simmerin

History

Member for
2 years 49 weeks

Personal

Full Name
John Simmer
Location
St. Paul and Surrounding Suburbs
I attend Twin Cities Web Pros Meetings
Frequently but Life Gets in the Way

Professional

Job Title
Web Developer
I am self-employed
I am looking for contract work
Professional Bio

My primary work is contract based. I develop and manage the web presence for two grant projects currently based at Concordia University St. Paul through my own company Webartisan.biz . I also work in online instructional design and e-learning platform design through Web Learning Solutions Inc. - add to that some freelance work. I began teaching Writing and Designing for the Web in the fall of 2005 at Metro State University. It's a graduate level course covering a variety of topics related to web development, usability and information architecture. course website .

Skills

Database Programming
Intermediate
HTML/XHTML
Advanced
PHP
Beginner
Linux/UNIX
Beginner
Search Engine Optimization
Intermediate
Windows
Intermediate
JavaScript
Intermediate
CSS
Advanced
Photoshop/Graphics
Intermediate
Additional Skills and Tools
My web editors of choice are WebBuilder 2007 and Dreamweaver 8 (in that order). I'm still learning Flash Pro 8, but have a lot of experience with SwishMax. For graphics I primarily use Fireworks 8 and PhotoImpact 10. For dynamic programming I use CodeCharge Studio 3 (and subcontract with an experienced ColdFusion developer). I also coordinate projects and manage other contract workers.