Shawn Seley Email & Phone Number

West Des Moines, Iowa

Diving into C# and .Net technologies as a new career specialization.

Supported development and maintenance of large portfolio of Academic Division websites, web applications and databases using and supporting Drupal/MySQL/PHP, Javascript/jQuery, FileMaker, Contribute/Dreamweaver, Apache, and Mac OSX Server. Helped to lead re-creation and energizing of grassroots campus-wide Web Coords group towards the promotion of campus standards and collaboration. Led analysis and recommendation of Google Analytics as a solution for website usage statistics. Led comparison… Show more Supported development and maintenance of large portfolio of Academic Division websites, web applications and databases using and supporting Drupal/MySQL/PHP, Javascript/jQuery, FileMaker, Contribute/Dreamweaver, Apache, and Mac OSX Server. Helped to lead re-creation and energizing of grassroots campus-wide Web Coords group towards the promotion of campus standards and collaboration. Led analysis and recommendation of Google Analytics as a solution for website usage statistics. Led comparison and selection of Drupal as a web application framework and interim Content Management System for use by Academic Division Team. Instructed series of twelve, two-hour Drupal workshops to class of five peer web application developers. Led the promotion of Drupal as an interim standard towards collaboration among campus web developers. Show less

Managed 5,000+ hour upgrade of business infrastructure website, involving numerous UCCP employees and an external team of six consultant developers. Oversaw all facets including new identity, new features, content rewrite, scope, timelines, and quality assurance. Managed development of organization’s Joomla-driven marketing site, UCCP.org. Surveyed staff to create development plan for extensive further upgrades in 2007, including time estimates and budget as coordinated with consultants. After… Show more Managed 5,000+ hour upgrade of business infrastructure website, involving numerous UCCP employees and an external team of six consultant developers. Oversaw all facets including new identity, new features, content rewrite, scope, timelines, and quality assurance. Managed development of organization’s Joomla-driven marketing site, UCCP.org. Surveyed staff to create development plan for extensive further upgrades in 2007, including time estimates and budget as coordinated with consultants. After budget reduction, created backup plan for creation of website programmer’s documentation, and managed negotiation, purchase and completion of vendor contract. Assisted in strategic planning and change management of UCCP’s new organization direction. Show less

Managed back-end IT projects. Created online knowledge management system (KMS) for capturing, tracking and documenting user feedback and technical assistance requests. Created large-scale data publishing infrastructure for automating hundreds of static HTML data-table pages from Dreamweaver-editable templates and statistical databases. Created interactive online mapping systems. Created intranet components including employee login, administrative tools, site maintenance utilities, and… Show more Managed back-end IT projects. Created online knowledge management system (KMS) for capturing, tracking and documenting user feedback and technical assistance requests. Created large-scale data publishing infrastructure for automating hundreds of static HTML data-table pages from Dreamweaver-editable templates and statistical databases. Created interactive online mapping systems. Created intranet components including employee login, administrative tools, site maintenance utilities, and site-monitoring dashboard with charts and graphs. Integrated and heavily customized subscriber-based email newsletter system. Customized and managed web server through selected hosting provider. Designed and maintained relational databases. Created IT budgets and timelines. Show less

Provided back-end support for five front-end developers meeting weekly deadlines. Mentored and trained team members. Provided front-end developers with easy, yet powerful, online access to server logs and databases. Assisted in management of fast-paced development process by helping to estimate development time, prioritizing, watching over details, proofreading layout for consistency and cross-platform compatibility, and identifying usability issues. Provided 24/7 tech support for Web server… Show more Provided back-end support for five front-end developers meeting weekly deadlines. Mentored and trained team members. Provided front-end developers with easy, yet powerful, online access to server logs and databases. Assisted in management of fast-paced development process by helping to estimate development time, prioritizing, watching over details, proofreading layout for consistency and cross-platform compatibility, and identifying usability issues. Provided 24/7 tech support for Web server and extended hours user support. Created tightly integrated infrastructure including user login, personalized content, quiz questions, journal entries, various formats of opinion sharing exercises, graphs and statistics, a sophisticated threaded dialogue system and an automated administrator user-error alert system. Set up and rigorously maintained Web server and databases Show less

Created and managed Web presence for high-profile advertising agency (ranked Top 200 in the nation); also developed Web sites for five corporate clients. Assisted in-house designers and content developers with transition from traditional media to the web. Planned site architectures. Worked with designers to establish web-compatible interfaces and styles; performed image optimization and page layout. Set up and maintained internet servers for the web, DNS and email. Marketed websites to search… Show more Created and managed Web presence for high-profile advertising agency (ranked Top 200 in the nation); also developed Web sites for five corporate clients. Assisted in-house designers and content developers with transition from traditional media to the web. Planned site architectures. Worked with designers to establish web-compatible interfaces and styles; performed image optimization and page layout. Set up and maintained internet servers for the web, DNS and email. Marketed websites to search engines; optimized site content for searches. Monitored success of sites by compiling statistical reports on web server and search engine activity. Show less

Produced, managed, maintained and marketed websites for a variety of small business clients. Provided comprehensive design services, including site architecture, interface and page layout, image editing, image optimization, HTML coding, CGI scripts, database content, and Javascript. Marketed clients' websites to search engines. Hired, trained and supervised staff of four production interns. Assisted with sales and client relations. Developed and taught courses on HTML and JavaScript for Kirke… Show more Produced, managed, maintained and marketed websites for a variety of small business clients. Provided comprehensive design services, including site architecture, interface and page layout, image editing, image optimization, HTML coding, CGI scripts, database content, and Javascript. Marketed clients' websites to search engines. Hired, trained and supervised staff of four production interns. Assisted with sales and client relations. Developed and taught courses on HTML and JavaScript for Kirke Van Orsdel, Inc. Information Systems department. Created all course materials, ensuring that students learned the most practical techniques for coding and web design. Show less