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AJ Michels

Professional Summary

I have been a ColdFusion developer for the past 4 years. In that short time I have learned and excelled in many programming concepts and patterns. I have also mastered several frameworks and received Adobe certification.  Though I am currently employed as a ColdFusion developer I have some experience in Action Script and Flex .

Technical Skills

Software:

Dreamweaver 8-CS4, Fireworks 8-CS4, Photoshop CS1-CS4, Eclipse, SmartCVS, TurtleSVN, WinMerge, Firefox 2/3, Chrome, IE 6/7/8, Safari, MS Office 2003/2007

Languages/Scripting:

ColdFusion 7/8/9, PHP 4/5, CSS, XML, XSL, XHTML, JavaScript, ActionScript 2/3

Databases:

MySQL 4/5, MSSQL 2005/2008

Operating Systems:

Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista/7, Ubuntu Linux

Methodologies:

OOP, AOP, SOA, MVC

Certifications & Training

Abobe Certified Expert ColdFusion 8

Project Management Tools:

MS Project, Basecamp

Professional Experience

The American Academy of Neurology Jan 2006 – Present
Developer Saint Paul, MN
I started working with the American Academy of Neurology as an intern doing “web update” and verious one-off tasks. Six months later I applied for an open position and was hired. Since then my duties have grown and changed quite a bit. My primary duties have always been to work on developing, maintaining, and improving our many web applications accross mutiple domains. The majority of this work was done using ColdFusion utilizing OOP pricipals and best practices, often with the help of a framework. I have also worked with Flash and AS3 as well as a little Flex on several projects. In the last year and a half I have worked on a number of projects where I did some webdesign and implemented the design in to a complete website.
  • Developed and Co-Design patient centric website (TheBrainMatters.org)
  • Re-Designed and Produced functional mock-up of publication website (Neurology.org)
  • PALF & NOH Online Applications
  • Developed Application to capture and report on cross departmental meeting notes (Trip Reports)
  • Developed and Produced Interactive CD-ROM using Flex 3 (PALF Take-home CD)
  • Co-Developed and Maintain Multi-Domain Content Management System (Axon)
  • Developed Multiple micro sites for State Neurological Societies
  • Developed application to capture and display neurological disorder information provided by NINDS (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Technical Environment:

  • Dedicated On-Site Server, Three Stage Environment (Production, Testing, and Local), Redundant Off-Site Back-Up Server
  • Windows Server 2008, Apache 2.2, ColdFusion 8, MSSQL 2008
  • CVS Code Repository
  • MachII 1/1.5/1.8, Reactor, ColdSpring, Fusebox 3
  • Spry, jQuery
  • Dreamweaver CS4, Eclipse, Smart CVS
Starsant, LLC July 2009 – Present
Web Developer, Freelance
Starsant is a new start-up company that fucuses on developing eco-friendly solution for industry. I have been working to develop their web presence initially with a new website.
  • Worked with client to develop a website design that conveys the company message.
  • Researched, Recommended and Deployed Shared Hosting Solution

Technical Environment:

  • Shared Hosting (Site5), Three Stage Environment (Production, Development and Local)
  • Apache 2, PHP5, MySQL
  • CSS, XML
  • Fusebox 5
  • Eclipse (PHPEclipse, Web Tools)
Body Wisdom Sep 2009 – Present
Web Developer, Freelance
For this client I am working along side another developer to convert their existing website from spegetti code ASP to ColdFusion 9 using MachII 1.8, ColdSpring and Reactor framewords. During this project we are also implementing a new design.
  • Researched, Recommended and Implemented new shared hosting solution.

Technical Environment:

  • Shared Hosting (Hostek), Three Stage Environment (Production, Testing and Local)
  • Unix Server, ColdFusion 9, MySQL
  • CSS, XML
  • MachII 1.8, Reactor, ColdSpring
  • JavaScript, jQuery
  • Dreamweaver 8

Education

The Art Institutes International Minneapolis 2007
Bachelor of Science, Interactive Media Design
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