Work Experience:
August 2005-Present: Web Developer
Justia.com, Inc., Mountain View, CA.
Extended and modified various blogging software and content management systems (CMS). Worked on revamp of LLRX.com, LLC; JurisPro, Inc.; and homepage of former Mr. Universe, Franco Columbu.
January 2005-Present: Founder
Wizards.pro, Palo Alto, CA.
Developed open source software utilizing PHP and MySQL. Ported various themes/templates to work with Drupal, WordPress, and MoveableType. Designed XHTML and CSS standards-compliant websites. Created private web applications with the PHP framework CodeIngiter. Handled SEO and marketing. Wrote regular expressions for screen scraping and clean URLs (i.e. Google-friendly links).
January 2004-Present: Founder
Hogwarts Live RPG, Albuquerque, NM.
Programmed modules, wrote game scenarios, and managed over 30 staffers. Frequented by players of more than 120 different countries with over 40 million hits a month it is considered by Amazon.com subsidiary, Alexa.com to be the most popular Harry Potter RPG in the world. According to Hitwise.com, Hogwarts Live is the 3rd most popular American gamming website in terms of average session time.
June 2003-August 2004: Global Administrator
Mari Telecommunications, Inc., Seoul, South Korea.
Worked as a volunteer administrator for the American server of MariTel’s game Archspace.com, which is now owned by Mindlock Security. MariTel’s MageWar family of MMORPGs won game of the month 3 times on MPOGD.com and had over 2 million members playing in 13 different languages.
November 2002-April 2003: Sales Clerk
Candelaria Galleries, Albuquerque, NM.
Cleaned rugs, kept inventory, made sure store was presentable. Hung rugs for display and carried them out to customers’ vehicles.
Educational Background:
July 2005-Present: Art Institute of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
August 2001-May 2005: Bernalillo High School, Bernalillo, NM.
Graduated with honors, May 21, 2005.
June 2001: Bernalillo Middle School, Bernalillo, NM.
Graduated with honors.
June 1997-April 1998: Zion Center of Knowledge, Manila, Philippines.
August 1992-June 1995: Sierra Vista Elementary, Albuquerque, NM.
Awards:
2005: Merit and Need Scholarship from Art Institute of California - San Francisco (AICA-SF).
2005: First Place at Business Professionals of America (BPA) State Competition in E-Commerce.
2005: First Place at Business Professionals of America (BPA) Regional Competition in E-Commerce.
2005: Presidential Scholarship from University of New Mexico (UNM).
2004: First Place at Business Professionals of America (BPA) State Competition in Web Design.
2004: First Place at Business Professionals of America (BPA) Regional Competition in Web Design.
2004-2005: Diamond Web Awards for Hogwarts Live.
2004-2005: Gold Artsy Award for Hogwarts Live.
2004: Art Space 2000 World Web Award for Hogwarts Live.
2004: Who’s Who Among American High School Students.
2003-2004: Golden Web Awards for Hogwarts Live.
2003: Who’s Who Among American High School Students.
2002: Collegiate All-Star Award from the National Hispanic Institute’s Collegiate World Series.
2002: Fourth Place in New Mexico Regional Science Fair for Physics.
2002: Third Place in Bernalillo High School Science Fair.
2002: Who’s Who Among American High School Students.
2001: First Place in Bernalillo Middle School Science Fair.
2001: Second Place in Yom Chi TaeKwon-Do National Competition.
2001: Second Place in Yom Chi TaeKwon-Do State Competition.
2001: Second Place in Yom Chi TaeKwon-Do Regional Competition.
2000: National English Merit Award (NEMA).
Community Involvement:
I recently volunteered to help redesign the Albuquerque Baha’i Community Website and I am still working on the project. I have participated in countless community service activities through the Albuquerque Baha’i Youth Workshop, National Honor Society, TreeUtah, Boy Scouts of America, and the Filipino-American Association of New Mexico.
Extracurricular Activities:
2004-2006: Albuquerque Baha’i Web Site Design Committee.
2002-2005: Albuquerque Baha’i Youth Workshop.
2003-2004: Astronomy Club, President.
1996-1997: Boy Scouts of America (BSA), Patrol Leader.
2003-2005: Business Professionals of America (BPA).
2004-2005: Do Not Go Gentle Literary Magazine.
2003-2004: French Club.
2005: Game Production Club.
2008: Improv Club
2003-2004: Intel Computer Clubhouse.
1996-1997, 2003-2004: Math Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA), Secretary.
2002-2005: National Honor Society, High School.
1999: National Junior Honor Society, Middle School.
2002-2003: Project 540°.
1998-1999: Science Olympiad.
1992-2001: TaeKwon-Do.
2005: Visual Game Programming Club.
2003-2004: Writer’s Group.
