Brent Todd

6929 Idlewood Ct. North Apt #1214

Indianapolis, IN 46214

Home: (317) 329-4796

Cell: (812) 325-7861

 

http://www.brenttodd.com

http://www.theweblogreview.com

email: webmaster@brenttodd.com

 

OBJECTIVE                             

 

To obtain a position as a Web Developer within a quality organization that can utilize my strong skills and knowledge in website design, maintenance, and debugging.

 

GENERAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

 

§         Over seven years experience in website planning, designing, programming, creating, and debugging

§         Highly motivated, focused, and team-oriented individual with strong interpersonal skills

§         Outstanding troubleshooting and documentation skills

§         Able to easily visualize, brainstorm, plan, implement and maintain projects

§         Excellent ability to prioritize and delegate multiple tasks

§         Effectively communicate with senior management, technical staff, third-party vendors, and non-technical users

§         Exceptional track record in project completion and demonstrating results that are above and beyond expectations

§         Successfully researched, analyzed and predicted market conditions to determine viability of new websites

§         Collaborated with other group members to improve quality of existing websites

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

 

PHP Skills

  • Strong understanding of the language
  • Exploit the use of functions for repetitive use
  • Utilize the built in support for Object Oriented Programming
  • Develop classes and objects for cross application support
  • Create scripts to parse XML files
  • Read and write to external files
  • Generate multiple output types including HTML, XML, and Javascript

 

MySQL Skills

  • Database design and normalization
  • Able to create databases
  • Add, edit, and delete information using queries

 

XML Skills

  • Design XML Standard lists
  • Create Document Type Definitions (DTD)
  • Call both public and private DTD

 

HTML Skills

  • Complete comprehension of all HTML tags
  • Ability to use complex tags such as image maps and tables
  • Produce forms for user interaction

 

 

DHTML Skills

  • Able to use Cascading Style Sheets
  • Configure a cross-browser DOM
  • Create, move, display, and manipulate elements
  • Tweak third party scripts to work with specific sites

 

CSS Skills

  • Full understanding of key properties including positioning, font size, text decoration and others
  • Execute style sheets using either style tags or using an external file with the link or @import method

 

Other Web Based Skills

  • ASP
  • Perl
  • CGI
  • Java
  • Javascript
  • FTP
  • HTTP
  • Telnet
  • SSH
  • Apache
  • XHTML
  • Linux, Apple, and Windows OS
  • Other Web Tools

IT EXPERIENCE

 

Web Application Developer, April 1995 to the present

Visualize, create, design, implement, program, and maintain web applications.  Communicate with people in similar fields for ideas, comments, and suggestions for websites.  Created seven websites from inception to completion and programmed scripts to use with other web applications.

  • Own and maintain several websites which require daily updates
  • Planned, programmed, and developed multiple web application projects
  • Developed and implemented new designs for refreshing new look and better navigation
  • Continually upgrade, debug and employ security measures for improved performance
  • Write and edit a weekly newsletter that is sent to over 2200 people each week
  • Manage a volunteer staff of 18 people from all over the world to write reviews
  • Search for sponsorships and advertisers for each of the sites
  • Respond to questions, comments and concerns of the users through email
  • Develop scripts and hacks with popular tools
  • Submit websites to search engines and work on search engine placement

 

Residence Computing, Bloomington IN, August 1997 to August 1999

Computer Assistant

Responsible for setting up, configuring and providing technical support to 1300+ students on a residential LAN.

  • Configured over 600 machines for Indiana University Bloomington network serving 50,000 people
  • Diagnosed and solved student hardware and software problems via email, telephone and in person
  • Maintained equipment and supplies in computer center lab
  • Installed hardware and software on Apple and Windows based machines
  • Organized an Excel spreadsheet to enhance the workflow between computer assistants and students

 

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

 

American Eagle Outfitters, Bloomington IN, February 2000 to August 2001

Assistant Manager

Part of a management team with responsibilities in determining district wide goals while implementing corporate wide ideas and directions.

§         Recruited, hired, and trained over 100 new employees

§         Managed the scheduling of 32 employees

§         Supervised and monitored workflow of the store

§         Worked with other management to discuss employees, goals, and store numbers

§         Assisted on the sales floor when necessary

§         Set achievable goals to ensure employee motivation

§         Conferred with upper management to improve sales receipts and employee morale

§         Authorized schedule modifications to reduce the cost of labor as necessary

 

Park Foods, Hoffman Estates IL, May 1997 to September 1997

Assistant Coffee Equipment Manager

Worked with other management and team members to help with the acquisition of Park Foods be successful.

§         Improved customer relations from a poor to good standing by reducing backlog of reports

§         Trained and managed two new employees

§         Collaborated with other employees to improve sales

 

EDUCATION


Indiana University, Bloomington IN

Bachelor of General Studies with concentration in Math and Cognitive Science

Minors in Information Technology and Sociology

 

OTHER NOTES


TechTV Call For Help

Guest on Call For Help featuring my web pages.  Article can be found at the URL below http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/answerstips/webtips/story/0,24330,3525354,00.html