Web developer, photographer, and graphic designer with 20 years of experience.

Professional Summary

I am a passionate full-stack, senior web developer with an eye for process improvement and a zeal for creative problem solving. I have been actively involved in web development, photography, and content creation since I was a teenager. I am competent, capable and a quick learner.

Technical Skills and Experience

Web Development

HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, SQL, Node.js, Deno, TypeScript, Vue, jQuery, React, Preact, Three.js, Docker, Bash, PowerShell, Git, CI/CD, automated testing, unit testing, Jira, VS Code, PWAs, ARIA, JSON, REST APIs, social media, Magento, e-commerce, Docker, Vagrant, Webpack, Vite, GitHub Actions, OSS development, IIS, WordPress, XML

Art and Graphic Design

Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe XD, Adobe Substance 3D Painter, Adobe Substance 3D Designer, Blender, Procreate, Stable Diffusion, product mockups, screen mockups, print design, UI/UX, presentations, illustrations, animation, 3D texturing, NVIDIA Omniverse

Photography

Adobe Lightroom, post-processing, studio portraits, headshots, product photography, maternity photography, wedding photography, senior portraits, family photos, pet photography, stereoscopic photography, photogrammetry

Audio and Video

Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Garage Band, Audacity, audio recording

I.T.

Full Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, AWS, Azure, cyber security, network administration, PCI DSS, Windows, macOS, Linux, Windows Server, Ubuntu, PC assembly, maintenance, and repair

Work History

Web Developer / Graphic Designer at Tech Evolution Partners

2023

• Contracted as a front-end website developer and graphic designer.

I.T. / Web Manager at Movie Posters USA

2007-2022

• Created and managed e-commerce websites and social media
• Implemented and maintained a SQL database, Windows Active Directory and remote desktop servers
• Managed PCI DSS implementation

Web Developer / Graphic Designer at VirtualWow

2005-2007

• Created logos, advertisements, and websites for clients.

Project History

Dashboard

For Movie Posters USA
2010-2022
Independently created custom ERP website with PHP, CSS, SCSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Twitter Bootstrap, HTML and SQL.

Merchandise Online

For Movie Posters USA
2011
Singlehandedly developed e-commerce websites with PHP, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML and MySQL. The front end featured a stylish and unique interface with cheeky product descriptions.

SleepAid

Personal Project
2012-2014
Created cross-platform mobile application using Apache Cordova/Adobe PhoneGap, AngularJS, and Ionic. The application is an alarm clock which automatically sends a donation to charity if the user presses the snooze button too many times. The application implemented Google's Material Design interface and an isomorphic app icon design.

JG RTX

Personal Project
2020-Present
Designed thousands of high-definition PBR textures for a Creative Commons licensed Minecraft resource pack. Textures from this project have been included in the Universal Scene Description Working Group's assets repository. It has been featured on NVIDIA's Omniverse software documentation, as well as in its Minecraft RTX promotional content. The GitHub repository includes a Deno-powered CI/CD pipeline.

BOSS

For Tech Evolution Partners
2023
Lead front-end developer on a sophisticated billing system for a large trucking company. The website front-end was built with Tailwind CSS and React from scratch. It utilized several tools from the TanStack library to connect to a REST API.

Education

Madison Area Technical College

Madison, WI
Studied web development and I.T. security.
2012-2014

Longview College

Lee's Summit, MO
Studied software development.
2009-2011