PO Box 565, New Market, VA 22844
Phone: (540) 740 - 4075
Cell: (540) 335 - 4749

Professional Objective Seeking a software development career with advancement potential in an intellectually stimulating environment that fosters collaboration, creativity and cleverness
Education Bachelor of Arts, May 2002 Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
Major: Chemistry Minor: Mathematics, Computer Science
GPA within Computer Science courses (28 credits): 3.94

Related Employment Experience

Webmaster, Inside Success Radio
Designed the database-driven website, insidesuccessradio.com (using php-mysql). Used SEO best-practices to improve search engine rankings of primary site as well as database-generated content pages. (This position held simultaneously with work for Bargain Publishers, mentioned below)

This involved developing html template pages that could be populated using a mysql database. Dynamic content was accessed and manipulated through php. Most pages required both a front-end view for visitors and a control panel for members of the ISR team. This position also required working with cPanel and WHM to interface with an Apache-based dedicated server. Most database development took place using phpMyAdmin.

Php Developer, Bargain Publishers
Developed php applications including a contact-management system and content organization tool to help people coordinate email-based book promotion between numerous opt-in lists (not spam). Also developed a membership website-based tool called Edoc Wizard to help people publish their electronic content to Amazon using the ONIX 2.0 XML specification.

This position involved extensive use of php and javascript to build fully-featured web applications with intuitive and interactive user interfaces. Php coding was a combination of inline and object-oriented design. I was responsible for designing, prototyping, building, testing, maintenance and customer support. In the case of Edoc Wizard, I also drafted the initial proposal. I also built a CSS-generating script to allow book promotion clients to fully customize their campaign websites' appearance without knowing CSS themselves.
Other Employment Teacher, Secondary School, Westminster Christian Academy
Taught Chemistry, Algebra 2, Drama, and Bible classes. This also required the development of a new lab curriculum for Chemistry while managing a very limited budget.
Portfolio http://www.hiremasonwolf.com
Certifications
  • Zend-certified engineer, PHP 5
  • Sun-certified Java Programmer (v 1.4.2)
Technical Skill Summary
  • Excellent knowledge of PHP
  • Practical knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript, and AJAX
  • Good knowledge of using MySQL to build and access relational databases
  • Excellent understanding of object-oriented programming and common design patterns
  • Familiar with developing in the Dreamweaver, Eclipse, and Zend environments
Additional Skills
  • Self-directed and highly-motivated learner
  • Proven track record of keeping projects within deadlines
  • Creative and fast problem-solver
  • Good communicator, with 3 particular strengths:
    1. Able to teach and explain things well
    2. Comfortable speaking in front of groups
    3. Good prose and technical writing skills