PHP/MySQL architect with extensive web service integration experience and the great people skills to deal with even the most non-technical clients face-to-face
Experience overview: 8 years as a technology professional, 4 years with PHP/MySQL
Voltage Creative
October 2010 – Present
Kansas City, Missouri
Sr Web Architect. Extensive WordPress plugin development. Built a theme that turns WordPress into an iPad magazine with all sorts of Mobile Safari customizations. Built the automation for TinyAssWebsites.com that allowed a full microsite creation to be completed in under 10 minutes. Conceived and developed a large SEO analysis tool that utilizes APIs and services from Alexa, Bing, Compete, DMOZ, Google, Internic, Wikipedia and Yahoo. Wrote a full-featured site spider to analyze site structure and content. Further detailed experience with integrating Google Maps, Mailchimp, Facebook, Paypal, Authorize.net and many more. Most everything was developed in PHP/MySQL/javascript, with a couple of exceptions.
River City Studio
December 2007 – October 2010
Kansas City, Missouri
Senior web developer on a team of 4 developers, in a creative agency of 17 people in the River Market that focuses on PHP and MySQL development. Lots of experience with AJAX and growing experience with jQuery. Specialties include system architecture, database design, API integrations, shopping experiences, mobile websites and Pictionary. Experience with a couple frameworks (CodeIgniter, Zend, osCommerce, WordPress), as well as developing and maintaining our internal PHP libraries. Worked with industries: newspapers/publishing, stock market, construction, retail, and many more.
Tiny Sauce
January 2008 – Mid 2010
Kansas City, Missouri
Sole developer for this 3-person web start-up. Produced 200nipples.com and 52prints.com. New ideas always on the bubble, but not always launched. If only web start-ups like this could be my whole day.
Cerner
July 2003 – December 2007
Kansas City, Missouri
Wrote, supported, troubleshot, consulted upon, and documented an Emergency Medicine application which is based on a large multi-application back-end. Progressed through 4 roles, spanning all aspects of the product life cycle, from development, to consulting, to client support to bug fixing. Technologies: C++, VB, CCL.
Iowa State WebDev
December 2001 – July 2003
Ames, IA
Iowa State University’s in house web development department. Primary Web Technologies learned and used: PHP, MySQL.
experience
TinyAssWebsites.com
Automated WordPress site builder and deployment
DS.Terracon.com
iPad optimized site w/ touch events
ReachHealth.org
Event management, document management & security
WholesaleBannersOnline.com
Shopping cart with 6 pricing models
Zorrel.com
Apparel shopping cart
360voltage.com
Online SEO analysis tool utilizing many, many search APIs
Terracon.com
Searchable custom Google map based on WordPress custom post types
and of course…
200Nipples.com and its sister 52prints.com
Limited edition products shopping cart
portfolio
• Comedian since 1999, both improv and sketch comedy
• Producer of the Kansas City Improv Festival since 2007
• Iowa State University 2003 MIS major, e-business certificate, philosophy minor
• Carrotmob KC Organizer
• Taekwondo Black Belt
• Coffee Blogger for KCPerky.com
well rounded
Voltage Creative
October 2010 – Present
Kansas City, Missouri
Sr Web Architect. Extensive WordPress plugin development. Built a theme that turns WordPress into an iPad magazine with all sorts of Mobile Safari customizations. Built the automation for TinyAssWebsites.com that allowed a full microsite creation to be completed in under 10 minutes. Conceived and developed a large SEO analysis tool that utilizes APIs and services from Alexa, Bing, Compete, DMOZ, Google, Internic, Wikipedia and Yahoo. Wrote a full-featured site spider to analyze site structure and content. Further detailed experience with integrating Google Maps, Mailchimp, Facebook, Paypal, Authorize.net and many more. Most everything was developed in PHP/MySQL/javascript, with a couple of exceptions.
River City Studio
December 2007 – October 2010
Kansas City, Missouri
Senior web developer on a team of 4 developers, in a creative agency of 17 people in the River Market that focuses on PHP and MySQL development. Lots of experience with AJAX and growing experience with jQuery. Specialties include system architecture, database design, API integrations, shopping experiences, mobile websites and Pictionary. Experience with a couple frameworks (CodeIgniter, Zend, osCommerce, WordPress), as well as developing and maintaining our internal PHP libraries. Worked with industries: newspapers/publishing, stock market, construction, retail, and many more.
Tiny Sauce
January 2008 – Mid 2010
Kansas City, Missouri
Sole developer for this 3-person web start-up. Produced 200nipples.com and 52prints.com. New ideas always on the bubble, but not always launched. If only web start-ups like this could be my whole day.
Cerner
July 2003 – December 2007
Kansas City, Missouri
Wrote, supported, troubleshot, consulted upon, and documented an Emergency Medicine application which is based on a large multi-application back-end. Progressed through 4 roles, spanning all aspects of the product life cycle, from development, to consulting, to client support to bug fixing. Technologies: C++, VB, CCL.
Iowa State WebDev
December 2001 – July 2003
Ames, IA
Iowa State University’s in house web development department. Primary Web Technologies learned and used: PHP, MySQL.
experience
TinyAssWebsites.com
Automated WordPress site builder and deployment
DS.Terracon.com
iPad optimized site w/ touch events
ReachHealth.org
Event management, document management & security
WholesaleBannersOnline.com
Shopping cart with 6 pricing models
Zorrel.com
Apparel shopping cart
360voltage.com
Online SEO analysis tool utilizing many, many search APIs
Terracon.com
Searchable custom Google map based on WordPress custom post types
and of course…
200Nipples.com and its sister 52prints.com
Limited edition products shopping cart
portfolio
Despite the fact I am a PHP web developer, I just used WordPress to power this resume.
The truth is, basic content publishing is a wheel that doesn’t need reinventing. There are plenty of other custom applications that need coding.
Let’s spend our valuable time building the new, profitable apps for your clients.