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Chuck Allen

Chuck Allen

Parker,CO

Summary

Innovative Lead Developer with sixteen years of industry experience and extensive programming knowledge. Skilled at handling all stages of development from design through deployment, maintenance, and upgrades. Experienced at Troubleshooting and resolving bugs, improving existing software and testing products in real-life situations.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Developer

Mr. WPress
01.2014 - Current
  • Work with customers to develop scope of work, milestones.
  • Develop custom software utilizing PHP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS. This included custom Wordpress functionality in theme and plugin builds.
  • API integrations.
  • Utilize version control for organization, employing public and open source repositories.
  • Experience with React, React Native.
  • Modernize old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.
  • UX development and project planning from inception through completion.
  • Collaborate with project managers to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development.

Staff Developer

Alpha Channel Group
08.2010 - 01.2014
  • Received designs in Photoshop and built pixel-perfect custom themes for Wordpress.
  • Performed custom development of WordPress plugins and themes, and gained deep knowledge of WordPress' hooks and filters as well as database structure.
  • Collaborated with a team through the various stages of systems development, from requirement gathering to production releases and maintenance,
  • Translated customer requirements into written use cases.
  • Corrected, modified and upgraded software to improve performance.
  • Participated in software field testing to verify performance of developed projects.

Development Team Assistant

The BeyeNetwork
01.2007 - 01.2010
  • Website edits day-to-day.
  • Made HTML and CSS changes as needed.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Economics

University of Colorado At Boulder
Boulder, CO
12.2006

Skills

  • Full Stack Software Development
  • PHP, JavaScript, SQL (MySQL, MariaDB), AJAX
  • CSS, SCSS, HTML
  • API Integrations, including Google, Zapier, Shipstation
  • UI/UX
  • Code Review Management
  • User Requirements Assessment
  • Git, GitHub
  • Photoshop, Figma, XD
  • Wordpress
  • Email Marketing Integration and management
  • Custom Software Design and Implementation

Timeline

Lead Developer

Mr. WPress
01.2014 - Current

Staff Developer

Alpha Channel Group
08.2010 - 01.2014

Development Team Assistant

The BeyeNetwork
01.2007 - 01.2010

Bachelor of Science - Economics

University of Colorado At Boulder
Chuck Allen