Web Developer / Web Solutions Team

Part of a medium sized development team focusing on the co-branding of Monster Technologies with newly acquired Media Alliances such as Boston.com, New York Times, and Philadelphia Inquirer.

Duties

• Co-branding Monster technology for Media Alliances including Boston.com, New York Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
• Testing and resolving CSS conflicts across all major browsers.
• Maintaining build servers for ASP.NET applications.
• Building co-branded career sites, job templates, and profiles for clients such as Haliburton, Apple, Home Depot and of course Monster.
• Interact with others to gain knowledge about Monster products, problems, and ideas for the companies future.
• Daily interaction with Marketing, Customer Central and other departments via ticketing system for managing internal and external web projects.
• HTML, CSS, cross browser issues, Firefox/bug, ASP (JScript by trade, VBScript capable), ASP.NET (C#), Windows Forms, XML, XSL/T, SQL, various database related tasks.

Tools

• Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 for UI/UX design, HTML, CSS, ASP, XSL and XML related development.
• Visual Studio 2008 for C# ASP.NET and Windows Forms application development.
• Firefox, IE 6 7, Safari
• Firebug, Perforce
• WS_FTP Pro, notepad, Outlook
• SCRUM, I'm trying... : )

Founder/Developer/Designer

• Over two years design, develop, and bring to market one web-based consumer product.
• This product is turning out to be Bandware™ and is near to official release to the public. www.mybandware.com
• Deliver professional, stable, and visually compelling web sites for our customers.
• Provide quality web and email hosting services.
• Adhere to web standards set forth by the W3C and WaSP.
• To give back, and be socially responsible through community service and other charitable notions.

• Web, Graphic, and Print designs.
• High-speed hosting for MySQL, DNS, HTTP, FTP, SSH, SMTP, POP and IMAP.
• Home and SMB network setup and configuration.
• PC configuration and repair.
• Training courses in networking, specific web development technologies, and graphic design.

Recent Public works:

http://www.cytokines2008.org
http://www.cytokines2007.org
http://www.mybandware.com

Web Developer / UX

• Part of a seasoned and focused development environment working with ASP (JScript), ASP.NET (C#) web applications.
• Implemented interfaces and back end code for Ipswitch's IMail Server, and WS_FTP Server products.
• Designed all wizard graphics included in the current shipping version of WS_FTP Home & Professional editions.
• Designed and maintained all splash screens, logos, and install graphics for UninstallSheild.
• Led core UI initiatives which proved extremely successful in formal usability assessments.
• These products are used daily by millions of people to remotely check and send email, administer SMTP and FTP servers, and manage networks.
• Worked under a variety of SDLC processes including Waterfall and Agile development (SCRUM).
• Closely involved in formal usability testing for all Ipswitch products. Testing conducted in a state-of-the-art Usability Center located at the Southern Polytechnic State University of Atlanta, GA.
• Experience with 3rd party web controls such as Infragistics, and Innovastudio.
• Designed product logos, interface graphics, icons, splash screens and install images for all Ipswitch products including WS_FTP Pro/Home 200x Series, IMail Server, ICS, and the WhatsUp product family.
• Reviewing product documentation, developing user personas, and use cases for unit testing of feature implementations.
• Tools used on a daily basis: Visual Studio.NET, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator CS2, Dreamweaver, and Visual Source Safe.

Quality Assurance Analyst

• Developed, maintained, and executed test plans and test cases for WS_FTP Pro/LE and WS_FTP Server.
• Automated several test plans for WS_FTP Pro using WinBatch and the WIL scripting language.
• Closely involved with product development including UI mockup, and prototyping.
• Responsible for reviewing documentation and testing internationalized versions of the products including Japanese, Spanish, German, Italian and Chinese.
• Accepted a position on the Ipswitch UI team which is responsible for reviewing and providing feedback on interface designs for all products.
• Often assumed Sr. QA responsibilities such as delivering daily status and coverage reports. Delegating responsibilities and mentoring team members.

Technical Support Engineer

• Provided high and low level technical support to resolve issues with WS_FTP Pro and WS_FTP Server products.
• Experience with the Televantage call center, and Mustang agent (mail queue) for replying to email support tickets.

Tech Support / Customer Relations

• Played the role of "gateway to tech support".
• Customer information management.
• Interacted daily with customers via phone and email.
• Refined processes for meeting times and structure, customer data storage, and provided input during the implementation of a new PBX phone system.

• Languages: HTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL, JScript, C#, XML/XSL(T)
• Technologies: ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, My SQL, Flash, XSLT
• Protocols: FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, SSL, TCP/IP, SSH, POP3, IMAP, and DNS
• Current Interests: Adobe Flex2, AJAX, and databases.

• Windows
• Linux
• OSX
• Dreamweaver
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• WS_FTP Pro
• MySQL
• MySQL Admin
• LAMP/WAMP
• Visual Studio(.NET)
• Visual Source Safe
• Perforce
• Axialis IconWorkshop
• sWish Max (Flash)
• Apache Web Server (Win32 and Linux Platforms)
• Microsoft IIS 5 - 7
• SkinStudio (for developing Windows XP and application specific skins)

Kevin Gillis
Director of Product Management
Ipswitch Inc. - Lexington, MA
kgillis@ipswitch.com
339-223-0899

Ben Henderson
CTO
Ipswitch Inc. - Augusta, GA
bhenderson@alpha.ipswitch.com
706-951-4426

Pete Mourfield
President
All Hours IT.com - Augusta, GA
pete@allhoursit.com
706-832-0500

Dennis Mulryan
CEO / Founder
CalendarWiz.com - West Boylston, MA
dmulryan@charter.net
805-835-9070

Doug Constable
Executive Vice President
Ventlab Corporation - Winston-Salem, NC
800-593-4654