2002-2006 University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL
Communication Arts with Computer-Mediated Communication Cognate
Graduated May 2006 with Grade Point Average of 3.5

July 2008-present Self Employed, Madison , AL
Web Programmer

• Work with clients to complete contract job Web sites or applications
• Available for programming and limited graphics

November 2007-June 2008 Inergi, Huntsville , AL
Web Programmer

• Developed and maintained client Web sites
• Maintained and took over development of company-designed Web application for trade show exhibit management

November 2006-November 2007 U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville , AL
Web Marketing Coordinator

• Projects included maintaing Web site, adding new features, and sending out newsletters

May 2004-October 2006 Q Messenger, Inc., Madison , AL
Web Developer

• Actively participated in every aspect of project development. This included working with sales to gather requirements and do product planning, working with development team for design, prototyping, development, and unit testing, and working with QA to develop test plans and track issues.
• Project features included:
  • development of tabular and graphical reporting tools
  • designed system wide user authentication mechanism
  • e-commerce site for credit card transactions
  • wizard which created graphics and flash animations which were then packaged for web and CD installation
  • campaign creation system and automation engine
  • rich media message authoring system using flash templates and user supplied graphics
  • HTML marketing email and CD label generation
  • responsible for evolving legacy code to current design.
• Tools used: PHP, MySQL, bug tracker, GD graphics library, JpGraph, FPDF, Zend IDE, USA ePay payment gateway API, PhpMyAdmin.

March 2004-February 2006 UAH University Relations, Huntsville , AL
Web Design Assistant

• Projects included design of college department Web sites and layout redesign of the university's top level pages.
• Developed departmental sites with custom Content Management Systems using PHP and MySQL to allow content to be easily added, edited, and deleted from the sites.