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Work History

• PHP Architect
• Technical Editor
• May 2009 to Present

• Edits technical articles and columns submitted by authors to the premier
  international monthly print journal for PHP developers. Also edits PHP related books.

• Williamson Street Co-Op
• Consultant through Robert Half Technology
• August 2009 to October 2009

• Web Design & Development Consultant at Williamson Street Co-Op
  Developed with XHTML,CSS and PHP. Researched, developed, upgraded and implemented open source Drupal modules. Assisted in upgrade of main Drupal version to version 6.

• Sony Creative Software
• Web Producer
• June 2007 to April 2009

• Planned and coordinated redesign of ACIDplanet.com with development and design personnel. Audited and edited several user facing pages to improve clarity and reduce confusion. Improved and expanded social networking features, managed and supported the community and contests, researched improvements, and prioritized upgrades. Recorded weekly site Podcast, the ACIDplanet Waveform, highlighting site news and original music from site users. Utilized Digg, Twitter, Myspace, Facebook and StumbleUpon for site contest promotion and community outreach. Represented ACIDplanet at New Media Expo 08 in Las Vegas. Increased site ProZone upgraded accounts over 200% with ProZone card incentive added to software box.

• American Society of Agronomy
• Consultant through Robert Half Technology
• March 2007 to May 2007

• Web Design & Development Consultant (Contracted by Robert Half Technology)
  Developed with XHTML,CSS and PHP. Aided in maintenance and development of several Society of Agronomy, Society of Crops and Society of Soils websites. Created new website designs for internal customers. Researched CMS, web statistics/analytics and blogging software solutions.

• Knupp & Watson
• Consultant through Robert Half Technology

• Web Design & Development Consultant (Contracted by Robert Half Technology)
  Developed with XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL and Wordpress. Implemented teaser site for viral marketing campaign on a tight deadline. Created custom CSS and PHP Wordpress themes for site. Developed flash countdown, flash intro, email a post feature, and integrated direct email marketing service into site for email collection. Flash intro animation was also use as a 10 second television commercial. Created click throughs for client approval on another site. Researched Podcasting and custom PDF details on request.

• Malcolm Marketing
• Consultant through Robert Half Technology
• December 2006 to January 2007

• Web Design & Development Consultant (Contracted by Robert Half Technology)
  Developed with XHTML,CSS, PHP, MYSQL and AJAX. Implemented CSS dropdown menus, a flash gallery, content management systems. Updated a variety of clients sites to specifications, and cut apart site designs from Photoshop, and implemented them in CSS and PHP.

• ABS Global
• Web Design (Webmaster)
• July 2002 to Febuary 2006

• Designed, developed and managed multiple international sites for ABS Global. Utilized XHTML,
  CSS, PHP, ASP, VBScript, SQL Server 7, and JavaScript for the development and maintenance of http://www.absglobal.com , http://www.absaust.com , and http://www.genusxnet.com (ABS Extranet). Designed and developed sites according to Communications & Marketing specifications.

Education

• University of Wisconsin - Platteville
• Communication Technologies Management, Business and Marketing, Public Relations
• 1996 - 1999