Jason Lawton's Resume

Jason Lawton
North Haledon, NJ 07508 USA	http://jasonlawton.com/portfolio

Skills

Technologies/Programming:
Client and server side programming and scripting, focusing on PHP, mySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, XML

iOS (objective-c) focusing on apps for the iPhone

Content Management Systems:
Wordpress, including theme and plugin development, Drupal, custom built CMS tailored to the magazine/publishing industry

Ad Servers:
OpenX Ad Server

Email Service Providers:
MailChimp (including API integration)

JavaScript Framworks/Libraries:
jQuery

Databases:
MySQL, Microsoft SQL, MS Access

Hardware and Systems Administration:
Mac OSX 10.4, 10.5, Mac OSX 10.4 Server, 10.5 Server, Linux Server with Red Hat Enterprise, Linux Servers running Ubuntu 10.04

Web Design Software:
NetBeans, TextMate, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Notepad, nano, Transmit FTP

Work Experience

Freelance

Drop It - Designed, developed and implemented an iPhone app that allows you to save a file from the Internet to a DropBox account via the iPhone.

Website
iTunes Link

MiniGolfPad - Designed, developed and implemented an iPhone app for keeping score when playing Mini Golf. I also designed a custom WordPress template to showcase screenshots from the app.

Website
iTunes Link

StaceyRaymond.com- A website for an actor to showcase her acting roles, headshots, and performance photos. Initially designed and created in Drupal, I recently migrated this site to run on WordPress.

To facilitate site usability, I created a custom post type for Acting Roles and implemented it as a plugin. I plan on revising the code to make sure it meets the WordPress plugin guidelines, and then plan to release the plugin to the WordPress Plugin Database.

I also wrote a plugin to display a gallery of galleries. It works by using a WordPress shortcode that accepts parameters on what posts to search for. If the posts have images, it creates a page of thumbnails which, when clicked, shows the photos from the post via Fancybox.

AmyRothPhoto.com- Website for a photographer built with a custom CMS for uploading photos. The website is written using OOP PHP and an MVC framework.

SeniorsBoutique.com- Website for a company selling products for senior citizens. Took a photoshop psd and created a Zen Cart template out of it.

IT Manager/Web Developer	Ramsey, NJ
Rodman Publishing	4/2005 - Present

Helped build the company up from static html web pages edited in Word, to dynamic database-driven websites using PHP, mySQL, Javascript, jQuery, and other technologies.

Created a custom-built CMS that allows editors to add breaking news, magazine articles, and other content to the websites. All websites utilize the same database for managing content, but user roles allows the admin to define what each user sees.

Along with another developer, built a new CMS that is more flexible and will scale better than the previous version. The new CMS was built using OOP PHP, and uses an MVC methodology to store all the core code on one domain, and then overrides the views as needed for each magazine that is running on the code.

Set up a dedicated web server and database server with Rackspace. Migrated all content and databases to the new servers.

Set up cloud-based servers through the Rackspace Cloud, including a Windows 2003 system, and two Ubuntu servers for a Wiki, Bug Tracking (bugzilla), and Jabber Chat Server.

Integrated RSS feeds with FeedBurner to serve and track feeds to over 1500 subscribers.

Implemented Google Analytics to track web site visitors.

Implemented OpenX ad server.

Created an Email Newsletter Builder, which creates HTML and text emails based off of articles and news pulled from the database.

Designed and implemented HTML templates for Email Newsletters sent to over 150,000 subscribers a week.

Created a template to quickly implement micro-sites for trade shows.

Converted Photoshop layouts into functional websites.

Set up and implemented OSX server and backup procedures.

Ongoing management and troubleshooting for an office of 50 computers.

IT Application Specialist	Wyckoff, NJ
Christian Health Care Center	1/2004 - 4/2005

Created custom-built ticketing system for tracking support requests.

Created custom-built CMS for company intranet using ASP, SQLServer and IIS.

Serviced and repaired computer and telephone systems on the company campus (over 700 computers).

Web Designer	Madison, NJ
iWebSight Solutions	4/2003 - 11/2003

Created mockups of sites for clients using Photoshop.

Converted Photoshop layouts into functional websites using Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS and Javascript.

Created interactive CD-ROMS created and designed utilizing Flash, HTML and Quicktime Video.

Took recorded video and edited for presentation on the web and on Interactive CD-ROMs.

Clubs and Organizations
Northern NJ Programmer Meetup Northern NJ Web Developer Meetup Northern NJ Wordpress Group

Education

BS	1996 - 2000
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ Computer Science