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

summary

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.

Scott Connerly on LinkedIn

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