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Olympia, Wa, Us

Olympia, Washington, Us

Esteemed is a multi-channel brand and technology company. We provide Talent and HR Tech solutions. Esteemed Talent is a flexible workforce of 18,000+ pre-screened digital professionals. Our services also include Talent Sourcing, Screening as a Service, Teams as a Service, and Employer of RecordOur Esteemed Workspace platform features a suite of products including a Talent / Employee Experience Platform (TXP / EXP) Colleagues, also available as a multi-tenant product. For state of the art Talent Acquisition this can be paired with our AI powered CRM/Applicant Tracking System (ATS). In the near future we will be integrating payroll, HR, and Learning Management for a comprehensive all-in-one HCM / HXM operations platform.

Boston, Ma, Us

Co-founded digital media firm that produces top quality enterprise properties using Drupal CMS. Drupal Assoc partner, Drupalcon / Camps sponsor and speaker, Pantheon partner. Clients have included: The U.S. Dept's of Defense, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, National Archives, Interior and Education, The State's of Washington, Missouri, Georgia, New York and North Carolina, and many agencies. Sr. Architect, Developer with 25+ years experience, 10 yrs using Drupal CMS 6/7/8 daily. PHP module contributions back to Drupal.org. Specialize in Architecture, upgrade and migration strategies. Code using PHP / MySQL, HTML, CSS / SCSS, JQuery / JavaScript, Vue.js. Experience using Acquia Cloud, Edge (Cloudflare) and Site Factory, Pantheon, Amazon and Google cloud platform optimization and workflow, (Drush, GIT, SQL, MySQL) Highly experienced creating responsive Drupal websites. Some experience with decoupled (headless) CMS + JavaScript frameworks (Angular.js, React.js, Vue.js).Recent Projects:GM Nameplate - https://gmnameplate.com/ project owner for Drupal 7 - 8 website conversion, provided and managed team of 5 developers.WA State Dept. Fish & Wildlife - https://wdfw.wa.gov/ project owner for PHP - Drupal 8 digital transformation. Managed UX agency relationship and team of 5 developers.U.S. Department of Interior via Figleaf/IBM - https://www.doi.gov/ - act as a Senior Drupal Developer for support of the Drupal 7 site. U.S. Bureau of Land Management via Figleaf/IBM - https://www.blm.gov/ - act as a Senior Drupal Developer for support of the Drupal 7 site. Ford / Lincoln via GTB - https://forddrive4ur.com/ (Drupal 7), lincolndriventogive.com/ (Drupal 6) - act as Senior Developer for big auto promotion websites.SF Airport - Drupal Architect for flysfo.com D7 and SFO Museum Drupal 8 https://www.sfomuseum.org hand-selected team on project 2 years (in progress)Exide.com – acted as Architect / Technical lead for Drupal 8 website for multilingual site in 90 countries

Olympia, Washington, Us

Created drupalcontractors.com (now part of Esteemed Inc.) an online platform for Drupal contract development resources and employers to connect with one another. The platform features 400+ resources from around the world screened by experienced Drupal.org members and enables employers to scale teams quickly. Enterprise Agency clients: Possible, GTB Agency, Fuse Ideas, Cognizant, Oomph, Isovera, Avionos, Adapt, Pod Consulting, Forty Four, Fahrenheit Marketing, Bold Interactive, Engine Room Tech, Anthro-tech and others

Austin, Tx, Us

Maintain two corporate properties in Drupal 7. Assist team of 10 developers with UI related Github pull-request review, and mentoring. Create and maintain SCSS, JS and PHP related to the corporate and developer community web property presentation layers.

Dublin 2, Ie

Manager and Drupal Team Lead for Accenture Interactive. Tasked with delivering top "best in class"​ enterprise Drupal web applications to the Accenture Fortune 500 client base. Client projects included Marriott International, Entergy, Tivo and Disney Travel.

Newark, California, Us

Manage internal Drupal Practice for the leader in Marketing Automation. Provide Drupal / CMS pre-sales, Architecture and Consulting to top enterprise clients.Responsible for Practice Development / Planning and growth. Handle resource and budget management, create bid / RFP response estimates on large scale Drupal government, NGO, and corporate projects. Manage on and off shore resources. Practice locations in the U.S., UK and India.

Published lifestyle website + bi-monthly digital magazine focused on saving money while living 'green'. The website is a collective driven blog network offering the advice, tools, and content people need to live more sustainable, frugal and happier lives while making a positive impact on our planet;- Expert with Drupal 6 / CMS, HTML, and CSS, Website / UX design and usability testing; built site using D6 and the Feeds module bringing together over 60 blogs and aggregating that content offering shared ad space to the blogger. - Established unique content and media partnerships with top authors, publishers, and industry leaders such as executives at Time Inc., Ogden Publications, Green Festivals, and Dave Ramsey to name a few;- Created innovative and low cost, viral publishing business plan embracing new challenges in the magazine and publishing space (blog driven for mutual benefit);- Perform all creative, art direction, and graphic design with Adobe CS3, Expert with Photoshop and InDesign;- Expert in social media i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest being named a major media brand by Pinterest, and gaining 13k loyal Twitter followers and 2800 on Facebook in less than a year after start-up; - Expert in SEO / SEM methodologies, with over a decade of experience ranking in the top 5 on Google with chosen keywords; - Brand builder with extensive experience navigating business strategy, creative approach, writing business + marketing plans, and developing strategic relationships;

Austin , Tx, Us

Act as a periodic overflow Sr. Drupal Sales Engineer / Strategist for enterprise clients who range from the Fortune 1000 to major Universities and NPOs. Clients include Stanford University, Waste Management Inc, NYSE and other top brands.

Responsible for the co-creation of the company, a job-board and news community for the manufacturing and engineering sector with a Google Page Rank of 4, ranking in the top 3 in Google for Manufacturing Jobs, and being partnered with CareerBuilder for over a decade.- Designed developed and maintained several iterations of the job-board website containing 12,000 pages since 1999; - Created and Manage all on and off-line marketing activities including SEO, SEM, Google Adword, and MailChimp campaigns;- Managed all advertising, pay-per-click, and Adsense activitites;- Managed all social media activities, contributor blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest;- Expert with HTML, CSS, Adobe CS, cross-browser compliance, and web UX design;

Washington, Dc, Us

Contracted to improve daily operations and architecture of The DoD Centers for Excellence, National Center for Telehealth and Technology (T2) web site in the Telehealth field; www.t2health.org. - Acted as technical liason to leadership on all things Drupal 6 or 7, best practices in website design, digital marketing, information architecture, and content promotion strategy. - Oversee all aspects of design and content management of the site via CSS, HTML / XHTML, HTML 5, Drupal Theme Development and PHP Module configuration and support.

Digital incubator, web development and design firm specializing in start-up development in the Seattle and New York markets.-Created and managed region intranet site for 500 AT&T NW reps-Acted as a freelance web developer and technology consultant (AT&T Contractor) for select website clients that were in need of design and implementation services. -Built job portal for the manufacturing sector that went on to the top 3 in Google, partnered with CareerBuilder.com and is a key resource in its niche-Expert with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks-Specialized in packaging, branding, and preparing dot-com start-ups for market and connecting them with the resources and technology needed to differentiate

Dallas, Tx, Us

Identified and developed relationships with key start-ups in the Seattle area including Amazon and Real Networks to be deemed "hyper-growth". Opened and maintained pipeline relationships for start-ups with management and technical personnel at AT&T Labs, AT&T Capital, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, IBM, and Cisco insuring clients had all that was needed from a technology and capital perspective to grow rapidly, and best utilize the latest advancements from AT&T and its partners.- Strategic Consultant to hyper growth clients, including business plan, marketing and sales strategy integration with the latest AT&T technology solutions;- Trainer and team lead for NW Region Internet Technologies for 32 Data and Voice representatives. The team was a record breaking producer, responsible for closing over $500 million in Data/IP business over 3 years;- Member, NW Region Top Producers "Gold Club" 2000-2002;

The Marketing and Communications Manager for the Access Washington project, the WA State government web portal, and other high-profile agency web / multimedia projects such as for the Governor, Attorney General, and others.- Responsible for the design and development of all collateral materials, including initial website look + feel and integrating digital and traditional collateral. Developed marketing and sales plan for central technology agency's web site development and hosting services marketed to other state agency “clients”;- Presented custom web development packages to specific agency DM’s resulting in the “sale” of more than 30 contracts for major agency websites totaling over $3 million in development billings;- Assisted with the development of the portal’s and client agency’s digital business strategies, e-commerce, service offerings and functional business requirements; - Managed a team of 4, negotiated contracts, authored key business documents, as well as developing and administering an internal departmental budget;- Coordinated all external client agency communications and deliverables between a broad range of executives / departments, monitoring and reporting on project progress of cross-functional teams;

Human Resources Management And Services

Bachelor Of Arts, Business Management, Communications, Internet Technologies, And Sustainability

High School, College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program