BRAUNSON YAGER
5349 Hamilton Street
Niagara Falls, Ontario L2E 2W5--
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Enjoys solving a challenge or problem, learning new languages and techniques, and pushing the
boundaries of the latest web technologies
• Ability to work as an individual standalone or with a team, in a fast pace environment
• Twelve years experience leading cutting edge technologies and integrating them into small to large
platforms
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sprout Studio Inc.
Senior Web Developer
Welland, Ontario
April 2015 to June 2016
• Developed what was initially a very rough code base left behind from a previous development agency. I
lead the team in cultivating the product into a very efficient and well running platform by identifying and
predicting problems, analyzing issues, meeting goals and solving problems
• Lead a team of 4 to develop and assess the situation, gather information and solve problems with new
modules of the platform
• Created and enforced policies and procedures for testing, code reviewing, code standards, deployment and
backups
• Built a platform to process a growing amount of images to multiple sizes with multiple watermarks
concurrently
• Crafted a custom Vagrant development box for local development with a variety of helpful tools installed
• Integrated the platform with MailChimp, Chatlio, Authorize.Net, PayPal, Stripe, Cloudinary, RackSpace,
Google Analytics, Skipjack, and OpenWeatherMap
Niagara College - Niagara Research
Web Design & Development
Niagara on the Lake, Ontario
June 2012 to April 2015
• Designed and developed on a desktop and mobile layout using CSS3, HTML5, and jQuery.
• Kept the project tracker updated with any changes made, new items added, edits, etc. for the client to view
the progress of the project.
• Managing documents, edits, reports, and tracking accurate records of all project progress and/or events
(sign offs, time completion, meeting minutes, general correspondence, etc.)
• Interacting regularly with students, faculty, Niagara Research staff, and/or industry partners
• Maintain awareness of ongoing changes within the project, from developing the system to designing the
mobile apps
• Custom platform development with Laravel, responsive design, WordPress and iOS development
Geekybeaver
Web Design, Developer, Sysadmin, Project Manager, Sales
Thorold, Ontario
August 2011 to Present
• Worked with clients to put together project scopes, statements of works.
• Designed or developed for clients based on the scope of the project, updating the client at all phases.
• Managing servers, client websites, making sure all sites and servers are secure and updated regularly.
• Interacting regularly with clients, staff and industry partners such as LG and PC Financial.
Core Graphics
Web Designer / Developer
St. Catharines, Ontario
2008 to 2013
• Updated and modified current existing client websites
• Developed custom plugins & themes for WordPress
Aditya Birla Minacs
iTunes Support Advisor for Apple
Niagara Falls, Ontario
December 2009 to June 2012
• Handle requests, but not limited to, purchasing information, account information, gift certificates and
prepaid cards, allowances, music and video downloads, music and video authorization, refund requests and
promotion song and video codes.
• Refers customers with technical download and compatibility issues to other appropriate web-based selfhelp resources and / or technical support teams and phone numbers
iceDive Creative Solutions
Web Designer / Developer
Pickering, Ontario
2010 to 2012
• Designed simple to complex layouts based on the client’s needs
• Developed custom plugins for WordPress
• Developed a custom CMS (Content Management System) for the company with various modules including
a gallery, user system, news system.
• SEO (Search Engine Optimized) Websites and pages for clients
• Took designed layouts and converted them into working systems via a custom content management
system developed myself or coded them as a WordPress or other CMS themes.
INTERESTS
Mechanical work, Web Design & Development, Search Engine Optimization, Responsive websites. Pushing
the boundaries of the latest web technologies, all while creating useful tools, applications and graphics.
TECHNOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE
• PHP, SQL, XHTML, HTML5, CSS3, Perl, JavaScript, jQuery, WordPress, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe
Photoshop, SVN, GIT, Organic Search Engine Optimization, Windows Software management, Linux, REST,
Ruby/Rails, Laravel, vue.js
LINKS
Portfolio – https://geekybeaver.ca, https://braunson.ca
GitHub – https://github.com/braunson
LinkedIn – https://linkedin.com/in/braunson
