Designs By Sass

Professional Experience

Virginia Tech Athletics Department

Feb. 2007 - Present

Design, develop, and maintain accessible web-page layouts and style sheets.
Construct and manage MySQL databases and queries in order to improve the efficiency and timeliness of backend functions.
Aid in the conversion to a PHP-based and MySQL-based system.
Provide support to the Director of Internet Systems with development and design.

Designs by Sass

Feb. 2007 - Present

Provide Internet services to small businesses to develop or expand their web presence.
Refine and expand technical skills to serve as webmaster, graphic designer, database manager, and/or director of Internet services.
Install, customize, and oversee Content Management Systems so that business owners can maintain their website with little web development skills.

Feb. 2006 - May 2006

Researched the importance of developing web pages that provide equal access to all users, despite differences in culture, education, ability, resources, or physical limitations.
Developed web pages that strictly adhered to the World Wide Web Consortium's standards for accessibility.

Genworth Financial, RI&I Telecom. Infrastructure Team

May 2005 - Aug. 2005

Served as primary contact, event planner, and project organizer.
Preformed data research, documentation, organization, and analysis that provided a substantial cost savings solution for the department.

Webmaster & Graphics Designer, Clinics for Haiti, May 2008 - Present

Webmaster & Graphics Designer, Bridge for Haiti, Jan. 2008 - Present

Webmaster & Event Planner, Poverty Awareness Coalition for Equality, Sept. 2007 - Present

Languages: PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, "AJAX"

OS: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP, Mac X 10.4.11

Development Environments:

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Coda 1.6 Joomla!

LAMP BB Edit

Microsoft Office phpMyAdmin

B.S. Business Information Technology, E-Business

Minor in Global Business

Graduated Magna Cum Laude, December 2006

GPA: 3.74

Rank: 6 of 132 in major