About Me

View or download my Curriculum Vitae (CV). Read more about my technical skills, education, and professional web development experience.

Technical Skills

Software

WordPress CMS, Telerik Sitefinity CMS, Volusion E-commerce, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Project, Outlook, Planner), Microsoft Visual Basic .NET/ MVC Framework, Bootstrap Framework, Eclipse and IntelliJ IDE, PuTTY/ SSH, Oracle VirtualBox/ Ubuntu, SecureCRT, PeopleSoft Financials, Minitab, Git/ Github Version Control, Travis CI, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).

Databases

FileZilla, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, phpMyAdmin, Docker.

Hardware

MAC OS, Microsoft Windows/ P.C., Linux OS/ with Ubuntu or VMWare, Troubleshooting and Repair.

Programming Languages

HTML, HTML5, PHP, CSS, CSS3, JavaScript, C, C#, Java, Python, Swift, Linux commands.

WordPress Plugins and Themes

Yoast SEO, Monster Insight- Google Analytics, Elementor Page Builder, Beaver Builder, WP Accessibility, Defender, Wordfence, SG optimizer, TeamPress, OceanWP theme, Astra theme, GeneratePress theme, and more.

WCAG/ ADA Tools

AInspector WCAG, Accessibility Bookmarklets, Colour Contrast Analyzer, FAE: Functional Accessibility Evaluator, WAVE.

Project Management Tools

Axure RP 9, PB works, GoTo Meetings, Microsoft Planner, Monday, Zoom, Slack, MS Project, Jira, Trello, Perforce.

CyberSecurity Tools

Autopsy, RegRipper, Registry Explorer, Timeline Explorer, AstroGrep, FTK Imager, VMWare virtual box.

Education

Employment Experience

February 2, 2021 - Current

Web Developer - Blake Horwitz Law Firm

Both websites are still in staging environment.
Adding new plugins and new theme to enhance website's SEO, speed, and apply WCAG for ADA compliance.
Meeting monthly and taking things very slow. Working around their busy schedule.
Using Trello to keep track of stories(tasks) and epics.
Working on law firm’s website and another personal farming website with similar concepts. .
This is a second client where I am working on website by myself.

October 2019 - April 2020

October 2019 - April 2020

Web Content Development Specialist- University of Illinois Cancer Center

https://cancer.uillinois.edu

Provides design maintenance of website and other electronic publications/ applications. Creates design elements, templates, and finished solutions. Enhances content for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and ranking of publication impact.
Integrates web, internet, mobile, video, and social medial sources. Focus is on user’s experience and interaction including: websites, mobile sites and social media sources. Ensures that all design elements, templates and finished solutions work within different browsers for responsiveness.
Keeps ADA compliant violations in mind and follows WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines).
Experience with WordPress and Elementor Page Builder.
Strong project management skills and high level of attention to detail.
Experience with CSS, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery programming languages was expected.
Knowledge on Linux and SecureCRT.
Responsible for configuring testing server using SSH to install Apache, MySQL, PHP, and WordPress.
Made several new pages with Cancer Center’s new data and modified all pages to fit new theme.
Created child theme for their new theme OceanWP using PHP.

January 2019 - October 2019

Web/ Software Developer- DePaul i.D. (Innovation and Development) Lab

www.depaulidlab.com

Write, design and test software code using Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC) practices. Practiced agile management and used Trelllo.
Make websites using WordPress CMS and SiteGround for hosting/ back-end.
Knowledge on CSS, CSS3, HTML, HTML5, and PHP was required. Program, create, and test layouts/user interfaces for applications.
Gather, refine and maintain specifications, requirements, and software documentation based on technical needs.
Assist Web Designers with Adobe Photoshop.
Attend weekly team meetings, functions and work with teammates.

July 2018 - January 2019

Web Specialist- U.I.C. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

www.las.uic.edu (over 30 websites)

Provide support for rebuilding all L.A.S. department websites in a WordPress theme(RED) made only for University of Illinois at Chicago.
Monitor L.A.S. request ticket system for website support issues and then respond to users accordingly, hand-off work to student staff, or escalate to senior staff members as needed.
Provide training to website editors in Progress Sitefinity and/or WordPress content management systems.
Communicate with other members from web team to collaborate on organization of projects, tasks, and timelines.
Coordinate work done by student employees hired for special tasks such as content migrations.
Assist graphics designers by preparing photos and logos for website content.
Keep up with web accessibility standards and tools for checking websites. Help university meet legal requirements of accessibility for WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines).
Keep up with search engine optimization (S.E.O.) best practices and tools for testing websites. Helped university improve search rankings.
Create and maintain documentation for training and best practices for web content creation or editing.

January 2015 - December 2016

Web Developer- America's Fire Shield

www.fire-extinguisher.net

Responsible for updating and sustaining two fire prevention websites using HTML, PHP, CSS, and JavaScript languages.
Required knowledge of Photoshop, WordPress CMS, Volusion E-commerce, and scheduling live webinars in GoTo Meetings.
Steadfast in creating and maintaining Social Media (Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter).
Met with product manager weekly in 1871, (located in Merchandise Mart) and followed requests on any modifications or changes for current websites.
Enhanced plugins in WordPress CMS using CSS and PHP.
Implemented JavaScript code for Google Trusted Store Reviews in Volusion E-Commerce, which increased SEO rank.
Developed HTML responsive E-mail campaign using Photoshop, which increased website’s traffic.
Skilled in making all webpages responsive for all mobile devices.
Coordinating website launch party to inform new and current investors of company’s efforts expanding nationwide.

August 2014 - December 2014

August 2014 - December 2014

Website Intern- Inter University Program for Latino Research

www.iuplr.uic.edu

Qualified in managing and updating IUPLR website using Telerik Sitefinity CMS.
Fixed widgets within Telerik Sitefinity CMS using CSS and PHP codes.
Competent in updating their Facebook page or creating event flyers using Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.
Attended all staff meetings to communicate about new events, office technology, and software updates.

September 9, 2012 to December 2012

IT/ Web Intern- Kayhan International

www.kayhan.com (now https://shop.bos.com/)

Accountable for development of user-friendly website that targets the healthcare furniture market with using WordPress content management system.
Ability to understand HTML, HTML5, PHP, CSS, CSS3, SQL, and JavaScript.
Met with company’s executives to gather designs, images, and other relevant content required for creation of new website.
Used SharePoint to share content and communicate within group.
Group prepared and conducted presentation about new website at UIC College of Business Student’s Exposition and won first place.