Jonathan Wells

@jonowells on twitter

NOTE: This resume is OLD! Must update soon. As long as this message is here, this resume is not yet updated. Yikes. So old. It negates something like five years of really great growth and experience.

SKILLS SUMMARY

html : 5 years
css : 5 years
php : 3 years when needed
SQL : use it all the time
Flash 8+, Flex, Actionscript 3 : 3 solid years, 1 in flex
Actionscript 2.0 1 year. meh.

I’ve done a lot of Coldfusion and ASP.net work too. Even Ruby on Rails.

I thrive in UNIX environments, thrive on a Mac, and do very well with Windows as well.

EXPERIENCE

Freelance Web Designer January 2006 – Present

Freelance designer using variety of tools to make dynamic, standards

Web designer & Webmaster May 2004 – January 2006

Basement, Inc.

Designed, developed, and maintained http://thebasementtheatre.com. Designed from ground up in Illustrator and Photoshop CS. Hand-coded site with html using css for the layout and php to organize site and allow for user-friendly updating. Developed dynamically updated front-end for ticket sale interface using php and javascript.

Web designer January 2006

Audiowells

Designed http://audiowells.com from ground up according to client’s specifications. Used Photoshop CS2 and css to meet the client’s demand for a stylish aesthetic representative of the company’s image and function. Responded quickly to requests for changes and updates.

Teaching Assistant, Java Tutor 2002 – 2004

College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

Assistant Teacher for Object Oriented Programming in Java at Georgia Tech. Responsible for lecturing to large groups, holding office hours, designing student project specifications, student project and test evaluations, exam proctoring, and running a Java help lab. Developed code autograders in a highly collaborative coding environment with heavy workloads and tight deadlines.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Teacher August 2004 – Present

Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions

Teacher, tutor, and grader for GMAT, SAT, and ACT courses. Presenter for Kaplan marketing events and seminars. Handle multiple classes at once in different metro area locations with diverse student populations of varied age groups.

Sales Representative 1997 – March 2000

Multimedia XChange, Inc.

Sales rep for retail electronics outlet. Responsible for providing excellent customer service to patrons, demonstrating expertise of all new products in inventory, maintaining an organized, clean, and effective showroom, and maintaining a complex and changing inventory of products and services.

EDUCATION

Georgia Institute of Technology August 2000 – July 2004

Atlanta, Georgia

Bachelor of Science, Discrete Mathematics. Degree awarded July 2004.

Relevant Coursework

Programming: Object Oriented Programming (Java), Languages & Translation (ANSI C), Programming in C++, Data Structures & Software Engineering (C++)

Theory: Computer Science Theory, Computability & Algorithms (graduate), Intro to Number Theory, Engineering Optimization.

Senior Project: Partial differential equations. Transformed equations into discrete form. Used Java for matrix computations and to generate graph data to be viewed in Mathematica.