Brian DiChiara	
twenty south forty road
alabaster, alabama  35007
205.910.7676
http://www.briandichiara.com
me@briandichiara.com

SUMMARY
More than 7 years experience in web/graphic design and web application development experience. Currently self-employed providing freelance work on a contract basis.

SKILLS
Programming Languages (version)
PHP (4/5), ASP.NET (2.0 VB), MySQL (5/6), XHTML (1/2), CSS (1-3), Javascript/AJAX, jQuery
Software and OS (version)
Adobe Creative Suite (2/3), Microsoft Office (XP/2003/2007), Windows (XP, Vista), Mac (OS X), Linux

PORTFOLIO
SportsEvents Magazine (Covey Communications)
sportseventsmagazine.com
Helping planners of amateur sporting events and competitions be more effective, informed and successful with their events.
Responsibilities: Entire site design and functionality, including full content management, advertisement management, and many user submitted email forms.

Hoover Chamber of Commerce
hooverchamber.org
Providing services to the Hoover community, member businesses, visitors and prospective residents by promoting a healthy business environment and featuring great restaurants, lodging facilities, sporting events, and vacation areas.
Responsibilities: Entire site design and functionality, including full content management, advertisement management, and member directory management.

First Industrial Realty Trust
firstindustrial.com
An established leader in providing real estate solutions for every stage of the industrial supply chain.
Responsibilities: Site backend/structure, majority of Javascript/AJAX, some CSS, Live Maps API integration, and user submitted forms.
HealthSpring of Alabama	heathspringcommunication.com
Project Details: To setup a communications tool and inventory application to streamline communication between marketing department staff and printing source.

Trussville Police Department
trussvillepd.org
Local police department/law enforcement in Trussville, AL.
Responsibilities: Entire site design and functionality, including full content management and user submitted forms.

Mark’s Gun Search (Mark’s Outdoor Sports)
marksgunsearch.com
Used gun finder for local outdoor sports company.
Project Details: Setup system and administration panel for adding/managing inventory. Users can create a “gun finder” that will email them whenever their selected gun has been added in the used gun inventory.

Moody Soccer Club
moodysoccerclub.com
Local soccer organization in Moody, AL.
Responsibilities: Entire site design and functionality, including full content management, as well as an instant communication tool that sends text messages and voice calls allowing the organization to notify subscribers about important announcements and schedule changes.

JSValidate
jsvalidate.com
A client side form validator that utilizes aspects of prototype and scriptaculous to bring you a simple to execute, non-intrusive javascript form validator.
Project Details: Came up with concept and all script programming/testing. Also designed website and forms.

StoneCMS
demo.stonecms.com
Website and web application content management system designed with built in search engine optimization, easy to use interface and a ton of features.
Project Details: 2 years in the making, this system has been implemented on about a dozen websites including a corporate intranet site. Please contact me for a demo login.

EMPLOYMENT	
Designer/Developer/Owner
04/2008 – Present
Sole Pixel
Currently self employed completing freelance work on a contract basis. Partial work history detailed above in portfolio.

Web Developer
01/2007 – 04/2008
Alabama Telco Credit Union
Hired as an employee after working 3 months on contract with Telco; Intro project was to completely remodel Intranet site using PHP and MySQL. I designed and coded entire Intranet application, including a content management system, allowing company employees easy access to important everyday information, documents, forms, procedures, and training materials. Content manager was restricted by username/password as well as specific permissions to certain areas. Successfully integrated with LDAP/Active Directory; Other aspects of Intranet include online form submissions, polls, charity donation tracker, AJAX enabled goals demonstration, user history tracking, database search tool, DHTML flyout menus, and javascript enabled PDF reports to calculate expenses and other financials.
	Second major project was to redesign Internet website using ASP.NET (VB) 2.0/MySQL; I was also designed this from Photoshop to XHTML with direction from Marketing. Website is database driven, allowing the content to be searchable and managed through a CMS admin system available strictly on intranet site. The site features online application requests, an amazing drop-down navigation tool, the occasional flash promotion on the homepage, and a repossessions photo gallery.
	Other projects include designing a mockup for new home banking platform interface, a sales number tracking tool, employee dashboard, training and online testing tracking, and a Halloween contest voting system.

Designer/Web Developer
08/2005 – 08/2006
High Ground Solutions, Inc.
Began High Ground as a graphic designer; Solely responsible for creating corporate marketing materials from concept to completion; Including flash presentations, posters, flyers, brochures, signage, logos, and email newsletters. Major projects included 11x8.5 Hanging Wall Calendars, customized for several public and private schools and churches; Tri-fold brochures for clients; and full size fold-out brochures for organization.
	Position changed once the development of their company website began. Handled design from start to finish using Dreamweaver and Photoshop. Admin for site included managing content, user email accounts and auto-forwarders, MySQL databases, and an online calendar creation tool.
	Additionally, began the development of two web based products known as SchoolCast and TestPoint using PHP/MySQL; includes layout, design, programming and graphical elements.

Graphic/Web Design Intern
11/2004 - 08/2005
al.com
Primary responsibilities were to design creative elements for banners, web ads, and splash pages, while following strict style guidelines for fast load time, small file size and versatility among common browsers. Designing involved work in Photoshop, Flash/Actionscript, and HTML/programming. Also provided creative copy for advertising purposes and occasionally created websites and splash pages using HTML/PHP.

EDUCATION	
Westwood College of Technology (Online)
01/2004 – 12/2005
Denver, Colorado
- Graphic Design Major
- Completed all but three courses in the Graphic Design curriculum