Career Summary
Innovative, experienced web application developer, architect, and director with more than twenty years experience in a large university setting. Adaptable professional who has grown with the industry from table-based layouts and simple bulletin boards to custom multi-site Drupal 9 environments with API integrations. A proven leader and mentor with an excellent track record of success.
Work Experience
Assistant Director of Web Development
I lead a web development and support team for the University, and am the team's technical lead and director. Most of my time is developing custom solutions for the hundreds of campus departments (our clients) in either Drupal or custom PHP applications. I am also the primary relationship manager between the developers and our clients. I function as a development architect, programmer, project manager, decision maker and stakeholder for various projects. I have 20 people reporting up to me.
Achievements:
- Led team in development and deployment of new custom Drupal 9 theme used by the entire University.
- Developed over 60 custom content types and paragraph types using twig, PHP, JavaScript, and SASS.
- Leading team in the migration of all campus Drupal 7 sites into new Drupal 9 theme.
- Led an accessibility intiative that has improved the overall accessibility of our Drupal web pages from 20% to 98% and PDFs from 26% to 50%.
- Architected and developed multiple online databases with custom workflows.
- Provided customer support in technologies such as Drupal, Wordpress, Localist, and general web development.
- Led team in development of coding and documentation standards, best practices, and online learning curriculum.
Technologies used:
- Drupal 7.x - 9.x
- Wordpress
- jQuery
- MySQL
- SASS
- Twig
- Bootstrap
- Vue.js
- PHP 5.x, 7.x
- Docker
- Ansible
- PatternLab
Manager
I led a web development and support team for the University, and was the team's technical lead and manager. Most of my time is developing custom solutions for the hundreds of campus departments (our clients) in either Drupal or custom PHP applications. I was also the primary relationship manager between the developers and our clients. I functioned as a development architect, programmer, project manager, decision maker and stakeholder for various projects. I had 13 people reporting up to me.
Achievements
- Led team in the development and deployment of a custom Drupal 8 theme for the University's homepage.
- Led team and was principal architect in the custom Drupal 8 theme for the Spencer Museum of Art.
- Architected and developed custom Drupal 8 module for museum hours.
- Skinned the University's Drupal 7 theme for use in custom applications using JavaScript and deployed using continuous integration/continous deployment pipeline.
- Architected and developed a locker checkout tool using CSS Grid for layout, JavaScript for behavior, and PHP for database integrations, logic, and workflow.
- Created custom APIs for use in our homegrown secure web form builder and integrated them in multiple projects.
- Architected and developed custom Drupal 7 modules for the creation of tabbed content, acronyms, and frequently asked questions.
- Led team in the creation of a team wiki to share tips and tricks.
- Provided customer support in technologies such as Drupal, Wordpress, and general web development.
Technologies used:
- Drupal 7.x
- PHP 5.x
- jQuery
- JavaScript
- MySQL
- SASS
- Bootstrap 3.x - 4.x
- Twig
- Wordpress
- Shibboleth/SAML Auth
Web Designer/Developer
I split my time equally between two University units, the Spencer Museum of Art and the Office of the Provost. I was the primary web designer and developer for both units. I had considerable leeway in layout and design for all of their websites.
Achievements
- Designed and implemented three complete redesigns of the Museum's website.
- Designed and implemented two complete redesigns of the Provost's website.
- Created 16 separate Drupal 7 sites for units or initiatives of the Provost.
- Architected and developed dozens of registration forms, tour request forms, surveys, and workflow tracking applications.
- Implemented and themed the Museum's online collection.
Technologies used:
- Drupal 7.x
- jQuery
- MySQL
- Oracle
- PHP 5.x
- Perl
- MuseumPlus
- Shibboleth/SAML Auth
Web Developer
Responsible for the creation and maintenance of all websites in Student Affairs including the University's admissions site.
Achievements
- Planned, developed and maintained web pages for thirteen Student Success departments and programs.
- Created secure online registration forms that integrate with both Microsoft Access and MySQL databases.
- Developed two eCommerce applications that comply with the KU eCommerce standards.
- Collaborated with other webmasters to develop perl and PHP scripts for their sites.
- Developed and maintain online Academic Requirements Tracking System (ARTS) request site for students to obtain reports on their progress towards graduation.
- Developed and maintained online calendar and registration form for requesting a campus visit through the Office of Admissions and Scholarships.
- Designed graphics for use on the web for Student Success departments and programs.
Technologies used:
- PHP
- jQuery
- Perl
- MySQL
- Oracle
Skills & Tools
Frontend
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Responsive Design
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Bootstrap 3.x - 5.x
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HTML/CSS/SASS
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JavaScript/jQuery
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Vue.js
Backend
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Drupal 7.x - 9.x
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MySQL/Oracle
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PHP 5.x, 7.x
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Wordpress
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Perl
Developer Tools
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Git
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Photoshop
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Visual Studio Code
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Docker
Others
- Code Review
- Wireframing
- eCommerce
- Project Management
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Education
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Master's in Curriculum & InstructionUniversity of Tennessee
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Bachelor's in HistoryUniversity of Illinois
Awards
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Employee of the MonthUnclassified non-teaching employee of the month for January 2003.
Interests
- Family
- Reading
- Music
- Baseball