Written and Verbal Communication

Technical Integration of Web Site Content with iPhone Apps
— Portfolio Piece
Skills: Written and Verbal Communication, PHP, RSS/mRSS, XML
  • Coded static XML files and PHP scripts to dynamically generate XML to populate iPhone applications with content.
  • Mentored colleagues on writing and using XML for iPhone application content.
Web Site Integration with Search Optimization Tool
— Portfolio Piece
Skills: Apache, CSS, Project Management, Written and Verbal Communication, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, RSS/mRSS, XHTML
  • Served as primary technical liaison with vendor of search engine and search optimization tools.
  • Translated vendor's statements into information that non-technical business managers could understand.
  • Recommended user interface changes to vendor's proposed page designs, based on common user interface design patterns and general user experience principals.
  • Oversaw DNS and Apache mod_rewrite changes needed to integrate with vendor's product.
  • Wrote scripts to generate Media RSS (mRSS) feeds that matched vendor's detailed specifications for populating search i
Set up dozens of online courses for faculty and the student body.
— Achievement
Skills: Training, Written and Verbal Communication, XHTML
Enhanced code and expanded content for school’s technical support web site.
— Achievement
Skills: CSS, Training, Written and Verbal Communication, XHTML
Project-managed team to improve internal company communication.
— Achievement
Skills: Project Management, Written and Verbal Communication
Coordinated selection of new web content management system.
— Achievement
Skills: Written and Verbal Communication
WRKO
— Portfolio Piece
Skills: Apache, CSS, Written and Verbal Communication, Drupal, Subversion, PHP, XHTML
  • Liased with stakeholders to determine needs and managed expectations.
  • Managed development to staging to production workflow for feature enhancements on existing site.
  • Cleaned up and optimized CSS stylesheets written by previous developers.
  • Customized existing Drupal theme.
  • Maintained site with Drupal update releases.
  • Converted and moved existing Wordpress blog into Drupal site, maintaining existing post styles and YouTube video embed filters, while converting comments to Disqus comment tool.
  • Wrote Apache rewrite rules, resulting in URL sh
Mentored local webmasters on development tasks.
— Achievement
Skills: Training, Written and Verbal Communication
Served as primary technical liaison with technology and technical services vendors.
— Achievement
Skills: Written and Verbal Communication
Translated needs of stakeholders into clear, specific feature specifications and application code. (iPhone XML, RAMP specs and feeds, etc)
— Achievement
Skills: Project Management, Written and Verbal Communication