About Day Old Cake

About Day Old Cake

At first, Day Old Cake was just a domain that was purchased because it sounded funny and was available.  After awhile, I wanted an outlet to publish some of my technical learnings and experiences with the world and get feedback from other developers and designers.  It was then that the Day Old Cake domain finally became useful.  I set up a WordPress blog app with the domain and then tooka  day to style it the way I wanted, then began filling it with all of the stuff floating around my head.

Many of these articles are for sharing my learnings and ideas, others are written to spark a dialogue and gain feedback, and yet others are just there to serve as resources for others to use. 

My Skills Experience

Project Management

• Ability to communicate with external clients, internal teams, and third party partners & vendors in a productive and cohesive fashion.
• Complete understanding of scope management; including scope and feature creep, scope reduction and properly defining of scope for any project.
• Experienced in budget management; including resource hours, out of pocket expenses, third party fees and consultation costs.
• Well versed in timeline or project plan creation and management for all technical projects phases such as define, discovery, design, develop and deploy.
• Highly trained in technical project estimations ranging from simple to highly complex applications.
• Complete understanding of technical documentation writing and maintaining; including functional & technical requirements, system architectures, technical audits, test cases, etc

Web Development

• Designed and maintained over 150 websites during the last 10 years (since 1998)
• Worked on both intranet and internet site for both commercial and private parties
• Qualified to manage all aspects of the web development process; including client management, client consultation and leading, design concepts and layouts, client revisions, development and implementation of assets and code, and post-completion edits and quality assurance
• Trained and experienced in programming languages such as HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, MySQL, VB 6.0, XML, and ASP.
• Ability to code complex content management system features and functionalities such as user management, login sessions, mail notifications, polling systems, profile management, uploading and editing of content or files, site statistics, parsing XML/RSS based feeds, search capabilities, Geo tracking and searching, Photo/video galleries, Social bookmarking and “Send to Friends”.
• Experienced in installing, configuring, populating, managing and skinning of third party CMS (Content Management Systems) such as Drupal, Word Press, Mambo, Interwoven TeamSite, Ning, Zen cart, Freeway, OSCommerce, Moodle

Software Experience

• Graphic Editing software including, Adobe Photoshop 7, CS, CS3 and Adobe/Macromedia Fireworks
• Web Development/HTML Editors including , Adobe/Macromedia Dreamweaver 7, MX, 8, CS3, Macromedia HomeSite, CoffeeCup, TopStyle Pro, Notepad
• FTP/SFTP clients including Cute FTP, WinSCP, Nortel, FileZilla, SmartFTP
• Debugging Apps such as Firebug
• Adobe Acrobat Reader & Professional
• Office Suites such as Microsoft Office Suite and Open Office

My Work Experience

Work History

Six Digit Media, Cincinnati, OH
1/02-Present    Owner / Operator

• Constructed initial company architecture, financials, marketing and goals.
• Developed clientele list and maintain the list with great success.
• In charge of initial client contact, sales, website design, and client satisfaction.
• Develop both static and dynamic websites for commercial and private sector.
• Assist companies with branding such as logo design & marketing materials.

Epsilon, Cincinnati, OH
11/08-Present    Web Content Manager

• Project manager for all web realted content.
• Create and maintain processes and standards for newly created department.
• Oversee and manage all email marketing using DREAM 6, 7, and 8.
• Assist development team with maintenancae, upgrades, and troubleshooting of custom CMS.
• Programming web technologies on development, staging and production servers.

Bridge Worldwide, Cincinnati, OH
6/07-11/08    Technical Systems Analyst

• Technical consultant for ad agency
• Plan, design, and develop web technologies for Fortune 500 companies.
• Estimate hours for projects and plan programming schedules.
• Write functional requirements, technical specifications, and flow charts for new projects.
• Programming web technologies on development, staging and production servers.

Clubessential, Cincinnati, OH
6/05-5/07     Website Designer/Developer

• Maintain over 150 client websites through online, telephone, and live contact.
• Work with client to design and build new website.
• Train and assist clients with existing websites.
• Extensive back-end coding, graphical design, and customer service used
• Troubleshoot PC problems on client systems

My Portfolio

My Portfolio

Headhunting
www.headhunting.org
Local recruiting and career professionals with a portal style website

Angilos Pizza
www.angilospizza.com
Pizza chain with 40 locations looking for a way to advertise each location’s menu and hours

Puppy Pal for Zack
www.puppypalforzach.com
Pro-bono site created to help a local autistic child acquire a trained puppy friend

Local Discount Coupons
www.localdiscountcoupons.com
Commercial site created to allow users to search and download coupons

Car Connection
www.gocarconnection.com
Car dealership wanting to display all cars online to attract local clientele

Webtrack Workout
www.webtrackworkout.com
workout site designed to allow users to track their workout dates and weights.

TJ Swing
www.tjswing.com
My personal website that allows friends and family to keep up with my goings-ons

Cincy Vols
www.cincyvols.com/
Local Cincinnati chapter of University of Tennessee Alumni that self administrates its site.

Rick’s Tavern
www.rickstavern.com/
Restaurant/Bar that hosts bands, events, private parties, and live talk shows in Fairfield, OH.

Paradise Ice Rentals
www.paradiseicerentals.com/
Rents party and special event equipment for weddings, birthdays and anniversaries in Kentucky.

Six Digit Media
www.sixdigitmedia.com/
My company’s main website to attract new clients and let them know what we.

The BOM Clan
www.thebomclan.net/
Online gaming clan who share stats, stories, and images online through this rich, dynamic site.

ABC Literacy
www.abcliteracy.com/
Assesses children who may be at risk for learning difficulties & literacy development.