About Me
Right now, I spend most of my time as a student at Augsburg College. I also am an active web developer with Above the Fold, a social media firm out of Burlington Vermont.
I'm also working on a number of other side projects. The first is a local event board content manager. That doesn't have a name yet, but the UI designs are coming along. The other big project I'm working on is an ad supported smartphone based calculator app that would be suitable for classroom use in higher math classes.
My future wife and I live in St Paul, MN with our two cats. Apart from school, work, and my other projects. I'm an avid outdoorsman, homebrewer, and tinkerer.
Current Projects
Ribbons
Coming Summer/Fall 2012
The brilliant minds the Hastings, MN breast cancer support group have teamed up with Bush Fellow Diane Davies to produce a new breast cancer support group finder. Right now most support group finders do not have adequate tools or information to help recently diagnosed patients find nearby support groups that meet their needs without serious work. The new Ribbons tool will help fix that. Groups listed in ribbons have extensive information and lots of filtering options to help new patients narrow down their search.
Past Projects
Launched
The Pierson Library of Shelburne, VT contracted with me for the redesign of their website when they moved from the town's website to their own.
Launched
We Can Do Better, Vermont. Is a social action group working to create producer responsibility and not just a better bottle bill.
Launched June 12, 2012
I worked on the front end development for this application in Javascript, HTML, and CSS.
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Curriculum Vitae
Work Experience
AlexIves Chief Web Developer - St Paul, MN - May 2006 to Present
In 2007 I started doing some technical consulting. I did a few basic websites, but nothing much beyond what I did for myself. In 2010, I got involved with Above the Fold, a social media firm in Burlington, VT and started doing their web development. While I still occasionally provide tech support, I do web development nearly exclusively.
International Language Institute IT Coordinator - Northampton, MA - May 2009 to May 2011
ILI is a small language school in western massachuestts. I was in charge of overseeing the IT needs for the entire institution. I maintained a student computer lab in addition to a number of faculty and staff machines. I also maintained their internal servers and networking.
Hampshire College IT Support - Amherst, MA - October 2006 to September 2009
Hampshire College is a medium sized liberal arts college in western massachusetts. Primarily I worked in the student computer diagnostic center, where I fixed student computers exhibiting hardware and software issues. I also worked with other IT staff to image and deploy facutly computers and labs using deploy studio and clonezilla.
Education
Augsburg College
- Minneapolis, MN - BS Computer Science - 2013(EST)
Current GPA: 3.65
Dean's List Fall 2011
Dean's List Winter 2011
Dean's List Spring 2012
Computer Science Tutor
Certifications
Technical
Apple Certified Macintosh Technician 2010-2011, Apple Sales Professional 2010-2011
Outdoors
BSA Eagle Scout - Bronze Palm, Outdoor Emergence Care Technician 2003-2009, Emergency Medical Technician Basic 2008-2010, Wilderness First Responder 2008-2010
Skills
Technical
Programming Languages: Java, C, PHP, Visual Basic, HTML5, CSS, MySql, Javascript, AppleScript, Shell Scripting
Operating Systems (*with troubleshooting): Mac OSX 10.3-10.7*, Mac OS (Classic) 7-9*, Windows 2000 - Windows 7*, Unix, Linux (Ubuntu*, Debian, Mint*)
Desktop and laptop hardware repair.
Outdoors
Canoing (with instruction experience), Rock Climbing (with instruction experience), Wilderness EMS
