Robert Gregor has an intense drive to make usable, understandable websites that increase ROI. His neuroscience background enables him to make design & usability decisions based on scientific principles. The result is a website or rich internet application that is easier to understand and use. A highlight of his skills include:
- W3C Compliant (X)HTML/CSS
- PHP 5 Programming
- MySQL Database Design
- jQuery/jQueryUI Frontend Development
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- Google Analytics
- Joomla!, Wordpress, Drupal
- IT support (software & hardware)
- A great sense of humor
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Experience
Planet Digital, Orlando, FL
Web Developer. May 2009 - February 2010
- E-Commerce Website Development & CMS Website Development
- Standards compliant (X)HTML/CSS/PHP Coding
- Training clients on how to use CMS & manage online stores
- CMS Development on Joomla!, Drupal, Elgg.
Bob's Computers, Boston, MA
CEO September 1997- current
- Create content management system (CMS) websites affordably for small businesses
- Manages online web hosting accounts for customers with a custom control panel design
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO) of websites for maximum internet exposure
Up With People: USA, Japan, Europe.
- Coordinated housing, meals and the show venue for a cast of 95 people in Japan, across a diverse cultural platform
- Orchestrated a more efficient and cost effective opening ceremony across cultural boundaries and language barriers
- Performed a solo in the live musical "Up With People"
- Lived with 19 host families on 3 continents, and traveled with a cast representing 23 countries
Education
Bachelor of Science, Behavioral Neuroscience
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Related course work:
AI graduate seminar, Human Computer Interaction, Psychobiology, Sensation & Perception, Computer Programming (MATLAB, C++), Cognition, Technology & Human Values, Computers & Society
Skills
- Adobe CS4: Photoshop Extended (64-bit), Flash, AIR, Dreamweaver, In Design, Premiere Pro, Encore, Illustrator, After Effects, Fireworks, Audition, Sound booth.
- Microsoft Action Pack Subscriber (5 years): Windows Server 2008, Exchange Server, Microsoft Office 2007: Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, Power Point, Groove, SharePoint, Publisher.
- Autodesk: AutoCAD 2008, Maya 2008, Inventor
- Google Products: Earth Pro, Sketch up, AdWords, Analytics
- Network administration: Cpanel/WHM, Apache, PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, Windows domain, Active Directory, IIS 7.
- Languages: XHTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript,
- Operating Systems: Windows XP, Vista, Ubuntu Linux, Max OS X
- Misc: Matlab, LabView, Gimp, HyperCam, Notepad++
- Hard Skills: Welding, Soldering, IC design, Computer Hardware assembly & troubleshooting, Network Infrastructure planning & Installation
Successes
Technical & Creative ability
- Lifetime computer experience: website design, administration and user experience evaluation. Ten years of experience administering & designing websites. LAN administrator of a Windows 2000 domain.
- Modeling, texturing, animating, rendering, film compositing, IK,
- Producing the ; a documentary film about architecture, proportion and the human body.
- Designing, building and funding a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) jet model airplane
Leader & Innovator
- Designed & built technical solutions as a world finalist in Destination Imagination including a hand articulated robot and a Rube Goldberg waterfall.
- Prototyped an invention to alleviate sleeping disorders, and developed a business & marketing plan.
- Leader of student groups:
- NEURONS - Behavioral Neuroscience research & networking club
- Social Change through Peace Games working in inner city schools to promote peace and team work