Work History

2/2022 - 9/2023

Senior WordPress Developer (Response Mine Interactive)

  • Partnered with department heads and other leadership to develop and prioritize projects
  • Rearchitected key website sections for improved UX, performance, and usability
  • Optimized sites using best practices and innovative solutions to reduce load times by 50%
  • Created multiple tools/systems for the SEO content team leading to their improved efficiency
  • Created requirement monitor for pages with complex settings/prone to input error
CSS, Debugging, HTML, JS/jQuery, MySQL, PHP, REGEX, REST APIs, SCSS/SASS, Technical SEO, WordPress
1/2015 - 2/2022

Website Consultant and Developer (JoshRobbs.com)

  • Developed dozens of websites (built and/or rebuilt)
  • Maintained over 10 WordPress websites concurrently
  • Worked closely with clients to identify strategic goals and needs
  • Developed bespoke website designs, output, and functions using HTML, CSS, PHP, and MySQL
  • Created personalized proposals and contracts matching each prospect’s or client’s needs
  • Provided training and coaching to lay users and shareholders – I read code and speak human
CSS, Debugging, HTML, JS/jQuery, MySQL, PHP, REST APIs, SCSS/SASS, Technical SEO, Training and Coaching, Website Design, WordPress

Secondary History

9/2004 - 1/2015

Myriad Side Projects (self)

  • Experimented with many CMSs (all PHP-based) until settling on Joomla
  • Around 2007, switched focus to WordPress to avoid Joomla’s internal
  • Began designing themes because it was 2007 and that was the only real way to customize them
  • Built countless blogs, brochure sites, and podcast websites
CSS, HTML, JS/jQuery, MySQL, PHP, Schema/Structured Data, Technical SEO
11/2001 - 9/2004

Founder, coder, designer (FoamingMouth.com)

  • Designed and operated website through multiple iterations including several CMSs as well
    as custom DB-based solutions (PHP and MySQL)
  • Website peaked at around 280,000 monthly page loads
  • Developed and published the 1st online event calendar for local music in Columbus, Ohio
CSS, HTML, MySQL, PHP, Website Design

Additional Work

1/2009 - 1/2015

RSP Senior Administrator (F Co, Recruiting and Retention Battalion, Ohio Army National Guard (Active))

  • Managed administrative, logistical, and training requirements for over 400 full- and part-time
    employees
  • Ensured training
Leadership, Performance Counseling, Project Management, Training and Coaching
6/2003 - 1/2009

Multiple Postions (52nd Civil Support Team (WMD), Ohio Army National Guard (Active))

  • Maintained and operated a $2+ million mobile communication platform
  • System administrator for 2 SIPRNet workstations (the DoD’s classified version of the Internet)
  • Optimized decontamination process, reducing monitoring time by more than 50%
  • Evaluated and updated unit operating guidelines resulting in life-saving changes
Info System Analysis, Leadership, Performance Counseling, Process Development, Project Management, Training and Coaching

Select Projects

This website (self)

Chose the CMS approach over plain HTML to make it easier to restyle/upgrade in the future. Plus it’s something for Github.

Key features:

  • Work history entries and projects are each their own post type.
  • “Skills” is a custom taxonomy shared by both CPTs. A work-history-only taxonomy is used to sort the entries into different groups.
  • Neither of the CPTs uses the default editor. All data is entered into ACF-powered fields. Even the contact links were added via ACF fields (an options page).
  • The front end is a non-fluid responsive design that leans heavily on grids.

View the theme files on Github
View the plugin files on Github

CSS, Debugging, HTML, PHP, SCSS/SASS, WordPress

Custom data importer (employer)

Created a custom data importer so the SEO/Content team to import programmatic SEO data. Doesn’t sound too hard except that 2 dev agencies tried to build this and failed.

Key features:

  • Cleans, filters, and standardizes incoming data
  • Creates 2 related posts (per row of data) using a non-extensible 3rd party plugin and custom functions
  • Updates custom table
AJAX, CSS, Debugging, HTML, JS/jQuery, MySQL, PHP, REGEX, REST APIs

Website redesign & rebuild (The Podglomerate)

URL: podglomerate.com

Key features:

  • Created custom post types for the shows and episodes – separate but related.
  • Episode posts are automatically created from data fetched from Spotify via API.
  • Show posts are a mix of post data and custom data which is shared with its episodes.
  • I did the majority of the general design. Another designer created the hero design which I implemented.
CSS, HTML, PHP, REST APIs, Schema/Structured Data, Technical SEO