Web Production Specialist Profile

With over 8 years experience in web production, I know how to effectively apply creativity, organization, time management, trouble-shooting and problem solving skills into producing professional websites that work. I work well in team collaboration and brainstorming, and take extreme pride in my work and in my ability to please others. I constantly strive to take my skills to the next level and raise the bar in personal excellence. Please see my portfolio for examples of my work.

Skills and Technical Knowledge

Web and Graphic Design: Contemporary graphic design elements such as web optimization, balance, consistency, contrast, white space and page layouts as they relate to the web. Solid understanding of online community issues and marketing in the soccer/sports industry.

Web & Graphic Production Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, CorelDraw, Macromedia DreamWeaver, Macromedia FireWorks, UltraEdit, TopStyle Pro, SwishMax [Flash development software], vBulletin, Mambo.

Web Analysis Software: Urchin, WebTrends, Webalizer, AWStats

Server Administration: Apache, DNS, Bind, Sendmail, Ensim, Cpanel, phpadsnew (advertising server software)

Business Software: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook & PowerPoint), OpenOffice

Programming: HTML, CSS, Javascript. Familiarity with DHTML, XML, Perl/CGI, MySQL & PHP.

Employment History

Freelance Web Producer
DBA: Soccer Webmasters
January 2003 – present

Contract work in web production and linux server administration for various businesses and personal company projects

• Developed, designed, and provided direction/support for clients’ websites. Key solutions provided include secure online registration/payment systems, hosting solutions, content management systems, multimedia content creation and deployment, portal design and membership management, customer support systems (automated and live);
• Developed, designed and maintained internet soccer portal for Vancouver, BC area adult soccer enthusiasts that saw over 500 membership signups in a 4-month period based on word-of-mouth exposure alone; Site features designed, implemented and supported included feature articles (with non-html backend input), member match reports (also with non-html backend input), an active message board, interactive polls, contests, streaming video & audio, and offline event promotion;
• Analyzed and formulated plans for serving specific online niche-market needs, including the purchase and nurturing of several domains that have instant market appeal and positioning;

Technical Administrator/Project Manager
WSP Network
The Netherlands 2000

• Analyzed, redesigned, and restructured several network websites, correcting severe cross-browser issues that prohibited over 10% of visitors from accessing content;
• Provided significant support installing and customizing various off-the-shelf PERL/CGI scripts for separate 'properties' allowing content managers to focus on their duties better;
• Managed ad server (over 3,000,000 impressions per month), solving and documenting advertising clients’ problems and questions; also troubleshot various web server issues and implemented quick solutions.

Freelance Statistician
DBA: Central Limit Statistical Consulting
August 1996 – 2001

• Co-authored 200+ page report on water-quality trends in the Fraser River as well as providing trend analyses and support for federal and provincial government environmental departments resulting in over 75 separate reports.

Co-op Junior Statistician
Environment Canada
Vancouver BC 1995
BC Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Parks
Victoria BC 1994

• Co-authored several papers that appeared in various professional statistical journals; designed, maintained, and updated approximately 1000+ time series plots of water quality data for BC rivers;
• Conducted cluster and regression analysis of time series data for chemical analysis of Yukon streams project. Standardized data. Discovered significant errors in data sets and made necessary corrections;
• Recommended that BC Environment, Lands and Parks implement graphical software used by Environment Canada. Recommendation was implemented which greatly reduced time needed to make changes on analyzed data.
• Prepared and co-authored report on water quality trend assessments in the lower Columbia River. Organized and prepared all background information for report;
• Performed data analysis and provided prototypes for time series graphic layouts for water quality assessments in the Columbia River. Maintained and updated computer files.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics & Statistics
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
1996