Rick Tuttle

Current

Owner/Web Developer at Papasoft

Past

Application Architect at Spherion Corporation
Software Architect at CareTools, Inc.
Software Development Manager at Spherion Corporation

Software Development Manageer at VITAS Healthcare
Software Engineer at Accenture Technology Solutions
Production Manager at SWI - Svenson & Wallace, Inc.

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Education

Northern Illinois University
Florida International University

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Industry

Internet

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Rick Tuttle’s Summary

As the owner and principal at Papasoft, a "solo startup" in Miami Beach, Florida, I help my customers use the right technology to grow their business on the web.

I specialize in building blogs and web sites using WordPress, the popular open source content management tool, developing custom WordPress themes and plugins if no solution already exists.

In addition to Papasoft, I also run the following WordPress blogs:

SoloStartup.com
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Resources for starting a small business as a solo entrepreneur

MiamiFunGuide.com
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Fun things to do in South Florida for kids and families

Rick Tuttle’s Specialties:

WordPress, PHP, MySQL, HTML, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media (facebook, twitter, linkedin, etc.)

Rick Tuttle’s Experience

Owner/Web Developer

Papasoft

(Internet industry)

May 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

Web site programming in HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL and Javascript. WordPress themes and plugins and database programming. Search engine optimization and social media strategies.
Application Architect

Spherion Corporation

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SFN; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

July 2000 — May 2006 (5 years 11 months)

Drawing boxes and arrows among other technical duties.
Software Architect

CareTools, Inc.

(Medical Practice industry)

1997 — 2000 (3 years )
Software Development Manager

Spherion Corporation

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SFN; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

1996 — 1997 (1 year )
Software Development Manageer

VITAS Healthcare

(Public Company; Internet industry)

1994 — 1996 (2 years )
Software Engineer

Accenture Technology Solutions

(Public Company; ACN; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1992 — July 1994 (2 years 2 months)

Team-leader for the development of client-server database applications. Designed and developed repository utility applications, including interfaces, code generator, and reporting tools using Visual Basic and SQL Server. Achieved 80% improvement in performance of repository database utilities.
Production Manager

SWI - Svenson & Wallace, Inc.

(Internet industry)

August 1988 — June 1992 (3 years 11 months)

Managed a staff of 8 production technicians for print and presentation materials. Developed internal office applications for management consulting firm.

Rick Tuttle’s Education

Northern Illinois University

Computer Science 1990 — 1991

Stopped my graduate course work to work for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture)
Florida International University

B.S. , Mathematics/Computer Science , 1983 — 1987

Activities and Societies:

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship