Objective:

To participate in a Web 2.0 project involving a skillset in web development, online marketing and operational strategy.

Key Skills:

• Web Development
• Database Administration
• Online Marketing and Project Management
• User Interface Design
• Search Engine Optimization and Traffic Analysis
• Third party API’s and Mashups (Google, Flickr, Facebook, etc)
• AJAX/JavaScript frameworks (Yahoo! UI Library, jQuery, Script.aculo.us, etc)

Employment Experience:

Course Instructor of Search Engine Optimization at Humber College

(September 2008 - May 2009)

• Teaching students search engine optimization (SEO).
• Applying mod_rewrites, avoiding sessionIDs, and writing .htaccess and robots.txt files.
• Submitting websites to multiple search engines and directories.
• Keyword density analysis.
• Incorporating HTML optimization into content for best SEO performance.
• Tracking website traffic and setting up conversion goals.
• Launching online advertising and email campaigns.
• Setting up search engine optimized blogs.

Senior Web Developer and Manager for “Achilles Media LTD”

(September 2007 - Present)

• Manage and maintain multiple web properties for Achilles Media Events. Coordinate the Web and IT team to ensure all web related demands are met.
• Implementing online marketing intitiatives through blogs, and advertising campaigns comprising Google Adwords and Facebook Social Ads/Pages/Events/Groups.
• Building Powerful Content Aggregators.
• Incorporating the best of social media and enterprise Web 2.0 solutions to help streamline business processes within our own organization
• Developing custom content management system frameworks for painless scalability to multiple web properties.
• Consulting on new media technologies and participating in company strategy involving new media and marketing through web sites
• E-Commerce: Processing credit cards for paid user registration
• Managing Out sourced products
• Volunteering an active role by participating in the company’s strategy regarding events such as NextMedia, BANFF World Television, and History Makers 2009, Aggregated Digital Media News.

Founder and Chief Developer of FuelFeed.net

(September 2008 - Present)

• Utilizing REST Twitter API’s for content syndication.
• Building sophisticated back-end content management system.
• Developing graphical user interface.
• Incorporating Delicious, TinyURL, and other third party API’s for content aggregation.
• Scoping, managing, and outsourcing parts of the project.

Web 2.0 Coder and Marketer for Wellness Heroes Inc.

(January 2007 - March 2009)

*Details omitted due to confidentiality agreement*

• Building automated content aggregators.
• Incorporating best Web 2.0 practices into the software.
• Utilizing third party API’s
• Responsible for overlooking software development by others in the team.
• Development of back-end and front-end code.
• Providing vital advice to the overall business development.

Senior Software Developer and Web 2.0 Marketing Specialist for Flavor Technology startup

(June 2007 - January 2008)

*Details omitted due to confidentiality agreement*

• Project lead.
• Development of back-end and front-end code.
• Contributing and implementing ideas towards building the company’s core business and marketing plan.

Software Developer and founder of “Facebook’s Popular Books” Application

(June 2007 - August 2007)

• A mashup between Amazon.com and Facebook.com to create an application that allows people to share, display, and review their favorite books.
• The front-end website, http://www.Popular-Books.com, dynamically updates itself. The content on the site is populated according to the content’s popularity on Facebook and Amazon.
• Successfully marketed the application to obtain several thousand users. I am one of the very few developers in the world who can develop Facebook applications.

Software Developer and founder of “Shuzak - The Social Network for Geeks”

(July 2006 - July 2007)

• Founder and CEO of a Web 2.0 startup developing a social network similar to Facebook, Orkut, Bebo, etc.
• Organized, Designed, Programmed over 35, 000 lines of programming code by myself. Shuzak has several thousand members.
• Successfully marketed Shuzak to over 30 prominent blogs and built a strong web community.

Software Developer for “Domani International”

(October 2005 - February 2006)

• Responsible for programming a corporate instant messenger called “HotWire.”
• Developed 128 bit encryption/decryption algorithms.
• Worked with Windows Sockets for Internet Relay Chat.

Web Developer and IT Consultant for “Pakistan Science and Engineering Foundation”

(August 2002 - August 2005)

• Responsible for web/graphic designing.
• Designing advertisements.
• Creating online presence for a not-for-profit organization.

Key Developer Skills:

Other Skills:

• Skilled at marketing and branding internet properties.
• Leveraging my influential social media presence for viral campaigns.
• Authoring internet technology and marketing related articles.
• Seeding and growing online social communities.
• Strong project management and entrepreneurial skills.
• Keeping track of emerging technology trends through 100+ blogs.
• Active participant within Toronto’s startup and developer community.

References:

Detailed references available upon request.

• Marketing Director, Achilles Media., Toronto, Canada
• Founder and CEO, Flavor Technology., Toronto, Canada
• Founder, XetaByte., Toronto, Canada
• Founder, Pakistan Science and Engineering Foundation, California, United States
• Professor, Dynamic Content Generation, Humber College, Toronto, Canada
• Founder, Domani International., Chicago, United States