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Gordon Potter's Resume

I am available for freelance contract positions and potentially full time. Contact me for more information.

My Profile:

I am a web developer with 10+ years of experience building websites and web based applications. I have experience building for the LAMP software platform (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) as well as frontend design and engineering. I am a technologist who strives to understand the complete technology picture in order to provide my clients and employers with the best strategy for realizing their internet based projects. I am an enthusiastic and self-motivated person who deeply enjoys learning and adapting to a rapidly changing technology environment. New ideas, new challenges, and the possibility of discovery are the things I seek out of life and work.

Skills:

Server Side:

Client Side:

Tools:

Design Tools:

Perl, PHP, ASP, MySQL, content management and publishing systems including Drupal, Wordpress and Teamsite. Symfony PHP, Code Igniter, Zend AMF, PEAR, Apache, UNIX, CGI, and HTTP.

Hand coded HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, DOM, Javascript, Flash, Actionscript, Adobe Flex, jQuery, Blueprint CSS, W3C web standards and cross browser compatibility issues. YUI Framework.

Dreamweaver, Flash, Flex Builder, Eclipse, Textmate, Text wrangler, UNIX and OS X command line tools, SSH, Rsync. Version Source Control including Subversion, and Git. Open source issue tracking.

Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator, and Indesign. Additionally, I have motion graphics and video editing experience using Final Cut Studio (Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion and DVD Studio Pro).

Programming:

Common design patterns and software engineering methodologies including Model View Controller, Singletons, Object Oriented design and Data Object persistence and serialization.

Download PDF version of my resume here.