shawn@web-hero.net
804.349.8979
Los Angeles, CA
Objective:
To utilize my strong creative and technical problem-solving skills to help achieve team goals, while constantly increasing the value of my contribution through constant learning and focusing on higher levels of productivity.
Key Skills :
Programming Skills: Perl, PHP, MySQL, Actionscript, Javascript, and Common Web Standards such as XHTML,CSS and XML.
Paradigms: Object-Oriented Design, Model View Controller (MVC), Total Quality Management (TQM)
Software Skills: Proficient user of Linux(bash/vim), Windows and Macintosh systems, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, 3D Studio Max.
Web Servers: Apache, IIS
DBMS used: MySQL, SQLite, Access, Oracle
Content Management Systems: Drupal, Mambo, Xoops, PHPNuke, Mediawiki, Vbulletin, PhpBB, Wordpress, Movable Type
Education:
Virginia Commonwealth University, 1995 - 97
Wingate University, 1993 - 94
Current Employer:
Buzznet.com - [ Senior Software Engineer ]
Creating and implementing new features on the Buzznet.com site and partner sites using technologies such as: PHP, MySQL, Memcache, and Ajax.
Also creating modules in Movable Type and Wordpress for partner blogs. Consulting with the sales and marketing teams on the best way to implement video players, Flash content, and online media.
Trouble shooting and fixing bugs within these systems.
Previous Employers:
ValueClick Media - [ Software Engineer ]
January 2007 - April 2008
Designed new features and maintained business intelligence, data warehousing and internal corporate systems. Created web applications based on demographic data.
Worked extensively on web interfaces using javascript, perl, php and MySQL. Communicating with our internal advertising and publishing departments concerning their needs in regards to these systems.
On Track Modeling Inc. - [ Lead Web Developer & Designer ]
2000 - 2007
Assignments & Jobs System:
Created with PHP & MySQL, Drupal CMS and custom written modules. This system allows paying members of the website to
submit for jobs posted by clients. The inherent content management tool makes it easy for a designer or content creator to post ads and information for the models. I also designed a utility that sorts jobs by location and time as well as generates emails every week via cronjob. This program increased new membership by over 25%.
Model Portfolios:
Enhanced Assignments & Jobs system by facilitating online portfolio & resume tool for models. This tool utilizes actionscript.
Models can add and update images, and also post their experience for prospective clients and employers.
Web Advertising Systems & Letters System:
Created a letters system that allows non - technical users to advertise through different online services such as Google, Careerbuilder.com, Monster.com, Craigslist.org and others and bring all the interested parties to our webforms which results in
communication with the people who signed up and who did not opt out for emails through our system. All the sources are tracked for marketing purposes including people who signed up from printed materials and radio ads.
Setting new standards by utiliing Perl at OTM for utilities such as extracting data from sources for insertion into MySQL.
Previous Technical Industry Experience:
*Freelance Web Designer*
E-time Network Marketing: Created e-mail tools in PHP for their membership system that uses data stored in database and Mambo CMS.
Lanes Jewelry & Gifts: Implemented a Perl shopping cart and setup web advertising with google and yahoo. Designed Website and logo.
Nazareth Church: Created an online brochure in Flash. Increased in-house abilities by designing a tool in PHP that allows users to directly update content on the website.
Pathway Studios: Programmed a utility that automates image resizing, batching and uploads.
Personally motivated projects: Automated bot type search engine projects. Interactive - role playing game project written in perl.
Simple Artificial life projects and neural nets.
Previous Experience:
*Harris Teeter Distribution Company* ( 5 years ) 1995 - 2000
*Army & Airforce Exchange Service* ( 6 months ) Summer 1996
*References: Available upon request