March 2011 to Present Head of Engineering and Technology
July 2010 - March 2011 Software Development Engineer
Software Development
- Handle the advancement, maintenance, and support for our products
- Lead in the build process for our products
- Responsible for building site license tool for customers
- In charge of adding content, reinforcers, activities and new student names into our database and auto-updates for DT Trainer and Activity Trainer
- Deploy updates and additional features
- Lead in testing new features on the products
- Manage the development of content programs for the DT Trainer
- Various projects include: Java, VBA, SQL Server, C#, C++, PHP, JQuery, Flex, iOS, and more
- Aid in the development of our MS Access frontend and SQL backend production database
- Advanced VBA knowledge to implement powerful custom sales tools in database
- Develop and advance MS Access Conference database
- Provide support and education to employees and contractors that are using the database
- Responsible for the development and maintenance of our company website
- Manage website analytics, SEO, blog, and social media interactions
- Implement and maintain backups of website, associated MySQL databases, and online subversion repositories
- Monitor the uptime of our web host for website and web services
- Manage company email system through Google Applications
- Lead in technical support for both DT Trainer and Activity Trainer
- Manage online ticketing system for any customer issues
- Provide over the phone and email technical and instructional support
- Maintain general health of employees computers and other technical devices
- Purchase and install computer components that need to be replaced or upgraded
- Upgrade and manage software for employee computers
- Manage and Maintain automated, manual, and off-site backups of server (Windows Server 2008)
- Manage Remote Desktop Connection and FTP access for re-sellers and contract employees
- Uphold the general health and performance of the server which controls our licensing and various web portals
October 2007 to Present Boston, MA - Columbia, SC
- Started my own web design company that provides full service web design and programming for small to mid-sized businesses. www.GroverWebDesign.com
- Develop very social media friendly marketing campaigns for clients and implement Google Analytics tracking for site statistics and insights
- Experience writing and editing many web development languages i.e. Java, JavaScript, PHP, CSS, HTML, AJAX, JQUERY, ASP.NET, SQL. Also, handle network administration roles for virtual servers and domain configurations
- Do freelance work for Hit Web Design. Projects include: site design, Zen Cart edits, graphical edits, and much more
- Do freelance work for Sacrilicious Marketing working on Facebook applications/pages and WordPress blogs
- Started online resume business, Dynamic Web Resume. Provide customers with a fully customize web site resume www.DynamicWebResume.com
Grover Web Design is my on-going and successful web development company. I have been taking on clients for about two years now. Running
your own business forces you to wear many hats and live and die by your weakest. I focus on making my customers happy to build long-term
business relationships. Most of my clientele come from word of mouth or people liking my work and contacting me.
http://www.GroverWebDesign.com
Dynamic Web Resume is my first endeavor into the web development world. I came up with the concept for a dynamic web resume back in
2007 and basically learned the skills to bring it to life. DWR's actual web resumes have evolved greatly over the last few years,
always being upgraded to utilize the most up-to-date technologies. DWR is a vast resource for resume knowledge providing resume
advice, tutorials, examples, and web resume services.
http://www.DynamicWebResume.com
Running a self-funded and self maintained TNT fireworks stand for the 4th of July season was an experience that will never be forgotten. It was a micro startup company spanning two weeks. The stand needed permits from the fire department and city to allow for the sale and storage of fireworks. I, also, had to adhere to both location(Walmart) and TNT guidelines in order to run the business. The crew included me and 3 employees. We moved $30,000 in product in 3 days! It was high intense and very rewarding.
La Fiesta USA is my current "Southern" project. I was originally brought in to make the website. Once I was involved and noticed a lot
of gaps in the project, I was brought on full time as one of the two lead project managers. My responsibilities include but are
definitely not limited to negotiating corporate investments, TV commercials, radio commercials, online exposure, permits, business
licenses, insurance, and much more. A common theme in my involvement with projects is that I get 100% involved. In this project, I have
been dealing with corporate investors one day and handing out flyers to potential vendors the next.
http://www.LaFiestaUSA.com
"Toys for Joys" was a great event that raised money for 6 different Boston area charities. I was the technical coordinator for the
project. I developed the website, newsletters, sign-up forms and was involved with the public portrayal of the event and its
corporate donors. I developed the content management system so the organizers could keep track of the guest list and major
sponsors. The event was a great success with 375 guests. We raised over 2000 gifts and $15,000!
http://www.ToysForJoys.org
Giving back to the community is very rewarding, especially when you're putting a smile on a child's face. Believe it or not this is
one of the greatest benefits of playing professional hockey. I have been given countless chances to spend time with both sick and
underprivileged children. Most notably would be having visited two different Ronald McDonald Houses (St. Louis and Cincinnati).
We always get a great response from the kids and find a way to make them laugh.
http://rmhc.org/
June 2007 to September 2007 Needham Heights, MA
- Studied and practiced a wide variety of topics in ASP.NET. Created an ASP.NET intranet page for the company to track our customers and if they were following their licensing requirements
- Performed many different technical jobs; including network admin, building servers, teaching computer skills to co-workers, and anything we needed to help keep production going
- Spent an extensive amount of time on one interesting project where a dataset was automatically named with over 255 characters; This was a great project to use my problem solving skills to avoid losing valuable data
- MTP Software
Summer 2004 and 2005 Lexington, MA
- Worked independently as a QA engineer on Secure Office 2.0
- Executed test plans drawn up by my boss; reported problems on Bugzilla program
- Manipulated program to find problems and wrote up exact directions to recreate the problem
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Part of a team that was acknowledged as a 2005
Computerworld
Horizon Award Honoree for our work with Mobile Mail
press release
- Authentica
September 2002 to December 2002 Boston, MA
- Programmed computer scanner to accurately scan product prices
- Programmed system to allow only properly authorized users to change product prices
- Implemented system to decrease improperly scanned products and employee theft
- Trained an employee to continue monitoring and upgrading the system when I left to go back to school
- Foodies Urban Market
September 1999 to June 2001 West Roxbury, MA
- Produced a television show, aired daily school-wide, for news, sports highlights, and entertainment
- Responsible for all programming and airtime decisions; also handled all technical devices
- Responsible for network of audio visual equipment, input, connections and subsequent output to the school
Playing professional hockey for a living for the past 5 years has given me the opportunity to get involved with many great projects both non and for profit. Please take a look at some of my experiences that have helped me grow both as a person and a business professional.