It is apropos, as a Ewing, that I was born and raised in the Dallas area. I went to Bible school at Christ For The Nations, where I received an Associate of Practical Theology Degree. For almost ten years, I served as a minister where I started a teen club/music venue. Then, I joined a rock band, started a screen printing company, web design company, and web hosting company. From there, everything culminated into my career in web design and development.
I married Amy while in Bible School. We have two adult children and two adult dogs.
I have been building websites and web applications professionally since 2004. I first started programming circa 1982. After a brief hiatus, I picked it back up again after I got out of college. I have also started, merged, and sold companies as well as worked in and with agencies. I currently work hard building and managing my client's websites. When necessary, I contract out for deeper levels of SEO, copywriting, and design work, which helps to keep the overhead low and the processes flexible.
My philosophy is simple: start small and let the website grow with the business. I focus on making things logical and easy to navigate from page to page. I build websites with mobile devices and search engines in mind. I have a passion to build sites that help to convert leads to customers, and I tailor each website to help achieve my clients business goals.
I provide on-going support, maintenance, and technical consulting for my clients, striving to be a trusted advisor for all things internet related. I manage web hosting, domain registration, DNS, website encryption, security, email, and more.
Specialties: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, jQuery, WordPress, Craft, Grav, Kirby, Laravel, Codeigniter, Slim, Ionic, Problem Solving, Strategic Planning, Creative Ideas, Project Management, Bass Guitar
Accomplishments
- Founded several start-ups, one of which (Webtoast Media) was acquired by Bill Young Productions
- Served multiple times on a Board of Directors
- Built a global real-time project status board for a multinational oil and gas company
- Created a fully custom content management system (CMS)
- Built an online subscription-based health and wellness e-learning platform
- Launched a national social network for concerts
- Built a hybrid multi-platform mobile app for a national music industry conference
- Built an internet radio and independent artist eCommerce solution
- Launched the website for a global karate league
- Built an internal and customer-facing case management system for a funeral home.
Skills
- Implement scalable cloud-based infrastructures
- Full Stack PHP, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, MySQL, CSS3, HTML5, Javascript, XML, JSON
- LESS, SASS, Git, REST, Codeigniter, Laravel, Kirby, Grav, WordPress, jQuery, Twilio, Google Analytics, CloudFlare
- Front End, Back End, User Interface, Database Architecture, UI/UX, eCommerce, Mobile Responsive, SEO
- Create and consume API’s, Object-Oriented Programming
- DNS Management, Google Workspace Deployment