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
River City Studio
December 2007 – Present
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. 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.
Voltage Creative
May 2009 – Present
Kansas City, Missouri
Freelance web developer. Built two Google Maps API integrated web widgets, a reusable upload tool, and 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.
Tiny Sauce
January 2008 – Present
Kansas City, Missouri
Sole developer for this 3-person web start-up. Produced 200nipples.com and 52prints.com. New ideas always on the bubble. 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. Skills: C++, VB, Customer support, consulting.
experience
HalfPriceBanner.com
Shopping cart with 6 pricing models
Zorrel.com
Apparel shopping cart
KC Weddings.com
Custom and expansive content management system
360voltage.com
Online SEO analysis tool utilizing many, many search APIs
JEDunn.com
Award winning content management system
KidneyLink.org
Searchable Custom Google Map
HFMarket.org
Social Investing, ala Kickstarter
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
River City Studio
December 2007 – Present
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. 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.
Voltage Creative
May 2009 – Present
Kansas City, Missouri
Freelance web developer. Built two Google Maps API integrated web widgets, a reusable upload tool, and 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.
Tiny Sauce
January 2008 – Present
Kansas City, Missouri
Sole developer for this 3-person web start-up. Produced 200nipples.com and 52prints.com. New ideas always on the bubble. 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. Skills: C++, VB, Customer support, consulting.
experience
HalfPriceBanner.com
Shopping cart with 6 pricing models
Zorrel.com
Apparel shopping cart
KC Weddings.com
Custom and expansive content management system
360voltage.com
Online SEO analysis tool utilizing many, many search APIs
JEDunn.com
Award winning content management system
KidneyLink.org
Searchable Custom Google Map
HFMarket.org
Social Investing, ala Kickstarter
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 time building the new, profitable apps for your clients.