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.