Joshua Howard
Student at Texas Tech University
- Location
- Lubbock, Texas Area
- Industry
- Computer Software
Summary
I’m an ultra-creative twenty-something year old from the Great City of New Orleans. I currently reside in Texas and attend college there as a Computer Science major… and I just happen to create websites and small web-based applications in my spare time.
Initially, I had no intentions of getting into Web Design & Development. I was a musician who was in need of a website to market myself. But I couldn’t afford to pay anyone at the time to create one for me. So, I locked myself in a room for a solid month and learned some basic web building skills. And now, a few years later, I’ve expanded my knowledge and skill-set enough to become a full-blown Web Designer and Developer. After securing my degree in the near future I hope to eventually start a Software Company or work for a Reputable Software Company.
Ojective: Ambitious Computer Science student seeking an web design and development internship. I hope to have the opportunity to utilize my skills and talents to help create ideas for company projects and gain valuable work experience.
Specialties: Web Design, Web Development, Sound Design, Sound Engineering
Experience
Student Web Developer
Texas Tech University
Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry
January 2012 – Present (1 year 5 months) Lubbock, Texas Area
Web Master - Alpha Kappa Psi
Lead Web Developer - Association of IT Professionals
• Managed the front-end design work & participated in development
• Worked along side with the Associate Developer and Interacted with the UI Testers to determine what was ultimately displayed on the screen and how users interacted with the system
• Helped Plan Social Activities for the Organization.
Web Developer
Top Notch Web Solutions
2009 – December 2011 (2 years) Greater New Orleans Area
• Designed and Coded Entire Web Pages
• Designed business cards, flyers, and album covers
• Utilized knowledge of Action Script to create Flash Animations
• Created websites using Content Management Systems such as Joomla and Wordpress
• Utilized knowledge of Search Engine Optimization to increase website traffic for clients
Producer / Engineer / Sound Designer
Big Notch Studio's
June 2009 – January 2010 (8 months) Greater New Orleans Area
• Utilized knowledge of Sound Properties to Create unique sounds for synthesizers
• Hand-Crafted unique samples and sound patches that were used in over 100 songs
• Collaborated with song-writers and music artist to contract fully mastered songs
• Composed Instrumentals and Co-Produced entire albums
Skills & Expertise
- Web Development
- Web Design
- SEO
- JavaScript
- CSS
- HTML
- PHP
- MySQL
- XML
- DHTML
- jQuery
- XHTML
- Sound Design
- HTML 5
- CSS3
Education
Texas Tech University
Engineering, Computer Science
2012 – 2014 (expected)
Grade: Junior
Activities and Societies: Alpha Kappa Psi - Webmaster Association of IT Professionals (AITP) - Lead Web Developer
Delgado College
Associates, Computer Information Technology, Concentration in Programming
2009 – 2011
Activities and Societies: Bi Pheta Kappa
Texas A&M University
Associate of Science, Computer Information Technology
2005 – 2008
Courses
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Engineering, Computer Science
Texas Tech University
- Discrete Computational Functions
- Calculus
- Principles of Programming 1
- Principles of Programming 2
- Data Structures
- Web Programming
- The Fundamentals of Java Programming
Projects
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Fetch The Latest Track script
- June 2009 to July 2009
Team Members: Joshua HowardI derived this script with the purpose of displaying the latest 3 songs uploaded to a database. It was for a music website BigNotch.com in 2008.
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Time-Senetive Stylesheet Switcher (Javascript)
- July 2009 to Present
Team Members: Joshua HowardThis is the code I derived when wanting to switch the stylesheets on a webpages depending on the time of day.