
James O'Brien
Verified Expert in Engineering
PSD to HTML Developer
James is an expert web developer who prides himself on his ability to collaborate and create just about anything that a client could want. He can help you build your online presence for your business, bringing valuable experience to the table on both the marketing and design/development ends of the project.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Notepad++, PhpStorm, Windows, Git
The most amazing...
...thing I've written is a custom wooCommerce order report system for The Loft.
Work Experience
Web Developer
Northrop Grumman
- Supported the CDC in the Digital Media Branch in the Office of the Associate Director for Communication. Provided a heavily customized WordPress instance for the CDC to manage content with.
- Learned more about the agile process, Jira ticket triage, more about PHP, JavaScript, and jQuery. Enhanced my knowledge of high-availability apps, Git version control, and troubleshooting various problems.
- Helped develop documentation and onboarding for new employees. Helped hire new employees and performed interviews, managed a team of developers, GitHub commits, deployments for production assets, etc.
Development Director
Octane Marketing Solutions
- Administrated systems and databases. Managed a cPanel and WHM installation with over 60 WordPress sites.
- Developed in PHP, HTML, CSS, and jQuery. Heavy PHP development.
- Created HTML templates for both simple HTML landing pages and complex WordPress one-page websites.
- Built CSS media queries and wrote code for mobile-first development. Built themes in both mobile first and desktop first development.
- Configured email, managed DNS zones, did nameserver pointing for clients, etc.
- Managed a cPanel/WHM (Web Host Manager) server for some of our internal websites and also provided a place for clients to host with us.
- Converted PSD to HTML and WordPress. Converted many sites over to WordPress just by looking at the existing site.
Freelance Web Developer
Visionquest Development
- Managed a WHM/cPanel server for my clients.
- Created plugins and functionality for small to medium business websites.
- Maintained WordPress or HTML websites for clients on a weekly basis.
Experience
Keegan's Irish Pub
The Loft
http://theloft.comSchoolhouse Beer
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Stripe, WordPress API, jQuery
Paradigms
Responsive Web Design (RWD), Agile Software Development, Scrum
Platforms
WordPress, WooCommerce, Android, cPanel, Windows, Linux, Meteor
Other
PSD to HTML, WordPress Themes, Web Development, Theme Customization, WordPress Plugins, Integration, API Integration, Bootstrap 4, Metrics, Web Analytics, Design
Languages
CSS, PHP, HTML5, HTML, JavaScript
Tools
PhpMyAdmin, Git, PhpStorm, Notepad++, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe, NPM
Frameworks
AngularJS, Laravel
Storage
MySQL
Education
Associate's Degree in Computer Science
Auburn University - Auburn, Alabama
Associate's Degree in Science
Southern Union State Community College - Opelika, Alabama