging from minor site updates to major
clients and projects. Operated as senior build-out specialist and technology coordinator
for all site builds. Responsibilities include:
Acting as primary point of contact and exclusive information retainer for many small
clients, and several major clients.
Communicating with clients to establish parameters, pricing and timelines for new and
existing projects.
Working with a development team and senior software architect to assess, define and plan
the production of major development projects.
Providing quality assurance for projects.
Working with clients to train and prepare them to utilize their new site.
Building HTML/CSS/DIV-based websites.
Working to improve business infrastructure and capital.
Web Developer
from June 2006 to December 2007 at Zambooie Inc. (now a division of MusicCityNetworks),
Nashville, TN
Responsible for the concept, architecture, development and implementation of web
applications using object-oriented PHP and MySQL. Additionally responsible to provide
consultation on existing and future projects, as well as Unix (Mac OS Server 10.4) server
administration.
Web Developer
from 2003 to 2006 at The Institute, Cookeville, TN
Responsible for the architecture, development and implementation of web applications
using PHP and MySQL. Additionally responsible to provide training for faculty on the use
of Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash and Photoshop, as well as the design of published and digital
materials to accompany projects and training.
Web Developer
from 2003-2004 at MMA Creative, Cookeville, TN
Responsible for the development and implementation of web applications and modules using
PHP and MySQL. Additionally responsible for the creation of Adobe Flash-based multimedia
marketing presentations.
education
Web Design & Professional Communication
from
2002 - 2006 at Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
skills
8 years in management
6 years managing the development of web applications and web sites
4 years managing clients / accounts
5 years training clients
2 years exposure to SCRUM and waterfall development methods
11 years in development
11 years utilizing HTML, CSS; 3 years using div-based design
10 years using Adobe Photoshop
7 years utilizing PHP and MySQL; 5 years object-oriented; 1 year MVC
2 years using Drupal and its common modules
1 year low-level experience in unix server administration
Working knowledge of source control and unix command line
Exposure to C++, C#, Objective-C, .NET, Java and Coldfusion
Most figures are as of January 2012
references
I cannot provide professional references at this point in time. Both companies at which I
was previously employed, are now owned by my current employer.