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Broomfield, CO

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September 29, 2012

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Drupal Developer - Specializing In Open Source Solutions

Dynamic and energetic Web Developer specializing in Open Source Solutions; specifically

Drupal and LAMP stack configurations. Passionate about researching and working with new

technologies. Consistently provides solutions with the customer experience in mind.

Professional Experience

Drupal Developer at UBM Canon, Westminster, CO - November 2009July 2011

Contractor from November 2009 April 2010, hired as a permanent employee April 2010

Lead Developer on Drupal development team for http://www.Qmed.com, with a projected

revenue of $3-4M/year.

Member of team since site inception to production, through continued maintenance and

updates.

Integrating Qmed.com with other medical publication sites through shared taxonomy and

Apache Solr searches.

Developed custom module for sharing taxonomy and contributed it back to the Drupal

community.

Moved Qmed.com's Apache Solr index to a new server, and included medical publication

indexes

Implemented Memcached to dramatically increase page load times for visitors.

Developed and maintained custom modules in support of project requirements.

Configured content types to meet project requirements.

Built Views to present customized information on node pages and within blocks.

Researched, installed, and configured contributed modules.

Utilized SVN and GIT for design and development revisions.

Worked with project managers in remote locations.

Utilized drush (command line Drupal tools) for more efficient site maintenance on

multiple sites.

Web Administrator, Developer & DBA (part-time), Right Choice Media, LLC., Broomfield, CO -

July 2007Present

Developer on Drupal based sites for customers with CMS requirements.

Utilized drush for module downloads, installs, updates, and initial drupal installs.

Supported internal systems, including installing and configuring Apache Server with PHP

for development, testing and troubleshooting applications.

Developed PHP applications and MySQL Databases in support of client web sites.

Developed & supported catalog application built on PHP & MySQL

Reducing physical pages from over 635 to five

Reducing site design time by more than three weeks.

Developed and supported store locator application built in PHP & MySQL

Reducing physical pages from 52 to 2 (two).

Drupal Developer, pingVision, LLC, Boulder, CO - September 2009November 2009

Support customer projects with development and customization tasks as required by

project:

Developer on http://www.californiawatch.com website, launched January 2010.

Built custom content types for project-required nodes.

Built custom Views to present information from content types in pages and blocks.

Wrote code to ensure custom view blocks can accept arguments.

Utilized contributed module, context, to easily apply blocks to specific pages based on

specific criteria, such as taxonomy terms, or specific views.

Applied semantic views on blocks as directed by the themers.

Researched, installed, and configured contributed modules to build site in compliance

with customer requirements.

Utilized svn for version control of design and development environments.

Utilized drush for module downloads, installs, and updates.

PHP Web Developer/Systems Administrator, TransMagic, Inc., Westminster, CO - May 2008September 2009

Automated company systems, resulting in a reduction in administrative support, from two

full-time administrators, to one part-time administrator.

Managed Drupal development and customization for increased ease of use and customer

experience:

Ensured Drupal modules are up-to-date with latest security patches.

Implemented online store utilizing Ubercart modules to drive sales and allow a self-serve

interface for B2B customers.

Researched and implemented contributed modules.

Customized forms including validation code and functionality.

Worked with marketing team to increase sales through the web site.

Managed, developed, and customized vtiger CRM in support of TransMagic business

processes:

Improved management of sold software licenses by developing a suite module.

Increased productivity and management by customizing the system.

Converted data from old systems to consolidated CRM system.

Implemented new business processes to manage full sales cycle.

Managed company infrastructure, including Windows and Linux Servers hosted both

internally and externally, and workstations:

Built new LAMP server on externally hosted dedicated server to support CRM and Internet

sites.

Built sendmail server with Cyrus IMAP Server and setup all mailboxes and aliases.

Implemented state-of-the art phone system utilizing the strength of Skype with the

business phone systems of On-State Systems. Allowing employees to be able to work

efficiently from any location.

Utilized Perforce for version control.

Adjunct Instructor, ITT Technical Institute, Thornton, CO - March 2008May 2008

Instructed students on Fedora Red Hat Linux Operating Systems.

Developed lectures, quizzes, etc. in support of ITT Technical Institute s in-place

curriculum.

Web Administrator, Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Oxnard, CA - July 2002 to August 2005

Developed custom ASP & ASP.net applications including site and employee searches that

queried an MS SQL database.

DBA for MS SQL Server 2000 in support of CA Service Desk Application.

Implemented Revize Content Management System (CMS):

Redesigned the Intranet utilizing Revize Web CMS implementation enabled non-technical

content contributors to quickly and easily keep their departments web pages up-to-date

while significantly improving management and control of the web site and reducing

development and maintenance costs.

Customized Revize JavaScript pages in support of Seminis custom worldwide intranet;

increasing the use of the CMS developed pages.

Web Administrator, Solaris Systems Administrator, Teradyne Inc., Agoura Hills, CA March

1998 to June 2002

Planned, developed, and deployed a new design concept for local and multi-site web pages.

Supported internal customers with web development, design, and publishing issues.

Led Total Quality Management (TQM) project team to develop intranet web page and web

server standards drastically increasing the usability of the division s Intranet.

Supported internal engineers running on Solaris 2.X workstations using the CDE

environment.

Education

MBA - Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business, Malibu, CA, April 2002

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science - California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks,

CA, Cum Laude, February 1998

Professional Affiliations/Memberships in

Active member of DBUG (Denver/Boulder Drupal User's Group) Meetup

Active participant in Drupal IRC channels

Individual Member, Drupal Association since March 2010

Attended Drupal Camp Colorado, 2009, helping in planning Drupal Camp Colorado, 2011

Attended: Drupalcon San Francisco, April 2010; Drupalcon Chicago, March 2011

Military Experience

USAF February 1986 to January 1992 - Honorable Discharge, Sergeant

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3 hours 23 sec ago @webchick One incredibly amazing woman that rocks Drupal and the

whole community around it! Just my two cents! ;-) Good luck.

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7 hours 15 min ago Babysitter lost her keys ... blech ... I was so looking forward to

girl talk and a margarita. :( Sad Panda ... #MomNeedsAMargarita

8 hours 10 min ago This cough is reminding me that I should quit smoking ... oh, wait,

I don't smoke ... guess I just need quit coughing! #CoughingTooLong

14 hours 18 min ago @TechGirlGeek an unplug of the unit seems to have fixed things

thanks for nothing Comcast. Good thing I'm a techie!

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