Paul Straw

Web Development & Design

About

Hi, I’m Paul Straw. I design and develop web-based applications, and firmly believe the web is the future of application development. I live in Sonora, California with my wife, Charlene, and currently write web applications for Front Porch using HTML/CSS and a lot of JavaScript. I have a healthy love of HTML, CSS (especially LESS/SCSS), JavaScript (server and client-side, both vanilla and using frameworks like Ender, Underscore, Backbone, and jQuery), and Git.

In my spare time, I like to make Ender and jQuery plugins, dabble in game development, draw pixel art, attempt to switch to Vim, and do other nerdy stuff.

You can find me at GitHub, Dribbble, Twitter, my email address, and my website.

Experience

• Software Development EngineerAugust 2010 — Present

  • Front Porch, Inc. — Sonora, CA
  • User-facing and administrative product design/development (JavaScript, Node, HTML/CSS, MS SQL, C#)
  • Management/creation of internal tools (HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Node, Redis, PHP, MS SQL)

• Freelance Web DevelopmentMarch 2009 — June 2011

  • Creating HTML/CSS, WordPress, and custom CMS sites for clients (JavaScript, HTML/CSS, PHP)

• IT Services EngineerJune 2008 — July 2010

  • Front Porch, Inc. — Sonora, CA
  • Hosted Exchange transition and management
  • Company HQ network infrastructure management
  • VMWare server management
  • Sharepoint 2007 server management
  • Network/server health monitoring

• IT Services TechnicianJanuary 2007 — May 2008

  • Front Porch, Inc. — Sonora, CA
  • Exchange 2003 server management
  • VoIP phone system transition and management
  • Development/management of server backup system
  • WSUS management and update deployment

• IT Services InternJune 2004 — December 2006

  • Front Porch, Inc. — Sonora, CA
  • System builds for new employees
  • Phone system wiring
  • User assistance and troubleshooting

Certifications

• Cisco Certified Network Associate December 7, 2007
• Microsoft Certified Professional February 28, 2008
• Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator December 19, 2008
  • Microsoft Windows Vista, Configuration June 13, 2008
  • Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Configuration December 19, 2008
  • Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration September 25, 2009
  • Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration September 25, 2009
• VMware Certified Professional June 19, 2009

Want a hard copy? Here’s the PDF.

For the curious, this document was written in Markdown, then converted to HTML and PDF before deployment.