Chris McIntosh

Christopher McIntosh Founder of Wembassy | Senior Drupal Consultant | Drupal Expert Developer | Technical Debt Terminator Website: http://www.wembassy.com Email: - Skype: chris_mcintosh_designs | Phone: - | Email:- Poor Communication, Website Errors, and Overdue Projects are all things I can fix. Contact me if you are dealing with any of these issues for your Drupal based website or application. Schedule a time to go over your needs today by visiting https://wembassy.appointlet.com/s/1-hour-consultation/chris and picking a time that works best for you. If you have a new startup or existing Drupal website or application that has been plagued by bugs and delays to launch, Has a tech team takes too long to deliver solutions, and always seems lost or maybe they just disappear randomly and don't communicate well. If so then I can help set things right. Hire me to do a Site Audit for your Drupal based website or web application and I will provide a detail report on where things went wrong, and more importantly how they can be corrected so that your website can get back to helping your business grow. Email me today or visit my website for more details. Recent Projects * ArcherJordan.com - Human Resource Management system, and Drupal 8 based CRM * MeetingPackage.com - Online Booking for Meetings and Events * Urban.org - Urban Institute Non-profit political research portal *** I began my career in the Army and got my first taste of technology helping my Units Financial Aid officer set up a spreadsheet to help other soldiers with Debt management. After leaving the military my first IT related position was helping Fire & Rain create engaging and interactive Flash applications for local customers and some larger international customers. *** Fast forward 12 years and I am a passionate expert in the Drupal community. I spend my days/nights helping clients build engaging strategies/products/solutions, finding new ways to evangelize in the Drupal community and contributing to the world around me. EXPERIENCE Wembassy 1 Senior Drupal Consultant Jan 2002 to Present This is my own Drupal Development firm. I have been providing Website Development and Application Development services to various Marketing firms over the last 13 years. Including providing Support to large scale commercial projects. I have managed upwards of 5 team members on a single project in the past and have project management experience in regards to website development. Codigo Vision Senior Drupal Consultant Aug 2017 to Oct 2017 Helped with the development and launch of a custom distribution application for a major supplier of Honey in the US. Elephant Ventures, LLC. Director of Engineering Jul 2014 to Apr 2016 - Build the skills required in order to help lead the Philippines Development team at some point as a general manager. - Take ultimate responsibility for all of the developers in the Philippines team to ensure that they are adhering to the software quality standards put forth by the Director of Engineering. - Ensure that development work in the Philippines is done to the highest possible quality. - Understand and be able to talk about and explain to the Philippines team the importance of 2 principles of good software design and development so that they are able to produce software of the highest possible quality in the fastest possible time and will be able to continue to do so into the future. - Understand and be able to talk coherently about any practices (such as refactoring, TDD and pair programming) Elephant is implementing and their benefits so that the onshore and offshore teams are all working together and understand why they are so valuable. - To ensure the features developed by my team are produced to the highest possible quality in the fastest possible time and to the same standard as the features produced by our US team. - Hands on code writing and review to show the developers on my team better ways of doing things and help them improve their skills so that we all become better at our jobs. - To act as example to all the developers on my team by being the person who most closely follows the principles and practices we have committed to so that the developers on my team feel confident they can too. - To act as an example to all the developers on my team by advocating learning and knowledge creation and taking the time to do so myself so that they feel comfortable they can too. New Valley Media Senior Drupal Consultant 2014 to 2015 The American College Senior Web Application Developer Sep 2013 to Jul 2014 Developed various Drupal applications for Fundraising and Educational needs of the College. Additionally, trained on BlackBoard Development Environment. Assisted in training the web development team on Drupal Best Practices, Module Development, and Theme Development. Developed and setup a Continuous Integration system for Drupal Development workflow. 3 Midwest Motion Inc. Machine Vision Software Developer Jan 2012 to Sep 2013 While at Midwest Motion Inc. as a independent contractor I have been in the role Lead Developer for Machine Vision System software solutions for Industrial applications. The majority of this development has been in Visual Basic, but there has also been specific development with MVTec's Halcon Suite of Image processing software known as HDevelop. In this role I have helped develop, update, and troubleshoot a Machine Vision System responsible for inspecting Glass products at a high rate of speed, detecting defects in the products, and alerting machine operators to issues with the product. Promet Source Developer 2011 to 2013 While working as a independent contractor for Prometsource I wore many hats including, but not limited to the following: As their Lead Support Developer I helped solve various development bugs or issues with customer sites. Provided expert consultation advice as to creating a plan of action to resolve multi-faceted errors with systems post-launch. While working as a Lead Back End Developer for various projects while I was at Prometsource I was instrumental in the success in several complex projects. When the situation called for it I was a backup Theme Developer for any project that was having issues getting a theme completed and in place for a client's project 4 BriteSparx Creative Developer Jan 2010 to May 2011 While working as a Lead Developer as part of a team of Developers I supported a large project and helped clean up very difficult issues with Theme and Custom Module code, helping to stabilize a troublesome project. Fire and Rain Senior Developer May 2007 to Jun 2008 As a the lead Flash and Web Developer I was in a critical position for this small Marketing firm located in Southwest Indiana. I provided expert consultation and development services whenever the need was there for their many clients. I developed Desktop based Flash Applications for various client marketing projects. Additionally developed methods of creating usb flash applications that linked to the internet for marketing and lead generation purposes. EDUCATION Ivy Tech Community College 5 Bachelor's degree 2003 to 2007 Ivy Tech Community College Present SKILLS HTML, Drupal, CSS, Project Management, Windows, PHP, MySQL, LAMP, Website Development, Git, Apache, JavaScript, Java, RESTful WebServices, Salesforce.com Certified Developer, Adobe Connect, Varnish, Photoshop, English, Web Applications, HTML 5, CMS, XHTML, Web Development, jQuery, Open Source, XML, AJAX, Agile Methodologies, Software Development, WordPress, Ecommerce, Mobile Applications, User Experience, Linux, SEO, SQL, Software Design, JSON, Management, Leadership, HTML5, Web Design, Visual Basic, Databases, Training, Web Services PROJECTS Wembassy Portfolio http://www.wembassy.com Jan 2002 to Sep 2014 Showcasing many of the projects I have worked on in the past years. Drupal, Website, Javascript, Flash, and PHP solutions for customers. US Chamber of Commerce http://www.uschamber.com/ 6 Jan 2012 to Present While working as a sub contractor I helped with various Drupal, Development, and Security related tasks for the site. I primarily was in a Support role for the project and assisted with things like Single-Sign on functionality. Analyst Success https://www.analystsuccess.com Jun 2013 to Present Developed a responsive commerce website with CSS3, Drupal, HTML5, JavaScript, PHP and Twitter Bootstrap. Also developed an interactive learning platform to prep students for the CFA exam. The Analyst Success program provides candidates with a simple, effective learning experience so they can be more successful taking the challenging CFA® exams. By combining the top subject-matter experts in the CFA® field, new learning technology, and an easier, bundled delivery, we are reinventing the way candidates prepare for their exams worldwide. OptionIt.com http://www.optionit.com/ Present Option It is a revolutionary way to purchase tickets online. You can purchase options for Tickets at face value, hold them and purchase the ticket when it is available or sell it to others in the network. 7 The Stuffed Pepper http://www.stuffed-pepper.com/ Present A Recipe site dedicated to those that have to have Gluten Free meals. One Person: Transforming Lives with The American College https://oneperson.theamericancollege.edu/ Jan 2014 to Present Fundraising campaign for The American College's One Person initiative. The American College FSCP Proctor Registration http://www.theamericancollege.edu Jan 2014 to Present Create a new Student-First FSCP Proctor Registration system that allows Students and Proctors easier access to the Proctor Registration system. Utilizing Bootstrap and PHP to create a ux friendly design. Donaldson Capital Management 8 http://www.dcmol.com Jan 2006 to Present I helped DCMOL take the initial steps from an outdated cms and into a new Drupal 6 CMS, providing their team with more control and flexibility over their website. Publications of EPUB and MOBI http://www.theamericancollege.edu Mar 2014 to Present I helped with the editing and conversion of output from Arbortext into readable EPUB and MOBI files for three books. The process included creating a Drupal module and using Drupal's Theme engine to help with processing the raw output from Arbortext into XHTML friendly files that could then be viewed on EPUB and Amazon Kindle readers. Foundations of Retirement Planning Essentials of Healthcare Reform The HealthCare Consultant Wembassy Redesign http://www.wembassy.com Jan 2015 to Present For Working Ladies Wordpress Blog http://fwl.wembassy.com 9 Oct 2015 to Present Meetingpackage.com https://www.meetingpackage.com Jun 2015 to Dec 2016 I am a Senior Drupal Developer on the project. In addition to providing excellent Drupal development and planning, I also have played a critical role in the development of the Search functionality, Angular applications, and RESTful APIs needed to operate the site. Longplay https://longplay.fi/ Dec 2016 to Present I was brought onto this project after it had hit some challenging obstacles that needed to be resolved. With my experience and expertise with Drupal 8 I helped resolve many of these issues and am currently still providing support as needed for the project. These new features included migrating Longplay from a custom e-commerce module built on Drupal 8 to using the Drupal 8 Commerce module to provide stability and ease of use to it's customers. Additionally, I helped upgrade important systems that allows its customers to access digital content on the site like E-books and Podcasts. This site has mission critical marketing events from time to time, where I provide a 24 to 48 turn around time for incoming requests from the marketing team so that they can make the best possible advertising campaign for their service. 10 LANGUAGES English (Native or bilingual proficiency) RECOMMENDATIONS Sean Hammack Senior Software Engineer, Skyword Inc. 11/30/17, 10:12 AM Chris developed our Drupal 7 module that was based on an unfinished API spec. Even with the spec in constant flux he created what we wanted. We then asked for a Drupal 8 version and he delivered it in record time. He is easy to work with, and was communicative throughout the process. I would recommend Chris for any Drupal work. Michael Cahill Software Developer, Philadelphia Museum of Art 7/17/14, 5:45 AM I was on Chris' team at The American College. Chris brought an extremely strong knowledge of Drupal to a development team that had almost none 11 and made a huge impact almost immediately. Known for taking work home, he did what it took to complete things in a timely fashion and once he got down into a project you practically had to rip him away. He was a leading factor in implementing continuous integration practices as well as a driving force in bringing agile development to The College. It was a pleasure working with Chris as his knowledge was always cutting edge in an array of areas from JavaScript to Drupal/PHP to best practices and CI and his drive and thirst was easily contagious. 12