Robert McDowell

Experience

1. Senior Web Developer

   Studio Center

   Oct 2010 — Present · Virginia Beach, VA, US

   Build websites for clients and for internal purposes using PHP, Zend Framework, osCommerce, Magento, Joomla, Drupal, Concrete5, ASP.NET (VB.NET + C#), MySQL, MS SQL, MongoDB, jQuery, AngularJS, MEAN stack, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Perl, Java, GIT, etc. Provide on site SEO modifications including semantic markup, optimized images and video, XML and HTML sitemaps, keyword optimized page copy, and as fast a page-load as the client\'s budget will allow. If needed custom e-commerce solutions have been built, but most rely on either Concrete5 modules, Wordpress modules, or Magento with payment gateways typically including Authorize.Net and Paypal or clients preferred gateway using XML or SOAP integration.Setup and continue to manage Google Cloud Compute based VMs for client hosting with a current average of ninety websites active. Backups are automated and completed overnight to another Google Cloud based standard storage disk. DNS for all hosted clients is managed through Google Cloud DNS. Client instances managed via Google Cloud SDK, SSH, Plesk, BASH scripting, VIM, grep, GIT, etc; running CentOS and Debian. All email services routed through SendGrid.(http://studiocenterauditions.com) MEAN stack (MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS, and NodeJS) rebuild of internal website application used for audio project auditions, hosted on Debian based Google Cloud Compute VM. Provide tech support for Windows Server 2008 domain, services, networking, and user management. Help maintain Windows and Mac OSX workstations. Maintain internal software Sage ACT, Office Tracker, MS SQL Server 2008 (32/64bit), etc.Built and deployed two Android webview based applications with Phonegap to the Google Play Store.Developed Adobe Edge Animate CC based HTML5 Canvas interactive video modules. Custom JS code that ties various videos and images together.Static website to EpiServer (C#) conversion from Azure integration to production servers.

Education

• ECPI University

  AAS CIS, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

  2002 — 2003

• ECPI University

  BS Computer and Information Science, Web Development

  2013 — 2015

• Reynolds Community College

  Associate's degree, Liberal Arts

  2001 — 2001