JOEL E. TUCKER

910 Eighth Street • Lake Park, Florida 33403
(561) 252-0493 • joel@bootup.com • http://BootUp.com/

OBJECTIVES

To develop business communications and management solutions for internets and intranets. To leverage eight years of Internet design and development experience, four years as an ASP/JavaScript page developer and 20 years as a corporate communicator. To design, coordinate and code internet and intranet business solutions. To improve website content and performance the proficiency of its Internet users by sharing lessons learned in the use of emerging technologies.

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

Solid web application development and website management experience, supported by a demonstrated ability to quickly learn and implement new technologies. Prolific with .ASP, Javascript and HTML; adept at using SQL, C-Sharp and ASP.NET. Adept at the rapid conversion of information into publication-quality text, transitioning content from one medium to another, and web-enabling existing business applications. Consistently selected to learn and implement new technologies in publishing and distribution. Proven ability to produce concise content, layout and supporting server- and client-side web page logic. Proven ability to produce interactive, data-enabled web pages.  Keenly observant of deadlines and schedules.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ultimate Software Group
Weston, Florida
July 1999-present

ASP Programmer

Assist with the web-enabling of existing Windows desktop/SQL-based software. Produce payroll data entry screens, personnel information displays, task list processing and web link administration for prototype, development and major releases of UltiPro Web.

  • Coordinated Ultimate Software's first ASP website and contributed to its first web-enabled software products.
  • Successfully demonstrated .ASP language capabilities and basic role-based security in a technology downselect from competing technologies.
  • Participant in the first and all subsequent releases of the web-enabled version of the popular UltiPro Payroll/HR Management software.

Tropical Sands Christian Church
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
March 2000 - present

Minister

Licensed lay minister by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Florida. Staff position as associate pastor, with full authority to provide pastoral duties as needed. Launch and coordinate small group ministries, youth activities and special events. Provide pastoral counselling on illness and bereavement, deliver sermons and special presentations. Participate in Kairos Prison Ministries and special devotional events at Okeechobee State Correctional Institution. Active in church community music and drama presentations.

PAX TV
West Palm Beach, Florida
1998-1999

Web Specialist

Responsible for content management, coordination and banner advertisement cycling on the start-up website for PAX TV. Developed and managed content and advertisement management and scheduling to coordinate the new television network and more than 75 satellite stations (with localized website sections).

BrickBuilt, Inc.
West Palm Beach, Florida
1997-1998

Web Specialist

Create, publish, manage and edit World Wide Web sites for various business customers. Optimize pages for search engine registration. Conduct web site publicity campaigns. Train clients in web site maintenance.

  • Achieved high listings on major search engines and measure business results for small business client websites.
  • Responsible for the creation of more than 12 web sites and the redesign of about 12 others, giving small companies a larger-than-life presence on the World Wide Web.
  • Sole proprietor of BootUp.com, featuring more than 65 original weekly columns published in "WeekDay" newspaper.
  • Created and actively maintain "The Eagles Nest," the online version of Pratt & Whitney's "Odds 'n' Ends" classified newspaper, providing automated classified ad submission for employees. Manage the production of "Odds 'n' Ends," printing 10,000 copies monthly and helping to smooth its transition from a corporate-sponsorship to paid advertising.

Pratt & Whitney,
West Palm Beach, Florida
1990-1997

Technical Writer
May-October, 1997

Responsible for rewrite, editing and formatting of unclassified tech manuals, senior staff communications and the tri-weekly "Update" news flyer.

  • Quickly conceived, wrote and designed the first two issues of "Building for the Future," a four-page newsletter covering a senior management initiative of process improvement and employee satisfaction issues.
  • Researched and wrote articles for the first reissue of "GESP News."
  • Created an interactive web session on ergonomics for employee presentations.

Senior Communications Specialist (Webmaster/Editor)
1995-1997

Sole responsibility for "Update," a daily electronic newsletter for 5,400 employees. Created and maintained top level intranet pages. Provided advise and training for department webmasters on web page development. Wrote feature articles for other United Technologies publications. Assisted senior staff with speeches, presentations and correspondence.

  • Wrote and implemented the company policy on minimum page and information standards for internal computer web publishing. Secured Communications Department ownership of the look, feel and content of the home page and other top-level pages. This enhanced the popularity and utility of the web by providing the web a consistent message and uniform navigation scheme.
  • Selected by senior management to design, implement and maintain the home pages on the World Wide Web. This enhanced the company's image as a technology leader and established content standards for its central World Wide Web site.
  • Selected by senior management to serve on the company’s Web Council, which implemented Pratt & Whitney’s World Wide Web site. This ensured compliance with unique requirements imposed by NASA, the Department of Defense and foreign governments.

Editor
1990-1997

Produced a daily news flyer for all employees. Implemented new formats and distribution methods to accommodate growing requirements. Maintained dependable distribution to all employees through newsstand distribution, electronic bulletin boards, e-mail, distribution and intranet posting.

  • Selected by senior management to write features on the division for “Directions,” a newspaper for all company employees.
  • Wrote and edited items for “GESP News” the monthly newspaper for division employees.

EditWorks
Lake Park, Florida
1987-1990

Owner/Editor

Established a publishing and corporate identification service for small businesses. Provided copywriting services for Pratt & Whitney and local advertising agencies. Established a self-service desktop publishing facility. Provided training and consultation on the production of brochures, ads and newsletters.

  • Served as editor and primary writer for “Limelight” magazine for Imagination Group, a local ad agency, to forward interests of the Jupiter-Tequesta Chamber of Commerce.
  • Wrote and designed “The Leadership Report,” a quarterly newsletter for Pratt & Whitney. The publication introduced new management objectives and facilitated a transition of leadership in the Florida division.

Pratt & Whitney,
East Hartford, Connecticut
1986-1987

Assistant Editor
Writing, editing, production coordination

Southern Natural Gas/Sonat Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama
1981-1986

Photojournalist
Writing, photography, design, paste-up, darkroom services

West Point Pepperell West Point, Georgia
1978-1981

Editorial Assistant/Photojournalist
Writing, photography, design, paste-up

Oxford Sun Publishing Co.
Oxford, Alabama
1978

Editor
Writing, editing, photography, photo-processing

EDUCATION

Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
March 1978

Bachelor of Arts, Journalism
Graduated with high honors (Magna Cum Laude). Sigma Delta Chi Journalism honorary, Phi Kappa Phi Business honorary.

Software proficiency: HTML, Active Server Pages/Visual Basic Script, JavaScript/JScript, C-Sharp, ASP.NET, Framemaker, Pagemaker, Photoshop, Alliare HomeSite, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), Microsoft Front Page, Microsoft Visual InterDev, ftp, XML, SQL Server.