David Needham

Current

• CEO at Salt Shaker Media

Past

• Lead Web Developer for the Slane College of Communications at Bradley University
• IT Help Desk Specialist at Bradley University
• APPLE Counselor at Lyon College

• Web Developer at Infogenic Systems
• IT Help Desk Specialist at MMCI
• Freelance Webmaster at ProductSpace Solutions

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Education

• Bradley University

Recommended

22 people have recommended David

Connections

110 connections

Industry

Media Production

Websites

• My Website
• Make it Play it

David Needham’s Summary

I have 7+ years of IT experience, but enjoy doing web design and flash development. I have 3+ years developing in the Drupal CMS and have started my own business doing work with Drupal and other media technologies.

I enjoy teaching, and led a weekly workshop teaching students, faculty and the community around Bradley University how to use Drupal. During the summer I teach courses to high school students in a full immersion college atmosphere while providing personal counseling and conflict resolution.

David Needham’s Specialties:

web design and development, Drupal, flash, game development, search engine optimization (SEO), copy writing

David Needham’s Experience

• CEO

  Salt Shaker Media

  (Media Production industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Salt Shaker Media: Adding flavor while preserving christian values.
  
  Designing and developing websites, print, and interactive media. Search engine optimization (SEO), development with the Drupal content management system (CMS), e-commerce and web marketing.

• Lead Web Developer for the Slane College of Communications

  Bradley University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  June 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  * Project management and planning
  * Web development in the Drupal CMS
  * In depth use and tweaking of views, cck, and other modules
  * Development using PHP, SQL & Apache
  * Flash programming in ActionScript 3

• IT Help Desk Specialist

  Bradley University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2004 — June 2009 (4 years 10 months)

  * Training & interviewing employees
  * Organizing meetings & employee programs
  * Responsible for website maintenance
  * Provided software and networking tech support for entire campus
  * Network administration
  * Computer and network deployment
  * Spyware, malware & virus removal

• APPLE Counselor

  Lyon College

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  May 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 3 months)

  * Taught a summer course covering a wide range of interactive media fields (animation, web design, videography, photography, etc).
  * Responsible for taking care of 50+ high school students grades 7 to post graduation.
  * Mediated problems using conflict resolution in high stress environments.
  * Responsible for group counseling and one-on-one personal help.

• Web Developer

  Infogenic Systems

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  October 2007 — March 2008 (6 months)

  * Programming AIR applications in Flex
  * Designing and implementing interfaces and data visualization in Flex
  * Web design and development in content managed websites using PHP and Javascript
  * Graphic design in ImageReady & Photoshop

• IT Help Desk Specialist

  MMCI

  (Privately Held; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  January 2007 — February 2008 (1 year 2 months)

  * Troubleshooting & maintaining computers & medical equipment on a Novel network
  * Web design and implementation in Remedy
  * Customer service over the phone and in face to face
  * Administration of DCHP tables and other networking responsibilities
  
  "I appreciate David N for demonstrating our values... he is VERY helpful whenever our computers go down. A very pleasant, good addition to MMCI."

• Freelance Webmaster

  ProductSpace Solutions

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

  * Logo tweaks in Illustrator and Photoshop as well as animation in Flash
  * Website development and maintenance
  * Search Engine Optimization
  * Marketing copy writing

David Needham’s Education

• Bradley University

  Bachelor of Science , Multimedia , 2004 — 2009

  2 years studying Japanese, taught a weekly Drupal workshop, deans list multiple years, competed in entrepreneurial competitions, took part in multiple community service opportunities

  Activities and Societies:

  Sigma Theta Epsilon - National Christian Fraternity, Bradley Basketball Band, Intramural sports

Additional Information

David Needham’s Websites:

• My Website
• Make it Play it

David Needham’s Interests:

Entrepreneurship, web design, Drupal, flash games, skateboarding

David Needham’s Groups:

Sigma Theta Epsilon - National Christian Fraternity, Drupal Association Member, Bradley University Alumni

•    Drupal
•    The Alumni of Bradley University
•    Drupal Users Group
•    Bradley University Multimedia Alumni
•    Drupal Freelance Group
•    Sigma Theta Epsilon

David Needham’s Honors:

Graduated Cum Lade from Bradley University, name chosen for the Deans List multiple times, placed 1st in Regional 1st in State 4th in National Future Business Leaders of America competition vs 1000's of others, Editor of School Newspaper

David Needham’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
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