Howard Fore

Software Developer

Career Summary

I am a software developer with over 25 years of professional experience in software development. The majority of this time has been focused on websites and web applications.

Work Experience

Lead Software Developer

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
2007 - Present

Application development and maintennce support for internal bank departments, focused mainly on the Public Affairs and Research departments.

Achievements:

Assisted development team in multiyear project to migrate public site between cloud providers, platform major versions, and backend code refactoring.

Built skills on Alexa to distribute content from the public website.

Developed mobile app highlighting the Research department's GDPNow economic indicator, including push notifications when the indicator updates

Created an iPad app displaying articles from the public website using a custom API

Developed multiple mobile apps around the bank's annual reports

Built an newsletter builder for Public Affairs to pull content from an external provider and distribute to bank employees

Created a system using AWS services to house static HTML that didn't fit on the CMS odf the public website

Technologies used:

  • C#
  • Xamarin
  • Bootstrap
  • Sitecore
  • HTML
  • Azure
  • AWS

Chairman, Digital Services Manager

The Porch Press
2007 - present

The Porch Press is a volunteer newspaper serving the neighborhoods of NPU W, in southeast Atlanta. Responsible for managing the digital footprint including montly content updates to articles and advertising, the social media accounts, the website (Wordpress), and domain/DNS registratsion.

Achievements

Migrated site into responsive theme

Modified site with custom CSS

Migrated site to new Wordpress hosting provider

Moved domain (web and email) to new registrar and DNS provider

Technologies used:

  • Wordpress
  • CSS
  • MySQL
  • DNS
  • Email

Web developer

Digital Insight
2004 - 2007

Develop and maintain web applications in financial and cash management services suite.

Technologies used:

  • ColdFusion
  • Java
  • HTML
  • Javascript

Web Developer

Professional Career Development Institute
2004

Develop web sites and applications for distance education company. Server administration for Linux and Windows platforms. Application server administration for JRun and ColdFusion.

Achievements

Migrate site from a collection of PERL scripts to a ColdFusion web application

Implemented a mailing list system with external vendor for opt-in email newsletters

Technologies used:

  • PERL
  • ColdFusion
  • JRun

Internet Application Architect

Greenbriar Consulting
1999 - 2004

Worked with Greenbriar clients (National Data Corporation and AdvancePCS) to design and implement Internet applications in ColdFusion and Java.

Achievements

Created system to process data files from medical systems into Excel files

Developed Java Swing app to assist in data warehouse configurations.

Created a system to personlize insurer's website to the user attributes and demographics

Technologies used:

  • Java
  • ColdFusion
  • WebSphere Portal

Web Developer

Fletcher Martin Advertising
1998 - 1999

Responsible for developing client websites from specifications and graphics comps.

Achievements

Built a news and information portal to serve the customers of a large Gulf coast telecommunications ISP operation. The system provided localized news, weather, and reference information for users of the ISP, gathering the information from national providers of weather and news data.

Built a promotional website for a music industry event sponsored by Sony Records.

Technologies used:

  • ColdFusion
  • HTML / CSS / Javascript

Computer System Support Specialist

F1 Inc.
1997 - 1998

Responsible for servicing client's workstations and servers. Operating systems ranged from Windows 3 to Windows NT 4 and Novell 3.

Technologies used:

  • Windows NT
  • Novell

IT Systems Support Specialist

Creative Loafing Atlanta
1995 - 1997

Responsible for maintaining a diverse network of workstations, servers, printers, and accessories for the Southeastern United States' largest alternative newspapers. Also responsible for maintaing the newspaper's website and Internet presence.

Achievements

Wrote software to translate classified advertising from a proprietary format to HTML to display on the website weekly

Created an automated system to build a advertiser online mall to support mini websites for print advertisers with Applescript and Photoshop

Created an online system to aggregate holiday and weather closures of schools and businesses

Technologies used:

  • AppleScript
  • BBS
  • HTML / CSS / Javascript

Skills & Tools

  • C#
  • PHP
  • PERL
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • ColdFusion
  • WordPress
  • Sitecore
  • MacOS
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Git
  • Domain Name Management
  • Apache
  • Azure
  • AWS
  • DevOps
  • Agile (Scrum)
  • SAFe
  • DevOps

Education

  • English / Journalism
    University of Georgia
    1986 - 1990
    Activities and societies: UGA Redcoat Band, Mens' Glee Club

Certifications

  • Sitecore XP 8 Website Development for .Net
    Issued September 2016
  • Sitecore 7 .Net Certified Developer
    Issued March 2014