Mike Wickenden Email & Phone Number

South Hero, Vt

In Dec 2018 I left as co-owner of Hero Divers when the partnership accounting proved to be more of a headache than helpful. I started Red Cap Marine & Salvage LLC which provides the same marine services to my customers, just under a different company name.Red Cap Marine provides various marine & scuba diving-related services around Lake Champlain & nearby waters including towing, inspection, maintenance & salvage. RCM maintains moorings for many individual residential customers, as well as for several marina mooring fields, & also provides some hydroelectric dam services.

I own & lead development for CarComplaints.com & other related websites (FordProblems.com, HondaProblems.com etc). CarComplaints.com receives several million visitors per month & has been referenced by the New York Times, The Early Show on CBS, MSNBC, CarTalk, & many local TV stations.

South Hero, Vermont

At Dealer.com I was responsible for the development and management of all templated dealer website code including XHTML, CSS & integration with Dealer.com's custom data methods. I developed new cutting-edge features, worked on advanced custom work requests, & managed the overall quality of code produced by other members of my team. I also trained junior web developers, developed workflow & troubleshooting tools for internal company use, & provided tier-1 support for the production & support teams. I was the lead developer for several major dealer website components including the inventory listing & vehicle details pages.

I've worked as an independent web designer and/or web consultant for the following companies & agencies:Town of South HeroRock Art BreweryVermont Public Service BoardVermont Environmental BoardVermont Water Resources BoardColdwell Banker Islands RealtyGreater Burlington YMCAYMCA Camp AbnakiHero's WelcomeMad Dog PrimerSpot The DogVermont Seido KarateStones Throw ImportsSandwich Shipping SupplyVermont Sandwich GardenPorchlight Property ManagementLaw Offices of Geoffrey R. CoxGrimason Associates

Layer3.org was the first comprehensive MP3 resource. In 1998 it received 4 million visitors/month & was rated among the top 1,000 websites by Alexa. Along with news, tutorials & hardware/software reviews, we also ran the plugins/skins section for WinAMP, the most widely-used MP3 player.Serving that amount of bandwidth in the late 90's cost a LOT, & internet advertising wasn't quite there yet. I eventually shut the site down because of operating costs & my lack of interest in competing with the VC-funded site MP3.com.