Personal statement
Motivated, personable business professional with a college degree in computer programming and a successful 10-year track record of profitable small business ownership. Talent for quickly mastering technology – knowledgeable with HTML5, CSS3, Visual Studio 2008, 2010 (ASP.NET and VB.NET), and PHP5 as well as data integration with SQL 2000, 2005 and 2008. Diplomatic and tactful with professionals and non-professionals at all levels. Accustomed to handling sensitive, confidential records for clients and administrators.
Became the youngest director at a large marketing firm in Mississippi. Titled to create and maintain a Website Development division. Under new leadership, web division has since won over 30 awards in 2 years for outstanding work done on local and national campaigns.
Eric Oliver
Director of Website Development
Education & Certification
Associates of Applied Science
MGCCC
Computer Programming Technology major. Earned a TRI-MEC scholarship based on off-campus work done with Visual Studio and VB.NET.
2010
High School Diploma
Vancleave High School
College prep courses with a focus on computer programming, website development, and computer hardware. Earned a scholarship based on ACT scores. Graduated top 10 in class.
2003
Job Experiences
Director of Website Development
Managed the day to day operations of the website development department
- Managed team in an Agile Development Environment
- Managed budgets and time of developers and projects
Created custom websites using PHP and / or WordPress
- Daily use of server side code such as PHP5 and MySQL
- Created functions, classes, and procedures to minimize server load time and database size
- Created and maintained databases using phpMyAdmin or internal PHP code
- Created custom WordPress themes and plugins as needed for clients
- Full stack development model
- LAMP
- Daily use of front end code such as CSS3, HTML5, jQuery, and JavaScript
- Created code compliant HTML using new HTML5 tags
- Created functions and classes to minimize jQuery load time while maximizing functionality
- Created responsive websites using media queries
- Daily use of APIs and XML
- Managed on site and off site server and domain name registration
- Laravel Implementation
- GitHub Implementation
Mobile App Development
- Created Apple and Android apps for phone and tablets using PhoneGap
2014 - present
Director of Website Development
The Focus Group
- Managed team in an Agile Development Environment
- Managed budgets and time of developers and projects
Created custom websites using PHP and / or WordPress
- Daily use of server side code such as PHP5 and MySQL
- Created functions, classes, and procedures to minimize server load time and database size
- Created and maintained databases using phpMyAdmin or internal PHP code
- Created custom WordPress themes and plugins as needed for clients
- Full stack development model
- LAMP
- Daily use of front end code such as CSS3, HTML5, jQuery, and JavaScript
- Created code compliant HTML using new HTML5 tags
- Created functions and classes to minimize jQuery load time while maximizing functionality
- Created responsive websites using media queries
- Daily use of APIs and XML
- Managed on site and off site server and domain name registration
- Laravel Training
2012-2014
Senior Programmer Analyst
Boyd Gaming
Designed and developed internal and external applications and sites using .NET
- Daily use of .NET and ASP for internal reporting software and external applications for guests
- Developed and compiled source code to create applications that use internal and external resources such as APIs, MS SQL databases, and remote authentication
- Created external connections to APIs that transferred millions of records from head quarter location
- Made use of local AD based authentication
- Created applications that can add, remove, or edit AD accounts from the web
- Created internal projects used for accounting, human resources, and corporate
2006-2012
Director of Website Development, CEO
Zero 3 Computers (Acquired by The Focus Group)
Managed the day to day operations, accounting, marketing, and client procurement
- Managed team in an Agile Development Environment
- Managed budgets and time of developers and projects
- Managed clients and accounting details of clients
Created custom PHP / MySQL scripts
- Created functions, classes, and procedures to minimize server load time and database size
- Created and maintained databases using phpMyAdmin or internal PHP code
- Full stack development model
- LAMP
- Created functions and classes to minimize jQuery load time while maximizing functionality
- Created responsive websites using media queries
Created mobile applications using HTML5, jQuery, and PhoneGap
- Created website that allows users to build apps online: www.createbusinessapp.com
- Built for Android and Apple using PhoneGap
- On line administrator uses PHP and JSON to communicate
2003-2012
Technical Skills (YRS)
PHP / MySQL
HTML5 / CSS3
SEO /SEM
Graphic Design
Laravel
GitHub / Stash
Ruby
Awards & Publications
PRism Awards
Future Design Group
5 Awards interactive and on line work
Addy Awards
Future Design Group
8 Awards for interactive and on line work
AWWWARDS
Future Design Group
Nominee for Site of the Day
Addy Awards
The Focus Group
12 Awards including 2 best in show for interactive and on line work
There's An App For That
The Sun Herald
Detailing app creator found at createbusinessapp.com
Q&A with Eric Oliver
MS Business Journal
Detailing my career as CEO of Zero 3 Computers and my expectations of the future of website design and development.
Testimonials
Eric has an impressive expertise for IT management and processes. He is really committed to deliver real, tangible value to the companies. He is highly appreciated for his commitment and reliability towards the client. He is a person you can trust.
Michael Prestia
Prestia Law Firm
Eric is definitely a social person with a warm heart. He's deemed himself a very dedicated person that will see the job through. He's implemented several programs for our company as a whole that were proven to benefit us and worked well.
Kelly Alexander
Boyd Gaming
Eric Oliver came highly recommended through an executive contact at Boyd Gaming. He was described as a trustworthy web developer with above average capabilities. Eric Oliver certainly lived up to that description. He developed our site to exact specifications, meeting each requirement without flaw. Understanding that we were not Eric's only client, we did not expect daily contact with him, but he proved his ability to manage multiple clients and still provide us with daily updates throughout the project.
Michael Burns
Sutong CTR, Inc
Eric is extremely knowledgeable in most every aspect I have ever approached in in well above an beyond the inquiry. He is exceptional with computers, from building to programming, managing and everything in between. I highly recommend him.
Steven Lawrence
Boyd Gaming
Outstanding responsiveness and great knowledge of web design. Can easily and wholeheartedly recommend Eric to anyone needing a web design partner.
Walt Reardon
Gulf Coast Audio Video, LLC