Jim Applegate Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Contracting with NOAA and the National Hurricane Center to overhaul hurricanes.gov. The website needs significant work on both the back and front ends to prepare it for delivering the critical information that will be needed in the future. There is a specific focus on storm surge data that needs to be added to the website.

Broomfield, CO

• Exploring ways to use web-based open innovation to expand the reach and effectiveness of nonprofits
• Developing tools and techniques for creating web-based open innovation projects. The current preferred method is Jekyll hosted on Github Pages.
• Writing a book of 100+ patterns detailing habits of thinking and behavior that can help individuals become more effective changemakers.

Boulder, CO

• Collaborated within cross-functional teams, including third-party vendors, to find creative, web-based solutions to company needs.
• Managed a small team of web developers tasked with managing all things web for the company. This included client support, programming, Wordpress development, data management and infrastructure for hosting 50+ websites.
• Developed tools such as APIs and CMS plugins to help third parties access product and store locator data we managed.
• Resolved issues that came up as websites were brought in-house, redesigned or otherwise acquired bugs.
• Integrated all sites with tools like Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and Google Search Console for SEO.
• Worked to build a coherent and manageable web and digital strategy across brands and functions.

• Managed design, development, release, and maintenance for 35+ websites.
• Worked on web related initiatives with 30+ in-company clients.
• Developed the CMS and development framework used to add functionality to marketing websites. Identified ways to expand the system to optimally use available resources and support marketing initiatives.
• Managed the integration of over 50 new and existing sites to our hosting environment. Adapted the websites as necessary to run in our platform and integrated them as appropriate with our CMS and development framework.
• Managed all domain names for the company.

• Prepared the digital files for creative projects like packaging and displays to ensure they could be printed using traditional printing processes.
• Helped create the company’s first website as a technical liaison between the designers and the webmaster.
• Established a series of internal guides and processes designed to provide technical information for creative projects. Trained co-workers in software use and best practices.

• Collected, organized and wrote index for monthly shareware disk subscription.

Facilitated hands-on training for small groups learning QuarkXPress Modules I and II, and Basic Mac.

• Responsible for all production work including typesetting, logo re-creation, etc.

• Operated and maintained the Linotronic imagesetter and developer station.
• Established procedures for isolating the sources of PostScript printing errors.