Alex Renner's Resume

A Bit About Me

I am a versatile developer and designer eager to take on any challenge and explore new technologies. I have a passion for learning that is perfectly suited to the ever-changing tech industry. Sharing ideas and collaboration are ideal for finding and implementing the best solution to any problem.

Some of my past experience includes four years working at Caterpillar as a technical illustrator, learning full stack web development in Ruby on Rails at Dev Bootcamp, and working as a developer at Mcomm Group, Inc. Being a full stack developer and spending over four years in graphics allows for a very broad range of experience that gives me knowledge of both programming and design. The best of both worlds!

Formalities and jargon aside, I just enjoy problem solving. Whether the weekly crossword or the latest workplace crisis, I'm your guy!

Thanks for visiting!

- Alex

Work Experience

Mcomm Group, Inc:

Web Developer: May 2017 - March 2019

Development for Ruby on Rails web applications
Updating and supporting plugins and themes for WordPress and Joomla!
Creating templates, styling, and modules for HubSpot web development

Dev Bootcamp:

Web Developer Student: March 2016 - October 2016

Course for learning full stack Ruby on Rails web application development
Object oriented programming in Ruby and JavaScript
Agile work flow and model view control

Caterpillar:

Technical Illustrator: January 2012 - January 2016

Contracted for parts manual illustrations
2D and 3D design and layout
New software training and teaching

Two Men and a Truck:

Head Mover: May 2011 - December 2011

Team management
Paperwork handling
Heavy lifting
Class C licensed driving

Menard's:

Hardware/Garden Salesperson: April 2010 - March 2011

Customer service and product sales
Opening/closing procedures
Inventory and stocking

Exsell Publishing:

Layout/Design Intern: December 2008 - July 2009

Advertisement design/layout
Client correspondence
Publication layout and print

Western Illinois University Union:

Night Crew: August 2007 - December 2009

Event Setup
Audio/Video Setup

Northern Tier High Adventure Base:

Interpreter: Summer 2005

Wilderness navigation
First aid and survival training
Base camp maintenance

What I Can Do

Software Skills:

Adobe Creative Suite 2-6 (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
Canvas
QuarkXPress
Creo Parametric and ProE Wildfire
Creo Illustrate
Visualization Mock-up

Technical Skills:

Ruby on Rails, WordPress, HubSpot, Joomla!
MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveRecord
Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, HTML, CSS
Mac OS, Windows OS, Ubuntu Linux
GitHub, Bitbucket, and Git Work-flow
RESTful design, Agile Work-flow

API Knowledge:

Google Maps
Stripe
ActiveCampaign
DTN Agriculture
Facebook

Where I Have Studied

Dev Bootcamp:

Chicago Campus: March 2016 - October 2016

Area of Study: Ruby on Rails full stack web development

Bachelor of Science:

Western Illinois University: August 2005 - December 2009

Area of Study: Graphics, Marketing, German

Groups That Helped Make Me Me

Boy Scouts of America:

Eagle Scout

Project: Delegated and planned the building of trail stairway

Bureau of Cultural Affairs:

Director of Advertising

Designing and distributing newspaper advertisements and event posters

Theta Xi Fraternity:

New Member Educator, Fundraising & Philanthropy Chairman

New member education and scheduling, promoting and managing fund raising and community service events

Some Of The Work I Have Done

strEATspot:

Web App for Finding Street Vendors With Geolocation

My Contribution: Use of Google Maps and Google Geolocation APIs for locating and mapping users' locations. Utilizing and reworking Google Maps JavaScript documentation

DBC Project Tracker:

Web App for Organizing and Delegating Final Projects

My Contribution: Back end logic for creating class names, students and projects and organizing them into teams.

Teams Controller

DTN Agriculture API:

Web App Displaying Weather and Agricultural Data

My Contribution: Calling several APIs through curl and AJAX for use in displaying agricultural news, weather forecasts including radar, and cash bids of crops and cattle.

Portfolio Pieces