Josh Ellison E-mail: Experience Education Skills Portfolio E-Commerce Developer
SUMMARY	Experienced PHP and Java programmer possessing skills in e-commerce development, web development, web site administration, database administration, and network administration. Currently focused on building e-commerce websites based on Magento e-commerce System. Primary programmer for eROI's proprietary e-commerce and event registration systems which was developed from the ground up. The system powers over 130 client's websites and has processed over 84,000 transactions, totaling over $12 million in 2009. As the first, and for a time, the only member of the eRoi staff, contributed to building a company from a two person operation to one with over 60 employees and thousands of happy clients.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE	Creating and maintaining large dynamic websites, e-commerce development in multi languages and currencies, designing front-end content, performance optimization, configuring web servers, and maintaining large databases.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE	Lead Developer 7/2000 to December 2009            eROI Inc            Portland, OR Primary role involves managing all maintenance and enhancements of eROI's proprietary ecomROI and eventROI engines. Building e-commerce website built on Magento and adding custom features. Responsibilities: Performing new development and maintenance on the e-commerce engine, using Java Servlets, JDBC, and Junit. Setting up and customizing Magento and WordPress websites. Design and model new development using UML. Administer a large product database. Configure system to work with 3rd party technologies, including Verisign, PayPal, Authorize.net, and UPS. Work with clients, project managers, and the sales team scope, budget, specify, and accomplish projects. Train clients and team members on using the ecom and event system Developing tools for the ecom and event system to interact and integrate with other eROI products. Install and manage servers at eROI's collocation facility. Maintain an internal network consisting of Windows XP, Mac, and Linux machines, including building computers, installing software, and controlling security. Major Achievements / Projects: Deployment of GCmaterials' beta site on time in January 2001. In July of 2001 took over the job of lead programmer and database administrator. In August of 2001 launched eROI's shopping cart interface. In May of 2002 launched eROI's event registration interface. In May of 2003 integrated our e-commerce engine with our email marketing engine. In 2004 integrated shopping cart system with UPS to obtain accurate shipping prices. In 2005 successfully integrated the 7th credit card gateway and FedEx with the e-commerce system. In 2006 successfully registered all registrants for Cycle Oregon and Providence Bridge Pedal events with a combined 10,000 registrants totaling $2 million, with most registrants having registered in a few days. In 2008 the ecom system successfully weathered the "Oprah Effect" after Oprah told her viewers to buy one of our client's products. Platforms & Technologies: Windows 2000 Server, 2003 Small Business Server and XP Pro, Vista, Windows 7, Linux, Sybase's SQL Anywhere Studio, MySQL, JDK, Apache web server, Caucho Resin, Apache Tomcat, Java Servlets, JDBC, Log4J, Migrate4j, Hibernate, JUnit, JMeter, Fitnesse, CruiseControl, and Flash. Languages: Java, PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, UML, and XML. Banking Internship 6/1999 to 9/1999            Wells Fargo Bank            San Francisco, CA Primary role was to research new software product and design a portion of the internal website. Responsibilities: Researched topics from XML to web servers and composed reports for supervisors. Worked on a team designing and implementing various internal website using HTML, JavaScript and Cold Fusion. Worked with a team collection and archiving Y2K bug testing reports.
EDUCATION	Bachelor's Degree 6/2000            Oregon State University            Corvallis, OR B.S. Computer Science
TECHNICAL SKILLS	Skill Level Experience Operating System Windows NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista Expert 12 years Linux Advanced 7 years Macintosh Intermediate 3 years Systems Administration Web Server Expert 9 years Mail Server Intermediate 7 years Database Expert 8 years Network Planning Advanced 3 years Programming Languages Java (Servlets, JDBC, EJB, JSP) Expert 10 years PHP Expert 7 years C++ Intermediate 4 years C Intermediate 3 years HTML, CSS, JavaScript Expert 9 years SQL Expert 9 years ASP Intermediate 2 years Lisp Intermediate 1 years Pascal Intermediate 1 years Visual Basic Intermediate 1 years
PORTFOLIO	Rose City Hooligans, site built from the ground up by myself using Magento. I did HTML production, Magento implementation, and customizations on this site. Custom features include, RSS and Twitter feeds and custom product image viewer. Pinks and Greens, site I worked on while at eROI built on Magento. I did Magento implementation and customizations on this site. Custom features include, product search filters using images, color choosen by color color swatch, and admin order processing features Seven Planet, site built on Magento I worked on while at eROI. I did Magento implementation and customizations on this site. Custom features include, categorization of products and filters, unsupported credit card gateway integration, and admin setup so venders fulfill orders and orders are broken up by vendor and shipping is split. Genuine Health, US, Canada, a site built on Magento I worked on while at eROI. The site is built to have separate US and Canada stores using one Magento install, the Canadian site is in English and French. I did Magento implementation and customizations on this site. Custom features include, store locator, product search and filter tools, and integration with fulfillment house. Alima Pure, site built using ecomROI. I did the product implementation and built ecomROI. This site had almost 10,000 orders in 2009. Cycle Oregon, event registration powered by eventROI. This site anually registered thousands of people to attend there event in a matter of days using eventROI. The Pearl Outlet, site powered by ecomROI. Over 2 million in anual sales through the site. Scrub Med, site built using ecomROI. ANSR, site powered by ecomROI. ORbike, site powered by eventROI. Recess Time, event registration powered by eventROI. Alli Sports Winter Gatorade Free Flow Tour, registration powered by eventROI.