Enthusiastic Web Developer and Designer
Melbourne Area, Australia
- Current
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- Web Developer at Trout
- Freelancer at Directlayer (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Web Developer at Electronic Productivity Solutions
- Owner at Mezoc
- Channel Editor in Chief at 51digi
- Education
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- Monash University
- Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
- Connections
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12
connections
- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
- Websites
Fred Wu’s Summary
Have built the first website back in 1997, and started working in the IT industry since in high school. Worked in online publishing, building and promoting websites as well as web hosting before becoming a professional web developer and designer.
Have always been a quick leaner and enthusiastic about the industry. Below are some of the key experience during the past few years.
- 11 years web publishing experiences (create / maintain websites as the site owner)
- 6 years dynamic (database-driven) website publishing experience
- 5 years online community management experience
- 3 years web development and design experience
- 3 years open source development experience
- 3 years PHP / MySQL experience
- 2 years MVC design pattern experience
- 2 years CodeIgniter development experience
- 2 years Linux server administration experience
- Exposed to Ruby / Ruby on Rails / Python / Django
- Exposed to RESTful design
Fred Wu’s Specialties:
- Ability to grasp knowledge and technologies in a short time
- Attention to detail
- Solving problems rather than creating blind solutions
Major Development Skills:
- PHP / MySQL
- CodeIgniter / Kohana / Zend Framework
- JavaScript (jQuery / YUI / ExtJS / others)
- Ruby on Rails
- XML
- AJAX
- SCM
- TDD
Major Design Skills:
- (X)HTML / CSS
- W3C standard
- SEO
- Adobe Suite
- Flash / Flex
- JavaScript
- Usability
- User experience
Fred Wu’s Experience
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Web Developer
Trout
(Design industry)
June 2008 — Present (2 months)
PHP web development and design.
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Freelancer
Directlayer (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
2005 — Present (3 years)
Freelance / SOHO.
Contracting / sub-contracting with a number of business partners. -
Web Developer
Electronic Productivity Solutions
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2006 — 2007 (1 year)
Part time / casual web developer.
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Owner
Mezoc
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years)
Web hosting provider.
Maintained 3 servers in the USA. Partnered with 2 servers in China. -
Channel Editor in Chief
51digi
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years)
Contribute reviews, previews and other articles of PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) devices on a regular basis.
Manage community forums.
Fred Wu’s Education
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Monash University
Bachelor of Information Technology Systems (Multimedia), Information Technology and Services, 2006 — 2008
Received scholarships for academic achievements.
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Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
Dual Diploma of Multimedia & Website Development, Information Technology and Services, 2004 — 2006
Graduated with high academic achievements.
Additional Information
Fred Wu’s Websites:
Fred Wu’s Interests:
New technologies and gadgets.
Fred Wu’s Groups:
CodeIgniter China, Kohana PHP Framework
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Friends of Australia member -
PHP Group member -
Codeigniter Developers Group member
Fred Wu’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
