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Travis Miller • Web Developer

536 Ridge Road · Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442 · 240-217-9539

Expertise

  • Extensive experience (about 8 years) developing Web sites in the LAMP environment (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP)
  • Experienced with both PHP4 and PHP5
  • Expert knowledge of standards-compliant (X)HTML and CSS
  • Proficient with JavaScript and AJAX (particularly jQuery)
  • Familiar with many other Web and networking technologies
  • Capable with Adobe Photoshop and basic graphic design
  • Excellent communication skills

Employment History

Freelance Web Developer (October 2008 – Present)

  • Develop and maintain new and existing Web sites and Web applications for a variety of clients, mostly small Web design and development firms

Web Administrator (January 2008 – October 2008)

The Herald-Mail Company · 100 Summit Avenue · Hagerstown, MD 21740 · 301-733-5131

  • As the sole technical person, perform maintenance, troubleshooting, support for internal and end users, and development of new features for approximately a dozen sites
  • Coordinate and advise on all Web-related projects; work with various departments to understand and implement their needs with respect to the Web
  • Some graphic/interface design
  • Managed and executed a major redesign of the newspaper’s main site

PHP Programmer (August 2006 – December 2007)

FSI Holding Corp · 9212 Berger Road · Columbia, MD 21046 · 443-259-8777

  • Work on a four-person team to maintain two major internal Web applications and a variety of smaller public sites
  • Prototype and develop new functionality, ranging from automated reports to custom AJAX applications
  • Some graphic/interface design
  • Assist with maintenance of MySQL databases, ranging from a few hundred to over 17 million rows in size
  • Troubleshoot and resolve bugs and technical issues
  • Train internal staff on new features
  • Research and advise on technical issues
  • Conducted a complete graphic redesign of the company’s main internal Web application
  • Was offered the position of Lead Developer shortly before my departure

Information Systems Administrator (November 2004 – July 2006)

The Herald-Mail Company · 100 Summit Avenue · Hagerstown, MD 21742 · 301-733-5131

  • Work on a three-person team to maintain the company's IT systems, including 30+ servers and approximately 100 workstations, running on Microsoft, Apple, and Linux operating systems
  • Advise on hardware and software purchases and other technical decisions
  • Coordinate hardware upgrades and new system installations
  • Assist end users with technical issues; troubleshoot and correct hardware and software problems as necessary

Freelance Web Developer (January 2004 – November 2004)

  • Built and programmed sites on a freelance basis for a variety of small web companies and individuals, primarily in the LAMP environment. Work included both development of new sites and maintenance of existing ones, ranging from small, static sites to large, full-featured e-commerce sites.

Page Building Specialist (April 2000 – January 2004)

Susquehanna Technologies · 600 Pegasus Court · Winchester, VA 22602 · 540-723-8700

  • Translate Photoshop design files into HTML page templates and CSS stylesheets
  • Mark up customer-supplied site content
  • Involvement with design of navigation and site structure
  • Write client-side JavaScript code as needed
  • Write basic server-side VBScript (for form validation, etc.)
  • Build prototypes for programmatic areas
  • General graphics work and some basic visual design

What My Clients Say

Travis has helped us with many web development projects, and has proven himself to be very talented, professional, consistent, reliable, and thorough.

—Derrick Miller
Axis 80 Interactive