Robert D Payne

Robert D Payne
Software Engineering in WordPress, PHP, and Backend Development
Skills
Presentation Layer

HTML • CSS • JavaScript • jQuery & jQuery UI • AJAX • JSON

Business Layer

PHP • Object Oriented Programming (OOP) • Settings API • Options API • Administration Menus • Custom Post Types • Custom Taxonomies • Shortcodes • Actions and filters • Custom hooks

Data Layer

mySQL • SQL • Views • Stored procedures and functions

Tools

VS Code • GitHub • wp-scripts • npm • Photoshop • xDebug • Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)

Work History
RDP TechSolutions, LLC, Atlanta, GA
OwnerJan 2006 – Present

Versatile web developer with 10+ years of progressive hands-on experience in software engineering in WordPress, PHP, and backend development.  Typical examples of the work performed include:

ExpertTech Solutions, Los Angeles, CA
Quality Control SpecialistOct 2005 – Jan 2006
  • Used MS SQL Server to maintain records of electrical components for a system that allowed suppliers and manufacturers to facilitate sourcing transactions.
  • Provided quality control and generated SQL reports to analyze user activity and service issues.
  • Responsible for the oversight of imported inventory data from suppliers of electrical components.
  • Ran SQL scripts to validate data for production tables and for staging tables.
  • Handled system updates, troubleshooting and prepared import specifications.
VisionCore Consulting, Irvine, CA
Web & Software DeveloperJun 2005 – Sep 2005
  • Wrote customized development applications for the Yardi property management software.
  • Prepared client-side applications in ASP.NET, VB.NET, Visual SourceSafe and Oracle 9i.
  • Developed tables, views, stored procedures and functions in both SQL Server and Oracle.
  • Produced code for a real estate market report using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
Triton Acceptance Corporation, Brea, CA
Intranet Application DeveloperJan 2004 – Jun 2005
  • Coded complex object-oriented intranet workflow application related to loan creation, underwriting, funding and loan servicing.
  • Produced Intranet web application with ASP.NET, VB.NET and MS SQL Server 2000.
  • Developed MSMQ and BatchQueue framework to schedule multithreaded batch reporting.
  • Created ASP.NET Web User Control to produce dynamic, self-rendering forms.
  • Coded behaviors, JavaScript, and web services to dynamically populate browser list controls.
  • Developed tables, views, stored procedures and functions in MS SQL Server 2000.
Obsidian Technologies, Tustin, CA
Web & Software DeveloperApr 2002 – Mar 2003
  • Managed CRM, recruiting and retailing web applications for Herbalife distributors.
  • Coded a complex object-oriented web application using ASP.NET, ADO.NET, VB.NET, and JavaScript for online registrations, contact management, task management, web services and lead purchasing.
  • Developed administrative backend to manage authorization and authentication, user information, purchased services and billing.
  • Designed applications for e-mail campaigns and automatic daily billing of CRM subscriptions.
  • Produced form letters and billing statements in Crystal Reports.
  • Developed tables, views, stored procedures and functions in MS SQL Server 2000.
Courses
California State University, Fullerton – University Extended Education
Client/Server and Web Development Techniques with SQL Server2000-2001
California State University, Fullerton – University Extended Education
Visual Basic1998 – 1999
California State University, Fullerton – University Extended Education
Microsoft Access1998 – 1999
Education
California State University, Fullerton
Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration1992 – 1993
Fullerton College
Associate of Arts, Business Administration1989 – 1991
Fullerton College
Associate of Arts, Economics1989 – 1991

Key Achievements:

Developed the RDP Wiki Embed plugin that pulls content from any MediaWiki website (such as wikipedia.org) and embeds it in pages and posts. RDP Wiki Embed can also look for all links to wiki sites listed in the Security section and force the content on the current page to be replaced with the content found at the wiki site when the link is clicked. Visitors are able to read wiki content without leaving your site.

Developed a Chrome extension and custom plug-in that worked in tandem to allow LinkedIn user data to be extracted and loaded into WordPress by programmatically creating WordPress user accounts. Additionally, LinkedIn posts and comments were able to be extracted and added to the WordPress database, where they were used as content for the CM Answers Q&A discussion plug-in.

Chattahoochee Technical College
HTML and CSS Series2017-2018
  • Advanced CSS3 and HTML5
  • Intermediate CSS3 and HTML5
  • Introduction to CSS3 and HTML5