@chairmanbrando

Senior Web & WordPress Developer

charminbrawndo.caliber482@slmail.me / chairmanbrando.github.io

Richmond, VA / 804.555.5555

Unredacted PDF available on request.

Web developer and problem solver with more than 16 years of experience within the WordPress architecture, its APIs, and ecosystem — including WooCommerce, Gravity Forms, and Advanced Custom Fields. Expert at creating and troubleshooting bespoke responsive themes, custom plugins, post types and taxonomies, blocks, forms and form actions, SEO strategies, optimization, and third-party API integrations. Experienced in agency roles wherein multiple projects progress simultaneously. Presents clear communication to project managers and clients alike. Independent and resourceful with a background in remote work since 2015.

Work Experience

Stovepipe / Richmond, VA (Remote)

• Improvised a raffle ticket sales platform – combining WordPress, Authorize.Net, and ACF as an unconventional database – for a California company when legacy custom software stopped working.
• Built a WooCommerce zip code-based sales tax plugin for a company that needed an alternative to TaxJar and Avalara due to their high cost and strict “tax nexus” rules.
• Created a custom bulk pricing system in WooCommerce, complete with an artwork upload feature, bringing a glassware producer’s customization process online to provide another avenue for sales.
• Seamlessly integrated a Virginia-based telehealth provider’s proprietary API into their WooCommerce subscription system, enabling automation of post-checkout processes that previously required manual entry.
• Developed an asynchronous post-to-PDF WordPress plugin for a New York bank which enabled automated creation and maintenance of printable brochures of their services.
• Integrated a real estate API into the WordPress front and back ends for a major Virginia home builder, reducing their property management workload by 50% by removing duplication of effort.
• Developed a real-time notification system within the WooCommerce back end for a Virginia landscaping supply company, decreasing their response time to new orders during their busiest times of the year.

RVANews.com / Richmond, VA

• Played a key role in managing and growing a local news web magazine with a small team, developing fully custom themes and plugins to support a network of local news websites.
• Collaborated on planning and executing new features to enhance engagement, while continuously optimizing user experience and SEO using analytics and A/B testing, resulting in 20% YOY growth.

PharrOut / Richmond, VA

• Created a custom class scheduling back end, with support for recurrence, for trainers at a Virginia fitness center using CakePHP. They were previously using Microsoft Office to make calendars each month!
• Created the first iteration of VDOT’s “Park and Ride” map using Google Maps which aimed to help drivers finish their commutes into cities using alternate forms of transportation.
• Updated an aging internal PHP application, a chartered flight cost estimator, to run on modern web servers for a private jet company.

Education

Blacksburg, VA

• B.S., Computer Science
• Minor, Mathematics
• Near-Death Experiences: 2.5

Technical Skills

• WordPress: WooCommerce, ACF, Gravity Forms, WPML, Multisite
• Front end: HTML, CSS / Sass, JavaScript, AJAX, UI / UX, Accessibility
• Back end: PHP, SEO, MySQL, REST APIs, JSON, RegEx, OOP, MVC
• Content Management: Drupal, Shopify, BigCommerce
• Libraries: Bootstrap / Tailwind, jQuery, Google Maps, GSAP
• Tools: Git, GitHub, Adobe CC, Figma, macOS / Linux, CLI
• Hosting: WP Engine, Digital Ocean, Cloudways, S3