Brian Marston Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States

I lead a team of two developers and a designer at WashU Medicine Marketing & Communications (formerly known as Medical Public Affairs) to efficiently produce high-quality, brand-aligned websites. In 2012, the year before I started, the office launched four sites. Now, more than 1,000 sites have been built on our WordPress platform, and more than 3,000 people at the School of Medicine have editing permissions on those sites. When I started, we weren’t responsible for any department-level sites… Show more I lead a team of two developers and a designer at WashU Medicine Marketing & Communications (formerly known as Medical Public Affairs) to efficiently produce high-quality, brand-aligned websites. In 2012, the year before I started, the office launched four sites. Now, more than 1,000 sites have been built on our WordPress platform, and more than 3,000 people at the School of Medicine have editing permissions on those sites. When I started, we weren’t responsible for any department-level sites. Now, 17 departments are using our WordPress theme, in addition to other major business units, including WashU Physicians; Medical Advancement; the Institute for Informatics, Data Science & Biostatistics; the McDonnell Genome Institute; and Medical Student Admissions. Show less

I was a LAMP developer responsible for creating and maintaining public-facing websites for Medical Public Affairs using WordPress, Yii, Git, jQuery, CSS, and Photoshop.

At Central Information Technology Services, I worked with a vendor to customize a learning and curriculum management system for the Office of Medical Student Education. It was written in PHP and JavaScript (AJAX) with a MySQL database.

I own and manage two four-family apartment buildings that were built in 1906.

I created websites for a variety of clients, including Coad Engineering, political campaigns, the Arch City Chronicle and Grand Center using PHP and MySQL. I also created the STL Syndicate, a network of local blogs, using Movable Type, phpAdsNew, zFeeder and a customized RSS parsing script written in Perl.

Greater St. Louis Area

I developed the curriculum for two web development courses and taught them at the T-REX technology incubator. Codesteader's project-based approach focused on practical uses for the skills being taught and included live coding by the instructor and pair programming challenges for the students.http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/blog/BizNext/2012/11/codesteader-starts-new-effort-to.html

The Beacon is one of the top nonprofit online news organizations in the country. I worked with New York-based Next Street Agency as the Beacon's technical lead on a $288,000 project to move from Joomla to a custom-built content management system codenamed Lantern. Lantern was developed using CodeIgniter (a PHP framework), Alternative PHP Cache, Doctrine (an object relational mapper), MySQL, Subversion and a JavaScript-driven application framework (hashbang URLs). I instituted the use of… Show more The Beacon is one of the top nonprofit online news organizations in the country. I worked with New York-based Next Street Agency as the Beacon's technical lead on a $288,000 project to move from Joomla to a custom-built content management system codenamed Lantern. Lantern was developed using CodeIgniter (a PHP framework), Alternative PHP Cache, Doctrine (an object relational mapper), MySQL, Subversion and a JavaScript-driven application framework (hashbang URLs). I instituted the use of Bugzilla to manage the project and evaluated, prioritized and addressed bug reports and enhancement requests. I installed and configured ResourceSpace for use as the Beacon's image library, and I was the system administrator for their LAMP servers hosted at Media Temple and Rackspace. I was responsible for analyzing metrics for their site traffic, email campaigns and social media presences. I also provided technical support for the staff and visitors to the site. Show less

I maintained and redesigned pages for the library's public site using XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, SSI and RSS. I also created a mobile version of the site using the iUI framework and helped build the organization's presences on Twitter, Facebook and TypePad. I was the primary architect of a new intranet built using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for the 136-person staff. I created InfoPath forms and associated workflows to automate business processes, and I provided ongoing… Show more I maintained and redesigned pages for the library's public site using XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, SSI and RSS. I also created a mobile version of the site using the iUI framework and helped build the organization's presences on Twitter, Facebook and TypePad. I was the primary architect of a new intranet built using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for the 136-person staff. I created InfoPath forms and associated workflows to automate business processes, and I provided ongoing technical support and training for the site. I also provided content authoring and Web 2.0 training for library staff and the university community. I was a member of the library Assessment Team and was responsible for analyzing traffic statistics with Webtrends. Show less

North St. Louis YouthBuild was a construction training and GED program in north city for youth aged 18 to 24 from low-income households. I recruited students for the program; hired, supervised and evaluated a staff of six; handled other human resources functions, including payroll and insurance coverage; designed and implemented organizational policies, schedules and processes; developed partnerships with other service providers; coordinated volunteers; served as the media spokesperson; taught… Show more North St. Louis YouthBuild was a construction training and GED program in north city for youth aged 18 to 24 from low-income households. I recruited students for the program; hired, supervised and evaluated a staff of six; handled other human resources functions, including payroll and insurance coverage; designed and implemented organizational policies, schedules and processes; developed partnerships with other service providers; coordinated volunteers; served as the media spokesperson; taught academic classes; oversaw leadership development activities of the Youth Policy Committee; sought out employers to hire graduates; created and monitored a $630,000 annual budget; wrote grant proposals; solicited donations from individuals; and made reports to funders and the board of directors. Show less

I created database-driven web applications on Linux/Apache/MySQL/Perl and Windows/IIS/SQL Server/ASP platforms for clients including Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Wabtec, FREIGHTlist.com, BJC, Circuit City, LabCorp, MediaPOINTE, MODOT, RegionWise, Buck Consultants, Art on Canvas, Goodrich and Principia. I wrote front-end and back-end code, as well as requirement, design and test specifications. Among the software packages I used were Concurrent Versions System (CVS), Visual InterDev, SQL Server… Show more I created database-driven web applications on Linux/Apache/MySQL/Perl and Windows/IIS/SQL Server/ASP platforms for clients including Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Wabtec, FREIGHTlist.com, BJC, Circuit City, LabCorp, MediaPOINTE, MODOT, RegionWise, Buck Consultants, Art on Canvas, Goodrich and Principia. I wrote front-end and back-end code, as well as requirement, design and test specifications. Among the software packages I used were Concurrent Versions System (CVS), Visual InterDev, SQL Server Enterprise Manager, Cygwin, XEmacs, MiniVend and activePDF. Several of the sites I worked on dealt with confidential data that had to be secured and encrypted. Show less

I used HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Perl to create educational CD-ROMs and websites. I also wrote utilities in Visual Basic and Perl.

I designed, programmed, tested and maintained custom Windows software written in Visual Basic for Bank of America. I was responsible for the contact management, cash flow analysis, database editor and financial calculator modules of a mortgage application and pre-qualification system.

I created web pages and CGI scripts for OSEDA, the Missouri Census Data Center, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, University of Missouri Outreach and Extension and Kids Count in Missouri. In addition, I set HTML style guidelines, provided technical support, recommended and installed software, and researched and implemented new web technologies, such as RealAudio.

I wrote HTML and Perl code for commercial websites, including Addsheet Online, ComputerLand, the Columbia Downtown Association and the National Association of Animal Breeders.

I co-founded ArachNet, a web publishing, programming and consulting company, during my senior year in college. In addition to writing HTML and Perl code, I planned marketing strategy, identified and contacted potential clients and wrote contracts. Our clients included the College of Education and the Alumni Association of the University of Missouri.