About Paul
What's a goalie have to do with Web Design and Development?
Well, let me tell you.
Passion!
Passion drives a goalie to put him(or her)self in front of a piece of vulcanized rubber traveling at a high rate of speed. It is Passion that propels a person to excel at one of the most difficult of all positions in sports. It is this same Passion that I place in creating the best designs, interfaces, web sites and software.
Hello. My name is Paul. And, I am a goalie. But I am also a skilled and determined Web Designer and Application Developer. I bring that same passion to designing and developing web presences. I am always ready to step out on to the ice, or web, and put my best game forward.
Other Interests
Skill Set
Languages
Software
Technologies
Databases
Operating Systems
Curriculum Vitae
Professional History
Reimbursement Technologies, Inc.Conshohocken, PA 19428 • 2007-present
A premier nationwide physician billing and financial management company, overseeing the client's entire billing process from registration and insurance verification to cash collection, practice management and reporting.
Senior Programmer Analyst
Provides well-engineered software solutions in several different programming languages, among them Javascript, jQuery, C#, and Progress 4GL.
- Updated Notes module from array-structured storage to database-structured storage
- Scripted Mirth channel procedures using Java's Javascript to handle healthcare data coming from the client
- Designed website: MyMedicalPayments.com: its interface and logo
- Wrote front-end interactivity in jQuery: sliding forms and schedules, carousels, AJAX validators, etc.
- Created "Look-and-Feel" of Internal Web App using XAML
Iron Mountain, Inc.Collegeville, PA 19426 • 2000-2007
A leading provider of storage and information management services, its solutions help organizations lower storage costs, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information for business advantage.
Senior Software Engineer
Responsibilities ranged from writing technical specifications to leading high-profile projects to enhance customer satisfaction. Responsibilities grew proportional to experience.
- Led major projects to enhance the accuracy of customer order fulfillment
- Played an extensive role in the development of company's Software Development Life Cycle policies
- Authored several white papers including: Unit Test Strategies and Project Estimation Strategies
- Fine-tuned UI Framework for ProgressABL
Pierce-Leahy CorporationCollegeville, PA 19426 • 1992-2000
A provider of storage and information management services, which was bought by Iron Mountain in 2000.
Software Developer
Responsibilities ranged from writing code from spec to running requirements gathering meetings.
- Created UI Framework for Character-based Terminal Interface using Progress 4GL, allowing interfaces to be created quickly
- Subject Matter Expert in all of the Inbound and Outbound processing routines
- Researched and wrote white papers detailing the new features of Progress before company up-graded
- Designed the layout of logistical forms and then implemented these designs in the code
The logistcal forms include:- Packing Slips
- Pick Tickets
- Barcode Labels (Inventory and Location labels)
- Shipping Manifests
- Created and maintained the Programmer's Handbook
- Interviewed, evaluated and trained new employees
ASTEA InternationalHorsham, PA 19044 • 1989-1992
A global provider of end-to-end service management software solutions, offering service lifecycle management and optimization.
Programmer Analyst
Primary role was that of a maintenance programmer, working closely with the customer support representatives to solve customers' issues
- Maintained several different versions of all modules within the Dispatch-1 software product
- Wrote and maintained procedures in Java to send data packets between Progress Database and Telxon hand-held terminals
- Member of Social Committee, charged with formulating events for the entire staff
Educational History
O'Reilly School of TechnologySebastopol, CA • 2010
Client-side Programming Certificate
Art Institute OnlinePittsburgh, PA • 2007
Web Design Diploma
Carnegie Mellon School of Continuous LearningPittsburgh, PA • 2000
Software Engineering Certificate
Offered out of Ursinus College, Collegeville PA
La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, PA • 1987
Bachelors of Arts, Computer Science
Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA • 1984
Associates, Data Processing
Training Certifications
| Title of Class | Institute | Training Received |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to C# | Learning Tree | September 2012 |
| Object-Oriented Flash | American Graphics Institute | October 2011 |
| HTML Emails | American Graphics Institute | September 2011 |
| Oracle SQL | Oracle University | September 2006 |
| XML | Brookwood Media Arts | December 2005 |
| Java | New Horizons | September 2005 |
| Flash MX 2004 Advanced Applications | Brookwood Media Arts | May 2004 |
| Flash MX 2004 Application Development | Brookwood Media Arts | May 2004 |
| Flash MX 2004 Rich Media Design | Brookwood Media Arts | May 2004 |
| HTML 4 | Learning Tree | December 2001 |
| Progress Version 8 Comprehensive | Protech | February 1997 |
| Progress Webspeed | Protech | March 1996 |
| Progress Masters | Progress | March 1994 |
Portfolio
Web Sites
Everywhere Not Anywhere
Currently working on the design of a WordPress blog site for my brother, tentively called, "Everywhere Not Anywhere". He wanted his site in chromatic grayscale. The masthead image and the headshot were both converted from color to chromatic grayscale via Photoshop. The color scheme was developed using online color tools to find different shades of gray that will still be easy to read.
Basing the design off of the Blog template built for Bootstrap by @mdo. The template was converted into a WordPress template, and then customized to fit my brother's requests.
Work in Process
MyMedicalPayments
Built using Visual Studio 2010, on the .net 4.0 framework, this site was created to allow patients to pay their medical bills on-line. I was responsible for the sites design assets and its front-end interface. The site features: a slider built with flash, form validations built using jQuery, animated pop-up boxes to assist the user in finding their account number and CVV code on their credit card, and form changes when the user selects either "Pay by Credit Card" or "Pay by Check".
This site helped to decrease the average number of days to collect payment for medical services.
You will need an account number to go further into the site, but you can see some of the interface elements by going to MyMedicalPayments.com
MyAmbulancePayments
MyAmbulancePayments is the sister site to MyMedicalPayments. With a few changes to the configuration set up, we could collect payments for ambulance services, as well. You can see it in action by going to: MyAmbulancePayments.com
Be sure to click on the "Where's My..." links on either sibling's homepage. Also the FAQ page was built using accordion list of questions. Clicking on the question will allow the user to view the answer.
AccountTracker
I created the "Look and Feel" for AccountTracker. This was accomplished through the use of Silverlight, laying out and styling the site using XAML. This site incorporates the Ribbon component from Infragistics.
The purpose AccountTracker is to have doctors electronically sign charts that have already been sent to RTI for billing. It eliminated the need to ship the charts back to have them signed. Medical services cannot be billed without doctors signing off on the treatments.
This site also helped to decrease the average number of days to collect payment for medical services.
You will need a User ID and Password to get into the site, But you can see the Login page that I styled using XAML in Expression Blend, by going to AccountTrackerOnline.com.
NamasteBaby!
This is the version of the NamasteBaby.com website that I designed and coded. It has since been redesigned by another designer.
This site features a jQuery slideshow where images fade-in and fade-out. It also features an interactive schedule where the user can click to see more details about the class, and even register for the class.
Logos
MyMedicalPayments
Because this site was to be used for Emergency Room and Ambulance Services, the logo takes one thing that is prominent in both professions: the stethoscope placed around the neck. We then merge the cross and star of life symbols to represent the physicians and emergency medical technicians
AccountTracker
I created this logo using Photoshop specifically for the AccountTracker website.
User Interfaces
ScheduleNamasteBaby!
| SUNDAYS | ||||
| Classes | Locations | |||
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| 10:30am | 11:30am | Pre/Post Natal Yoga | Cornerstone Warrington Wellness Center | |
Class DescriptionSix Week Program Devoted to prenatal yogis and their journey as they discover and embrace the sacredness of motherhood. Women of every fitness level are invited to join in this practice, taught by a certified instructor. Spouses and birth coaches are also invited to register for this workshop! This is an amazing program that celebrates motherhood in a joyful and playful manner. Location DetailsHealth & Wellness Center Shetland Drive and Route 611 Warrington, PA 18976 215-918-5900 Childcare is available for siblings up to age 6. |
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| 11:45am | 12:30pm | Namaste Baby! | Cornerstone Warrington Wellness Center | |
Class DescriptionSix Week Program Devoted to recently postnatal yogis and their journey as they discover and embrace the sacredness of motherhood. This amazing program, which is taught by a certified instructor, celebrates motherhood in a joyful and playful manner. Location DetailsHealth & Wellness Center Shetland Drive and Route 611 Warrington, PA 18976 215-918-5900 Childcare is available for siblings up to age 6. |
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| TUESDAYS | ||||
| Classes | Locations | |||
| 5:30pm | 6:30pm | Ashtanga Basics | PSC Chalfont | |
Class DescriptionBasic Course - All Levels A fast-paced series of six sequential postures, which increase in difficulty, allowing students to work at their own pace. Location DetailsPhiladelphia Sports Center 1 Highpoint Drive Chalfont, PA 18914 215-822-1951 |
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| 6:30pm | 7:30pm | Reformer Pilates | PSC Chalfont | |
Class DescriptionAll Levels Pilates Reformer boosts energy and cuts stress. Using unique equipment, this method strengthens core muscles, increases flexibility, and improves balance and coordination while deepening the mind/body connection. Location DetailsPhiladelphia Sports Center 1 Highpoint Drive Chalfont, PA 18914 215-822-1951 |
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| THURSDAYS | ||||
| Classes | Locations | |||
| 5:30pm | 6:30pm | Vinyasa Yoga | PSC Chalfont | |
Class DescriptionAll Levels A vigorous and dynamic style of yoga with special attention paid to linking breathing with movement. There is an emphasis on standing postures. Location DetailsPhiladelphia Sports Center 1 Highpoint Drive Chalfont, PA 18914 215-822-1951 Select Thursday's Club Yoga class |
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| 6:30pm | 7:30pm | Reformer Pilates | PSC Chalfont | |
Class DescriptionAll Levels Pilates Reformer boosts energy and cuts stress. Using unique equipment, this method strengthens core muscles, increases flexibility, and improves balance and coordination while deepening the mind/body connection. Location DetailsPhiladelphia Sports Center 1 Highpoint Drive Chalfont, PA 18914 215-822-1951 |
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| FRIDAYS | ||||
| Classes | Locations | |||
| 6:00am | 7:00am | Men's Yoga | Brittany Studio | |
Class DescriptionClass Size is Limited Focuses on the male physique. Small class size translates to a uniquely detailed practice designed for the specific needs at the time class begins. Virtual individual attention stresses alignment and form more than depth of each posture. Practice is designed to gain mastery of basic postures, and build toward advanced poses. |
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| SATURDAYS | ||||
| Classes | Locations | |||
| 8:45am | 9:45am | Reformer Pilates | Cornerstone Warrington Wellness Center | |
Class DescriptionLevel I (beginner), Level II (intermediate) Level I - Develop muscular strength, flexibility, balance, and core strength while learning a series of exercises on this apparatus designed by Joseph Pilates, which utilizes springs, a moving carriage, and straps to effectively work the body. Level II – Continued exercise progression from the Level I program. For students who have knowledge of Reformer exercises and want a greater challenge. A Level I instructor will inform the student when she/he is ready to progress to Level II. Location DetailsHealth & Wellness Center Shetland Drive and Route 611 Warrington, PA 18976 215-918-5900 Childcare is available for children up to age 6. |
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Illustrations
Jolly Charlie
Firdbirds Crest
Firdbirds One-color Crest
Photography
Chalfont Petunias
Ralph Stover Wildflowers
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
Garden Gate at the Cedars House
Poetry
So Natural
- Awakening sunrise greets the honey bee.
- Instinctive buzz seeking out the delicate flower,
- the intoxicating ambrosia,
- the sweet nectar.
- Pattering stream rushes about its course.
- Lustrous stone caressed in its shimmering bed,
- the soothing flow meanders
- the crests freely.
- Rumbling thunderstorm rolls to the south.
- Cardinal purr of softly lapping drops
- mount to a roar as the deluge unfolds
- in thundering waves.
- Saturated meadow permeates with content.
- Scintillating scene elates in a warm glow
- the reemerging sun radiates
- the golden-red clouds disperse.
- So natural, as two hands holding, the day moves toward a lifetime.
I Came Home
- I came home today
- And found you were gone.
- Everything was as it was
- That moment...
- Time stood still.
- I panned the living room
- Your music
- still filled the air
- Your chair sat lonely
- Nobody snug in its embrace
- Whirling through the dining room
- I could almost see your footsteps
- on the kitchen floor.
- I called for you.
- You did not reply.
- I called for you again!
- I called for me!
- I called for help!
- I called for ...
- I called everyone.
- I gazed into the
- past
- A past that no longer sparkled
- No longer shined,
- No longer breathed.
- I breathed heavy
- Into a life that was,
- Into the soul of my soul,
- the heart of my heart.
- A breath that echoed back
- And I wished it said my name.
- I swore it said my name.
- I needed to hear my name
- the name you gave me.
- I came home today
- And found you.
- You were gone.
Vision
- There's a young butterfly
- spreading out her new-found wings,
- drying, slowly testing, trying,
- sitting on a branch
- of a perpetual tree.
- Muses call into mind
- a gentle nudge forward
- She flies!
- Brilliant are her wings.
- I see a tulip pushing its way
- through rocky soil,
- growing, blossoming, maturing,
- opening her petals to sun's warmth
- with a fragrant air.
- A gardener carefully waters
- and adds encouragement.
- She prospers!
- Charm are her petals.
- A poem cries to the pen
- recorded wept ink stains,
- it can go anywhere, see anything,
- be anything the mind desires
- with discipline and grace.
- The poet orchestrates her words
- animates her spirit
- She's free!
- Words are her immortality.
Sketches
The Red Queen
Pleased to Meet You
Contact
Shoot Me a Note
My apologies. I do not have the email process functional at this time.
My Location
I live in beautiful Chalfont, PA
Contact Info
- Email:
- paul.wrightson@ymail.com
- Phone:
- 610.209.7597
"Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it."
- Fred Shero