I’m a developer on the Professional Web Services Team. I work with clients to update their existing websites, implement redesigns to their current site, write web services scripts for third-party and internal integration into Cascade CMS, and write html/css/js for the designs they receive from an agency they are working with.
Before joining Hannon Hill in April 2021, I worked as the Webmaster at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX. While I was there, we had been a Hannon Hill client for six years. I also have a small web development company where I help small businesses in my town improve their web presence.
The accomplishment I'm most proud of thus far is when I created a company as a senior in college. I kept that company going for the past 15 years, and it's still going strong. I originally called the company "QWERTY Technology" and offered IT services for small businesses. After getting into web development more, I eventually phased out the IT part of the company and solely did web development. After a few years, I changed the company's name to That Web Guy.
When I joined Hannon Hill in 2021, I already had several years of experience with Cascade CMS as a client. I also have 10 years of experience in higher education and five years in K-12.
When I worked at Midwestern State University, I oversaw all HTML development, trained our 100+ content editors, and managed both our web servers and our on-prem server that ran Cascade CMS.
The move from higher education was a hard decision, especially since it was my alma mater. Still, after working remotely during the first three months of COVID, I knew I needed to make a change, but I wanted to continue to work with higher education.
As a full-time remote employee, the most important quality is self-motivation, as I don't get to go into an office and see co-workers. That can get isolating for some, but we have several ways to keep in touch with the team, such as our team Slack channel and weekly team meetings.
I thrive on seeing the projects I work on help different universities deliver their message to current and prospective students.
I worked with a university client to create a new site in Cascade CMS that allowed the team to create a public-facing form so visitors could submit obituaries.
When the form was submitted, it would then use the Cascade API to create a new page in Cascade and populate it with their responses and then notify a particular individual so they could review the submission and then publish the page.
I have fond memories of a trip my wife and I took to Puerto Rico. We stayed for two weeks for a vacation/wedding. We hadn't traveled outside of the contiguous United States before that trip. Europe is on the list of places to visit someday.
I enjoy spending time with family and friends, working on DIY home projects, and playing a few video games with friends when I have free time.
During the beginning of COVID, I built two desks for our boys to do their schoolwork. I would have purchased something off the shelf, but I really wanted to make them by hand. I also wasn't able to find anything in a store that worked for a child-size wheelchair.
After that project, my wife discovered my new talent and asked me to convert a closet we had into a "mud" closet, and I built everything she wanted for her idea.
"Do, or do not. There is no try." - Star Wars
I have a son who has Cerebral Palsy, and my wife currently has some major medical issues. I tell them both that we always have to push to accomplish what we want, no matter how hard it is.
Last Updated: Sep 21, 2023 11:00 AM
