Summary
Task-oriented, creative, web-application developer with extensive technical abilities and a well-rounded knowledge base. Self-motivated, adaptable and attentive to detail. Outgoing, collaborative personality makes for an easy fit in any environment.
Work Experience
| Intelius | Bellevue, WA |
| Software Engineer | 8/2007 - Present |
| Introduced javascript and templating to the work flow. Lead a refactoring of the IDWatch product. | |
| LunaWebs | Salt Lake City, UT |
| PHP/MySQL Developer | 8/2005 - 8/2007 |
| Administered, designed, implemented and secured a broad range of web sites. Developed a large scale, LAMP driven business search engine containing over 1.4 million database entries. Developed a CMS to maintain more than 500 web sites through a single administrative control panel. Built sites from the ground up, maintained and enhanced existing code bases, optimized databases, designed graphics, and assisted in conducting interviews. Utilized a large variety of technology, including PHP 4 and 5, MySQL, Apache, XHTML, HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Linux. | |
| SheerDev | Olympia, WA |
| Owner/Contractor | 2/2004 - 8/2005 |
| As a contractor, developed and maintained web applications and all aspects involved. Designed graphics for web sites, implemented designs using modern HTML and CSS techniques, wrote Object Oriented PHP, designed databases and administered servers. | |
Education
| Central Washington University | Ellensburg, WA |
| Receieved a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Performace | 2004 - 2007 |
| South Puget Sound Community College | Olympia, WA |
| Receieved an Associate of Arts | 2003 - 2004 |
| Washington State University | Pullman, WA |
| 2001 - 2003 |
Skills and Tools
| PHP 4 and 5, OOP, MySQL, Apache | 3.5 years of professional use, 5 years of practical application |
| HTML, XHTML, CSS, Javascript | 8 years of experience |
| Photoshop, Illustrator | 6 years of experience |
| Other Skills include: Prototype, Scriptaculous, Ajax, Ruby, SVN, XML, memCached, Smarty, regular expressions, Linux, and more. | |
Personal Projects
| commonPHP | commonPHP is an open-source, object oriented, test driven php library designed for php 5.3. |