Matt R.

## BIO **::About Me::** **Personal:** Location: Eugene, Oregon, USA (West Coast) Age: 24 years **Education:** Tualatin High School: High School Diploma completed in 2000. University of Oregon: Currently completing Bachelor of Science Degree with Major in Political Science and Minor in Art **The Bottom Line:** I first got involved in programming on a home-built pre-8086 monochrome display PC using the BASIC programming language, BATCH file scripting, and a little guy inside my computer that could say whatever I typed in as long as I phrased it properly. Since then I've been been involved in multiple aspects of computer software design including freelance web projects, eCommerce businesses, general hardware & software maintenance and troubleshooting, privately contracted web design projects, employment as a front-end webdesigner, and I am currently employed as the Webdesign/IT Specialist for an online retail company whom I have been with for over 2 years. ## Area of Expertise **::About my Abilities::** **Skills:** * Website Design/Layout (creating your look & feel) * Website Programming (<font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size= "1">cracking numbers to make it all work</font>) * Website Implementation (getting you published & on the web) * Graphic Design (<font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size= "1">still images & flash animation</font>) * e-Commerce (<font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size= "1">seemless credit card transactions</font>) * Experienced with Creating/Implementing/Managing Shopping Carts * Database Design & Management * Search Engine Optimization * Back-End Data Architecture * Audio Recording/Editing **Specialties:** * eCommerce * Database Architecture * HTML/DHTML Design * CSS Style Sheet Design * JavaScript Programming * ASP Programming * ADO Interface * SQL/MySQL/PostgreSQL Database Scripting * Graphical Layout & Design * Flash Design * Digital Audio Recording/Editing (<a href= "http://www.mattrabe.com/portfolio/media/audiowork/voicesample.mp3">Voice Sample)</a> * FileMaker Scripting * Search Engine Optimization * Some PHP/Perl Programming **Software Experience:** * Windows 9x/2000/NT/XP * Macromedia Dreamweaver * Macromedia Flash * Microsoft Visual InterDev * Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator * Microsoft Word/Excel * ShopSite/ShopSite Pro * FileMaker Pro * Most anything else I put my mind to... **Language Experience:** * HTML/DHTML * CSS Style Sheets * JavaScript * ASP VBScript/Visual Basic * ADO * SQL Database Scripting * SWF/FLA (Macromedia Flash) * FileMaker Scripting * Some Perl/PHP