Web Developer II - Programmer

I am seeking a web-based opportunity fostering my creativity and flexibility. My 10 years of experience permit me to work fast, yet meticulous and with imagination. I easily multitask and use all available resources, allowing me to adapt to any work environment.

LANGUAGES

• Primary: Web 2.0, Search Engine Optimization, ROI, HTML, DHTML, XSLT, advanced CSS (“tableless” layout design), §508 Web Accessibility, XML, Perl, CGI, JavaScript/AJAX, HTML, XHTML, RSS, JSP, W3C compliance, web analytics, Mac OS, Windows, Linux OS, Sun OS

• Secondary: PHP, Java, My/SQL, Drupal, shell scripting, SVN, LAMP, C/C++, Python

RELEVANT SKILLS

• SEO – Search Engine Optimization / SEM – Search Engine Marketing

• Rendering PDF/Word documents and Web pages to attain §508 compliant sites and documents thusly mastering accessibility tools and design practices necessary for the vision and hearing impaired to experience the power of the Internet.

• Platforms: Variety of UNIX/Linux flavors, multiple instances of Sun OS, MS Windows 95/98/2000/ME/CE/XP/Vista, Mac OSX and more.

• Image manipulation software experience with PhotoShop, PaintShop and Gimp

• All Microsoft Office Programs (as well as sister variations including Office for Mac, StarOffice and OpenOffice).

• Multiple FTP/SSH/Telnet clients on multiple platforms.

• Editors and coding tools include Eclipse, Dreamweaver, JEdit, TextWrangler, Emacs, XEmacs, Vi and Smultron.

• Analytical and Multimedia tools: Adobe AcrobatDeveloper, ImTOO Conversion, Metrix Tools like Google Analytics.

• Communication software programs including Go-To-Meeting, Skype and Adium/Trillian Instant Messenger tools.

• Geographical Information Systems Software: ArcMap, ArcInfo, ArcGIS and some Cartography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Complete redesign of zhats.com to be css-tableless and §508 compliant while increasing my specialties in SEO/SEM

• Built web based polls and was more responsible for graphical design components on zhats.com

• Developed, designed and maintained the external http://www.sun.com/executives/ website. Skill-set included JSP, XML, RSS and CMS control and maintenance. Many components I developed for this site have become sun.com standard components.

• Developed a robust course curriculum manager leveraging my skill-sets in Perl, XML and JSP. A Perl/CGI script parsed a very large spreadsheet transforming it into an XML file and loaded said file into a relational database. From the XML, a JSP program extracted relevant information to display to the browser. Each course printed to the browser then had AJAX functionality to “expand” the course in more detail. The client had the ability to update the curriculum from a front end web-based CGI by simply uploading a new spreadsheet and clicking a button to “generate” the new instance of the curriculum mapping manager while storing each subsequent version in SVN.

• Converted hundreds of documents, PDFs and web pages to reach §508 Compliance for SJSU.

• Developed a Perl script to convert tagged PDFs into other web-friendly formats (XML, HTML, JSP)

• Developed a GUI based CGI to register for a Summit provided by Sun Microsystems. necessary corrections; including making updates and the ability to remove/delete records from the database. This was all controlled from the password protected GUI Administration page.

WORKS HISTORY

1/2009 – 3/2010 Zephyr Graf-X – Designer and SEO/SEM Specialist

• Tasked with a massive overhaul of the zhats.com website from scratch. The entire site was rebuilt in “tabless” CSS and have them conform to federal §508 laws, years ahead of the curve.

• Responsible for increasing the traffic through zhats.com through SEO and SEM

• Built several web-based polls complete with administration pages so updates were hands off and seamlessly logged logged to a database (repeated for hatmonster.com)

• Hatmonster.com also fell under my responsibility to increase traffic through SEO/SEM, which increased substantially as proved by analytics.

• The ability to take unique angles of product and lend itself to the web for a more compelling experience.

2/2006 – 11/2008 M3iworks – Web Developer II

• After a fast promotion to Developer II, my responsibilities increased dramatically. Eagerly meeting with clients to discern what solution was best to reach their goals, sticking to timelines and tight budgets, working closely with upper management on status of tasks and workflow enabled me to not only enjoy but excel at this position. Specializing my known skills and required to learn new skills very quickly including high-level project management, Perl, CSS, XML and JSP. I was also tasked with training co-workers and knowledge-sharing.

• Member of the “F3” team – a think-tank composed of a select group of M3iworks colleagues to expedite workflow, direction, generate new ideas and report our findings directly to our CEO for action.

12/2005 – 1/2006 Sun Microsystems – Web Marketing

• Web Marketing – More responsibility was bestowed upon me to perform at the level of a conventional employee. My first dealings with clients, automating processes, timelines and advanced programming from Perl, CSS and CGI. I also debugged and coded light development/enhancement work on existing Java and Swing projects.

4/2000 – 12/2005 Sun Microsystems – Student Intern

• General development of corporate etiquette, work ethic and built web programming skill set while going to school. Fist introduction to CMS management and generalized web tasks.

EDUCATION

Penn State University – matriculating [ Expected December 2010 ]

Post Baccalaureate Certification – Atmospheric Science/Weather Forecasting

Colorado State University

Computer Science Major

Clubs and Organizations: CSU hockey (2 year team Captain), Geology, GIS and GPS Clubs, IEEE board member, Security crew at “Roar of the Rockies” concert events

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER WORK & WHO I AM

I am very involved in my community and volunteer work. I am particularly involved in a traveling competitive ice hockey team (O.D.’s Daredevils). I successfully utilize my leadership skills as the Head Coach and board member. I am also a level-II USA inline-hockey referee. I feel my passion for involvement in the community comes from my Eagle Scout ranking, which I attained at 13 and continues through work at ARC and the Denver Rescue Mission.

REFERENCES

Any references, recommendations, and additional website designs are available upon request.

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