CHRISTOPHER M. SELMER
8003 Glenside Dr.
Takoma Park, MD 20912

(443) 629-5140
cmselmer (at) comcast (dot) net

• Languages / Concepts
  Ruby on Rails, PHP, ColdFusion, Perl, MySQL, SQL, UNIX, section 508 compliance, shell scripting
  
  
• Front-end Development
  HTML, Javascript / AJAX, CSS
  
  
• Software packages
  Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Photoshop, FrontPage, MS Office

6/05 - present
ACADEMIC APPLICATIONS SPECIALIST- George Washington University, Washington, DC

• Lead web development efforts for internal and external web sites for the Academic Technologies division of GWU.

7/02 - 6/05
WEB DEVELOPER, UMBC - Center for Health Program Development and Management, Baltimore, MD.

• Lead web design efforts for internal and external web sites at the Center for Health Program Development and Management (CHPDM).
• Reorganize and restructure site content to make more dynamic.
• Provide SQL server and Cold Fusion adminstration.

8/99 - present
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, Takoma Park, MD.

• Lead collaborative web projects as main customer contact.
• Consult with clients to form technology strategies for web sites.
• Develop and implement web applications based on customer requirements.
• Provide trouble-shooting and technical support for multiple clients.
• Designed, developed, programmed or consulted on over 40 sites.

Please see >PORTFOLIO PAGE< for sample websites.

6/00 - 4/02
LEAD DEVELOPER, The Design Studio, Washington, DC.

Responsibilities:

• Worked with customers to define data requirements and design needs.
• Develop website from concept to completion; Hand code in above languages
• Administer MySQL databases
• Lead team on technology issues such as database design and programming solutions
• Maintain and update large informational websites
• Improve search engine positioning

Accomplishments:

• Increased range of TDS capabilities by bringing new technologies to the table, thus allowing TDS to bring in a wider range of higher-budgeted projects.
• Cut project turn-around time in half by implementing more sophisticated and efficient web design programs.Please see attached project list.
  

Please see >PORTFOLIO PAGE< for sample websites.

WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE, Westminster, MD
B.A. in Mathematics, minor in Computer Science - 12/01.

• Kappa Mu Epsilon (Mathematics Honor Society)
• Kappa Delta Pi (Education Honor Society)
• Dean's List Honors
• Attended intensive two-week PERL/MySQL seminar at Michigan Tech University