Posted by Edward Caissie on February 17, 2012
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| Edward Caissie |
204 – 2699 Battleford Road
Mississauga, ON L5N3R9
edward.caissie@gmail.com |
| Objective |
A challenging, creative position providing valuable experience to hone and improve my WordPress writing and development potential, as well as the opportunity to exercise my web design skills gained over the past ten years. |
| Accomplishments |
- Developed the http://BuyNowShop.com web site to showcase the WordPress themes and plugins I have designed and developed. These themes and plugins are published at WordPress.org; and, can be found under my profile at http://profiles.wordpress.org/users/cais/.
- Developed and maintained over the last four years the family friendly pet forum and information source at http://ratchatter.com/.
- Manage and maintain the WPFirstAid.com web site providing helpful articles related to WordPress Theme and Plugin development, code, and functionality.
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| Recent and Current Projects |
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| Skill Sets |
- Proficient blogger in writing, editing, and adding media
- Skilled in HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, XML
- Experienced graphic designer and photo editor
- Adept user of Photoshop Elements and Photoshop CS5; PaintShop Pro XI and Paintshop Photo Pro X3; Komodo Edit, PSPad, and PhpStorm
- Experienced SVN and Git user
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| Experienced User |
- Web Servers (Apache)
- DBMS (MySQL and MS Access)
- Microsoft Windows 3.0 through 7
- Apple’s Mac OS X
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| Work Experience |
Web Design and Development: 1999 – Present
Self-Employed (Part-Time/Freelance)
- Web Site and WordPress Theme Quality Assurance Reviews
- Create Custom WordPress Themes and Plugins
- Convert PSD to (X)HTML / CSS for deploying to WordPress self-hosted website installations.
- Modify existing themes and plugins to customer specifications
- Maintain and curate Internet websites
- Internet presence and web development consultation
- Web space and domain hosting re-seller
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Warehouse Manager: Aug 1989 – Present
Electrostatic Coating Equipment (Canada) Limited, Mississauga, ONPositions held:
- Purchasing / Inventory Manager
- Warehouse Manager
- Customer Service Manager
- Traffic Manager
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| Commercial Software |
Internet browsers:
- Firefox
- Internet Explorer
- Chrome
- Safari (Mac and PC)
- Opera
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Online CMS, Blogging, et al.:
- WordPress
- Blogger
- MS Live Writer
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Productivity:
- Microsoft Office
- Open Office Suite
- Lotus SmartSuite
- Corel Perfect Office
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Financials:
- Prophet21 (CommerceCenter)
- Streamline Software
- AccPac Plus for DOS
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| Continuing Education |
- Web application development with focus on PHP, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript (including jQuery and AJAX)
- iPad / iPhone application development
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| Hobbies and Interests |
Blogging, Reading, Writing, Chess, Cooking, Hiking, Waterfalls, RPG, MMORPG, Acoustic Guitar |
| Education |
JHSC Cert Part II, Mississauga, ON – Nov 2006
- Certification for Warehouse and Distribution |
JHSC Cert. Part I, Toronto, ON – Mar 2003
- Certification as Manager Representative |
University of Toronto – 1986
- Bachelor’s Degree in Survey Science minor in Statistics (incomplete) |
Thomas L. Kennedy Secondary School, Mississauga, ON – June 1984
- O.H.H.S.G.D. – Graduated in top 10 of class |
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Reviewed and confirmed February 2012.
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