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Current Resume

Ben Jacobs

Web and Mobile Developer

815 West Princeton Ave / Fresno, CA 93705
(559) 286 - 5662
[email protected]

Summary

  • A web and mobile developer comfortable working in a variety of platforms such as PHP, HTML5, Javascript, jQuery, Objective-C, Delphi, SQL, MongoDB, Joomla Framework, and Symfony Framework
  • A highly motivated autodidact who thrives on novel challenges
  • A creative collaborator, capable of bringing independent work to a team

Experience

Central Valley Software Solutions, Fresno, CA

August 2011 - present
Software Developer

  • Created from ground up a web portal for customers to access information regarding their properties and agricultural water usage (Joomla, PHP, HTML, Javascript)
  • Expanded and improved functionality on a custom mobile app used by field workers in Water Management Districts in fives states and two Canadian Provinces (Objective-C, SQLite)
  • Managed projects in a small, independent software shop

Central California Mennonite Residential Services, Fresno, CA

September 2009 - July 2012
Sept 2009 - Jul 2011 Development Assistant, Resident Advocate
Jul 2011 - Jul 2012 Executive Assistant

  • Developed social, recreational, and community service programs for adults with developmental disabilities
  • Organized record keeping and and stream-lined process for reporting billable hours to state agency
  • Wrote institutional history by organizing twenty-five years of corporate documents and conducting interviews
  • First two years were a full-time volunteer position sponsored by Americorps and Mennonite Voluntary Service

Goshen College, Goshen, IN

Jan 2008 - Apr 2009
Master Carpenter of Theater Department

  • Transformed conceptual designes into realized set pieces for college plays
  • Supervised student workers during general construction
  • Maintained a clean and orderly work environment in construction shop

Freelance Web Design

June 2012 - present

  • Created custom designs
  • Wrote content for original websites
  • Acquired domain names, managed data backups, set up email services for customers

Education

Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana.
2005 - 2009 Bachelors of Arts in English. Minor in Bible, Religion and Philosophy

  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude

International Experience

Goshen College Study Service Term in Sénégal
May 2008 - July 2008

  • Lived with Sénégalese host families in both urban and rural settings
  • Communicated in French and regional languages, such as Wolof
  • Observed the functions of a locally-run Non-Governmental Organization in Ziguinchor, Southern Sénégal

Other Experience

  • Co-creator, co-star, and designer of "Bigger Guns III: The Revenge of the Apocalypse (Again): an Action Comedy for the Stage" (New World Arts, Goshen, IN, April 2007)
  • Co-creator, co-author, co-star of "The Telling of the Bees" (Festival debut at Fury Factory, San Francisco, CA, June 2011)
  • Actor, director, and designer and numerous college and community productions in Goshen, IN. 2005 - 2009
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