C. Michael Nelson
Cobble Hill, BC 250-888-3691 [email protected]
@cmljnelson mnelson4 cmljnelson.blog
Summary
Software developer and systems administrator who likes people. Experienced in website development, maintenance, and user support. Educated in Computer Science with ongoing improvement through open-source collaboration with global leaders, presenting and attending technology conferences, and entrepreneurship. Book and blog author.
Experience
Pacific Rim ECI Inc – Django Developer and IT Admin
2011 – present
- Policy Design (for staff, server, and 3rd party services)
- IT Liaison and Consulting (liaison with 3rd party IT services)
- Website Maintenance and Development (develop visitor-facing website and staff work portal, setup backups, audio server security, DNS configuration, integration with 3rd party systems,
- Data Stewarding (design and implement automatic checks on company data, data reporting, submitting reports to government agencies)
- Setup and Administer Office 365 Tenant (Exchange, OneDrive, Sharepoint, Intune MDM & MAM)
- Staff IT support (setup, troubleshooting, training)
Print My Blog WordPress Business – Owner
2019 – present
- software development (code, test, and debug all software)
- business management (design product features, business relations, business direction)
- support and documentation
Shareaholic – Senior PHP Software Developer
2019 – present
- software development
- code reviews (of other developers)
- software testing
- user support
Event Espresso – PHP Software Developer
2012 – 2019
- software development and design with team
- server maintenance of popular SaaS website
- open-source contributions to WordPress
The Number Creative – Junior PHP Software Developer
2011 – 2012
- guided software development
BYU Office of IT – Junior Java Software Developer
2010 – 2011
- enterprise software development
BYU Computer Science Dept. – Research Assistant
2010 – 2011
- design and implement integration between Facebook and Family Search
- collaborate with professor and students
- present at conference and write research report
Education
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Honors Program from BYU (Brigham Young University)
- Attendee and Presenter at Technology Conferences (WordCamps, WPCampus) and organizer of local technology meetup (Cowichan Valley WordPress Meetup)
- Contributor to WordPress and related plugins, Django and related modules
Technologies
- PHP (xdebug, Cache Grind, PHPStorm, PHPUnit, Code Sniffer, Symphony framework, Composer)
- MySQL
- WordPress (blogging and site design, plugin and theme development, contributed to core’s unit tests, Multisite, REST API, Privacy, Gutenberg)
- HTML (and WCAG accessibility)
- CSS
- Javascript (jQuery, NodeJS, NPM, Grunt, Webpack)
- Version Control: Git and GitHub, Subversion
- Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, Mac
- Webservers: Apache, Nginx, Laragon, Vagrant
- Payment Processors: PayPal, Stripe, Authorize.net, etc
- Slack
- Email: Gmail, Exchange, and others
- SSH CLI
- AWS S3 and Route 53
- Amazon CLI
- MailChimp
- Website Analytics: Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Segment, and Koko
- Python and Virtual Environments
- Django and related modules
- SMTP2Go
- Qualys Security Scans
- Proctorio
- CopyLeaks
- CafePress eCommerce Store
- Microsoft Office 365: Tenant Administration, Exchange, OneDrive, Sharepoint, Teams, Intune MDM and MAM
- Amazon KDP
- Dreamhost: DNS registration, site administration, HTTPS setup, etc
- PDF Automation: Adobe Acrobat, html2pdf, Prince PDF
Other
- Fluent in French and Spanish
- Author of Print My Blog – The Book (for sale on Amazon)
- Blogger of cmljnelson.blog and printmy.blog
- Ecclesiastical leader and teacher
- Pig Farmer
- Dad