Need Help with Magento?

I have been working on Magento (~5 yrs). I have helped more than few poeple on CodeMentor and oDesk (Now Upwork) learn, fix, install and upgrade Magento. Let me know if you need anything.

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I am A Business Geek

I love using technology and business intelligence to allow people to do their job easier, work more efficiently, and be more successful. I have a passion for making people look good on the web, and printed materials.

I have a Broad Skillset

With over a decade of graphic arts experience, 8 years business management experience, 6 years leveraging business intelligence, and 5 years programming and application development experience; I understand the needs of a business and have a passion for finding, implementing, and leveraging the best possible solutions, while keeping costs low.

Skills

Programming Languages

Programming Frameworks and Libraries

Software Knowledge

Hardware

Experience

Senior Web Developer
Fenderton Group		 Jun 2010 – Present
  • Manager of inter-company intranets and utilities, built with CakePHP.
  • Manager of online stores, running on Magento e-commerce platform.
  • Work has included:
    • Migrating an AspDotNetStorefront store to Magento.
    • Building business specific Magento extensions for managing store.
    • Creating production scheduling application.
    • Creating inventory management application.
    • Designing and creating workflows for controlling recurring business tasks.
General Manager
Factory Motor Parts		 2009-2010
  • Management of Auto Parts warehouse with 11 employees.
  • Management responsibilities include: Controlling operating expenses, and having responsibility of location profitability. Manage the receiving, stocking, inventorying, dispatching, and delivery for the entire Las Vegas Valley. Customer sales calls. Working with local sales team to generate and stabilize sales and growth.
Manager of Information Systems
Economy Brake Parts		 2006-2009
  • MIS responsibilities include: Linux server and network administration and maintenance, client side configuration and maintenance, data backup and management, application development, business process enhancement, custom reporting, troubleshooting, and web server management.
  • Secondary responsibilities include: Inventory history research, procurement within bugdet limitations, vendor/supplier negotiations, multi-warehouse logistics, product information and data management, and product marketing and price control.
  • Other responsibilities include: Marketing campaigns, advertising, branding, promotion and customer service.
  • Enterprise Application Development:
    • ORDER TRACKING SYSTEM – Designed and developed in Pick/BASIC. Allows for real-time order tracking and order management. Used by all departments for controlling work flow, and follow up.
    • jBase/PHP GATEWAY – Designed and developed a web based user interface for jBase database application. Allows for searching and printing of customer invoices and statements, Physical inventory management, and Employee attendance tracking and scheduling. All functions completely scalable. Used Pick BASIC and PHP for server side coding, and XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX for client side coding.
Purchasing Manager
Economy Brake Parts		 2005-2006
  • Primary responsibilities include: Inventory history research, procurement within budget limitations, vendor/supplier negotiations, multi-warehouse logistics, product information and data management, and product marketing and price control.
  • Secondary responsibilities include: business process enhancement, and custom reporting
  • Accounts Receivable responsibilities include: Processing account statements, printing customer invoices, making collection calls, and running reports.
  • Accounts Payable responsibilities include: Reconciliation of vendor purchase orders, processing vendor invoices for payment, and running reports.
  • Call Center responsibilities include: Taking customer service calls, routing calls, and handling order placement overflow.
Package Handler
United Parcel Service		 2004-2005
  • Loaded daily deliver trucks for the morning and afternoon routes. Worked with large conveyor belts and motorized trolleys.
Volunteer Service
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints		 2002-2004
  • Door to door relationship development, Supervisor of other missionaries as District and Zone Leader, and reporting of missionary service and progress.
  • Modified and tested a Microsoft Access Database used to track mission resources. This system was used to collect and manipulate data about the cars, apartments, and missionaries in that mission.
Senior Graphic Designer / Production Manager
Geoff’s Graffix		 1999-2002
  • Started and operated a successful Signs and Graphics business with substantial customer base. My duties included customer management, marketing and promotion, web development internally as well as a service, graphic design as a service. I supervised three employees.

Formal Education

University of Phoenix 2009-2012
Las Vegas, NV

  • B.S. in Business, Management of Information Systems
  • Graduated Feb 2012
Le Cordon Bleu 2005
Las Vegas, NV

  • A.S., Kitchen Management