Overview
Expertise in Web Applications Architecture Design and Development, Application Development Project Management, ColdFusion Development, Fusebox Architecture, Database Design and Administration, User Interface Graphic Design.
Offer 6+ years of full life-cycle experience in the development of web-based applications from the ground up. Expertise demonstrated by leading a diverse realm of software application development, ranging from e-commerce systems to user-friendly database driven eLearning Management Systems, content management and document management tools. Formally educated in C++, Java, ASP.NET, C#.NET, and Object Oriented Programming. Team Leadership Skills established through the study of Situational Leadership and the practicing, competition, and teaching of martial arts for 15 years. Project Leadership Skills cultivated through adherence to the Fusebox application architecture and the Fusebox Lifecycle Process (FLiP) Project Management methodology.
| e-Learning Management System Design, Development, and Customization |
| e-Learning Courseware Design, Development, and Customization |
| Interactive Marketing Software, Design, and Consultation |
| Custom Web Applications Design and Development |
| Database Design and Administration |
| Search Engine Marketing |
| Managed Web Hosting |
| ColdFusion Programming |
Expert |
| Database Design and Administration |
Expert |
| Fusebox Project Management methodology |
Expert |
| Fusebox 4 Architecture |
Expert |
| Flash Remoting |
Expert |
| Windows IIS Administration |
Expert |
| ActionScript Development |
Advanced |
| Web Site Design |
Advanced |
| ASP.NET development (with C#) |
Advanced |
Professional Experience
Chief e-Learning Architect
January 2003 - Present
SuttonSoft
Charlotte, NC
Partner and Chief Technology Officer
January 2003 - May 2005
TrainOne
Charlotte, NC
Senior Web Applications Engineer
January 2001 - February 2003
(local boutique web design and development firm) - Responsible for bringing the Fusebox architecture and the Fusebox Lifecycle Process (FLiP) methodology to this company.
Charlotte, NC
Web Applications Engineer
November 1999 - December 2000
Thin Air Software
Crested Butte, CO
GIS Applications Engineer / Environmental Engineer
January 1999 - October 1999
Camp Dresser & McKee
Charlotte, NC
Tae Kwon Do Intern, Instructor and Coach
June 1997 - December 1998
Chapel Hill / Carrboro Tae Kwon Do
Chapel Hill, NC
In the projects listed below web development and project management skills were utilized in the following ways:
- A non-graphic click-through wireframe is created in order to discover the business process for which the application is being built
- A site prototype is designed and developed in static HTML which represents the final application
- Prototype Freeze and sign-off occurs after a comment/alter cycle of the prototype results in a complete application model
- The complete application is mapped and architected with every template of the application created and commented (using Synthis' Adalon mind-mapping software)
- Each template, custom tag, custom function, and ColdFusion Component is coded using simulated queries where applicable (CFML)
- Each "unit" of the application is tested
- The datamodel is designed (with Embarcadero ER/Studio), the database is generated (for SQL Server) and the queries / stored procedures are written (in SQL)
- The integrated application is tested
- The completely tested application is deployed
- The project is completed successfully
Founders Federal Credit Union · www.foundersfcu.com
 While under the auspices of a previous employer, Lead Developer of Founders Federal Credit Union's web site. The features built into this content management system are too many to list. If you have the time to peruse it, keep in mind that every aspect of it is dynamically database driven and managed by Founders FCU via an admin tool I built that lets them populate and organize all of their information in a very user-friendly way.
Republic Mortgage Insurance Company · www.rmic.com
 Software Architecture, Database Design, ColdFusion Development
TrainOne · www.trainone.com
 | E-Learning Architecture, Software Architecture, Database Design, ColdFusion Development, Project Management |
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Buy Gitomer · www.gitomer.com
 Software Architecture, Database Design, Project Management
eZmailMan · www.ezmailman.com
Mama's Cookin' Band · www.mamascookinmusic.com
 Developer, Project Manager
Henry T. Drake · www.henrydrake.com
 Graphic Design, Site Development
Transolid · www.transolid.com
 Software Architecture, ColdFusion Development
Liqui-Cel · www.liquicel.com
 Software Architecture, ColdFusion Development
Rodgers Builders · www.rodgersbuilders.com
 Software Architecture, ColdFusion Development
Drake House Bed & Breakfast · www.drakehouseinn.com
 Graphic Design, ColdFusion Development
BugTrackIT · www.bugtrackit.com
 ColdFusion Development
SuttonSoft, Inc. · www.suttonsoft.com
 Owner
Cheerwine (Carolina Beverage Corporation) · www.cheerwine.com
 ColdFusion Development
Sieger Online (Robin Sieger) · siegeronline.suttonsoft.com
 E-Learning Architecture, Graphic Design, ColdFusion Development, Database Design
HR-DNA · www.hr-dna.com
 Database design, ColdFusion Development
YMCA (Servant Leadership Academy) · www.servantleadershipacademy.org
 While under the auspices of a previous employer, Lead Developer, Application Architect, Learning Management System design
Sonic Automotive · www.sonicestore.com
 While under the auspices of a previous employer, Lead Developer and Search Engine Strategist of this Fusebox driven ecommerce and content management enabled site for Sonic Automotive, a Fortune 300 company, member of the Russell 2000 Index, and the nation's second largest automotive retailer. Highlights include employee pricing and a product search based on product type or brand. Additionally, a dealership search by ZIP code displays the distance in miles to the closest dealerships. The credit card processing code interacts with Bank of America's Merchant Services during the pre-auth and post-auth charging stages.
Laura Ashley · www.laura-ashleyusa.com
 Laura Ashley USA went out of business and the site became inactive on 1/02/2003.
While under the auspices of a previous employer, Lead Developer and Search Engine Strategist of Laura Ashley's ecommerce site which demanded advanced skills in application engineering, data-modeling, user-tracking, CFML/XML coding, and Quality Assurance (QA). In the administrative section the client has the ability to: add/update/delete e-commerce products, images, and prices; group products according to attributes, categories (w/ infinite parent-child relationships), settings, sales (in percentages off), and code-required promotions; process orders as shipped (invoking XML template that communicates with automatic credit card processing via NPC and updating inventory); generate email confirmation of order; administer admin user and module-specific administration privileges; generate excel spreadsheet reports of sales based on user-defined parameters. The front end of the site encompasses a site search engine; display of products based on category parent-child relationships, settings, and sales; user tracking and shopping cart management; secured forms; XML instant credit card approval; user feedback. This site flawlessly generates thousands of dollars a day in sales.
Verbatim · www.verbatim.com
 While under the auspices of a previous employer, Lead Developer and Search Engine Strategist of Verbatim's dynamic content management site. The administrative tool built for Verbatim allows the client to administer parent and child product categories as well as their respective products, product-related documents, product information, and product specifications. In the Purchase section the administrator may add retailer logo links which track user traffic from verbatim.com to the retailers' sites. Furthermore, a Preferred Partners section requires registration allowing Verbatim to gather helpful marketing information.
Belk · www.zuniverse.net
 While under the auspices of a previous employer, Lead Developer and Search Engine Strategist of Belk's Z-Universe web site. The search engine marketing performed is responsible for this site's high indexing on the most popular search engines. Features of this application are new member registration, member login and password management, and a survey.
American Fence Association · www.americanfenceassociation.com
 Lead developer on this project for the American Fence Association. The content management application gives the administrator the ability to add/edit/update calendar events, products, members, site administrators and permissions. An option-rich extranet forum application was integrated with this site and is controlled by site administrators as well as extranet members with administrative permissions. Categories, topics, and discussions in the forum application can be administered. Furthermore, an ecommerce function allows the administrator to advertise and sell products and event registrations. Additionally, members have the ability to purchase, edit, and update their own internal web pages.
Celgard LLC · www.celgard.com
 While under the auspices of a previous employer, Lead Developer and Search Engine Strategist of Celgards's dynamic content management site brochure site. The administrative tool built allows Celgard to edit all of the content of their site without any programming required. Points of interest include a product management tool which manages a library of pdf reports for each of their products and a dynamic News and Events section.
Bank of America / HR DNA · www.financialservicesexchange.org
 While under the auspices of a previous employer, Lead Developer of Financial Service Exchange's web site. This is a feature rich website. Points of interest include a dynamic Events Calendar, News Room, and pseudo e-commerce Membership Registration. The password protected Members Resources section provides a discussion room where members can view and discuss articles written by various leaders in the financial industry. Articles, categories, authors, and discussions are managed by site administrators with multiple levels of security.
Barringer & Barringer · www.barringerlandscape.com
 While under the auspices of a previous employer, Lead Developer of Barringer & Barringer's dynamic content management site. The administrative tool built allows Barringer & Barringer to edit all of the content of their site without any programming required. Points of interest include an easily administered portfolio where the client can categorize their project photos, easily managed monthly garden tips and plant pictures, and a dynamic FAQ section.
Dilworth Tennis · www.dilworthtennis.org
 July, 2003: Sole developer on this non-paid personal project for a local non-profit organization. The content management application for this site is powered by the ActiveEdit WYSIWYG editor and gives the client the ability to add/edit/update calendar events, news articles, extranet members, site administrators and permissions. The administrator further has the ability to upload newsletters, competition entry forms, and files to be downloaded by extranet users. Additionally, an option-rich extranet forum application was integrated with this site and is controlled by site administrators as well as extranet members with administrative permissions. Categories, topics, and discussions in the forum application can be administered and linked to specific newsletters, entry forms, news articles, or calendar events. I provide hosting for this site as further donation to the Dilworth Tennis Group.
HR America · www.hramerica.com
 While under the auspices of a previous employer, Lead Developer, Search Engine Strategist
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Post-Graduate Study & Research in Chemical Engineering (1997 - 1998)
| Focus: |
Completed core undergraduate chemical engineering courses while researching profitable actions of recycling hazardous wastes of metal coating industrial processes (North Carolina's number one source of hazardous waste). |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BS in Environmental Science (1997)
| Focus: |
Mathematical analysis of environmental issues (Global Warming, Second Hand Smoke Exposure) |
| Thesis: |
Japan as an 'Environmental Leader'?: Japan's Negative Impact on the Environment - Included was the history of environmental incidents, ensuing policies, current scientific case study of eutrophication in the bays of Japan, and an anaylsis of Japan's greenhouse gas emission. |
Situational Leadership Development
 Sutton with Dr. Paul Hersey
Recent Conferences Attended
- CFUN '04 [info]
- Fusebox Conference '04 - on Fusebox, FLiP, and MACH II [info]
- Macromedia MAX '04 (will be attending Nov 1 - 4, 2004) [info]
Accomplished Martial Artist
- 1st Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do
- 1st Degree Black Belt in Sho Rin Ru Karate
- 2nd Kyu (Brown Belt) in Aikido
- International Level Tae Kwon Do Competitor (1995 - 1998)
- North Carolina Tae Kwon Do State Championship Light Weight Gold Medalist, Full Contact Sparring (1998)
- Tae Kwon Do Junior National Championship Coach (1997-1998)
- Current student at The Academy of Kempo-Karate
Japanese Language Proficiency
- Fluent in conversational Japanese
- Strong knowledge in reading and writing
- 8 semesters of formal university study of Japanese, UNC-Chapel Hill
- One year study-abroad in Japan (1995-1996), Kwansei Gakuin University
Part-time Professional Guitarist
- Opened up for Lucky Dube at Ziggy's - Winston Salem (2003)
- Opened up for REO Speedwagon at the House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC (2002)
- Opened up for Blondie at the House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC (2002)
Last Modified: 6.2.2004
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