Gary B. Betz

Seasoned web development professional committed to the production and maintenance of state-of-the-art web properties. 

PROFILE:

ñ  Dedicated technical professional with proven ability to develop and administrate high quality, contemporary web sites.

ñ  High-energy, positive team player with an excellent work ethic; flexible and dependable.

ñ  Reputation for displaying professionalism and quality in my work.

CAREER SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE:

EDUCATION:

ñ  AS Electronics Technology. Heald Institute of Technology, San Jose, GPA 4.0.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Rabobank N.A., Roseville, CA

Sitecore Web Administrator                                                               2014 to Present

ñ  Comanaged the migration of a rack-based server environment to cloud-based solution utilizing CenturyLink Cloud and Incapsula front end (features DDos and CDN).

ñ  Established proficiency with Sitecore CMS. Skills include content, templates and control development. Responsible for both front-end and back-end bug fixes and enhancements. Utilized Visual Studio for coding and debug, Team Foundation Server (TFS 2015) for version control.

ñ  Designed interactive promotional pages for marketing using HTML, Javascript, and jQuery fully integrated into the Sitecore CMS environment.

ñ  Was selected to write technical guides documenting our server and networking environments, disaster recovery procedures and related process diagrams.

ñ  Developed customer database interface to ExactTarget using their API.

ñ  Expanded functionality of interactive web form for collecting customer data for regulatory requirements using ASP.NET and jQuery.

ñ  Coordinated VPN installation between company and web hosting data centers.

ñ  Played a key role with the design and implementation of a cost-reducing, digital signage system utilizing Sitecore CMS. Result: replaced two expensive digital signage systems used throughout the bank's branches.

ñ  Selected to oversee the day-to-day operations of our web development team while manager was out on extended paternity leave.

ñ  Provides day-to-day problem-solving support to Marketing for all CMS related issues.

Rabobank N.A., Roseville, CA

Web Administrator                                                                                 2011 to 2014

ñ  Administrated SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 company intranet.

ñ  Migrated company intranet to SharePoint 2010.

ñ  Maintained content for public-facing rabobankamerica.com website using Collage CMS.

ñ  Provided website content development support to marketing.

ñ  Worked with outside agency to design a new public-facing website using Sitecore CMS.

Gold Country Media, Roseville, CA

Web Developer                                                                                                  2011

ñ  Responsible for development and maintenance of Gold Country Media's online platforms based on

ñDrupal CMS.

ñ  Tasks include theming new web sites using HTML/CSS/PHP/Javascript as well as

ñmaintaining and upgrading existing web properties.

ñ  Developed a

ñthorough understanding of the Drupal theming layer, templates and a fundamental

ñunderstanding of module development, multi-site deployment and live site maintenance

ñtechniques.

California Micro Devices (CMD), Milpitas, CA

Web Administrator/Technical Writer                                                    2002 to 2010

ñ  Responsible for all web-related development and administration activities related to the cmd.com website. Converted HTML site to PHP-based site to improve maintainability.

ñ  Set up and administrated a corporate intranet server. Wrote supporting scripts for data access and tied in the access using LDAP.

ñ  Managed all technical documentation on the CMD website.

ñ  As a technical writer, developed and maintained the company's technical product data sheets. Worked with engineering and marketing to implement new data sheets for CMD's products. Worked with QA to ensure ISO compliance of all publicly available documents.

AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES:

ñ  Recipient of many employee recognition awards at Rabobank for outstanding support.

ñ  Drupal User's Group, Sacramento, CA                                 

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:

Meadowlands Homeowners Association, Communications Secretary                                    

Responsible for development of quarterly newsletter and all other marketing related activities.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Avid cyclist, pianist and woodworker.