Jay Fortner

Current

Technical Editor, Contractor at Pearson Technology Group
Owner at Prodigy Holdings, Inc.

Past

Senior Software Developer at MindComet
Senior Software Developer at Management Solutions International

Education

ITT Technical Institute

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Jay Fortner’s Summary

An over achiever of many talents I focus my efforts towards PHP Development and jQuery Interface Design and Development.

Jay Fortner’s Specialties:

jQuery Javascript Interface, Facebook platform, Adobe Photoshop, Human-Computer Interaction, Javascript, Leadership, Management, Marketing, PHP, Public speaking, Web Development

Jay Fortner’s Experience

Technical Editor, Contractor

Pearson Technology Group

(Public Company; Publishing industry)

November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

I have been entrusted to review books chapter by chapter ensuring the accuracy of technical data.
Owner

Prodigy Holdings, Inc.

(Computer Software industry)

January 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)

Operating as a Technology Consulting business, I have produced components and modules for Joomla and Wordpress installations. CMS components handled the capturing of user information displayed by corresponding modules, tasks were also scheduled on the server to manage a component's contest engine. LAMP (PHP) development is a strong focus for all of our projects.
Senior Software Developer

MindComet

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

September 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 3 months)

During my time with MindComet, I was able to observe and work with some of the greatest minds in my career. I was fortunate enough to be pick for Project Eleanor, SPEEDtv.com's rebranding.While working on SPEEDtv.com I was tasked with the matters of HTML and Asset production, in 2 weeks I produced HTML and Assets for 42 page layouts. I was also requested by name to work on NC Interactive's Operation Immortality marketing Tabula Rasa, an MMORPG published by NCSoft. During my time with MindComet, I considered myself to be an entrusted member of the team by never letting a team member down and assisting in any manner necessary.
Senior Software Developer

Management Solutions International

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

November 2006 — September 2007 (11 months)

I was tasked with the development and maintenance of a custom investor relations content management system. I also managed a team of 5 technical experts in the development of a Wallpaper Kiosk Application.