Employment
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Yahoo!
- October 2010 - Present
- Denver, CO
- Sr. Software Engineer
- Employs skills in PHP, MySQL, and Javascript to help build and maintain the Yahoo! Contributor Network
- Assists content and community teams with reporting and metrics
- Leads the team's internationalization, globalization, and localization efforts for entry into new markets
- Delivers proof-of-concept implementations of new technologies offered by Yahoo! and other third-parties
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Wall Street On Demand
- May 2008 - October 2010
- Boulder, CO
- Senior Developer
- Developed and maintained websites for several high-profile financial and investment firms
- Employed technologies such as XHTML, CSS, ASP/ASP.NET, JavaScript and XML/XSLT to provide a presentation and data access layer to systems and applications built by other teams and departments
- Focused on standards-compliance while maintaining a pixel-perfect representation of the designer's vision for aesthetics and interaction
- Utilized existing, and offered new, library code for internal development use
- Interfaced with clients and other technical teams for integration and project planning
- Assisted in training and gives lectures to new developers to the company, as well as those in the development training program
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Bulldog Creative Services
- March 2005 - May 2008
- Huntington, WV
- Web Director
- Utilized various web technologies, including - but not limited to - HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, SQL, and SEO skills and design techniques to develop web sites and manage business logic for clients of Bulldog Creative Services.
- Managed a web development team to divide and conquer larger projects
- Consulted and assisted in technical support within the office and for clients
- Developed onsite and offsite data contingency and recovery plans internally and for clients
- Created technical documents and proposals for management and clients
- Engineered applications to aid Bulldog Creative and its clients in project and task management
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Marshall University
- May 2006 - March 2007
- Huntington, WV
- Web Developer
- Greater Huntington Community Web Portal Design/Development and Initial Technical Support and Maintenance for the community's development needs using an ASP/MySQL backend, CSS, and XHTML.
- Continued to function as a site administrator and content moderator after project completion
- Continued employment as an employee of Marshall University IT Administration
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NSFive Design
- July 2005 - March 2007
- Huntington, WV
- Owner/Founder
- Designed and developed personal and small business websites using a unique and affordable pricing structure
- Employed PHP, ASP, MySQL, HTML, CSS and various other web-related skills
- Resold web hosting to Bulldog Creative Services and NSFive clients
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Time Warner Cable
- Summers, 2003-2005
- Clarksburg, WV
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IT Specialist (2005)
- Upgraded the current server to Microsoft Server 2003
- Implemented Active Directory to better manage security and software distribution
- Instated Disaster Contingency and Recovery Plans and Data Retention Policies.
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Assistant to Marketing Director (2004)
- Converted Lotus Approach databases to Microsoft Access for manageability and portability
- Ran SQL queries on local Microsoft Access and national Oracle databases to quantify marketing efforts
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Marketing Coordinator (2003)
- Coordinated PEG (Public Educational Government) Access Initiative
- Dedicated channel 18 as Harrison County’s PEG Access station
- Designed new systems for direct sales representatives using Microsoft Access, PHP, and MySQL
Education
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Marshall University
- Graduation Date: May 2008 // GPA: 3.7
- Bachelor of Science: Computer Information Technology
- Foci: Software Development, Web Application Development
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Relevant Coursework:
- Programming Practicum with C++
- Data Structures
- Algorithms
- Advanced C++
- Software Engineering I & II
- Hardware Technology
- Web Programming
- E-Commerce
- Database Management
- Multimedia Systems
- Java
- Network Protocols
- Advanced Web Programming
- Introduction to Linux
- Principles of GIS
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Bridgeport High School
- Graduation Date: May 2004
- Emphasis in Communications
- Graduate of the Cisco Networking Academy