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I'm passionate about building things that real people can use. I'm passionate about finding a job where I'm part of a team that does things the right way, from start to finish. I'm passionate about making my career worthwhile. Although I've spent most of my professional career using PHP/MySQL in the back end, and jQuery in the front end (alongside HTML and CSS of course), I don't want to necessarily advertise myself as a full stack web developer. I'd like to think that I break things down abstractly enough to call myself an engineer and that I can adapt to any kind of code base. I think I'm able to be part of a team as a leader or a follower. At a personal level, I'm a laid-back, fun kind of guy. I'm able to turn off tech speak and communicate at a client level when necessary. I listen to 2 or 3 tech podcasts per day to keep up with trends in the industry. I feel like I have an entrepreneurial spirit. I'm a developer that realizes things like marketing, design, copy and brand are just as important (or more important) than the actual product. Lately, I've been throwing MVPs together to see what will stick and grab my attention. I've also been trying to modernize my Java skills, using newer frameworks like Dropwizard.

Web Developer @ From June 2015 to Present (7 months) Non-Profit Organization and Freelance Web Design/Development @ • Designed web pages and created markup for local businesses with HTML, CSS, JavaScript. • Implemented web sites with Content Management Systems such as Joomla, WordPress, phpBB. • Managed Google AdWords accounts for non-profit organizations through a university course sponsored and funded by Google, increasing click-through rates from 1-10% in 4 months. • Developed landing pages for non-profit organizations based on Google Analytics data through another university course sponsored and funded by Google, increasing the conversion rate for an advertised service from less than 1% to 18% in 4 months. From January 2001 to Present (15 years) Web Developer @ - Front end development: HTML5, LESS, Bower, Grunt, AngularJS, Bootstrap. - Back end development: PHP, MySQL, Composer, custom MVC framework. - API REST services: Java (Spring, Dropwizard), Memcached. - Built web apps for internal use, such as game support tools, and common game service content management systems. From July 2014 to June 2015 (1 year) Greater Seattle AreaSenior Web Developer @ - Full stack web developer, taking Photoshop designs / wireframes and making them functional. - Front end development using languages such as HTML5, CSS3 (responsively, when applicable), Javascript (jQuery, and other popular libraries). - Back end development using PHP, mySQL, CMS systems (WordPress, Expression Engine). - Built web apps for internal use, such as timesheets and project management tools. From December 2011 to July 2014 (2 years 8 months) Web Developer @ Best Buy Mobile - Made enhancements to product management administration panel - Wrote unit tests to ensure integrity of production code Chegg.com - Created a web application to allow third party bookstores to signup and create their own customizable Chegg-branded home page and earn commissions when students used their page. - Created a web application to allow customer service representatives to review and approve or deny new bookstore requests. - Customized entire site to show custom bookstore headers, logos and colors when students went to the site through the bookstores home page. - Implemented the ability for universities to upload CSV files with course information that automatically populates data in a course search page specific to that university. - Implemented the ability for customer service representatives to define a commission structure for bookstores to earn commissions on ebook sales and rentals. From December 2010 to December 2011 (1 year 1 month) Assistant Production Supervisor @ • Overseeing and participating in projects with teams of three to ten members to link student data and orders to student photos. • Manipulate data to run ordering processes and information management faster and more accurately. • Miscellaneous tasks: creation of automated spreadsheets for use by other departments, data entry, Photoshop retouching, order management. From August 2009 to December 2010 (1 year 5 months) Director of Operations @ A self-started incentivized internet advertising company that worked with affiliate networks to give away prizes and gift cards. Consistently recognized as one of the best “Freebie” sites by the largest “Freebie” community on the web in terms of usability and customer service. • Managed everyday customer service and relations of 1000+ users. • Managed custom Content Management System and MySQL database. • Created new promotions to the effect of at least 50% growth every month for 6 consecutive months. From March 2008 to May 2009 (1 year 3 months) Mobile Electronics Salesperson @ • Sold Car Stereos, Speakers, Amplifiers, Subwoofers, GPS, Installation, Accessories, and Service Plans among other various mobile electronics. From July 2005 to January 2007 (1 year 7 months)

Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering @ Eastern Michigan University From 2006 to 2010 Rick Murt is skilled in: jQuery, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, XML, XHTML, MVC, Web Applications, CMS, Subversion, C#, Git, SQL, HTML, MongoDB, Node.js, Photoshop