web designer. web developer

Craig Burke

268 Toftrees Ave. #322
State College, PA 16803
(814) 235-1217
craig@craigburke.com

EDUCATION

Pennsylvania State University
B.S. in Computer Science

RELEVANT SKILLS

Systems/Programs: Proficient with Microsoft Windows, Visual Studio.NET, Visio, SQL Server Management Studio, Front Page, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Redgate SQL Toolkit, Subversion, and TortoiseSVN. Experience with UNIX and Mac OS X.

Programming: Proficient with C, C++, C#, X/HTML, DHTML, VB.NET, VBScript, JavaScript, ASP, ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, SQL, T-SQL, XML, XSL and CSS. Experience with Java, PHP, and JSP.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Lead Programmer, eSteward / Penn State
November 2005 - Present

  • Earned promotion to lead programmer after less than a year due to superior performance.
  • Developed a web application that creates a consistent approach to stewardship and endowment management across the entire university.
  • Lead, trained, and delegated tasks to a team of two junior .NET developers.
  • Managed design of a database containing millions of gift, donor, student, and accounting records.
  • Coordinated regular application and database updates and managed scheduling of nightly database jobs.
  • Met regularly with users groups to prioritize feature requests and identify issues.
  • Worked on project throughout entire life cycle, from requirements gathering to the current maintenance phase.

Technologies Used: ASP.NET, AJAX, VB.NET, SQL, T-SQL, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML, XSL, Subversion

Webpage Developer, Electrical Contracting Foundation / Penn State
July 2004 – Feb 2007

  • Created a web based content management system to assist in the organization and online publication of technical reports along with related images and files.
  • Designed a public interface to provide a means for visitors to explore and search reports added to the system.
  • Developed an administrative site to allow content managers to add, remove, and manipulate articles and files.

Technologies Used: ASP.NET, AJAX, C#, SQL, T-SQL, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML, XSL, Subversion

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Webpage Developer, American Indian Housing Initiative, Penn State
Jan. 2004 - June 2004

  • Created a flexible CSS and SSI-based web development solution which allows the design and content to be developed concurrently.
  • Developed an XML-based project page template to allow for easy addition of construction projects by the client.
  • Implemented a dynamic page navigation structure that is easily updated via a database-driven ASP web page

Technologies Used: HTML, CSS, VBScript, ASP, SSI, XML, XSL, SQL, Microsoft SQL

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Webpage Developer, Department of Architectural Engineering, Penn State
March 2004 - June 2004

  • Devised a process plan to completely visually redesign and restructure the organization of the existing site to meet the needs of a website committee.
  • Designed a set of standards-compliant SSI-based templates for the content development team to work from.
  • Implemented a dynamic page navigation structure that is easily updated via a database-driven ASP web page.

Technologies Used: XHTML, CSS, VBScript, ASP, SSI, SQL, Microsoft SQL

Webmaster/Webpage Developer, Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
Feb. 2003 - July 2004

  • Redesigned and optimized previously existing pages to meet current university and web (W3C) standards
  • Created dynamic database-driven pages for organization of hundreds of bioethics related articles
  • Performed regular editorial changes and general page maintenance

URL: http://rockethics.psu.edu
Technologies Used: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, Access Database, SQL

Speaker, College of Liberal Arts, Penn State
Oct. 8, 2003

  • Developed and presented a tutorial on using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to university web editors within the College of Liberal Arts

Webpage Developer, Agribusiness Initiative, Penn State
Aug. 2003 - Dec. 2003

  • Designed a set of webpage templates, as well as a logo, that met the web committee's need for a clean and simple site that showcased the different aspects of agribusiness
  • Implemented a dynamic page navigation structure that is easily updated via an ASP-based web page
  • Determined the needs of the web committee through regular meetings with the committee head

Technologies Used: HTML, CSS, VBScript, ASP, JavaScript

Webpage Developer, GJAI Consulting Engineers, State College, PA
Jan. 2003 - June 2003

  • Designed a site with a more contemporary look reflecting the clients' decision to establish more of a national presence for the firm.
  • Created a dynamic slideshow feature to showcase various architectural engineering projects.

URL: http://www.gjai.com
Technologies Used: HTML, CSS, JavaScript

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