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Career Objective
Obtain a full-time position in the web programming field that will challenge my skills and enhance my programming and technical abilities while utilizing my education and work experience.
Skills
Technical
- Languages: HTML, DHTML, PHP, Coldfusion, JavaScript, SQL, Visual Basic, XHTML, SHTML, CSS, jQuery
- Software: Windows OS, Microsoft Office, Macromedia Suite, Homesite, Visual Basic 6.0, Oxygen XML, Ecometry, ATG, PuTTY, Perforce, Squarespace, Plone CMS
Personal
- Received Eagle Rank in Boy Scouts of America
- Experience collaborating with high-level employees
- Able to communicate with all levels of computer users
- Capable of meeting deadlines
- Always willing to take on challenges and meet them open-minded
Education
Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont
Bachelor of Science Degree, Computer Information Systems - May 2005
Professional Certificate, Computer and Digital Forensics - May 2005
Associate in Science Degree, Web Site Development & Management - May 2003
- GPA: 3.23
- Worked and volunteered approximately 5-15 hours per week while in school full-time
- Participated in extracurricular campus activities and events
Relevant Employment History
Cambridge Interactive Development Corp, Cambridge, MA
Web Content Engineer - Spring 2007 to Current
- Maintain the various corporate and gaming websites, by editing the code itself or the necessary images
- Manage the internationalization/localization of the gaming sites in the 19 foreign languages CIDC markets its games to
- Develop the necessary graphics, code, and JavaScript for the user interfaces in the games and backend tools
- Work with the new CMS system to convert current sites to new system
Casual Male Retail Group,, Canton, MA
Web Technician Assistant - Summer 2005 to Spring 2007
- Updated and edited online catalog for Casual Male and Rochester in their respective databases; catalog copy, default images, sale and regular prices, and when they will be shown on the website
- Created images for items; cropped out the items from high resolution photos, adjusted size and quality, created color swaps of multiple colored items, and cut swatches of all items
- Answered customer emails and phone calls about orders and passwords
- Mapped catalog page images for online spread
- Took care of Amazon and Sears.com storefronts selling Casual Male clothing
Syngress Publishing, Inc., Rockland, MA
Intern - Summers, 2002 and 2003; Fall 2004
- Originally hired as a seasonal employee for one summer; asked to stay on as a freelance intern
- Assisted Webmaster of online publishing company with converting print books to PDF and XML online formats
- Involved in creative process through actual coding and programming
- Created web features for simple and easy use for shoppers and for maximum for company
- Participated in meetings with company president and others to ensure satisfactory completion of projects and to instruct in their use
- Built internal inventory system to track book counts and shipment orders
- Telecommute while at school to convert books for online sales
National Gardening Association, South Burlington, VT
Web Intern - Spring 2003
- Worked in a team to convert website background programming from Perl to PHP
- Rewrote scripts in new language and created new scripts for pages and running contests
- Performed basic upkeep and maintenance of site
- Gathered information for new internal employee pages; coded pages and helped put site together
Related Freelance Work
The b Positive Project
Freelance Web Programmer - Spring 2009 to Current
- Worked with graphic designer to design a professional looking site
- Wrote valid HTML, CSS code and focused on SEO related issues
- Worked with the client to figure out any problems that may come up down the road and plan for them now
The Fundrazor Project
Freelance Web Programmer - Spring 2009 to Summer 2009
- Designed and built database and all tables to hold the proper data needed
- Wrote PHP scripts to allow for logging in or joining and creating a profile
- Wrote PHP and JavaScript scripts to validate all content submitted through all the forms
- Created scripts to search profiles and display the results based on the different criteria
- Wrote a script to allow for people who forgot their password to reset it and get a new one
- Design and graphics provided by graphic designer
The Law Office of Susan A. Fiore, Sharon, MA
Freelance Web Programmer - Winter 2008 to Spring 2009
- Worked closely with designer to design a site that was not only possible to code but took different browsers into account and get the images cut and sized properly
- Programmed all the HTML, CSS and JavaScript to match the mockups designed
- Programmed JavaScript and PHP scripts for the contact page to validate and submit the results through email
- Made sure website was coded for cross browser compatibility and complied to current standards
- Coded website to be as SEO (Search Engine Optimization) friendly as possible
- Provided a simple "How To" guide so client could make simple edits themselves and not have to keep coming to a developer
Clearpoint Communications, Inc, Brockton, MA
Freelance Web Programmer - Summer 2006 to Current
- Work as a freelance programmer on projects as they come
- Deal mainly with database programming to pull data from databases and display it properly in the websites design
- Create admin pages to allow users to enter and edit data they have stored in databases
- Do work in PHP and Coldfusion for clients that come to Clearpoint Communications
Blue Brain Golf, Reading, MA
Freelance Web Programmer - Spring 2006 to Fall 2007
- Built website based on the mockups provided to me by a graphic designer
- Made sure website was coded for cross browser compatibility and complied to current standards
- Coded website to be as SEO (Search Engine Optimization) friendly as possible
- Programmed all the HTML, CSS and JavaScript to match the mockups designed
- Optimized the code and graphics to allow for the fastest loading I could get
- Created database, designed and built the tables I would need to store data
- Wrote PHP scripts to validate, submit and display user and admin submitted content
- Built and admin section where the owner could upload new content and post news
Other Employment History
Petco, Avon, MA
Sales Associate - Summer 2004
- Assisted customers with merchandise needs and cared for animals in this national pet care store
- Helped customers make appropriate pet buying decisions by explaining different pet behaviors and needs
- Assessed customers' lifestyles and attempted to make best match for both person and animal
Bob's Clothing Store, Randolph, MA
Sales Clerk - Spring to Summer 2001
- Worked the sales floor of the men's department helping customers with purchases
- Worked as a backup for the cashiers filling in for employees out sick or on break
Volunteer Experience
Vermont CARES, Burlington, VT
Web Page Programmer - Spring 2004 to Summer 2005
- Built website based on the mockups provided to me by a graphic designer
- Programmed all the HTML, CSS and JavaScript to match the mockups designed
- Made sure website was coded for cross browser compatibility and complied to current standards
- Programmed PHP scripts to allow for the uploading of content to make updating the site easier
- Performed basic maintenance until graduating college
- Wrote PHP and JavaScript scripts to validate and then email information from the volunteer form
- Showed employees how to update and edit site after I left college
Interests
Reading science fictions novels, digital photography, programming computer games and programs, camping, playing video games with friends, paintball and airsoft