Dan Wolfgang
Senior Developer at ZAG Interactive- Claim this Profile
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Sharon Watson
Dan helped us design SecuritySquared.com. We have worked with many web and other designers; Dan is the one of the very few who worked hard to understand our business objectives and process requirements so that the technology completely supported them. He is easy-going, reassuring, and reliable and has incredibly deep knowledge of web publishing and Moveable Type in particular. That expertise helped him find efficient, effective ways of achieving our goals with excellent value. We definitely would work with him again.
Heather Matranga, CSM
We have a joke that we say during many a team meeting - Every body loves Dan. And it's true. I can't say enough what a pleasure it is to work with him. Besides being a top notch engineer, he's a project managers dream. Great with clients, responsive, on top of all of his deadlines and self managed - he's a dream come true. And a wonderful friend and team partner to boot!
Sharon Watson
Dan helped us design SecuritySquared.com. We have worked with many web and other designers; Dan is the one of the very few who worked hard to understand our business objectives and process requirements so that the technology completely supported them. He is easy-going, reassuring, and reliable and has incredibly deep knowledge of web publishing and Moveable Type in particular. That expertise helped him find efficient, effective ways of achieving our goals with excellent value. We definitely would work with him again.
Heather Matranga, CSM
We have a joke that we say during many a team meeting - Every body loves Dan. And it's true. I can't say enough what a pleasure it is to work with him. Besides being a top notch engineer, he's a project managers dream. Great with clients, responsive, on top of all of his deadlines and self managed - he's a dream come true. And a wonderful friend and team partner to boot!
Sharon Watson
Dan helped us design SecuritySquared.com. We have worked with many web and other designers; Dan is the one of the very few who worked hard to understand our business objectives and process requirements so that the technology completely supported them. He is easy-going, reassuring, and reliable and has incredibly deep knowledge of web publishing and Moveable Type in particular. That expertise helped him find efficient, effective ways of achieving our goals with excellent value. We definitely would work with him again.
Heather Matranga, CSM
We have a joke that we say during many a team meeting - Every body loves Dan. And it's true. I can't say enough what a pleasure it is to work with him. Besides being a top notch engineer, he's a project managers dream. Great with clients, responsive, on top of all of his deadlines and self managed - he's a dream come true. And a wonderful friend and team partner to boot!
Sharon Watson
Dan helped us design SecuritySquared.com. We have worked with many web and other designers; Dan is the one of the very few who worked hard to understand our business objectives and process requirements so that the technology completely supported them. He is easy-going, reassuring, and reliable and has incredibly deep knowledge of web publishing and Moveable Type in particular. That expertise helped him find efficient, effective ways of achieving our goals with excellent value. We definitely would work with him again.
Heather Matranga, CSM
We have a joke that we say during many a team meeting - Every body loves Dan. And it's true. I can't say enough what a pleasure it is to work with him. Besides being a top notch engineer, he's a project managers dream. Great with clients, responsive, on top of all of his deadlines and self managed - he's a dream come true. And a wonderful friend and team partner to boot!
Credentials
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Kentico Xperience 13 Certified Developer
KenticoDec, 2022- Nov, 2024
Experience
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ZAG Interactive
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Developer
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Feb 2017 - Present
• Works in a tech lead role: defining requirements and goals, with and for both colleagues and clients. Provides guidance, training, and support for both internal staff and contractors. • Implemented DevOps processes that included automating builds and deployments through Jenkins, resulting in increased efficiencies, and eliminating code management and deployment mistakes. • Played a key role in completing an SVN to git and Bitbucket transition, including determining and implementing a branching model process and providing staff training on basic and intermediate use of git. • Works with other departments to define and refine workflow and process, and identify areas of improvement both internally and for clients. • Regularly leads meetings with non-technical clients and staff with the purpose of conveying the technical in a non-technical way. • Resolves support tickets from roughly 200 active clients. Requests are quite varied but include content updates, revised and new features and functionality, and troubleshooting bug reports, for example. Skills required include varied Javascript, compiled CSS3, HTML5, C#, and a variety of templating languages, for example. • Primarily works with Kentico, Umbraco, Sitefinity, and Wordpress CMS tools
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Full Stack Developer/Owner
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Apr 2007 - Oct 2017
uiNNOVATIONS provides web development services, with a focus on content management systems and the user interface. Full stack experience, solid client communication, and a drive to build the best solutions has led to dozens of client successes. • Systems integration: making tools like ImageMagick, third-party APIs like those from Salesforce and Brightcove Zencoder, and home-grown solutions all work together. • Data manipulation: parsing content to support a redesign or just expediently processing content turn a big mundane project into something manageable. • Advise and counsel clients: developing specifications and resource planning, training sessions, infrastructure support and maintenance, and solving workflow issues. • Put it all together: from requirements-gathering to final polish, planning and executing small changes or full-site redesigns, from start to finish. More specifically, Dan has unparalleled experience with the Movable Type content management system: • An active Movable Type community member who has written some of the most popular plugins, such as More Custom Fields, Poll Position, and Asset Image Quality. • At last count, Dan created 55 public and private-use plugins, and has contributed to more than 100 projects owned by others. These range from the tiniest documentation fix to single-purpose plugin creation, to complex pluggable frameworks designed for flexible use. • Submitted more than three dozen bug reports and fixes to the Movable Type core. • Built more than two dozen themes, most for private client use. • Manages plugins, themes, and other projects through git, Github, and Bitbucket. • Programming and markup languages including Perl, JavaScript/jQuery/AJAX, SQL, HTML, CSS, PHP, XML. • Systems integration with third-party APIs, popular tools, and home-grown software. • Working with servers and their software, including Linux, Apache, MySQL.
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Templating/Quality Control Associate
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Oct 2005 - Sep 2008
• Create production-ready templates with Adobe InDesign, InMath, and related tools in the education textbook market • Review pages for consistency and general quality control. • Worked with publishers to meet timelines and complete adoption processes. • Trained new employees on extensive use of Adobe InDesign and best practices. • Create production-ready templates with Adobe InDesign, InMath, and related tools in the education textbook market • Review pages for consistency and general quality control. • Worked with publishers to meet timelines and complete adoption processes. • Trained new employees on extensive use of Adobe InDesign and best practices.
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ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio
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United States
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Telecommunications
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1 - 100 Employee
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Electronic Publications Project Manager
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Jul 1994 - Sep 2005
• Produced CD-ROM and software products • Provided training and support to print production team • Provided tech support to customers. • Produced CD-ROM and software products • Provided training and support to print production team • Provided tech support to customers.
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