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I've been programming since 1996 and moved from desktop (PC) programming to web site design and programming in 1999. I started my own company in 2001, Vermont Web Programmers (VWP), which grew to include more than 75 Middlebury area customers.
In December 2007 I sold VWP, moved to Bennington, VT and started Emerson Web Programming, which continues to provide web site design and programming services.
Specialties include content management systems (that allow you to manage your own web site content w/o buying any software), ecommerce web stores (that you manage yourself), interactive forms, data storage, retrieval, and reporting. Other projects have included web surveys, web based software applications, and a few small "brochure" sites.
Programming: PHP, SQL, JavaScript, CSS, HTML
Database: MySQL, SQL Server, Access
2008 - present | Emerson Web Programming | Web Developer and Owner
• Design and program web sites, many with content management systems (CMS)
• Create web stores which include options such as testimonials, rotating specials, featured products, recipes, gift registries, and discounts
• Build web based content management systems that allow customers to manage their own web site page content and/or product information
• Database administration and reporting for MySQL data sources
• All functions of running a small business: billing, project management, customer service
2001 - 2007 | Vermont Web Programmers | Web Developer and Founder (Recently sold) View VWP Portfolio
• Design and program web sites, many with content management systems (CMS)
• Create web stores which include options such as testimonials, rotating specials, featured products, recipes, gift registries, and discounts
• Build web based content management systems that allow customers to manage their own web site page content and/or product information
• Database administration and reporting for MySQL data sources
• All functions of running a small business: billing, project management, customer service
2000 - 2001 | Timberline Interactive | Web Developer
• Design and program web sites with dynamic, database driven content
• Create web stores which include options such as testimonials, rotating specials, featured products, recipes, gift registries, discounts
• Build web based content management systems that allow customers to manage their own web site page content and/or product information
• Database administrator and reporting for Access, FoxPro and MS SQL data sources
1999 - 2000 | Mobilia.com | Web Developer
• Maintain, refine and support company and affiliate web sites
• Provide searchable content pages, surveys and web based applications
• Create and maintain relational databases in Access
• Create business reports from company and client databases
• Provide backup for network and technical support
1998 - 1999 | Together Networks | Database Programmer
• Program, test, and implement requested changes to in-house business management software
• Provide end user support to customer service and billing departments for in-house software
• Support credit card and electronic fund transfer protocols that integrate with in-house software
• Maintain database integrity with periodic investigations and resolution of discrepancies
• Provide custom reports and financial information to upper management
• Modify in-house software to integrate with Oracle back end database (requiring a complete re-write of existing code to work with new environment)
1996 - 1998 | Country Home Products | Data Analyst
• Combine multiple reporting applications and techniques to verify and maintain data integrity
• Design reports using R&R Report Writer and Crystal Report to analyze trends and manage data Investigate and resolve data discrepancies associated with orphaned records or invalid user entries
• Recommend improvements to new, in-house utilities and test resulting programs
• Programmatic database cleansing to prepare for data conversion to new business software
• Co-author training materials for DOS, Windows, Network and in-house applications
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