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EDUCATION

The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
May 2009
  • B.A. Linguistics
  • G.P.A. 3.53/4.00
  • Honors Program
  • Deans List

COMPUTER SKILLS

Languages:

  • PHP 4 & 5
  • ColdFusion
  • MySQL 4 & 5
  • Oracle PL/SQL
  • SQL
  • C/C++
  • JavaScript/AJAX/JQuery/JSON
  • CSS
  • XML
  • XHTML/SHTML

Operating Systems:

  • UNIX/MacOSX
  • Windows

Software:

  • Dreamweaver
  • Eclipse
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Word
  • Terminal
  • AquaData Studio
  • SilverStripe CMS
  • MediaWiki
  • MySQL Command Line
  • UNIX Command Line
  • ZenCart
  • Excel
  • FileMaker

EXPERIENCE

Applications Development and Support
The University of Iowa, Information Management - Finance and Operations
December 2009 - ongoing
  • Rapidly acquired proficiency in ColdFusion to address departmental need.
  • Developed a ColdFusion/XML system to page server administrators in the event of server errors, eliminating database dependencies.
  • Debugged and implemented fixes in complex University financial queries and reports.
Team Member
Gamers
September 2009 - December 2009
  • Primary point of contact for customers.
Web Developer
The University of Iowa, IMU Marketing + Design
July 2005 - Sept. 2009
  • Senior PHP Developer
  • Designed and developed a web-based, data-driven creative agency workflow management system. This system allowed for heightened collaboration on projects between marketing representatives, designers, and developers. The system managed all invoices and data associated with staff, clients, and projects.
  • Integrated workflow management system with campus Active Directory to enable University ID/Password authentication with PHP sessions.
  • Designed, developed, and integrated custom website CMS with workflow system.
  • Designed and developed the Off-Campus Housing Service rental-listing site with registration, permissions controls, and an administrative backend.
  • Database administrator for MySQL server.
  • Wrote cron jobs to manage periodic MySQL database dumps.
  • Wrote and implemented PHP script to migrate records from FileMaker to MySQL.
  • Wrote and implemented PHP scripts to export MySQL database values into .txt or browser-text documents with user-defined record and row delimiters for importation into Excel.
  • Integrated rental listing details pages with Google Maps API.
  • Oversaw or assisted in the server migration of webservers and database servers.
  • Used JavaScript regular expressions for email validation.
  • Implemented JavaScript functionality such as applets for the Fluid SSB, lightbox forms and interactive calendars on input pages.
  • Integrated online payment gateway (ZenCart) with custom database application for student event registration.
  • Conducted peer-to-peer teaching sessions on PHP scripting and MySQL relational database design with other web designers and developers.
  • Wrote backend user tutorials and documentation for web applications.
Web Designer
The University of Iowa, IMU Marketing + Design
Sept. 2004 - July 2005
  • Published accessible websites with XHTML and CSS.
  • Built custom content management systems for sites.
  • Transitioned agency from static to PHP/MySQL-based sites.

WORKSHOPS

Clarion West Writers Workshop
Seattle, WA
June - August 2008
  • Instructors included Cory Doctorow, Chuck Palahniuk and Connie Willis.
  • Application-only, six-week intensive class of 18 students.
  • Wrote one work of prose fiction/week; prepared written and verbal critiques on 17/week.
  • Read and critiqued 6,000 - 23,000 words daily.