Bill Gavett

Bill Gavett

Web Developer / Analyst

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Welcome!

Thanks for taking the time to learn more about me. My objective is to lead a team which can deliver results using cutting edge internet/web technologies.

Work Experience

Nov 2007 - Present

Web Developer / Programmer Analyst

University of Rochester, Rochester, New York


  • Worked on re-design project of main library website using Drupal, jQuery, custom PHP, and MySQL
  • Maintained custom courses system built in ColdFusion
  • Helped implement performance features to website including caching control using Memcache and compression
  • Experience with many library technologies including Z39 and NCIP

Sep 2004 - Nov 2007

Systems Engineer

E3 Technologies, Rochester, New York


  • Designed and developed over 50 data-driven websites, both front-end and back-end using Windows and Linux environments
  • Experienced every step of the software development life cycle from requirements gathering to development to ongoing maintenance and support
  • Managed hosting technologies such as server updates, SSL, database/data backups, DNS/Zone changes
  • Introduced and utilized many open source applications as application solutions for customers

May 2004 - Aug 2004

Web Design Intern

Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, New York


  • Designed website for global sourcing department and implemented repository for document sharing
  • Modeled database to track supplier readiness and created graphical front-end administration tool in VB6
  • Rated 5/5 on final evaluation

May 2002 - Aug 2002

Programmer Analyst Intern

Kemper Insurance, Plantation, Florida


  • Designed and developed web tool for analyzing meta-data relationships
  • Demonstrated and presented tool to end-users and management
  • Rated as "top performer" on final evaluation

Technical Skills

Expert, 10 years

Internet Technologies


HTML5, CSS3 & SASS, Responsive Design, Javascript/AJAX Dom Scripting, XML, XSLT, PHP 4 & 5, ASP Classic, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, JSP, SQL Server / Enterprise Manager, MySQL, PostgreSQL

Frameworks: Drupal, X-cart, Wordpress, YII, CakePHP, CubeCart

Advanced, 10 years

Programming Languages


Object Oriented and Procedural Programming in Visual Basic 6, VB.NET, C#, Java, Cobol (85 standard)

Advanced, 7 years

Operating Systems/Servers


Windows, Linux, Unix (Free BSD), OSX, Microsoft IIS, Apache Tomcat, Apache HTTP, nginx, Microsoft Exchange, DNS/Zone Management

Version Control: Subversion, Git, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe

Advanced, 10 years

Software Applications


Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Netbeans, Eclipse, Flash, Fireworks, Contribute, SAP R/3, Premiere, Quark XPress, Microsoft Publisher, Access, Excel (including Crystal Ball and Solver Analysis), SPSS

Education

William E. Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester

MBA, expected March 2013

Concentrations in Marketing, eCommerce, and Information Systems


Courses taken include:
Marketing Management
Marketing Research
Marketing on the Internet
Ecommerce Strategy
Project Management
Product Planning and Development
Economics of Information Management
Information Systems for Management
Business Process Design
Managerial Economics
Pricing Policies
Economic Theory of Organizations
Framing and Analyzing Business Problems (Econometrics)
Capital Budgeting
Financial Accounting
Operations Management
Supply Chain Management
Business Law

Rochester Institute of Technology

B.S. Management Information Systems, May 2005


Courses taken include:
Systems Analysis and Design
Network Application Development
MIS Hardware and Operating Systems
VB and GUI Design
Network Technologies
Enterprise (ERP) Systems
Web Systems Development
Database Management Systems
Object Oriented Business Programming
Technical Writing



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