N. Brad Garrett

Objective

To innovate in the field of web development and create useful applications that people enjoy.

Greenville, SC, October 2008 – Present

Greenville, SC, December 2006 – September 2008

Designed and developed version 2 of our flagship product, BlueInk CMS — demo.blueinkcms.com — a content management system that allows website owners to select from various content types and drag and drop content around their pages in real time. For this large-scale project I planned the MySQL database organization and used CakePHP as my development framework. I heavily incorporated AJAX technology using the Mootools JavaScript library to create an intuitive experience for end users. I responded to client feedback in order to make continued improvements to the software.
Developed effective blog functionality for BlueInk in about a week’s time, allowing for comments, multiple blogs per site, RSS feeds, and archives accessible by year, month, and day.
Handled the front-end conversion of Adobe Photoshop files to standards-compliant XHTML and CSS for many BlueInk websites, including the following:
Developed www.jobazon.net, a job posting site for a company located in Greenville.
Developed a moderately large intranet application for a disaster relief company, and another for a band management firm.

Greenville, SC, January 2004 – December 2006

Spearheaded a redesign of the main university website — www.bju.edu — during the summer of 2004, focusing on web standards compliance, modern appearance, and efficiency of dynamic content.
Developed a CMS for the university intranet that does not require a database but instead manipulates flat files.
Set up several e-commerce sites using oscommerce and zen-cart.
Implemented a new design for the BJU Press home page — www.bjupress.com — and created five new portal pages targeting specific groups of customers.

Major: Computer Science
Minor: English

Klection — www.klection.com — lets you organize the movies, TV shows, and video games in your personal collection. You can also leave comments for each item and read other member comments there or from a central page, also available as an RSS feed. Klection provides a clean and user-friendly interface for keeping track of what you watch and play. (Developed in Python with Google App Engine and Freebase.)

Proficient in PHP and the CakePHP framework, CSS, XHTML, XML, JSON, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and JavaScript, including popular libraries such as Mootools and jQuery.
Possess an aptitude for application design from the planning stages all the way to implementation.
Experience with a variety of tools including Eclipse IDE, MAMP, cPanel, and Photoshop.
Knowledge of Apache server and proper security settings.
Managing file repositories with Subversion.
Experience customizing templates for sites built on WordPress, Joomla, Google App Engine, and Magento.
Considerable knowledge of Windows, Linux, and Mac environments.
Familiar with Python, Ruby, C#, Java, C++ and Assembly, as part of my degree requirements.
Extensive study of web standards and browser compatibility quirks, frequently visiting sites of top industry voices such as Jeffrey Zeldman, Jeff Croft, and Deane Barker.

Composed several tracks of electronic music.
Co-wrote a novel with a friend in high school about two young brothers who go on a bizarre hunting adventure.
Love to travel and lived in Germany for 3 years when I was a kid.
Enjoy participating in fantasy sports and have won several leagues.
Maintain a personal blog called Bradezone — www.bradezone.com — where topics range from high philosophy to random nonsense.