Autumn foliage at Ridley Creek State Park ~ James Kernicky © 2004

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I live in Springfield, Pennsylvania, and have been building projects and apps using front-end and back-end languages and technologies with the goal of landing a Web Design or Front-End Developer job. I have loved learning all my life, and I have been studying web design, and web development since 2020.

I built my first two websites in 2009 using Dreamweaver. I installed WordPress on one of those sites in 2018, and have since built two other sites using WordPress. The last website I built uses the WordPress theme that I developed using underscores as a starter template. Although I like WordPress and what it has to offer for small businesses, I love writing JavaScript and CSS to bring my project ideas to life.

Continue reading about me in this profile, take a look at my personal portfolio page or download a PDF version of my resume from this repo.

✅ I'm currently taking a UI Design course by Gary Simon.

✅ Currently refactoring my Guitar Chord Namer project before I convert it from JavaScript to TypeScript.

📌 Looking to add to my freeCodeCamp certifications so I started their course Foundational C# on the Microsoft Learn platform.

📌 I'm looking to collaborate with over devs on JS generated guitar chord SVGs.

📌 I'm looking for help with keyboard layouts for different languages to improve WriterAssist.

• 12+ years as an Inventory Planner/Analyst for companies ranging from $10M to $4B in annual sales.
  • Responsibilities included using Microsoft Access and SAS for statistical analysis and reporting.
  • Daily & weekly communication with managers, co-workers, and vendors.
• Started a pet services business in 2008 servicing 200+ clients and hiring 7 employees.
  • Built my website with Dreamweaver in 2009, and converted it to WordPress in 2018.
  • Wrote over 175 pages and posts with optimized images, on-page SEO, and custom CSS.
• Volunteer work for Two Average Gamers and propMeUp:
  • Two Average Gamers: Increased Lighthouse score from ~43% to ~71%; wrote 301 redirects for the .htaccess file.
  • propMeup: Finished the website and taught the site owner via Slack Huddles how to edit page content using Elementor.
• Fiverr clients: Finished a WordPress block-theme site | Setup a WordPress.com site | Converted PDF tables to HTML elements.
• Remote Topic Creator with The HOTH: Researched keyword phrases for clients, wrote SEO titles & Descriptions.