Omar A. Hughes

Website Developer

Seeking to code challenging and practical projects with an awesome team.

Employment

Current

Eastcoast EFX

Worked on with a few miscellaneous projects before contributing to full sites with a focus on PHP and JavaScript.

Boyce Avenue

  • Sliced up Photoshop PSD and coded all HTML/CSS/JS into custom Wordpress template.
  • Developed front and backend using custom post types with their own custom fields on music, video, and tour pages.

Everlasting Adoptions

  • Full front and backend for pages and blog done in vae.
  • Custom backend done in PHP where admin can decide whether applicants get accounts. Accepted applicants are automatically emailed with information on how to set up an account, and they have their own backend used to edit all the information you see in a "Waiting Family" profile.
  • Managed to thwart spam bots without a captcha.
  • Coded all JavaScript and jQuery effects.

EastcoastEFX.com

  • Provided backend design decisions for the site and blog.
  • Wrote all JavaScript effects and functionality for the whole site.

Zestography

  • Coded backend in CodeIgniter to facilitate photos and tweaked the frontend a bit with JavaScript.

Previous:

Halcrow International Partnership, UAE

Working in the Human Resources Department of this prominent Engineering consultancy as a HR Database Administrator, I accomplished the following:

  • Created HR and recruitment database that automated many tasks and reports.
  • Created custom reports by management request that pulled data into Excel from the database.
  • Traveled to United Kingdom Halcrow headquarters to discuss implementation of new a Oracle HR database for Middle East Halcrow.

Kaiser Permanente, USA

Worked as a Business Application Coordinator, my job involved traveling to Kaiser hospitals implementing Epic software to support hospital staff and troubleshoot problems as they occur. Gained experience helping staff in high stress situations like the emergency department.

  • Co-workers sought my expertise when they couldn’t solve a problem with an end-user.
  • Traveled to many cities in North California to assist with go-lives and pre go-lives.
  • Passed all proficiency tests first attempt with high scores.

Promoted to a position of Site Support Specialist for the Napa/Solano service area, comprising of one hospital and four outpatient clinics. Worked on all call shifts. Passed all three Epic proficiency tests with high scores: Inpatient, Revenue Capture, and Ambulatory.

Education

University:

American University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2010-11)

Computer Engineering

Completed six semesters, dropped out due to serious injury

School:

Centennial High School, California

Accelerated Math courses

Accelerated English courses up till junior year

Skills & Interests

Languages:

Fluent in English. Learning Arabic. Weak in French.

IT Skills:

Project level experience with PHP, JavaScript, HTML5 & CSS. Familiar using C++, C#, Objective C, Python, and Visual Basic. Decent with Regular Expressions. Learning iOS development. Use git as source control.

PHP Frameworks & CMS: WordPress, Vae Platform, CodeIgniter

Sites coded and minified with HTML5 Boilerplate

Editor of choice: Vim

Operating system of choice: OS X

Love sport bikes, cats, and video games.

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