Paul Billett

Resume

Paul Billett

Experience

Technology Project Specialist at Manheim Auto Auction 2008 to 2011

Brought concepts from rough sketches and photoshop mockups into fully functional web applications, merging multiple data sources and creating intuitive user interfaces.
Supported aging web applications by developing reliable back end code and building modern standards compliant semantic front ends wile maintaining up time and improving usability.
Built custom interfaces targeted to touch kiosks, iPads, iPhones and older devices.
Maintained and deployed server infrastructure using OS X, Linux and Windows.
Initiated new proposals to meet business challenges and developed them from concept to implementation.

Co-Founder and Web Guy+ for Hoodaman Creative 2009 and 2010

Worked with a small team of creatives to design sites for customers in the restaurant franchise and food industries.
Created a template for restaurant web design allowing clients who could not afford a custom build to have a unique and dynamic site.

Developer, Audio Engineer and Co-Founder of MyBeeps.com 2008 and 2009

Worked with business partners to create the concept of a Beep.
Designed marking materials including flyers, stickers and television commercials to promote the brand and its clients.
Recorded local celebrities and edited thousands of audio clips to create files that could later be seamlessly concatenated on demand.
Designed and Co-Developed the website to lead customers through the process of buying a personalized Beep and applying it to their voicemail system.

IT Analyst at Manheim Auto Auction 2002 to 2008

Worked in small team to maintain the communication infrastructure and audio video systems for the worlds largest auto auction while providing technical support for more than a thousand users.
Lead yearly PC installation teams to replace hundreds of machines with minimal downtime and zero data loss.
Worked with an associate to develop a simple phone directory and grew it through dozens of iterations to become a communication platform that was used by all employees daily.

Skills

Web Technologies, Platforms and APIs

PHP, MySQL, ODBC, XML, JSON, HTML, XHTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Git, htaccess, RFID, Apache, IIS, FTP, Wordpress, PayPal, Twitter, Tumblr

Software

Coda, Notepad++, Photoshop, Illustrator, Pixelmator, BBEdit, Dreamweaver, iWork (Pages, Keynote, Numbers), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Audacity, Garageband, Cubase, iMovie, Sony Vegas