Chris Scott

Over ten years of development experience with a strong focus on project and account management, developing and mentoring technical teams, managing on- and off-site development teams, and driving solutions for high-profile internal and consumer-facing web properties for Fortune 500 media and consumer products companies.

Languages: PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python, shell scripting, T-SQL, C#
Frameworks: WordPress, jQuery, Django
WordPress: plugin and theme development, best practices, caching and performance, security, deep understanding of core code
Tools: git, svn, phpunit, LAMP, github, Basecamp, OmniPlan, OmniGraffle, JIRA, Pivotal Tracker, Mingle
Platforms: OS X, Linux, MySQL, MS SQL Server
Conference Talks: WordPress best practices at WordCamp Orlando 2010 and WordCamp Atlanta 2010; WordPress caching at WordCamp Boulder 2010

Lead Application Developer for the Platforms group (formerly cnp_studio) of Voce Communications which develops complete, highly-customized WordPress solutions for some of the most popular consumer, tech, and media brands including Bloomberg, CBS, NBC, Sony PlayStation and the NFL.

Led development for an onsite project at Bloomberg to create a custom WordPress CMS to replace an existing legacy system. Designed and developed WordPress plugins to import, manage, and export content among various third party and internal API-based systems to allow content producers to create or manage content for web and magazine publishing. Created a plan for knowledge transfer and plugin unit testing to allow a smooth hand off of the code base to the client's internal development team after the initial launch.

Managed the development process and provided coding for the WordPress themes and plugins used by CBS Music for over 100 radio station web sites and by CBS Local for over 25 local market web sites for their TV and news radio stations. Helped develop and refine internal development processes for our team which were then implemented by CBS for their internal development team. This work provided the foundation for a new consulting product offering for Voce clients building their own development teams.

Speaker at WordCamps Orlando, Atlanta, and Boulder. Submitted multiple patches to WordPress core and released or contributed significantly to multiple public WordPress plugins.

Founded a web hosting and development company to service the Orlando market's personal and small business customers. Responsible for operations management, development, and systems administration. Project manager and lead developer for HTML/CSS, ASP and ASP.NET web site development projects.

Installed and configured WordPress for client sites and blogs, including custom plugin programming. Converted web site layouts from clients and designers into standards-compliant HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Installed, security hardened, and administered Windows 2000/2003, FreeBSD, and Linux servers. Installed, configured, and developed applications to support web hosting operations. Provided customer support for web hosting customers.

Chief Information Officer for a mortgage industry software developer. Responsible for systems management and backend development of the company's primary SAAS ASP.NET product.

Developed a web service to allow easy importing of customers from external systems to our service. Added functionality to our product to communicate with our lending customers via web services to share data and status updates between systems. Created disaster recovery and business continuity plans in preparation for audit and certification.

Technology Consultant for the Southeast area as a liaison between the audit and assurance service business unit and our internal technology business unit. Worked with executive management of both business units to facilitate communication and provide problem resolution for technology issues.

1996 to 1998 - Network Manager and Project Manager for six Florida area offices. Supported Netware NDS, performed server upgrades, and managed technology projects which spanned multiple Florida offices.

Taught classes in Novell Netware 4/5, Web Page Design, and Using FrontPage as an adjunct instructor at a local technical college . Prepared all lesson plans, classroom study materials, and hands-on project designs.

Network administrator and desktop support technician for a 120 person engineering and manufacturing facility. Administered and supported Novell Netware 3, Windows NT 3.51 server, and Windows for Workgroups 3.11.