Steve Raw - Professional Profile

I have 27 years of experience as a professional software developer. I have a degree in Multimedia, another in Interactive Media, and more than enough credit hours to earn a degree in Software Engineering.

I discovered programming and multimedia in the mid-1990s. In 1998, I switched my college major for a third time. I had finally found something that was fascinating to me. While attending the University of Advancing Technology, I started out working for small web design agencies. In my junior year, I was chosen by the university out of 200 other applicants to become the Webmaster for the public internet website, as well as the university's private intranet website. I worked in the IT department for over three years, and I really enjoyed earning such valuable knowledge. Within the first month, my goal was to organize 30,000 university documents into a massive new website overhaul. I was responsible for developing custom client-side, and server-side software systems. I developed applications for both Windows and Linux OS platforms. I administered database servers, and web servers running Internet Information Services. I designed and created user interfaces for dozens of software tools used by the university and its students. I managed interns, developed tools for marketing, and tools to facilitate efficient collaboration and convenient communication between all students and staff. I worked alongside the Search Engine Optimization director and developed extensive expertise in internet marketing.

In 2003, I completed a 5-year effort to launch my own e-commerce website. I hosted millions of retail products from 5,300 retailers in thousands of shopping categories. I developed large custom software suites, writing hundreds of thousands of code in total. That's just a minuscule snapshot of my experience, but I'm running out of characters, so I will end it here.