About Me

Hi I am Shane the owner and author of this blog. A little about me, I went to Ferris State University for 3 years in the Computer Information Systems program at there College of Business. While at Ferris most of my time studying was focused around servers and programming. I took 2 classes in Java and a class in VB fell in love with coding then. I am a self taught front-end developer and back-end developer with knowledge in HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, jQuery, and PHP. At the current time in Chosen work with front-end development and Optimization. I work with many different CMS’s including Expression Engine, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, Magento, ChosenCMS, and others. I consider myself an expert in WordPress theme development. I am growing to become a SEO/SEM expert and have a ways to go. If anyone has any pointers for me I am happy to except them.

Resume

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Education

Olivet College (dual-enrollment) – Olivet, Mi.
-Calculus 2 -Computer Information Systems
-Microsoft Office 2003

Ferris State University – Big Rapids, Mi.
-ISYS 105: Introduction to Microcomputer Applications – Microsoft Office 2003
-ISYS 110: Fundamentals of Computer Information Systems – Programming Logic
-ISYS 200: Database Design & Implementation – Microsoft Access 2003
-ISYS 204: Introduction to Visual Basic Programming – Visual Basic
-ISYS 216: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming – Introduction Java
-ISYS 305: Software Systems – Examine Commercial Software Products
-ISYS 307: Microsoft Network Administration – Windows Server 2003
-ISYS 310: Novell Network Administration – Novell Open Enterprise Server and Linux
-ISYS 316: Advanced Object-Oriented Programming – Advanced Java
-ISYS 325: Networking Essentials – Guide to Networks
-ISYS 330 Systems Analysis & Design

Experience

October 2009 – March 2010 – Front-End Developer

Chosen Development – Chosen LLC – Michigan
– Working full time doing a mixture of front-end and back-end development using XHTML, CSS, jQuery, and some PHP.

March 2010 – May 2011 – Front-End Developer

Self Employed – ShaneStrong.com – Michigan
– I worked to build my own business name in the web industry with front-end, back-end, social and marketing. Using PHP, CSS, HTML, jQuery, CMS’s, SEO, SEM, and others.

May 2011 – September 2011 – Front and Back-End Development

Chosen Collective – Chosen LLC – Colorado – Remote Work
– Worked full time building out big and small web projects using php, css, jquery, html, and other languages. I built custom and CMS sites.

September 2011 – January 2012 – Front and Back-End Development

January 2012 – September 2012 – Technical Director

Arrae Creative – Arr.ae and Denver.Arr.ae – Colorado – Remote Work
– I work primarily with small to medium sized businesses. We used a mixture of CMS’s primarily Expression Engine and WordPress