Buddy Toups

Current

Co-founder, Web Developer at Oilfield Events
Owner at My Design Buddy (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

Web Application Developer at Bounce Energy
Graphic/Web Designer at AdvanceOnline Soultions, Inc.
Design Tutor at The Art Institute of Houston

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Education

The Art Institute of Houston

Recommended

4 people have recommended Buddy

Connections

42 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

Buddy Toups’s Summary

At My Design Buddy we solve issues both in visual design (print, ads, etc.) and web application design (programming and usability). We brainstorm and work with our clients and provide creative solutions and concepts for their projects. All our websites are develop with the highest web standards set by the W3C (XHTML, CSS, WAI, etc.) and we thorough testing web sites for cross-platform, cross-browser and usability compliance. And if you need web hosting we have very affordable rates. Utilizing our expertise in print production and pre-press knowledge to provide our clients with the best quality and turnaround for print designs at reasonable cost. Always provide high quality products and services (like web hosting, backup services, and more) to our clients at affordable prices.

Buddy Toups’s Specialties:

W3C, XHTML, CSS, WAI, PHP, MySQL, Apache, JavaScript, ActionScript, XML, RSS, Web Hosting, Blog Hosting, Domain Name Registration, Online Backup and Recovery Service, Dedicated Server, Virtual Dedicated Server, SEO, Web Services (Experian Net Connect, ExactTarget, EzTexting.com SMS API, etc.)

Buddy Toups’s Experience

Co-founder, Web Developer

Oilfield Events

(Oil & Energy industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

OilfieldEvents.com is the easies way to find out where the latest social event (golf, fishing, clay shoot, tradeshow, etc.) for professionals in the oilfield industry.
Owner
My Design Buddy (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

January 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)

A small design firm specializing in small to medium size business solutions. We provide Graphic Design, Web Design, Web Application Development, Online Data Backup and Recovery, Web Hosting and Domain Registration services to our clients at affordable prices.
Web Application Developer

Bounce Energy

(Privately Held; Utilities industry)

October 2008 — October 2009 (1 year 1 month)

PHP Web Application developer for retail electric company.

Developed integrations with Experian Credit Bureau's Net Connect API for automating credit checks for new electric service.

Developed integrations with ExactTarget, EzTexting.com SMS API, and VoiceStamps.com (Pay-by-phone), and ACE Cash Express (payments) for automating customer notifications and payments

Developed Customer Support portal for service representatives and call centers to manage new and existing electric customers.

Developed My Account portal for customers to manage their account and make payments.

Developed customer facing website with checkout.
Graphic/Web Designer

AdvanceOnline Soultions, Inc.

(E-Learning industry)

July 2002 — October 2008 (6 years 4 months)

Design graphical elements used on AdvanceOnline’s online educational web sites (programming interactions in Flash, creating graphic illustrations, web page layouts, interface designs, browser / platform testing, usability / accessibility testing) and develop marketing materials for AdvanceOnline sale team and the company’s corporate identity. Software used on daily basis: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Professional, BBedit, Flash, Dreamweaver and QuickTime Pro. Programming Langauges used: XHTML, XML, CSS, Javascript, and ActionScript.
Design Tutor

The Art Institute of Houston

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Design industry)

February 2002 — July 2002 (6 months)

Tutoring Art Institute of Houston students in typography, layout, color theory, design theory, illustration, prepress techniques, Illustrator, FreeHand, Photoshop, QuarkXPress, HTML and Dreamweaver.