Web Developer/Software Engineer - Alliance Integration Team - March 08 - Present

Part of a medium sized development team dedicated to building, supporting and maintaining an internal, client facing Monster test environment for high profile customers.

Awards & Recognition:
- Nominated twice for Monster Technologies Technical Ability award.
- Awarded Monster Technologies BEST Award for Teamwork.

Day at a glance:

Responsibilities

• Focused on several vastly different projects simultaneously.
• Providing support for core Monster technologies.
• Development of a small internal Windows Form application for managing local hosts files for access internal QA environments.
• Maintenance of internal ASP and ASP.NET applications used by various departments within the company.
• Sole developer of the HR Employee Change application. (Screen shots available)
• Involved in outlining requirements for "one-off" type solutions for high profile clients such as Cisco Systems and Affinity Labs.
• Resolving XHTML, 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

• Dreamweaver for user interface design, XHTML, CSS, ASP, PHP, XSL/T and XML related development.
• Visual Studio 2008 for C# ASP.NET and Windows Forms application development.
• Firefox, IE 6, 7 and 8, Safari.
• Firebug, Perforce.
• WS_FTP Pro, Outlook 2007

Web Developer - Web Solutions Team - Jan 07 - March 08

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

Day at a glance:

Duties

• Co-branding core Monster technologies for all Media Alliances.
• Troubleshooting 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, XHTML, CSS, ASP, XSL/XSLT 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

Sole Proprietor - Developer/Designer

www.gawebdevelopers.com



Business goals:

• Over two years design, develop, and bring to market one web-based consumer product.
• 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.
• To give back through charitable notions and services.

Services provided:

• Web, graphic, and print design.
• Inventor and sole developer of an web based conference application called MeetingPress. (demonstration available)
• High-speed hosting for MySQL, HTTP, FTP, SFTP/SSH, SMTP, POP and IMAP.
• Home and SMB network setup and configuration.
• PC configuration and repair.
• Basic training courses in networking, specific web development technologies, and graphic design.

Recent public works:

http://www.cytokines2008.org
The official web site for the 7th Joint Meeting of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research and the International Cytokine Society "Cytokines 2008" to be held October 12 to 16, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

http://www.cytokines2007.org
The official web site for the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the International Cytokine Society, held last year in San Francisco, CA

http://www.mybandware.com
A small invention built with PHP and MySQL. Created for fun and to experiment with Google Adsense and Analytics. With absolutely no marketing, 80 something musicians managed to find the site and register over the last year. With Bandware you can build a band web site in just a few minutes. (demonstration available)

http://www.osbband.com
Flash and web design this band uses Bandware to update pages and manage site content.

http://www.neusesailing.com
Neuse Sailing Association, Oriental, NC

http://gawebdevelopers.com
Sole Proprietorship, not used at this point after moving back to Massachusetts. Last update was over a year and a half ago. Designed all pages, graphics, and the company logo.

http://www.meetingpress.com/login (demonstration available)
I've been working with McGill on their annual 2008 Cytokines meeting. This will mark the 7th Joint Meeting of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research and the International Cytokine Society, and is to be held October 12 to 16, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

MeetingPress allows the meeting organizers to keep track of registrations, abstract submissions and update web site content through a user friendly web based environment.

Experimenting with Drupal - very new and undeveloped sites.

http://www.meetingpress.com
http://www.occursys.com
http://mikehomme.com

Web Developer

• Part of seasoned and focused development team working with ASP/JScript, and C# ASP.NET web applications.
• Implemented interfaces and back end code for Ipswitch's IMail Server, WS_FTP Server and WhatsUp Small Business products.
• Designed all wizard graphics included in the WS_FTP 2007 Home & Professional editions.
• Designed and maintained all splash screens, logos, and install icons for WUG, IMail, and WS_FTP products.
• These products are used daily by millions to check and send email, administer SMTP and FTP servers and manage networks.
• Led core UI initiatives that later proved extremely successful in formal usability assessments.
• 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.
• Experience with 3rd party web controls such as Infragistics.
• Helped design product logos, DVD cases for WS_FTP, interface graphics, icons, splash screens and install images for all Ipswitch products.
• Reviewing product documentation, creating user personas and test cases.
• 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 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 the creation of UI mockups and prototyping.
• Responsible for reviewing documentation and testing internationalized versions of WS_FTP including Japanese, Spanish, German, Italian and Chinese.
• Part of the Ipswitch UI team, 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 technical support to resolve issues with WS_FTP Pro and WS_FTP Server products.
• Reviewing product documentation.
• Responsible for reviewing product documentation for accuracy and completeness.
• Provided feedback on WS_FTP Pro and WS_FTP Server SRS/PRD's.
• Experience with the Televantage call center, and Mustang agent (mail queue) for replying to email support tickets.

Tech Support / Customer Service

• Verifying serial numbers and updating customer data via Pivotal database.
• Managing call queue when Ipswitch only had 6 lines!
• Customer information management, hand-packing service agreement reminders for mass mailing.
• Interacted daily with customers via phone and email.

UMass Stockbridge - Amherst, MA
- Landscape Contracting & Design

Mount Wachusett Community College - Gardner, MA
- Graphic Design / Photography
Some college coursework completed.

• Languages: XHTML, CSS, PHP, JScript, Javascript, SQL, JScript, C#, XML/XSLT
• Technologies: PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, MySQL, Windows Forms, Flash, XSLT, Adobe Flex
• Protocols: FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, SSL, TCP/IP, SSH, POP3, IMAP, and DNS

Current Interests

Drupal, Adobe Flex3, AJAX, Drupal, SEO, C#, portals/communities, Google Analytics and Adsense.

Qualities

• Detail oriented.
• Experienced with Object Oriented Programming and design.
• Mindful of accepted programming practices.
• Able to organize project information from start to finish.
• Ability to explain complex development tasks and problems to clients and colleagues in a way that's easy to understand.

• Microsoft Windows - NT to 2003 Server
• Linux - Fedora Core, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• OSX capable but not a daily user.
• Firefox/Firebug, Internet Explorer and Safari
• Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
• Adobe Illustrator CS3
• Adobe Photoshop CS3
• WS_FTP Pro 2007
• MySQL 5
• MySQL Admin
• Drupal 6
• WAMP
• Visual Studio, 6 - .NET 2008
• Visual Source Safe
• Perforce (Source Control client/server)
• Axialis IconWorkshop
• sWish Max - Flash based IDE
• Apache Web Server 2.2.3, Win32 and Linux platforms
• Microsoft IIS 5 - 7
• SkinStudio - Development of Windows XP and application skins. I used this to develop the current skins shipping with WS_FTP 2007
• TinyMCE

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

Ben Henderson
Ipswitch Inc. - Lexington, MA
bhenderson@alpha.ipswitch.com
706-951-4426

Peter B Kuhn
Senior Web Developer - Premium Sites Engineering
NameMedia, Inc
pkuhn@namemedia.com
781-839-2853

Glenn Walker
Web Developer
SC Direct Corporation
gwalker@scdirect.com
617-750-9214

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