objective
To obtain a stable, full-time position in web design & development, email
marketing, and/or internet marketing with potential for growth and learning in a
fun, yet challenging environment.	
summary
Results-oriented, fast-paced, online marketing and web development professional
with eleven years of HTML experience, nine years of professional website design
and development experience and more than eight years in internet marketing.
Experienced in email marketing, project management, IT hardware and software
trouble shooting, quality assurance (QA) testing, setting up shopping carts, and
interacting with clients in an agency environment. Excels at creating websites
using table-less layouts and standards-complaint, semantically correct XHTML and
CSS code.
Managed large, retail, classic ASP website with approximately 3,500 products, IT
vendors, hosting, DNS, junior web designers, projects developed by myself and
other developers, and maintained as many as 120 websites at one time. Major
strengths include strong leadership and communication skills, great team player,
capable of working independently without much supervision, and excellent
organizational skills. Continued to learn and grow in the last year and gain
further experience by working on a large corporate, financial services intranet
and a federal, 508 accessibilities-compliant website and intranet.
professional accomplishments
Consulted with large Virginia corporations on how to improve their sites and
designed sites for Whitley's Peanut, Hampton Roads Small Business Development
Center, Northampton County, VA, Retail Merchants Association of Tidewater and
many others.
Redesigned and maintained the website for the Virginia Electronic Commerce
Technology Center (VECTEC) as it appeared in June 2005.
Redesigned websites and landing pages to resolve usability issues and maximize
user conversions.
Performed Quality Assurance (QA) testing of Documentum web publishing system and
intranet design and content.
Customized Miva Merchant for e-commerce customers.
Wrote technical specifications for a new PHP shopping cart for
thetoyshoppe.com.
Taught HTML, CSS and Internet Design classes.
tech skills
Proficient in:
Office Software:
Microsoft Office
Code:
HTML/XHTML
CSS
Unix
Graphics:
Photoshop CS3
Flash CS3
Fireworks CS3
E-Commerce:
Miva Merchant
osCommerce	
Search Engines:
Google Adwords
Yahoo! Search Marketing
MSN Ad Center
Email Service Providers:
Topica
Constant Contact
Print Software:
Pitney Bowes Smart Mailer
Content Management:
Documentum
Parallels Sitebuilder
Joomla	Web Dev:
Dreamweaver CS3
Macromedia Homesite
Putty
Acrobat 8 Pro
Mozilla RSS Editor
MagpieRSS
WordPress
Joomla
FTP:
Filezilla
WS_FTP 32 Pro
WinSCP
Some experience with Adobe Illustrator 10, JavaScript, Jquery, XML, SQL
Enterprise Manager, PERL, PHP and ASP.
work experience
Acclaimed Web Development & Online Marketing                                    
                            3/09-Present
President/Owner
Redesigned acclaimedwebdevelopment.com using W3C web standards compliant XHTML
1.0 strict and CSS 2.1.
Created blog for acclaimedwebdevelopment.com using WordPress.
Provides search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing
(SEM)/pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns, social media marketing, and email marketing
services for acclaimedwebdevlopment.com and for clients.
Used Joomla content management system for local charity.
Tools used: HTML/XHTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft
Office, Joomla, Wordpress, OsCommerce, Filezilla, Thunderbird, Firefox
Environment: Windows, PHP, Reseller programs for hosting, print services, domain
names and templates
Wachovia Securities 9/08-2/09
Senior Business Analyst (Contractor)
Assisted in the migration of the legacy intranet to new Documentum content
management system.
Recreated Intranet sites within the content management system.
Performed quality assurance testing and error reporting on Documentum content
management system.
Tools used: HTML/XHTML, CSS, Documentum Web Publishing System, Dreamweaver,
Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, AT Notes, VPN, NetOp,
Sharepoint
Environment: Windows, XML, ASP
Mantech International 4/08-8/08
Web Designer for the Defense Commissary Agency (DoD Contractor)
Created graphics to enhance the commissaries.com website. 
Posted weekly news releases and columns to the website and updated intranet
content as needed. 
Reviewed changes to the website and Intranet and advised manager on usability
standards. 
Performed Quality Assurance (QA) testing of new intranet design and content. 
Tools used: XHTML, CSS, tableless CSS layouts, Unix commands, Adobe Dreamweaver
MX 2004, Photoshop CS3, Adobe Acrobat, Mozilla RSS Editor, Microsoft Outlook,
Sharepoint
Environment: Windows, Unix, Samba, Coldfusion 8, Web standards compliant
XHTML/CSS, JQuery, DOM
Wachovia Securities 9/07-4/08
InfoMAX Content Coordinator/Web Developer (Contractor)
Posted emerging news items and announcements to the intranet homepages for all
business channels. 
Performed daily maintenance of Intranet sites and updated flash banners.
Provided technical support on Dreamweaver and the new content management web
publishing system. 
Monitored adherence to the Intranet styles and standards.  
Recreated Intranet sites within the new content management system. 
Performed Quality Assurance (QA) testing of content management system.
Tools used: HTML/XHTML, CSS, Documentum Web Publishing System, Adobe Dreamweaver
CS3, Photoshop CS3, Flash CS3, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes,
ATNotes, Sharepoint
Environment: Windows, XML, ASP
NetSearch Direct 4/07-8/07
Pay-Per-Click Manager
Managed and optimized search engine marketing/pay-per-click campaigns in Google,
Yahoo, and Microsoft Ad Center. 
Passed the tests to become a Google Certified Professional and a Yahoo! Search
Marketing Ambassador.
Redesigned websites and landing pages to resolve usability issues and maximize
user conversions.
Used Google Analytics to measure conversions and ROI (return on investment).
Tools used: XHTML, CSS, tableless CSS layouts, PHP, PERL, Dreamweaver,
Photoshop, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Google Analytics, MagpieRSS,
Wordpress, Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing, MSN Ad Center, Keywordmax.com,
wordtracker.com, keyworddiscovery.com, VPN, Sharepoint
Environment: Windows, Linux Dedicated Server, Joomla
The Toy Shoppe 10/05-4/07
Webmaster 
Managed large, retail, classic ASP website with approximately 3,500 products and
all IT vendors and projects.
Redesigned e-commerce website as it appeared in April 2007 and updated flash
banners weekly.
Merchandized the website for maximum sales throughout the year. 
Designed and developed email newsletters and managed email marketing program.
Used search engine optimization (seo) and pay-per-click (ppc) campaigns to
increase traffic to the site.
Tools used: DOS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe Dreamweaver, Homesite, Photoshop,
Fireworks, Adobe Illustrator, Flash, Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing,
Google Analytics, wordtracker.com, Microsoft Office, SQL Server 2000, Enterprise
Manager, Windows Exchange Server, AVG Enterprise, topica.com, Wordpress,
Microsoft Outlook, Verisign, Access Databases, Pitney-Bowes Smart Mailer,
Sharepoint
Environment: Windows XP, MAC, Windows Exchange Server, SQL Server, IIS, classic
ASP, ASP.net, Foxpro
Mahloy Web Development 12/02-11/07
Project Manager/Web Developer (Freelance)
Managed sites designed by other developers, server reseller accounts, hosting,
and DNS for all websites. 
Maintained over 120 websites. 
Customized Miva Merchant for e-commerce customers.
Managed the migration of over 100 websites from a shared server account to a
dedicated server.
Tools used: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, CGI, Dreamweaver, Macromedia Homesite, Adobe
Photoshop, Flash, Microsoft Office, Web Position gold, wordtracker.com, mambo,
Parallels Sitebuilder, custom PHP content management system, Wordpress, Miva
Merchant, Verisign
Environment: Windows, shared Linux servers, dedicated Linux server, PHP, PERL,
CGI
Virginia E-Commerce Technology Center (VECTEC) 2/01-6/05
Website Interface Systems Specialist
Consulted with large Virginia corporations on how to improve their sites.
Designed sites for Whitley's Peanut, Hampton Roads Small Business Development
Center, Northampton County, VA, Retail Merchants Association of Tidewater and
many others.
Redesigned and maintained the VECTEC website as it appeared in June 2005. 
Taught HTML, CSS and Internet Design classes.
Tools used: Unix Commands, Homesite, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, HTML, CSS,
JavaScript, Overture (goto) keyword tool, wordtracker.com
Environment: Windows, MAC, Sun Solaris server, CGI, PHP
Advanced Networks, Inc. 5/00-2/01
Director, Web Development
Created layouts and graphics for websites & maintained over 100 business
websites. 
Supervised and trained part-time entry-level web and graphic designers. 
Optimized clients’ website using search engine optimization (SEO) techniques.
Tools used: HTML, Frontpage, Adobe Photoshop, Imageready, Overture (goto)
keyword tool, jimtools.com, Microsoft Office
Environment: Windows 2000 Server, ASP
Christopher Newport University, CNU Online 3/99-9/00
Distance Education Helpdesk Consultant/Web Developer (Student Worker)
Answered distance education questions through student help line and taught
training classes on WebCT.
Built and updated websites for CNU departments including: CNU Online, English
Department, The Office of Career and Counseling Services, and The Office of
Sponsored Programs.
Tools used: HTML, CSS, Netscape Navigator, Frontpage, Photoshop,  Microsoft
Office, WebCT
Environment: Windows
Education
Strayer University 2003
Completed classes in Web Development
CNU Community Learning                                                          
                                                  2001 - 2002 
Completed E-Commerce Certificate Program
Christopher Newport University                                                  
                                                1996 – 2001
Economics, B.A.                                                   
seminars
Element K                            
XML: An Introduction (Third Edition) 2007
Enhancing Web Pages with JavaScript 2007
Virginia Electronic Commerce Technology Center (VECTEC)   
Pay-Per-Click Marketing	6/14/2006
Rockhurst University Continuing Education Center
Killer Creative Techniques Using Adobe Photoshop 2001
Designing With Dreamweaver 2001
The Flash Attach Workshop 2001
professional affiliations
Full Member of IWA-HWG (International Webmaster's Association and HTML Writers
Guild).
Yahoo! Search Marketing Ambassador
Google Adwords Professional Certification
sample work
tableless layouts
http://www.cavaliersalesagent.com/
http://www.dramaticchanges.net/
other designs
http://www.acclaimedwebdevelopment.com/	
http://mysite.verizon.net/cnolen/designs/smithfieldfarms/
http://mysite.verizon.net/cnolen/designs/smithfieldhams/
http://mysite.verizon.net/cnolen/designs/stovers/ 
http://www.dfn.com/rhumane/
http://www.resorthotelinsurance.com/