Chris J. Ƶähller

Full-Stack Developer · Norman, Oklahoma

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About Me

I’m a web developer with decades of experience. I specialize in performant, accessible design.

Telephone: +01 405 361 1352

Web designer at messengerwebdesign.com

Paparazzo at mercury.photo

Mixologist at tinypaperumbrella.com

Work Experience


  1. Senior Developer (remote contractor)

    ‍ ‍–‍ ‍

    Techbridge Inc.Atlanta

    Created, overhauled, and maintained multiple existing and new websites for Atlanta-based nonprofit Techbridge. Duties include serving the needs of various departments within the organization as well as their external stakeholders. The stakeholders further fall into several categories, each with their own requirements.

  2. Developer (remote contractor)

    ‍ ‍–‍ ‍

    Buzzbizz MediaAnchorage, Alaska

    Responsible for design, build, maintenance, and error-correction of dozens of agency’s client websites.

  3. Owner, Developer, Designer

    ‍ ‍–‍ ‍

    Messenger Web Design LLCNorman, Oklahoma

    Freelance web developer and designer, providing website, UI, and UX design; branding (including logos and brand marks); and front- and back-end development.

  4. Photographer

    ‍ ‍–‍ ‍

    Woody Guthrie Folk FestivalOkemah, Oklahoma

    Official photographer for the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival.

Education


  1. Technical Certifications

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    Moore–Norman Technology Center Norman, Oklahoma

    Earned CompTIA® A+, Microsoft XP+, Linux+, and Cisco Systems® CCNA certifications (CCNA valid through September 2006).

  2. Bachelor of Fine Arts

    ‍ ‍–‍ ‍

    University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma

    Earned BFA in metal design.

Skills


Web Dev
  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript (ES6), PHP
  • SASS/SCSS
  • JSON
  • UI & UX design
  • React
  • Git, Subversion (SVN)
  • Static website builders (Eleventy, Docusaurus)
  • Nunjucks
  • WordPress, WP-CLI, WP i18n
  • Page builders (WordPress Block Editor, Elementor, Beaver Builder)
  • Node, Grunt, Yarn
  • cPanel, PHPMyAdmin
  • IDEs (VSCode)
Networking/Server
  • Linux (Ubuntu/Debian)
  • CLI via SSH & SFTP
  • Apache2/OpenLiteSpeed
  • mySQL
  • PHP
  • SSL via Certbot
  • HTTP/3 (QUIC)
  • Shell scripting (Bash)
  • DNS
  • RSync
  • Nano
  • CDN (Cloudflare)
Design, Illustration, & Layout
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Figma
  • Canva
Photo Editing & Wrangling
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Adobe Photoshop
Cloud Computing
  • Google Cloud
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Vultr
  • Vercel
Administration
  • Quickbooks
  • OpenOffice
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Google Docs
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Trello
Writing
  • Publisher, editor, copy-editor, writer, interviewer
  • Technical writer
  • Former editor & writer at Oklahoma Home Improvement Magazine
  • Well-versed in AP Style & Chicago Manual of Style
Other
  • Technical support (as plugin maintainer)
  • Customer service

Open Source


  1. wp-foft-loader

    A WordPress plugin to load web fonts efficiently.

    5 stars

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  2. Five-Star-Ratings-Shortcode

    A WordPress plugin to display star ratings.

    1 stars

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  3. conditionally-load-cf7

    A WordPress plugin to load Contact Form 7 scripts and styles only when necessary.

    4 stars

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  4. teekee-deebee-by-seezee

    github.com/seezee/teekee-deebee-by-seezee Tiny Paper Umbrella, a tiki database.

    1 stars

    0 forks

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  5. zahller.me

    My online résumé. You’re looking at it.

    1 stars

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  6. techbridge-docs

    Internal documentation for Techbridge, Inc., built with Docusaurus + React. NOTE: Techbridge Docs’ GIT repository is private, so my stats are not included below. As of my commit count for this repo is 831.

    1 stars

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Interests

  • Publisher, editor, & copy-editor at Mercury Photo Bureau
  • Photographer (film & digital) at Mercury Photo bureau
  • Amateur mixologist
  • Bibliophile
  • Melomaniac
  • Cinephile
  • Gastronome
  • Turophile
  • Antiquarian
  • Gearhead
  • MINIac

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