Résumé of Eric Caron - PHP Programmer in Minnesota

This page's purpose is to challenge myself to do amazing SEO - search engine optimzation. While offering a public curriculum vitae (CV) is unnecessary, I want to see what tactics would be relevant to rank at the top of page one for minneapolis PHP developer. I am actually quite happy, yet challenged, at my job at LinkUp and am not pursuing employment for anything related to javascript, CSS, Apache, Linux, MySQL or other web development tasks.

Mission Statement, Primary Objective, etc.

I appreciate being able to concurrently be involved in the roles of programmer, project manager, team leader and business developer. I have always had a strong appreciation for open source software, from Linux to Ruby on Rails to MySQL - though my primary programming language has always been PHP.

I take inspiration from everything from O'Reilly's "97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know" to 37signals' REWORK and many things in between. Despite the many popular reasons to prefer Chrome and WebKit, I still prefer the long-term vision of the Mozilla Framework and their vision as an organization.

I have experience with platfroms such as WordPress, Drupal and Joomla. I am skilled in frameworks such as Zend, CakePHP, CodeIgniter and Symfony. I have developer extensions for both PEAR and PECL. Whenever possible I try to support existing solutions rather than re-inventing the wheel. Although I frequently am involved in discovering and patching bugs, I prefer to help organize communities and help foster and atmosphere of collaboration.

I love living in Minnesota, and visiting every great place in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

College Education in Computer Science

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Institute of Technology: B.S. in Computer Science

Though I would feel safe saying that my experience outside of college taught me more than the classes did, my emphasis in Internet technologies has proven beneficial to my career.

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Carlson School of Business: Minor in Business Management

Employers & Work History

Web Programmer » IT Architect – JobDig, Inc. – 2005-Present

  • Overhauled internal phone system of 40 phones for <$10k using open source Asterisk
  • Facilitated acquisitions of web properties JobDigTracker.com and LinkUp.com
  • Brought LinkUp.com from manually-run site with 50 visitors/day to >25,000
  • Significantly cut costs while removing dependency on contractors and outsourcing
  • Instrumental in development of iPhone, Android, Twitter and Facebook applications
  • Developed server infra-structure to do with 4 servers where competition needs 20
  • Decided path of technology tools, when to pursue and when not to pursue
  • Core of all IT decisions since 2006, part of upper-management team since 2007

Web Programmer » IS Manager – The Minnesota Daily – 2001-2005

Maintained MNDaily.com, internal sites and servers. Developed Daily-specific IM network, deployed 120-unit VOIP system, managed 3 departments and ~20 employees (including yearly budgets).

Web Technician – StarPoint Communications – 1998-2002

Standard dial-up customer support, create client proposals, PHP front and back-end site development

Technology Background, Used Platforms & Skillset