Summary

Tramel Woodard is a site that was developed as a need to quickly convey my skill set to potential recruiters, vendors, HR workers and hiring managers. As a full stack developer, I have lengthy experience in not only software development, but also web design, UI/UX design, graphic design, illustration, music, audio, video, marketing, language proficiency, technical writing and book publishing. Tramel Woodard allows me to communicate to potential employers the full range of my experience within a short length of time.

Technology

Tramel Woodard started as a basic "five page" design with a resume, abbreviated portfolio and contact information. The technology stack for the first two years was HTML5, CSS3, vanilla JavaScript and jQuery for simple DOM manipulation.

As I returned to the US from China, the scope of my abilities and my existence in the new "gig economy" sent the direction of the website into a centralized "branding" of myself as a person, as well as all of my skillsets. A need for blogs, a portflio, project list, technology list and a fully dynamic resume meant I would need a scalable database solution with normalized tables for relation between multiple pages. I decided to go the "start up" route and create a LAMP stack, powered by the Laravel framework as middleware, and a front end presence of both processed PHP, as well as JavaScript.

Notes

Due to my dislike of empty footers, I felt this website really was my opportunity to show potential employers my ability not only as a developer, but those of marketer and technical writer. Realizing that the footer is the brand's opportunity to communicate with corporate entities, as well as potential employees and partners, I utilized heavy menu linking to show visitors that I am available for multiple forms of interaction. This includes a direct "hire me" page, financial supporting some of my anthropological activities, interning for me and viewing my media and press coverage.

UPDATE (2018/9/1)

As I end my contract with ACT, I will be paying special attention to Tramel Woodard as I decide the next step in my career path. Continuing with the Laravel framework, I will in addition work on the blog area, social media presence and possibly a "live chat" button and some form of private smartphone app integration.