Automation Excellence (AE) is a company started by a homeschool family in 1998. AE serves clients through software automation testing – providing services like load testing and website functionality. About 6 years ago, AE faced a crisis. Like any company, they needed a higher Return on Investment (ROI) than their competitors. However, the crisis was that their competition followed a disappointing trend to hire offshore employment. This made it seemingly impossible for AE to keep American employees and maintain a high ROI.
I am a programmer, web developer, webmaster and graphic-designer-in-training. I live in Estes Park, Colorado with my family (parents and eight younger siblings). After connecting through their e-learning site, HomeGrownProgrammers.com, I have worked with Automation Excellence for about two and a half years and also have some freelance programming experience prior to that.
Developer with experience designing and developing desktop and web applications using Java, Ruby on Rails, and PHP, and public-facing websites using PHP content management systems (Drupal, Magento, Joomla, WordPress). Experience with Oracle, SQLServer, and MySQL databases. Experience with SVN, Bzr. Extensive experience with Excel, including Macro/VB development.
I'm a software tester, developer, and graphic designer living in Colorado Springs with my wife and son. I have five years of experience with automated testing, ten years of software engineering and development, and fifteen years in illustration and 3D graphics.
