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Qualifications Summary
- 10 years experience in web design and development
- 10 years experience in database administration
- Over 6 years project management experience working with open-source solutions to save money for small businesses and research studies
- Over 3 years multimedia publishing
- Over 3 years research data management experience
Professional Experience
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Web Developer
- Student Unions & Activities
- June 2010 to Present
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- Front end development for Student Unions touch screen directories in Coffman Memorial Union and St. Paul Student Center using XHTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Developed CSS framework and style guide for Web Team to use for quickly laying out one, two and three column web pages
- Coded updated website design for Student Unions & Activities website
- Coded PHP application to use the University of Minnesota’s Google Search Appliance to search Student Unions & Activities domains
- Coded mobile websites for University of Minnesota Spring Jam and Homecoming.
- Built weather information widget using PHP, XML, CSS and JavaScript
- Student Unions & Activities web content updates
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- Data Manager
- Clinical Virology Programs
- May 2005 to June 2010
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- Developed the Lab and Clinical Information System: a web-based system to track lab and clinical information for ongoing clinical trials using the CakePHP framework – a Model-View-Controller framework similar to Ruby-on-Rails.
- Leveraged open-source solutions to save $5,000 in annual software license fees.
- Converted flat text files to a normalized MySQL database to track over 40,000 aliquots
- Created a portal for study participants to access their own symptom records and update them on a weekly basis.
- Coded User Interface using HTML, JavaScript, CSS and PHP to manage clinic and lab information.
- Migrated system to a Dedicated Virtual Server
- Redesigned the Clinical Virology Programs website.
- Coded Clinical Virology Programs website for WordPress using a combination of HTML, CSS & PHP
- Wrote and edited articles for the Clinical Virology Programs website
- Developed databases in MySQL and FileMaker Pro to keep track of research study information
- Helped determine annual budgets for program purchase orders
- Liaison between Clinical Virology Programs staff and Frontier Science Data Center for AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) research studies
- Responsible quality of data in University of Minnesota ACTG site and sub-sites at Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Iowa and University of Nebraska
- Generate data reports for Study Coordinator and Principal Investigator
- Responsible for making purchases in University of Minnesota Enterprise Financial System.
- Developed the Lab and Clinical Information System: a web-based system to track lab and clinical information for ongoing clinical trials using the CakePHP framework – a Model-View-Controller framework similar to Ruby-on-Rails.
- Independent Consultant, Minneapolis, MN
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- Freelance Web Developer, May 2005 to June 2010
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- Design, update and maintain websites for small businesses.
- Provide webhosting and email services on my own dedicated virtual server for clients.
- Server administration using a combination of the Plesk web-based control panel and the Linux command line.
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Computer Skills
- Languages
- AppleScript
- CSS
- JavaScript
- PHP
- SQL
- Web Development Frameworks
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- CSS Frameworks
- 960 Grid System
- Blueprint CSS Framework
- ez-css
- AJAX
- CakePHP
- JQuery
- RSS
- XML
- XHTML
- Design & Development Tools
- Dreamweaver
- Fireworks
- Illustrator
- Komodo Edit
- Mercurial
- Photoshop
- Subversion
- TextMate
- Transmit
- Vim
- Databases
- Access
- Filemaker Pro
- MySQL
- Other
- Pro Tools
Presentations
- Witness the Power of This Fully Armed and Operational Website: The Emerging Power of WebSockets
- A presentation and demo about the HTML5 WebSocket protocol.
- Mobile Web Development
- A presentation on the landscape of mobile web development (September 2011) and two mobile web projects I did for Student Unions & Activities.
- Project Tools in Web Development: A Case Study (with Ken Loomis & Ethan Poole)
- A presentation on the tools used by Student Unions & Activities during the redesign of sua.umn.edu.
- HTML 101 for WordPress Users
- An overview of HTML for beginning users who are familiar with WordPress’ WYSIWYG editor, but may not know much markup.
Education & Training
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- B.A. University of Minnesota December, 1996
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- Major
- English Literature
- GPA
- 3.192
- Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis, MN
- JavaScript
- Principles of Programming Course