Website Developer at Gravity Switch
Springfield, Massachusetts Area
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- Website Developer at Gravity Switch
- Past
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- Owner / Designer / Developer at Tunnel 7
- Web Content Specialist at ISO New England
- Website Designer at Stevens Design Studio (Sole Proprietorship)
- Website Developer at Healthcommunities.com
- Education
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- Franklin Pierce College
- Ware High School
- St. Mary's School
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derek allard’s Summary
Have worked for many years with the design and development of websites for small businesses and organizations. Have experience working with large teams on enterprise-level websites but focus on establishing websites for small businesses. Have extensive experience with standards based website design using CSS and XHTML and am well versed in php. Work very well with clients and focus on customer service when working on projects.
derek allard’s Specialties:
CSS, XHTML, PHP, website design, website development
derek allard’s Experience
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Website Developer
Gravity Switch
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
August 2009 — Present (4 months)
Work on large scale projects as part of a team as well as independently with small businesses and non-profit organizations.
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Owner / Designer / Developer
Tunnel 7
(Internet industry)
January 2002 — August 2009 (7 years 8 months)
Tunnel 7 is dedicated to providing clients with simple, effective, standards based websites utilizing forward thinking XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
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Web Content Specialist
ISO New England
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Utilities industry)
April 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 6 months)
Maintained content using an enterprise level content management system and worked in conjunction with a large development team to design and implement changes on the public facing website.
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Website Designer
Stevens Design Studio (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2003 — April 2005 (2 years 1 month)
Created websites in conjunction with look and feel defined by print division. Work included custom php based applications as well as ecommerce design primarily with OSCommerce.
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Website Developer
Healthcommunities.com
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
March 2000 — April 2003 (3 years 2 months)
Worked with physicians across the country to establish a credible website for them. Also worked on larger projects for medical associations.
derek allard’s Education
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Franklin Pierce College
BA , English / Professional Writing , 1991 — 1995
- Activities and Societies:
- Sigma Tau Delta, Graduated Magna Cum Laude
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Ware High School
1987 — 1991
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St. Mary's School
1978 — 1987
Additional Information
derek allard’s Websites:
derek allard’s Interests:
standards based website design, xhtml, css, cycling, hiking
derek allard’s Groups:
Hidden Tech, Easthampton Chamber of Commerce
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Franklin Pierce Alumni -
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Linked Western Mass -
New England Web Developers Association
derek allard’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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