Experience

WebSmart

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • May 2020 - Present

  Flowood, Mississippi, United States WebSmart is under development and is used to date as a personal brand for IT-related projects and activities. Through this brand, I have and do provide web development services and consulting. I have had plans to establish WebSmart as a web development authority by developing a website featuring SaaS web application offerings for a variety of areas revolving around workflows for web services and professionals.

• Full Stack Developer

  • May 2020 - Present

  Flowood, Mississippi, United States - Setup and manage AWS, DigitalOcean, and Stackpath for technology stacks. - Experienced with Ubuntu and CentOS. - Knowledgeable and experienced with Cloudflare for DNS hosting. - Experienced with Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, and Portainer. - Worked with HashiCorp products: Terraform, Packer, Vault, Nomad, and Vagrant. - Setup and used SpinUpWP for launching DigitalOcean droplets (servers) for WordPress sites. - Experienced with Docker-based WordPress deployment using a… Show more - Setup and manage AWS, DigitalOcean, and Stackpath for technology stacks. - Experienced with Ubuntu and CentOS. - Knowledgeable and experienced with Cloudflare for DNS hosting. - Experienced with Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, and Portainer. - Worked with HashiCorp products: Terraform, Packer, Vault, Nomad, and Vagrant. - Setup and used SpinUpWP for launching DigitalOcean droplets (servers) for WordPress sites. - Experienced with Docker-based WordPress deployment using a collection of containers w/ Nginx, PHP-FPM, MariaDB, and Redis. - Experienced with Reverse Proxies via Nginx and Nginx Proxy Manager. - Experienced with OpenBridge and Bitnami Docker Containers. - Configured server for GitLab Community Edition. - Experimented with CI/CD pipelines leveraging GitLab, CircleCI, Buddy.works, and am Ansible experienced. - Setup, launched, and managed servers featuring cPanel & WHM, Cloudron, Docker, Argo CD, Zulip, LAMP, Laravel, Jitsi, OpenLiteSpeed, Caddy, WordPress Kubernetes, OnlyOffice, CapRover, Rocket.Chat, Dokku, ZoomAdmin, Flashphoner Web Call Server, Ghost, BigBlueButton, CyberPanel, Jelastic PaaS, Passbolt CE, Discourse, FastPanel, and Gitea. - Worked with MySQL distro yugabyteDB.



Lyft

• United States
• Ground Passenger Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Rideshare Driver

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Jackson, Mississippi, United States I am a Lyft Driver focused on serving the Jackson-Metro Area, Tupelo, Starkville, Oxford, and other parts of Mississippi as warranted.



Uber

• United States
• Internet Marketplace Platforms
• 700 & Above Employee

• Diamond Driver

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  Jackson, Mississippi, United States I am a Uber Diamond Driver focused on serving the Jackson-Metro Area, Tupelo, Starkville, Oxford, and other parts of Mississippi as warranted.



Edens Auctions, Inc.

• Auctioneer

  • Dec 2007 - Present

  3720 FLOWOOD DRIVE, FLOWOOD, MS 39232 - Attended and graduated Reppert Auctioneer School in 2007 - Licensed Mississippi Auctioneer - Trained in auction basics, legal aspects, advertising and marketing, the auction chant, auction preparation, conduction, and settlement - Family Business: Started and incorporated Edens Auctions in 2007 - Specialized in antiques, collectibles, furniture, and estate auctions



airSlate

• United States
• Software Development
• 500 - 600 Employee

• DevOps / Infrastructure Director & Affiliate Relations

  • Apr 2019 - Jun 2020

  Jackson, Mississippi Area - Handled IT-related needs of Flowood, MS based IT team, and Customer Service department. - Began working remotely. Worked with diverse management and development team of over 600+ over Slack and Atlassian products; Jira and Confluence. - Educated airSlate teams on USLegal technology configurations and provided recommendations for ongoing development. - Assisted with the conversion of uslegalforms.com to Lavarel. - Managed AWS for USLegal web properties, started migrating all… Show more - Handled IT-related needs of Flowood, MS based IT team, and Customer Service department. - Began working remotely. Worked with diverse management and development team of over 600+ over Slack and Atlassian products; Jira and Confluence. - Educated airSlate teams on USLegal technology configurations and provided recommendations for ongoing development. - Assisted with the conversion of uslegalforms.com to Lavarel. - Managed AWS for USLegal web properties, started migrating all USLegal web properties to AWS except for FormsPass.com - Built and deployed search.uslegal.com. - Worked on the technical implementations of recommendations and requests made by the airSlate SEO and SEM team. - Worked on centralizing USLegal legal forms database and updating MySQL structure of databases. Leveraged Magento for restructuring of the database for legal forms. Show less



US Legal Forms

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP/Director - DevOps and Partner Operations

  • Apr 2019 - May 2020

  Jackson, Mississippi Area - Setup and managed infrastructure consisting of 2 web servers and 1 database server setup as a cluster. - Setup and managed server environment that allowed for multiple sites on each webserver to have custom configurations. Deployed and managed WHM/Cpanel configurations. - Converted with IT team all sites to HTTPS and addressed unique challenges around secure.uslegalforms.com working properly with this configuration. - Kept servers performing, up-to-date, and applied patches. Managed… Show more - Setup and managed infrastructure consisting of 2 web servers and 1 database server setup as a cluster. - Setup and managed server environment that allowed for multiple sites on each webserver to have custom configurations. Deployed and managed WHM/Cpanel configurations. - Converted with IT team all sites to HTTPS and addressed unique challenges around secure.uslegalforms.com working properly with this configuration. - Kept servers performing, up-to-date, and applied patches. Managed 2 legacy servers. - Managed Perl, Custom PHP, WordPress, Magento, and FuelPHP websites. - Planned and deployed dynamic product pages for uslegalforms.com. - Developed and deployed a custom WordPress site for USLegal that replaced our legacy traverse system. Allowing us to create more intelligent web forms and better user experiences. - Built a custom WordPress site for LegalClub allowing their members to access and browse our forms via a token and download them. Queried our database of over 85,000 legal forms to bring our most popular forms by category to members. - Planned, developed, and launched 2 helper libraries for implementation of s3 storage for our legal form previews and document download formats. Implemented these libraries on Perl, Custom PHP, WordPress WooCommerce, and Magento. - Created and provisioned a DigitalOcean and AWS account for USLegal allowing our IT team to leverage those platforms. - Participated in meetings with new, existing, and the onboarding of new partners and affiliates with 1 other individual in the business development department.

• Business Development / Marketing Director

  • Dec 2014 - Apr 2019

  3720 Flowood Drive, Flowood, MS 39232 - Managed onboarding of new affiliates and partners for *.uslegal.com, uslegalforms.com, and formspass.com. Managed 2500 affiliates and partners. - Managed with CEO our Dave Ramsey advertising relationship consisting of radio ads, co-branded products exclusive to the Dave Ramsey audience, and related website funnels. - Worked with IT team for white-label affiliate integrations. Over 500+ major white-label affiliates. - Assisted with the management of FormsPass; our Bar Association… Show more - Managed onboarding of new affiliates and partners for *.uslegal.com, uslegalforms.com, and formspass.com. Managed 2500 affiliates and partners. - Managed with CEO our Dave Ramsey advertising relationship consisting of radio ads, co-branded products exclusive to the Dave Ramsey audience, and related website funnels. - Worked with IT team for white-label affiliate integrations. Over 500+ major white-label affiliates. - Assisted with the management of FormsPass; our Bar Association and Library legal forms subscription product. Planned and hosted a monthly call with key partner Cengage Gale. - Worked on branding for USLegal content websites and subdomains. Over 200+ topic-specific subdomains with over 2.5 million monthly unique visitors. - Analyzed and implemented legal forms on USLegal web properties targeting existing and new traffic. - Managed and implemented website UI/UX redesign and relaunch. - Studied advertising revenue and implemented Adsense recommendations, new ad placements, and onboarded additional advertising platforms for uslegal.com, lawyers.uslegal.com, answers.uslegal.com, and definitions.uslegal.com - Developing co-branded product/service offerings with selected affiliates and partners.



SmartzWeb, Inc.

• Shareholder, Board Member, & Advisor

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2020

  Flowood, Mississippi, United States - Participated as a shareholder, board member, and advisor. - Helped develop organizational goals, procedures, and policies. - Advised and consulted with 3 shareholders, 2 executives, and 4 employees. - Reviewed and made recommendations for business operations. - Reviewed financial activities, goals, and performance.



InternetSensation

• Vice President and Chief of Operations

  • Apr 2012 - Jan 2015

  Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States - Started as project for Web Domain Company. - Cofounder with 1 celebrity partner and 1 existing business partner. - Relocated to Minnetonka, Minnesota. - Created and revised operational plan for company, website, and mobile app leveraging business model generation by strategyzer. - Developed and deployed custom WordPress site. - Developed and deployed native iOS app.



Web Domain Company, Inc.

• Founder & President, Director of Sales & Lead Project Manager

  • Aug 2011 - Jun 2012

  3720 Flowood Drive, Flowood, MS 39232 - Founded Web Domain Company in 2011 leveraging venture capital from 2 investors. - Started operations with 1 full-time business partner and 3 full-stack web developers. - Handled acquisition of WebSmart (websmart.com) for DBA. - Created and managed workflow for leads and proposals. - Managed projects with the assistance of a business partner. - Generated around 250k in revenue from organic traffic and lead nurturing. - Marketed nationwide and serviced clients from all over… Show more - Founded Web Domain Company in 2011 leveraging venture capital from 2 investors. - Started operations with 1 full-time business partner and 3 full-stack web developers. - Handled acquisition of WebSmart (websmart.com) for DBA. - Created and managed workflow for leads and proposals. - Managed projects with the assistance of a business partner. - Generated around 250k in revenue from organic traffic and lead nurturing. - Marketed nationwide and serviced clients from all over USA. Had a few international clients. **Sold Web Domain Company, Inc. to a client in 2012. Show less



US Legal Forms

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Developer & Technology Advisor

  • Jan 2006 - Jul 2011

  3720 FLOWOOD DRIVE, FLOWOOD, MS 39232 - Worked on redesign and deployment of new UI/UX for USLegal web properties. - Worked with Perl developer responsible for the development of uslegalforms.com and secure.uslegalforms.com. - Worked with 1 server admin responsible for the management of all USLegal servers. - Advised USLegal on usage, management, and deployment of WordPress websites. - Introduced WordPress plugins for review and implementation. - Worked with 1 in-house PHP developer. - Introduced USLegal to new… Show more - Worked on redesign and deployment of new UI/UX for USLegal web properties. - Worked with Perl developer responsible for the development of uslegalforms.com and secure.uslegalforms.com. - Worked with 1 server admin responsible for the management of all USLegal servers. - Advised USLegal on usage, management, and deployment of WordPress websites. - Introduced WordPress plugins for review and implementation. - Worked with 1 in-house PHP developer. - Introduced USLegal to new technologies for document automation. - Assisted relationship with phpdocx and USLegal. - Worked with 1 individual managing the Adwords and Bing advertising accounts for USLegal. - Assisted with management of some 3rd party provider, partner, and vendor relationships. - Recruited and managed 3 part-time production teams for USLegal. Show less