Ross M^cAdams

ross.webdeveloper@gmail.com

Web Developer

For approximately seven years I have been developing web sites using different technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP. Preferring to use current methods in HTML 5 and CSS 3. Sites are designed in liquid or static layouts with left and centered designs depending on the desired results. The past three years I helped work on up dating the infrastructure from static to dynamic page generation. From this experience I have learned how to manipulate API data server and client side.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

• Worked with in a modified Zend Framework, to build dynamic pages and sites
• Built custom 'widgets' based on Zend Framework’s helper infrastructure
• Parsing and manipulating data to and from multiple API’s.
• ZenForo theme modification
• Strict CSS grid layout methods based off of 960gs
• Handled cross domain issues when implementing ajax
• Deploy process using a custom Fabric file
• Third party technologies
• PHPStorm as primary IDE
• Type Kit and Google Web Fonts for UI design
• WebPurify API for keeping index pages PG13
• GIT and GitHub for version control
• Virtual Box used to run Windows for testing in IE
• Help set and maintain coding standards
• CSS class name-spacing
• JavaScript and PHP variable name-spacing

• Designing site mock-ups and graphics
• Hand coding xHTML and CSS
• Familiarity with cross browser xHTML and CSS issues
• Trouble shooting cross browser issues
• Uploading and maintaining sites CSS and images using Clubspaces Inc. Content Management System
• Maintaining over 300 individual CSS documents for CMS and special clients
• Layout development using table less and tabled design methods
  • Table less designs for new non-CMS projects
  • Tabled designs for existing CMS clients
• Working closely with the development team to update products and assist in layout of elements, to take advantage of newer and cleaner CSS methods

• Using DHCP for Windows boxes and static address for RISC / Linux boxes
• Set up small office networks between four rooms and two Internet connections
  • Wireless access points using DHCP and WEP security for students personal laptops
• Maintained multiple software packages for each classroom
• Used Norton Ghost Server to image the Windows boxes for each different class
  • Later used virtual PC software
  • RISC boxes received fresh installs from CD or local server

• Designed, built, and maintained the Living Canvas Tattoos Inc. web site
• Site was built with DHTML using Frames, CSS, and Java Script
• All site graphics custom made in Photoshop and/or Illustrator
  • Based off Living Canvas Tattoos' logo and the shop's look and feel

• Built web based application for use on the company's intranet for management
• Built reports for management in ASP accessing MS SQL. Pages used HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • User interfaces were created for users to input data for use in the reports
  • Screen scrapes and data imports were used, created, and maintained
• Desktop support; trouble-shot issues related to computers, hardware, software, network, and user-end problems
  • Tickets entered for all hardware problems to have the system administrators verify the issue and have the hardware replaced if necessary
  • Software issues that couldn't be resolved required a ticket to have the system administrators reinstall software

EDUCATION

WEBSITES & REFERENCES