Robert D. Zazueta

resume@robzazueta.com
2 Leue Ct., Concord, CA. 94519
Phone: (925) 246-5449 - E-mail: resume@robzazueta.com

Rob Zazueta is a web site expert. Whether you're talking about search engine optimization/search engine marketing, web sites for marketing and lead generation or full-fledged web-based applications, Rob Z. and his team at TechKnowMe can help your small business succeed online. Visit TechKnowMe.com today for details or call us at (925) 246-5449.

See Rob's online interview for more information about his work experiences.

Looking for samples of Rob's work? Check out his Java and JavaScript code samples. New! There is now also an example of his Perl coding and more of his Java Coding to give you an idea of his style. There's more on the way. Also, please send me feedback on these, as I want to give you the best possible examples of my capabilities.

Check out some of Rob's banner ads, made using both Macromedia Flash and Adobe PhotoShop.

Rob passed the Sun Certified Java ProgrammerTM exam on his first try on Dec. 11, 2002.

 
Skills
  • Languages: Perl, JavaScript, HTML, Stylesheets, PHP, JSP, ASP (VBScript), XML, SQL, C/C++, Java (J2SE, J2EE), SQR, PeopleCode
  • Sun Certified Java Programmer
  • Tomcat, IIS and Apache Server administration.
  • MySQL and SQL Server administration.
  • Strong believer and advocate of object-oriented design methodologies.
  • Strongly deadline driven.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills.
  • Very customer focused.
Experience
Founder / Project Manager - TechKnowMe
Sept. 2006 - Present
Concord, CA
  • Founded TechKnowMe to help small businesses find reliable, consistent support in developing and maintaining their web sites and online presence.
  • Services offered: Complete development of your online strategy and web presence; SEO/SEM services and consulting; web site design and development; web application design and development; full-service web site maintenance and hosting solutions.
Marketing Technologist - Robert Anthony Strategic Design & Marketing
Feb. 2004 - Sept., 2006
Walnut Creek, CA
Consultant - Self-Employed
Dec. 2001 - Present
SF Bay Area, CA
  • Upgraded and administered TeleVantage Phone System.
  • Designed and built automated image processing application using the beta Java Advanced Imaging API.
  • Designed and implemented 802.11a wireless network for the Victorian Government Business Office in San Francisco.
  • Developed several websites for various small businesses.
Web Engineer - Academy of Art College
Aug. 2002 - Feb. 2004
San Francisco, CA
  • Designed, built and maintained extensive project tracking and budget forecasting system for Accounting department.
  • Automated information retrieval for students, reducing customer service calls by 70 percent.
  • Helped maintain and extend PeopleSoft Education applications (Student Administration, Financial and HRMS).
QA Lead/Java Developer - MightyWords, Inc.
March 2000 - Dec. 2001
Santa Clara, CA
  • Extended and maintained extensive J2EE-compliant codebase, reducing bug count from about 150 to 10 and improving performance and reliability.
  • Acted as technical lead and developed complete server-side component for flagship digital rights management product, delivering the requirements on time and under budget. This project helped reduce total customer service calls from more than 50 percent to just over 10 percent.
  • Designed, implemented and maintained a complete Java code build process using Ant, CVS and Perl that automated the compilation and deployment of our in-house application to our test, stage and production server environments.
  • Designed, implemented and enforced a complete quality assurance process that significantly improved communication between the development and QA teams while reducing the time to live for application code.
  • Designed, built and maintained a complete workflow tracking system for MightyWords’ web production and editorial team.
Production Engineer - Intuit, Inc.
June 1998 - March 2000
Mountain View, CA
  • Built and maintained Quicken.Com's Banking and Credit and Investing channels in addition to several other site-wide projects.
  • Wrote several screen-scraping and content feed reading scripts using Perl.
  • Lead technical contact for several redesigns.
Education
April - June, 2007   Contra Costa County SDBC - New Venture Training
May, 2003   PeopleSoft University - PeopleTools I/II 8.4 (accelerated); SQR I/II (accelerated); PeopleCode 8.4; Enterprise Portal Administration 8.4
Feb., 2000   Sun Educational Services - Java Programming Language Workshop
Aug., 1993 - May, 1998   University of California, Berkeley - B.A. American Studies (Journalism)
Certifications
Dec. 2002 -- Sun Certified Java ProgrammerTM



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