Paul Bearne
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4212 Carrying Place Road, Seeley’s Bay ON K0H 2N0-@pbearne ca.linkedin.com/in/pbearne
https://bearne.ca/
Senior Full Stack WordPress Web Developer
Objective: Pro-actively to deliver complete WordPress solutions that create an experience that delights and rewards the
user whilst effectively meeting business needs.
EXPERIENCE
Senior Full-Stack WordPress Developer (Freelance); Partner, Paul & Gina Bearne
July 2011 to present
Short and medium-term projects ranging from one-week single developer to multi-month team leader projects, including:
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WordPress API back-end development for React front-end site for international music production company
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WordPress API back-end for React front-end hosted on WordPress VIP for a Corporate brand site for a Fortune
100 company;
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Research Portal overhaul for a major financial data company, involving a high level of API integration with both
internal and external sales and management systems - www.cbinsights.com/research
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WordPress VIP support for a Hollywood news organization
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a custom plugin to allow an organization to manage remote voting, now available at
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-vote/
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development for LivePress WordPress (VIP) real-time publishing plugin
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complex e-learning membership sites (LearnDash, WooCommerce, EDD)
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the development of an extreme WordPress template for The Juice Agency;
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multi-site WordPress installs for JIB Inc. and the Cystic Fibrosis Society, Canada
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multi-language (WPML) WordPress sites including iko.com and bridgehousecanada.com;
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a short remote Senior Developer contract with 10up, one of the world’s leading WordPress teams;
Partner/Developer, Matador Software LLC
January 2018 to present
Launched in January 2018, Matador Jobs became a Bullhorn partner in June 2018. Matador is a premium WordPress
plugin that connects and integrates recruitment websites with the power of the Bullhorn CRM. https://matadorjobs.com/
Senior WordPress Developer, Metro English Canada
June 2013 to July 2014
Full-stack developer, maintaining and enhancing the WordPress VIP sites http://metronews.ca and
http://journalmetro.com, along with http://clubmetro.ca. Specific projects included the multi-lingual
http://sleep-centre.ca / http://centredusommeil.ca and the award winning http://temp.metronews.ca project.
Tyco Electronics / TE Connectivity (www.te.com)
Sept 2000 to Sept 2011
A global $12.1billion company, with nearly 100,000 employees who partner with customers in virtually every industry
Social Media Analyst/Specialist (remote-working contract)
Oct 2009 to Sept 2011
• Corporate Social Media Facilitator and WordPress specialist, including installation, design, coding, theming and
plug-in development (http://bit.ly/authoravatars) for an internal and external WordPress multi-site (200+ blogs) and
micro sites
Web Developer/ Systems Analyst /Project Leader – (Tyco Electronics UK Ltd)
Sept 2000 to Oct 2009
• CSS Architect for main corporate homepage rebrand, applying new styling to existing content (AJAX, SEO)
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Project leader and coder from concept to delivery of a Technical Data Website (15,000 pages).
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Lead UI designer and coder of control pages written in .NET, with AJAX / ASP front end and RSS feeds for document
system to replace flat listings on Tyco Electronics Websites (UK and worldwide).
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Project leader, designer and coder for European sample ordering/ management system handling 200+ orders per day
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Sole designer and coder (classic ASP) for European Training Website - bookings, materials and records.
KEY SKILLS
WordPress Skills
Years
Software Languages/Frameworks
Years
Themes/Templates
Advanced
10+
C# .Net
Intermediate
Widgets/Plugins/Plugin API
Advanced
10+
JSON API’s
Advanced
7+
Multi-language (WPML)
Advanced
7+
CSS
Advanced
10+
Design and Coding
Advanced
10+
HTML, XHTML
Advanced
10+
Installation/configuration
Advanced
7+
SASS
Intermediate
3
Multi-site
Advanced
10+
SQL
Advanced
8
E-commerce
Advanced
5+
Visual Basic Script
Advanced
5
Development Skills/Knowledge
4
JavaScript (inc debugging)
Advanced
10+
AJAX/ Web 2.0
Advanced
10+
PHP
Advanced
10+
HTML Standards/Cross-browser
Advanced
10+
MySQL/SQL
Advanced
8
SEO/SEM
Intermediate
10+
JQuery
Advanced
7+
Version control (SVN/Git/VSS)
Advanced
10+
RSS/XML
Intermediate
4
7+
Media Skills
Responsibility
Video Recording
Intermediate
2
Team/ crew leading
Intermediate
Video Editing
Intermediate
4
Social media analytics
Intermediate
3
Audio Recording/Podcasting
Intermediate
3
Mentoring /Training
Intermediate
10+
Adobe Creative Suite
Intermediate
5+
Conference Presentation
Intermediate
10+
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Regular attendee at events and conferences, including WordCamps and technical Meetups in Toronto and Kingston
Presentation Skills, Tyco Electronics
Foundations of C# Programming (5 Credits), University of Bath in Swindon
National Vocational Qualification Level 3: Personnel Selection, Oaklands Assessment Centre
Introduction to Visual Basic, Swindon College
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP): NT Workstation, Server and Enterprise, Microsoft
City and Guilds: Systems Installation and Maintenance 2, Swindon College
Unix Training, In-house
Completed High School, Hreod Burna High School/ Swindon College
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES/ VOLUNTEERING
Since qualifying as an Assistant Scout Leader and achieving my Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award in my late teens, I have
always participated in community activities including:
Organizer / Presenter
WordCamp Toronto
2016, 2017
Volunteer / Presenter
WordCamp Toronto
WordCamp Ottawa
WordCamp Hamilton and Montreal
2010/11/12/13/14/15/18
2014, 2017,-
WordPress Core Commits
Founding Co-organizer
3.9, 4.0, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2
Kingston WordPress Group (Meetup)
2014/15/16/17/18/19
2017 to present
Presenter / Coach
WordPress Toronto Meetup / ‘Contrib to Core’
2014/15/16/17/18
Volunteer / Presenter
Volunteer
PodCamp Toronto
Art of the Danforth
2011 and 2012
Dec 2009 to 2015
Trustee / Chair
New Mechanics Preservation Trust, Swindon
1999 to 2009
