I am a Web Designer and Web Content Specialist focusing on modern website design using content management systems in both open source and enterprise environments.
à Primary contact for assistance with Web Technologies and Application Development for the ITS Help Desk and System & Solutions Desk.
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Initiated the CPCC ITS web site redesign;
overseeing design, development, and implementation as the sole primary
developer.
à Redesigned existing ITS website using Plone CMS focusing on agile development to improve UI/UX functionality by implementing intuitive design, WCAG 2.0 Level AA Conformance accessibly standards, and introduced dynamic page tagging for cross site document reference.
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Administrated content aggregation between the existing
ITS website and the ITS web site redesign in both live and staging
environments.
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Worked side by side with Sensoria featured
artists to create multimedia exhibits utilizing streaming video solutions,
HTML5 technologies, and live social media integration to enhance and enrich
gallery installations.
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Provided the initial development and design of all content
related to the CPCC Cloud web site, including, UI/UX design strategies, content
delivery, and multimedia enhancement.
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Wire-framed and mocked a turn-key design for the Greenway
Restaurant reservation system using modern HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript
technologies to provide the end user with the simplest UI/UX while integrating
with the existing 3rd party payment solution to provide a branded
and recognizable environment.
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Worked
in a technical support environment, assisting customers with a range of
problems, including but not limited to: student and employee account issues,
network access problems, telecommunications requests, and registration
problems.
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Responded
to inquiries and requests from clients regarding the college’s computer systems
as well as personal computers, identifying problems, troubleshooting various
issues, and providing solutions that assisted the client’s needs.
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Acted as
a customer service advocate in regards to resolving service requests and
arbitrating between system analysts and clients when conflicts arose.
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Assisted
clients both in person and on telephone call as a first contact representative
of the technical services department.
Charlotte, North Carolina / Worldwide
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Complied,
edited, and transcoded promotional videos for web presentations. All videos
were converted into .mp4, Ogg, and WebM formats for optimum browser
compatibility and placed into existing pages using HMTL5 with a Flash fallback
for legacy and non-supported browsers.
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Oversaw
the implementation of converting older static sites into responsive Wordpress
themes for a network of three sites all serving unique content. Ran day-to-day
social campaigns for all three sites across the major social platforms as well
as managing Facebook ads and assembling daily analytics reports to refine focus
on targeted demographics.
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Hand
coded standards compliant XHTML/CSS and created custom graphics for numerous
WordPress themes that I made available to the general public under the GNU and
GPL licenses. Slice and diced pre-made
website layouts from Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator documents into
standards compliant XHTML, CSS, AJAX, jQuery, and other technologies to meet
the client’s original layout functionality needs.
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Created
custom graphics in Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, and Flash for general site
layout, including navigation, icons, and sprites as well as creating targeted
banner advertisements and paid-ad placement campaigns. Written several custom plug-ins for a large
number of websites ranging from WordPress to Facebook using numerous API’s
including but not limited to PayPal, Best Buy, Twitter, and Google Maps.
Consultant Charlotte, North Carolina / Worldwide
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Developed
application components using HTML5/CSS3/Twitter Bootstrap for native and
non-native mobile applications.
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Developed,
converted, and implemented older static site design into new Content Management
Systems with a focus on mobile engagement and the use of newer web technologies
(HTML5/CSS3/jQuery, AJAX).
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Worked
on projects ranged from small site updates to full site conversions as well as
full application development from conception to production rollout.
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Worked
directly with clients, project managers, as well as holding daily SCRUM
meetings with the different development teams from around the world.
Contractor – Principle Group Charlotte, North Carolina
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Worked
within the RedDot Content Management System to create, modify and manage
extensive pages across the Duke Energy domain; including development, QA, and
live production environments.
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Developed,
deployed, updated, and managed sub sites specific to new Duke Energy projects
and programs aimed at residential and small business customers, with a focus on
usability to direct traffic to specific content sections.
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Worked
side by side with the User Experience Designer, other developers, and outside
vendors to implement site wide changes to improve the overall look & feel,
usability, and content delivery of new and existing pages as well as full micro
sites. The primary focus was bringing new web technologies for a better user
experience, using HTML5, CSS3, Image sprites, newer jQuery libraries and compressing
code before delivering the final product to the production environment.
Contractor – TEK Systems Charlotte, North Carolina
à Worked within the Exact Target platform on numerous nationwide email campaigns; including creating, editing, testing, executing, and reporting final deliverability numbers. Collaborated with teams of ten to fifteen people per project.
à Created custom AMPscript functions that enabled the institution to: track impression tracking, relational data, control logic, as well as display Metadata associated with the data for major campaigns.
à Collaborated with the mobility team on creating new standards for HTML email templates for increased readability and end-user experience over a wide range of mobile products from smartphones to mobile tablets.
à Created guidelines for using embedded style sheets as well as the use of inline styling protocols specifically targeting native email clients on desktop and mobile devices.
Contractor – TEKSystems Charlotte, North Carolina /
New York, New York
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Worked
in collaboration with the IT staff on development, troubleshooting, and other technical
efforts related to Oracle UCM Content Server and SiteStudio Designer.
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Created
and modified .pdf format documents to prepare legal filings with state
regulatory agencies nationwide.
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Created
new internet/intranet pages using the Adobe Creative Suite per company graphic
and layout specifications to interpret future user’s needs.
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Delivery
of final products via StarTeam and SharePoint to team members in New York City,
Denver and Boston.
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Converted
site content from Serena Collage to Oracle UCM with new CSS specifications.
Project included finding and removing deprecated HTML, unused code,
transitioning links to server-side script and general troubleshooting.
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Collaborated
with various teams for each project - usually 6 to 8 people per project.
Charlotte, North Carolina
à Designed, developed, and implemented over 50 fully functional websites with dynamic content using HTML, DHTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and AJAX using a primary LAMP backend.
à Designed, developed, and implemented hundreds of landing pages, traffic feeding pages, and misdirect pages using XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and CNAME.
à Designed and developed thousands of custom theatres for affiliates utilizing the in-house custom theatre template system, relying on hand-coding rather then the heavy WYSIWYG backend editor.
à Developed many sites using a variety of the most popular content management systems including Wordpress, e107, Joomla, Drupal, XOOPS, phpNUKE, osCommerce, and Zen Cart. Created and maintained MySQL databases as well as managed and maintained the in-house *nix (CentOS & Ubuntu) sever cluster.
Computer Technology Integration with a specialty in Web Technologies
President’s List Fall 2013 - Present
Phi Theta Kappa Spring 2014
BFA Program, Filmmaking - Film Direction and Producing Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Testout PC Pro
Certification December 2013
Received Excellency Degree Certifications for, XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Received Excellency Degree Certifications for, XHTML, CSS, CSS2, and JavaScript.
Strong: HTML5, CSS3, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and Content Management Systems.
Experienced: PHP, XML, MySQL, Python, AJAX, SEO & SEM, and AMPScript
Programs,
Applications, and Operating Systems: Adobe Creative Cloud 2015, Plone, XCode, RedDot, WordPress, Plone, Process Wire, dotCMS,
Drupal, Joomla!, PHPNuke, Concrete5, Exact
Target, Oracle UCM Content Server, Oracle SiteStudio Designer, Serena Collage, Borland StarTeam, Microsoft SharePoint, Git, Microsoft Office 2007 -2016, Windows 9x and above Environments, MAC
OS X, and various *NIX environments.