Developer Management

Joel N. Rothschild

**** **** *** ** :: Seattle, WA 98105 :: 206-***-**** :: ****@******.***

Summary

Seasoned, versatile Web Application Developer and Designer, with a decade experience building dynamic Web Sites on many platforms. Quick-learning and self-starting, with strong language and diplomatic skills, effective at creatively balancing different sets of needs, human and organizational as well as technical. Big-picture, holistic problem-solver with aggressive commitment to usability and quality in the details, with a social sensibility uniquely suited to close-knit teams and projects that serve real communities.

Accomplishments

Designed and delivered, as either project lead or sole developer:Custom E-Commerce site for a progressive, innovative trading-retail company.First-of-its-kind live playlist database for a public radio station.Sophisticated community hub for a guild of activists and teaching professionals.Organizational hub for the administrators, faculty, and students of a geographically-distributed educational institute of pastoral pedagogy.

Professional Experience

MahZeh.org Community Web Development (http://mahzeh.org) 2006-Present

PrincipalDevelop and maintain public web site to promote Web-based solutions for clients in the civic/nonprofit sector.Develop and support new software for unique needs of the civic/nonprofit sector.Using: PHP5 (OO), MySQL, JavaScript, CSS2, Photoshop, WordPress, Drupal.

Moshav HaAm Outreach Workers Guild (http://moshavhaam.org) 2006-Present

Senior Web Developer-Designer and Outreach PartnerDevelop and support organizational web site including content management, multiple-author blogs, and network RSS aggregation (blog of blogs).Work closely with guild leadership to ascertain member organizations’ needs and recruit new member organizations.Develop member organization’s web site (http://simchatlev.org) including content management, multiple-author blog, and community discussion forums.Using: PHP, MySQL, CSS2/XHTML, Photoshop, JavaScript, WordPress.

Ash Grove Audiobook Exchange, Silverdale, WA 1997-2006

(http://ashgroveaudiobook.com)

Senior Web Developer-Designer and System AdministratorDevelop and maintain custom Internet and Intranet interfaces for E-Commerce, inventory, promotions, customer communications, automated market price-comparison, and bulk listing with third-party storefronts.Provide direct technical support to customers and staff.Using: ASP.Net, Perl, CSS2, Microsoft Advanced Server/IIS, MySQL.

WOBC-FM Public Radio, Oberlin, OH (http://wobc.org) 2001

Web Developer-DesignerDevelop new public web site including content management and streaming audio.Develop live playlist database application, providing real-time public playlist views and searches, and internal records management and statistical reportingUsing: ASP, MySQL, Perl, Photoshop, Microsoft Advanced Server/IIS.

Reed Elsevier/eLogic, Boston, MA 2000

JavaScript, XML, and UI DeveloperDevelop Intranet application to facilitate XML Translations in publisher archives-to-rich content server pipeline.Work closely with Information Architects, staff, and management to ascertain business logic and user interface needs.Using: ASP, JScript, XML.

Technical Skills and ExperiencePhotoshop, 12 years, high fluency.Net/ASP, 8 years, high fluencyPHP (incl. OO/PHP5), 2 years, high fluencyJavaScript, 9 years (incl. 1 year with Prototype framework), high fluencyMySQL, 7 years, high fluencyXML, 7 years, moderately high fluency(X)HTML, 10 years, very high fluency (without software aid)CSS, 8 years, very high fluency (without software aid)Perl/CGI (incl. OO/Perl5) and Regular Expressions, 10 years, very high fluencyWordPress (incl. advanced plugin development), very high fluencyDrupal CMS (incl. module development), year, entry-level yet capableMicrosoft Advanced Server/IIS, 5 years, moderately high fluency

Postsecondary Education

Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio 1996-2001

Studied History, Sociology, Japanese, Concert and Electronic Music Composition.

Awarded B.A. in Human Geography, a self-crafted synthesis of the above curricula.

Current References Furnished Upon Request.

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