Hi I’m Josh, a website developer & online consultant.

I have a passion for building online tools that help people and businesses interact with their audience. This could be anything from custom applications, e-commerce shops such as a shopping cart or invoicing solution, learning management systems (LMS), interactive calculators or other product demonstrations,  or something as simple as a blog or brochure style website.

Over the last couple of years, alongside working with others to enhance their online presence, I’ve teamed up with my wife to help build her new dental practice. I love supporting her on this journey and learning about her industry which is very different from the online world that I live in.

I also lead a small group that consists of young adults from multiple churches on the north side of Indy. This group is a refreshing break from the week where we can share what’s going on in our lives, have community, and grow together as we share and discuss each other’s perspective.

Hobbies, Activities, and Interests:

  • Investing & Options Trading
  • Reading
  • Cycling
  • Hiking
  • Grilling
  • Family walks with our dog

Favorite Books Read This Year:

Areas of Expertise

Languages

  • Shell Script
  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • JavaScript, ReactJS, jQuery
  • CSS3
  • HTML5

Transpilers

  • Sass/SCSS
  • Less
  • Babel

Version Control

  • Git
  • SVN

Server Setup

  • OS: Ubuntu, CentoOS
  • Web Server: Apache, NGINX
  • Database: MySQL, MariaDB
  • Firewall: UFW, CSF, Fail2Ban, Custom PHP & HTACCESS Solutions
  • Language Processor: PHP FastCGI & PHP-FPM (Prepackaged & custom builds)

Frameworks & CMS

  • WordPress (Site Setup, Custom Themes & Plugins)
  • Laravel
  • Shopify (Shop Setup, Custom Plugins)
  • Zend Framework / ZF2
  • Expression Engine / CodeIgniter
  • Magento Shopping Cart
  • Drupal

Other Experience

  • Project Management
  • Managing Development Teams
  • Website Optimization
  • Security Enhancements
  • Custom HTML Email Templates

Principles & Methodologies

  • Scrum
  • Agile
  • Kanban
  • Waterfall
  • Strategic

Service Providers

  • Unmanaged Servers: AWS EC2 / EC2 Auto Scaling, Digital Ocean, UpCloud
  • Semi-managed Servers: RackSpace, Cloudways
  • Managed Servers: WPengine, HostGatorGodaddy, Acquia
  • CDN: AWS CloudFront / AWS S3, KeyCDN, CloudFlare
  • Registrar / DNS: Enom, DNS Made Easy, Google Domains, AWS Route 53
  • Email Hosting: G Suite
  • Email Delivery: MailChimp, Postmark, Mandrill, Sales Force Pardot
  • Other Services: AWS ELB, AWS Glacier, AWS RDS

Learning

Languages

  • Python

Virtualization

  • Docker

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.
~ Denis Waitley

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