Objectives
Specific: A position that offers stability, learning opportunities and challenges me personally.
General: Continue learning, and sharing knowledge on both a personal level and a public level. To facilitate the understanding of others.
Experience
Freelance Web Builder
7/2000 - Present
Working independently, as well as within teams. This work ranges from purely conceptual, to layout and design through to implementation. Rec
Instructor
11/2001 - 3/2004
Mostly through Toronto Image Works, I developed and taught a number of courses including Macromedia Dreamweaver, JavaScript programming and PHP/MySql programming. In adition, I have also provided customized training for clients.
Web Builder
1/2001 - 7/2001
Working at Q Web Services, I was responsible for database management, PHP programming and design work.
Education
Toronto Image Works
8/2000 - 11/2000
The Webmaster/New Media program at TIW is a full-time, 14 week program. The curriculum covers website concepts, code (HTML, CSS, PHP, etc.) and software (Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, etc.).
University of Guelph
1996 - 1997
I studied for a Bachelor of Arts in computer science for one year. Outside of class I volunteered with the “safe-walk” program and contributed to the independent student newspaper, the “Ontarion.”
Technical Skills
Programming (Ruby on Rails, PHP), databases (MySql), web pages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), graphic editing, information architecture.Select References
- Kensington Capital Partners Limted - kcpl.ca
- Designed and built a custom document management system. (Ruby on Rails, MySql, SSL)
- Canada Research Chair in Performance & Culture - moderndrama.ca
- Designed and built a custom content management system and weighted search engine. (PHP, MySql, DHTML)
- Coded back-end of public website. (PHP, MySql)
- Cyclops Images - cyclopsimages.com
- Rebuilt site from the ground up to emulate previous style yet eliminate platform inconsistencies (DHTML)
- Built system that constructs pages based on available content. (PHP)
More references available on request.