Resumé
Address: 2032 Eastern Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505
Phone: (616) 558-6429
Email: matt.saul@gmail.com
Education
B.S. in Computer Science from Wheaton College, 1998-2002
- Completed rigorous programming coursework using the languages JAVA and C++
- Took an extensive amount of liberal arts courses
- Authored a website that allowed students to find others who lived near them which was featured in the college newspaper
Summary of Skills
Programming Languages
- Proficient in HTML (seven years of experience), JavaScript, and PHP
- Competent in ASP, CSS, Actionscript, and MySQL
- Software: Windows 98/NT/2000/XP, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks, Word, Excel, Publisher
- Technical and creative writing skill
Work Experience
Webmaster, Tradition Creek 2008-Present
- Set up and skinned an online storefront using Zen Cart
- Did custom modifications to store
- Added hundreds of products to store catalog
Webmaster: Thrifty Travel, 2002-Present
- Created client-editable sites, one with a Flash intro
- Composed deal finder PHP script which allowed one to search a website for savings
- Maintain website, updating vacation copy and images
Webmaster, Hotels Etc. 2007-2008
- Produced company website including member and distributor backend
- Designed and coded distributor website template with automated PHP backend
- Converted infomercial to Flash video and posted it on the site
- Handled various distributor customer support issues
Web Developer, Getzinger Design, 2006-2008
- Sliced up Photoshop PSD files and turned them into websites with graphic-heavy layouts making use of CSS to get everything looking just like the Photoshop file
- Built a PHP/MySQL based order-tracking system for email campaigns
- Designed a Flash banner with intricate animations
- Took over a PHP codebase for a forthcoming dotcom, fixing some of the aesthetic and code bugs
Junior Webmaster: Wheaton College Advancement, 2002-2004
- Hand-coded an HTML and CSS departmental website template, envisioned by the Dean of Natural Sciences, which is still in wide use today.
- Converted Word files to HTML preserving their formatting
- Assisted professors and departmental staff with Dreamweaver issues
- Authored PERL and PHP scripts to handle mail forms.
- Created an PHP email search script that queried the school’s LDAP directory
- Sliced up Photoshop PSD files and converted them into working websites with JavaScript rollover buttons