Currently, I am a student at Pacific Design Academy taking my second year of website and application development.
This two-year program focuses on developing skills that will equip me for a career as a developer across a broad range of fields. Skills gained from this program include practice in various languages & libraries such as CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, JQuery, Java in Android Studio, MySQL, node.js, Express, angular and some Php. In addition we have had classes in Project Management/Business Analyst, web/app design, UI, and UX.
When this program is complete in June of 2019, I wish to focus my skills towards becoming a front-end web app developer with strong UX/UI capabilities, but never ceasing to learn new skills. Until then, I hope to improve and grow on my current skills, work on building a strong portfolio, and gain additional language skills during my final 2 semesters of class.

Currently I am employed with seriously creative design as a website developer. My main focus is creating and customizing WordPress sites that are designed in house by our graphic designer, and then built off of child themes to enable complete customization. I have been employed there since December of 2018 and have been involved in a number of different projects. Tools I find myself often using are fileZilla, php MyAdmin, cPanel, Kanban, and atom with languages such as CSS, Php, Javascript, and Jquery. Recently I have been included in some client meetings and training sessions.

For three and a half years I was employed at Millennium Specialty Alloys, a metal wholesaler for interior BC located in Kelowna.
This was a very fast paced, busy environment where multiple shipments came in and out daily. My basic duties included reception & the processing of payments, customer service and writing up sales orders, directing foot traffic and phone lines, accounts payable, bi monthly cheque runs, organizing customer’s orders, double & triple checking incoming & received shipments. I became skillful at prioritizing & time management since often my duties were postponed by the needs of our customers and the overflow workload of my coworkers.
By my second year of employment I was promoted to fill my co-worker’s maternity leave. On top of my original duties, I was now in charge of managing orders through the warehouse, invoicing and billing customers, accounts receivable & collections, filling out vendor purchase orders, and taking on overflow sales and pricing during busy hours. I am now quite comfortable with multitasking, and I thoroughly enjoy staying busy – Which means that any time I could catch a break, I would clean the office!

For my first year as a student student, I was employed as landscaper for Fallingwater Property Services in the greater Victoria area.
Gardeners are expected to work as quickly and efficiently as possible, where we were trained to anticipate tasks and prepare our tools to eliminate unnecessary trips to and from the trailer. I received thorough training in all areas of landscaping and safety such as weed-eating, mowing, leaf blowing, hedge trimming, weeding/cultivating/raking of beds, mulching, operating on ladders, and any additional jobs that were asked of me.
Secondary skills included plant identification and care, task time management and estimation, and as a bonus: strength and endurance.

At Gadgets Computers and Electronics, I expanded my understanding of electronics. Through SAGE simply accounting I kept track of receipts, accounts receivable, accounts payable, transferring money between accounts and keeping inventory up to date in the system. I helped people find exactly what they needed, and if the store didn’t carry it, I would find a way to get that product, whether it was transferring inventory between locations, or ordering it through our vendors.
I answered most every call, and developed strong communication skills, both written (e-mailing through Outlook) and oral. I entered all invoices that would come with the daily orders and I also worked the cash register, including daily cash out. When things got slow I would sometimes deliver orders to customers, or more often, I would clean the store just to keep on my feet.

my portfolio

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