Jason B. Jones

poeticintensity@gmail.com | 801-607-4522 | Portfolio

OBJECTIVE	Obtain progressive L.A.M.P. development or administration position with a winning team.
WORK EXPERIENCE	SENIOR WEB DEVELOPER No More Mortgage, Provo, UT May 2009 - Present Develops and maintains custom CMS Helped migrate phone system from proprietary to asterisk Helps migrate procedural codebase to OOP code WEB MASTER / SYSTEM ADMIN Nature's Way, Springville, UT June 2007 - May 2009 Installs / maintains all web servers, both local and remote Migrates all technology from ASP to PHP Creates all web applications for Nature's Way Created a complex sales reporting system used by all sales associates and executives. Created remote product scanning application connected to Oracle, used by all sales associates. Created internal IT ticket system. Created internal Customer Service FAQ system Re-wrote main naturesway.com website from ground-up. Migrated all MSSQL databases to PostgreSQL. built all internal and remote web servers from scratch using gentoo Linux. LEAD L.A.M.P. (LINUX APACHE MYSQL PHP) PROGRAMMER True North Academy, American Fork, UT January 2006 - June 2007 Installs / maintains all L.A.M.P. servers, both local and remote Optimizes or re-engineers existing code for all L.A.M.P. applications and databases Upgrades applications as necessary Creates and maintains a complex administration system for lead control spanning all company departments: Lead Import from multiple business partners using XML and CSV with PGP encryption Sales of products to leads Closing of the sale Confirmation of close Processing of payment Accounting and Merchant interaction Automation of XML and CSV export for product shipment Customer Service Any and all requirements for program flexibility along the way Creates new L.A.M.P. applications as the need arises LEAD WEB DEVELOPER / SYSTEM ADMIN Esther Foundation, Orem, UT December 2004 - October 2006 (part time) Conceptualizes, programs, and maintains all web systems employed at Esther Foundation. LAMP server maintainence MySQL programming PHP programming CSS programming HTML programming Implements new designs for friendlier user experience. LINUX EXPERT / COMMUNITY MANAGER Webwise, INC. / Novell, Provo, UT October 2004 - November 2005 Implements strategies for continued growth in various Linux communities at Novell. SUSE LINUX Professional Communities SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server Communities Novell Linux Desktop Communities Assists in web programming when necessary. DATABASE ARCHITECT / WEB PROGRAMMER DAZ Productions, INC., Draper, UT January 2003 - October 2004 Configures all non-store database systems currently employed at DAZ (MySQL) Creates all non-store PHP systems currently employed at DAZ Gallery Systems Support Systems Administrative Systems Tutorial System Contest System Impliments all DHTML / HTML / CSS to reflect design layout / functionality Assists in web design work when needed WEB DEVELOPER Xponential / Novell, Provo, Utah August 2001 - April 2002 Maintained Novell corporate websites and all other Xponential-contracted sites Assisted in HTML, JavaScript and DHTML front-end maintenance Assisted in creatively planning website aesthetics and functionality WEB DESIGNER / PROGRAMMER / SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR World Internetworks, INC., Sandy, Utah January 2000 - April 2001 Created professional corporate pages on World Wide Web using HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, and other technologies Built and maintained company computers Assisted in maintaining company intranet INDEPENDENT SALES REP. Dewey Pest Control, Oroville, CA April 2002 - August 2002 (seasonal) Achieved 'top-three sales rep' company wide for months of May and July. INDEPENDENT SALES REP. Clark Pest Control, Modesto, California May - August, 1998 and 1999 Achieved Status of number one sales rep., company wide for May, June, and July 1998. Moved $225,500 worth of sales in eight months Learned dedication and value of hard work despite adverse working conditions.
SKILLS	Achieved Eagle Scout award in the Boy Scouts of America at the age of 13 Fluent in the use of: PHP 4 PHP 5 (OOP PHP) PHP Frameworks (Zend, Codeigniter, CakePHP) MySQL 3,4,5 PostgreSQL 7,8 Linux Server Configuration / Administration Apache 1.3, 2.0, 2.1 PHP 4,5 Postfix MySQL 3,4,5 PostgreS 7,8 XML AJAX Image Manipulation (GIMP 2 / Photoshop) FlashMX Actionscript HTML / CSS 2 / JavaScript 1.3 / DHTML / DOM audio / video compression and codecs / integrating A/V into web Video Editing / Audio Editing (Premiere / Final Cut Pro / Ardour) Basic DVD Authoring (DVD Studio Pro) PC hardware / software / network troubleshooting and configuration Built personal portfolio Set up three Bulletin Board Systems prior to Internet accessibility
EDUCATION	Utah Valley State College Bachelor's of Science in Multimedia Communication Technology GPA 3.8 (Graduated Cum Laude)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT	VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATIVE Cali, Colombia May 1994 - May 1996 Managed and motivated a team of 32 reps. for five months Managed and motivated teams of six reps. for five additional months Trained and motivated new reps. to the work Taught Christian values and ethics to the individuals of Colombia
LANGUAGES	English Spanish
PERSONAL INFORMATION	Enjoys being outdoors, laughing, poetry, basically sucking the marrow out of life. Also enjoys computer-related creativity, solving computer-related problems and being part of a winning team.