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Joshua Parker

• Full Name Joshua Parker
• Date of Birth June 25, 1977
• Address 123 Montgomery Street
• Phone 888.255.1798 x701
• Email josh@7mediaws.org
• 7 Media Web Solutions, LLC http://www.7mediaws.org/
• NXServer.org http://www.nxserver.org/
• WordPress in Education http://wpined.com/

Opensource Software

Typo3, WordPress, Joomla

Web Servers

Apache, Nginx

Languages

(X)HTML, CSS, PHP, Shell, SQL, MySQL

Graphic Development Tools

GIMP, Photoshop

Software

MS Office, OpenOffice, NeoOffice, iWork, TextWrangler, Xcode, Aptana Studio, RubyMine

7 Media Web Solutions, LLC

Principal

• Provides WordPress and CMS consulting
• Provides hosting for WordPress sites
• Provides cloud storage service called nxCloud (includes CalDAV and WevDAV support) – http://www.nxserver.org/nxcloud
• Server Administration & Setup including LAMP and LEMP (install, setup, upgrades, shell scripting, nightly backups)
• WordPress/CMS site upgrades and maintenance
• .PSD to (X)HTML & CSS
• Content Delivery Network (CDN) setup with Amazon
• .PSD to WordPress theme
• Develops PHP web applications using Object Oriented Programming
• Quality Assurance & Testing
• Installed and maintains three dedicated servers; two are powered by Nginx & Ubuntu with no control panel and all work is done by Shell terminal, and the third is powered by Apache & Centos with WHM/cPanel
• Performs upgrades for three dedicated servers owned by 7 Media
• Provides blogs for education with a service called Class Blogs (WordPress multisite install) – http://classblogs.us/

Past Work:
NextView Ventures – http://nextviewventures.com/

• Installed four instances of WordPress; 3 personal blogs and one company blog
• Migrated 2 blogs from SquareSpace to WordPress and migrated one from WordPress.com
• Exported data from the old system; prepared data to be imported into the new system
• Converted .PSD concept into a WordPress theme
• Coded (X)HTML and installed needed plugins for Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Custom PHP code for permalink structure
• Custom PHP code for RSS feed

IDWellness

Web Developer

• Moved site from shared hosting to dedicated server powered by Nginx
• Upgrades IDWellness site to the newest WordPress and BuddyPress updates
• Shell scripting for daily database backups and purging
• Maintains multi-database structure for scalability
• Updates plugins and themes as needed
• Develops plugins to extend functionality
• Fixes bugs and troubleshoots when necessary
• Maintains server with Ubuntu 10.4 and Nginx
• Provides support for all network websites connected with IDWellness

Medical Fitness – http://medicalfitness.org/
Worksite Wellness Council of Massachusetts – http://www.wwcma.org/
Health Promotion Live – http://healthpromotionlive.com/

Lesley University (Office of the University Registrar)

Systems Coordinator

• Maintain and build the degree audit system for the four schools of Lesley University.
• Run Unidata queries for ad-hoc reporting for the Registrar
• Create and maintain current courses in the system
• Run Unidata queries in order to send a save list of students to the NSLC (National Student Loan Clearing House)
• Run Unidata queries in order to batch register students
• Blackboard Analytics validation

The New England College of Optometry

Assistant to the Dean of Students and Alumni

Develop and maintain a placement office that offers services to graduates seeking jobs as well as vitae writing tutorials, cover letter writing tutorials, recruiting, mock interviews, and job fairs.

• Develop and maintain a job database
• Develop and maintain a curriculum vitae database
• Develop and maintain an online job board which includes full time, part time, and internships
• Create and maintain alumni email addresses
• Advisor to Student Council
• Develop placement programs: job fairs, recruiting dinners, symposiums
• Website administrator for the Offices of Student Services and Placement

The New England College of Optometry

Assistant to the Director of Student Services

Gives support to the Director of Student Services. Helps in the organization of the annual housing clinic, the annual tuberculosis clinic, blood drive, graduation, and orientation. Works directly with the Department of Public Health in submitting insurance and immunization reports, as well as other administrative duties.

• Student insurance administrator.
• Administrator of the Student Service part of the website.
• Immunization administrator.
• Communicates with area optometrists to provide summer jobs for students and other optometrists nationwide in hiring recent graduates.
• Handles confidential medical records.
• Creates and manages Access databases.
• Data entry and processing.
• Web site administrator for the Office of Student Services.