Christopher G. Herbert

(571) 245-5851 • [email protected] • 1152 Abbey Place Northeast, Washington, DC 20002

Summary

Web developer and designer with over four years of experience building large and small websites from scratch. I can handle a project from start to finish, from building the server, to creating the site design, to the backend and front end development.

Professional History

Berman & Company (Washington, DC – February 2013 to Present)

Lead Web Developer & Designer

Primary developer for all of the company's web projects
Manage junior front-end developer
Developed sites from the ground up, typically using the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack and WordPress
For most projects, responsible for visual design as well as development
Responsible for managing the company's source control system
Worked with Amazon's AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, Elasticache and CloudFront

Vamonster Web Design (Reston, VA – June 2010 to February 2013)

Freelance Web Designer/Developer

Primary designer and developer for all projects
Ground-up development of both static and CMS-based sites
Redesigned outdated, unattractive, or abandoned client sites
Managed analytics and basic SEO needs for all projects
Participated in client meetings and correspondences

ESI International (Arlington, VA – November 2005 to February 2013)

Coordinator, Instructor Relations

Managed all content on instructor intranet - wrote and edited news items, policy & procedures documents
Responsible for quality assurance reporting - investigation of incidents, presentation of quarterly & annual data
Managed major project to provide all US/Canada instructors with LCD projectors, resulting in significant reduction of equipment rental costs
Maintained instructor systems and databases
Served as technical support liaison for all instructors in the Western Hemisphere
Coordinated all instructor recruiting efforts, including:
- Advertising
- Resume screening
- Candidate telephone interviews
- Integration of new instructors into ESI (managing contracts, databases, etc.)
Supported sales proposals with research and instructor outreach - helped salespeople complete their proposals with detailed and relevant information on instructor resources

Metropolitan Career Center (Philadelphia, PA - April 2004 to March 2005)

Development Coordinator

Reviewed, proofread, and tracked requests for community support
Primary user of organization's Raiser's Edge database of corporations, foundations, individuals, and contacts; responsible for database updates, maintenance, and queries
Processed and recorded incoming cash and in-kind donations
Composed and sent letters of acknowledgement to donors
Worked as receptionist several hours per week, and often served as first point-of-contact for potential students

ASIS International (Alexandria, VA - October 2002 to February 2004)

Communications Coordinator

Coordinated communications for the Certification Program of an international association committed to advancing professionalism in the security industry
Wrote and designed a bi-monthly newsletter distributed to nearly 4,000 security professionals
Served as primary liaison between Certification Program and ASIS webmaster; solely responsible for maintaining content of the Certification Program's website
Organized and attended meetings with volunteer leaders

Education

Oberlin College - Bachelor of the Arts, History, 2002

Skills

Software

WordPress
Ruby on Rails
Sublime Text 2
Adobe Creative Suite/Cloud (Photoshop, Fireworks, Lightroom)
All major web browsers
Google Analytics/Google Webmaster Tools

Languages, Technologies, Techniques

HTML (HTML5, XHTML, HTML4)
CSS (CSS2, CSS3)
PHP
Ruby
Git
JavaScript
jQuery
MySQL
Amazon AWS: EC2, RDS, S3, Elasticache, CloudFront
Other VPS Providers: Digital Ocean, Linode
Heroku
LESS
Responsive design
Twitter Bootstrap
Cross-browser & cross-platform testing
Core SEO concepts

Operating Systems

Mac OSX 10.6-10.9
Linux (primarily CentOS)
Windows XP/Vista/7
iPhone/iPad
Android