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Athens, Georgia, United States

Athens, Georgia, United States

Responsible for the full SDLC for the design, development, and operations of 60 University System Office websites and ExpressionEngine CMS. Includes the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum and the Georgia Archives.Technical lead on transitioning all websites to a multi-tiered, multi-clustered environment running across two active-active, load balanced data centers. Focused on increased resiliency and enhanced cybersecurity at the OS and CMS levels. Fostered a culture of DevOps by Dockerizing and implementing version control and multi-tier server CI/CD for all websites using GitLab. Vastly increased development productivity and reduced reliance on internal teams. Successfully led the implementation of over a dozen new websites and redesigns for multiple academic programs and depts, including redesigning the USG.edu brand and new USO initiatives Georgia FinTech Academy and Georgia Film Academy. Brought web program into cybersecurity policy compliance by implementing Single Sign-On across all websites.Reduced yearly web expenditures by over $10,000 by managing third party vendor relationships and license and support contract renewals.Incorporated data into decision-making through Google Analytics and custom Google Data Studio reports.Provided training on-site, via video conferencing, and as co-organizer of the USG Web Tech Day conference, designed to unite web and IT staff across USG schools.Ensured Section 508 and WCAG accessibility compliance through collaborations with state and federal authorities. Manager performing supervisory and HR duties of two web developer direct reports since 2019. Led hiring process and recruitment.

Athens, Georgia Area

Design, develop, test, implement and support all custom websites and web applications for the University System of Georgia.

Athens, Georgia Area

Worked with system analysts to ensure accurate documentation for monthly Banner and custom Georgia Enhancements releases.Maintained communication and marketing for the GeorgiaBEST program, including daily vetting of internal and external correspondence, design of monthly newsletters, social media, conference marketing and special projects for the program director. Was responsible for community and production support websites and weekly staff community postings. Also worked with leadership team to maintain and improve program content.

Greater Atlanta Area

Promoted from Site Coordinator. Included all previous responsibilities expanded to the full NASCAR.COM platform and all live events.Developed and maintained HTML, CSS and Javascript / JQuery for all of NASCAR.COM and provided front-end development expertise for project initiatives, sales sponsorships and live race event coverage. Responsibilities included training new technical team members.

Greater Atlanta Area

Front-end web developer for Turner Broadcasting's digital sports division, Turner Sports Interactive, specifically for the NASCAR.COM Nationwide Series Drupal website. Webmaster for NASCAR.COM Nationwide Series live event site operations, including operation of the award-winning Trackpass product suite (Raceview, Radio, PitCommand and Scanner) and RaceBuddy suite (RaceBuddy, TNT RaceBuddy, TruckBuddy). Technical and operational point of contact for all website-related internal and external teams during live events, and responsible for troubleshooting technical issues as they occurred. Responsible for daily site maintenance, short-flight sponsorship theming (microsites), and long-term project web development.Ensured that all web standards and markup in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript were standards compliant for users across multiple browsers and operating systems. Dedicated project coordinator and developer for the NASCAR Nationwide Series microsite. Worked closely with site editorial staff and senior site management to plan and execute requests from the NASCAR league, Nationwide Insurance and Turner Sports digital business unit.

Worked closely with editorial staff to transition the daily newspaper onto www.onlineathens.com. Ensured standards compliant HTML and CSS.

Specialty section writer for Homefront realty, Jake, Health Resource Magazine and feature correspondent for the daily paper.

Freelance feature writer for the Living section of the daily paper.

Oversaw daily radio station operations, including equipment purchase and maintenance; was in charge of live performance setup and remote broadcast operations.

Managed online syndication for WUOG station programming and content. Oversaw social media ventures and online operations, including podcasting, audio / video streaming and educational content.

Developed web module for University of Georgia Telecommunication students to host class content online. Implemented into the WNEG framework. Worked on web spyder that gathered research data from the internet. Combing an initial set of news blogs throughout the northeast Georgia media markets, the spyder provided media trends and research for the station and university.