Todd Wolaver
Phone: 630.677.7221
Experience
Agentis Energy, Inc. — Elmhurst, IL
Web Application Developer
Responsible for the design & development of an energy focused hosted web application. Modeled, designed and implemented a web application framework, which provides a strong foundational code base and facilitates rapid application development with multiple developers in a standards based environment. Created solutions for acquisition and transformation of high volume data from external sources. Setup, designed and maintain high availability data warehouse in conjunction with web application servers in a VM environment. Implemented code base revision control, software update processes as well as data backup solutions.
Independent Web Development & Consulting — Batavia, IL
Web Developer and Designer, Graphic Design
Work to develop custom web and e-commerce solutions for clients nationwide and locally based Chicago clients. Developed a highly customized Magento e-commerce deployment which integrates national service providers into a central network. Created custom Flash / Actionscript based application to function as the live broadcast statistical generator for the 2008 collegiate baseball Super Regionals.
Texas A&M University Athletics — College Station, TX
Webmaster
Responsible for the overall design, development and daily maintenance for all athletic departmental websites. Worked with department heads and coaches to create custom designs and develop integrated web solutions though the use of targeted websites, multimedia promotions, email campaigns and custom web application solutions. Also responsible for the setup and maintenance of department web and database servers within a LAMP environment.
- Updated design and migrated the main athletic website from aging Windows Server to LAMP / Linux environment.
- Created a custom lottery solution for the distribution of student basketball tickets in an quick turnaround, emergency situation. The original application served as a model for a refined solution the following year which built upon the Zend Framework to speed development and standardize the development process.
- Developed the only solution in collegiate athletics to parse and format game XML statistics for web display using XSL, XSLT and XPATH.
- Worked with the athletic media rights company to maintain sponsor's web promotions, web based ads and email campaigns.
- Created multimedia promotional pieces; utilizing Flash, Actionscript, XML and PHP.
- Created Flash / Actionscript based solution to generate statistical graphic overlays for live internet video feeds.
Miribota Media Design, Corp.
Clarendon Hills, IL (4/2002 - 8/2003) College Station, TX (8/2003 - 8/2005)
Self Employed - Web Designer and Developer, Graphic Design
Worked with clients to provide customized web and print solutions to match individual client needs. Develop online product catalogs, shopping carts and reservation system with client administrative login access to perform online content updates. Perform search engine optimization utilizing site meta information and pay-per-click options. Solely developed and deployed a hosted central reservation system, allowing clients to schedule and publish classes for online purchases and internal bookings.
Inteloquence, Inc. — Geneva, IL
Web Developer
Responsible for the design & production of websites as well as print and rich media within a small team environment. Was heavily involved in the creation of websites from conceptualization through production. Created graphical comps, navigational solutions and initial sitemaps. Determined site file structure and naming conventions. Created site graphics, CSS, HTML templates and include files. Organized, setup and populated databases for use with ASP and PHP web applications. Developed custom product catalogs and shopping carts using PERL, ASP, and PHP server technologies to utilize text flat files, MS Access databases, and MySQL databases respectively. Maintained network and company servers. Setup and maintained 2 Redhat Linux servers to provide HTTP, PHP, MySQL database and DNS services for limited in-house hosting. Setup and maintained 1 Mac OS X Server to facilitate the Mac/Windows file sharing environment.
Inteloquence, Inc. — Geneva, IL
Freelance Designer
Facilitated in the conception, design and production of flyers, magazine advertisements and product catalogs. Responsible for the organization, design and development of multiple web sites.
Kinko’s — St. Charles, IL
Assistant Manager, Operations
Worked with customers within the desktop publishing center to produce business cards, brochures, presentations, etc. Promoted into management. Responsibilities included production tracking, compliance with company policies, purchasing, preparing bank deposits, preparation of co-worker performance appraisals, counseling and coaching of co-workers as well as any customer related issues.
Little Acorns Children & Family Programs — Miami, FL
Freelance Designer
Worked with client to produce collateral materials for annual festival. Responsible for the design and production of items such as T-shirts, pins, buttons, flyers, banners, and souvenir book. Solicited quotations and oversaw vendors during printing and production of all collateral items.
Maximum Marketing Exposure — Plantation, FL
Designer
Created trade and consumer oriented advertisements, flyers and promotional materials. Designed and produced corporate product catalog from concept stages through print.
A Corporate Impression — Miami, FL
Manager
Produced and supervised the design and printing of advertisements, business cards, brochures, posters and other printed collateral.
Education
Kinko’s Mechanics of Branch Operations — Chicago, IL
- Strategic Financial Operations
- Effective Payroll Management
- “What Matters Most” (Franklin Covey Co. Time Management Class)
- Introduction to Human Resources
- Interviewing / Hiring / Performance Appraisal Practices
- Loss Prevention
International Fine Arts College — Miami, FL
Associate Degree in Commercial Art
Received Associates of Arts degree in Commercial Art, with emphasis in Graphic Design. Studies including: Advertising, Design, Typography, Illustration, Desktop Publishing, and photography.
Skills
PHP, MySQL, X/HTML, CSS, Javascript & Ajax, Dreamweaver, Flash & Actionscript, XML/XSL, Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, QuarkXpress, Zend Framework, Magento, Drupal, LAMP Server Management, Subversion.
Some experience with PERL, ASP, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple DVD Studio Pro, Maya.