I am a freelance web designer / developer who likes to build & improve website experiences using open source technology.
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Skills
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Web Design & Development
Working Knowledge:
- HTML
- CSS
- PHP
- WordPress theming
- WP plugin development
- Version control with Git
Basic Knowledge:
- MySQL
- JavaScript & jQuery
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Work Experience
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Support Technician Event Espresso - 2011-present
Support Team lead. Helps users of Event Espresso by answering their questions and providing priority support.
- Answers questions
- Troubleshoots when things go wrong
- Writes issue reports and helps with QA testing
- Develops customizations
- Builds and releases updates
- Writes and updates documentation
- Helps contribute to development (link to recent pull requests)
Front end developer App Themes - 2013-2014
- Developed front end templates and stylesheets
- Hirebee theme
- Taskerr theme
- Converted to responsive/small screen-ready with CSS
- ClassiPress theme
- JobRoller theme
- Vantage theme
Client website work North by North Interactive - 2009-2012
Smaller examples of projects I've worked on can be found on my Github profile and on my list of gists hosted on github.com.
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Volunteering & Speaking
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WordPress.org support Forums Volunteer - 2011
My WordPress.org Profile
Slow Cooked WordPress Speaker, WordCamp Chicago - 2011
daWPshow Podcast Host - (currently on hiatus)
available on iTunes
References available on request