Welcome to my cyber home!

If you are looking to find out more about John DeWolf, you've come to the right place. Here you can find my resume, a brief section about who I am, and other bits of information. I'll be honest, the main goal of this site is to better control my SEO, since "John DeWolf" appears to be a popular name (I'm looking at you John DeWolf, dutch soccer player.)

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Allow me to introduce myself...

Hello Internet! In case you haven't figured it out yet, my name is John DeWolf... or Jack DeWolf... or JD. Beyond being a man of many names, I am also a man of many interests and talents.

I like messing around with Internet things. I am web developer with five years of digital marketing experience. Rails, Drupal, Wordpress, and Front End languages are in the realm of my expertise. However, I like to do more than getting projects built and looking pretty, I am always looking for ways to optimize them and improve their performance. I also love to learn about new web technologies. For example, I typically SASS and Bootstrap, so I built this site with LESS and Skeleton

Besides sitting in front my computer I am also a fully functioning human. You can find playing running throughout the greater Boston area, or hiking mountains, or drinking craft beer.

Interested in collaborating on a project? Send me an email, I'd love to talk about it.

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John DeWolf

Web Development and Digital Marketing

Technical Skills

Languages:
  • HTML
  • CSS (SASS and LESS)
  • JavaScript
  • SQL
  • Ruby
Frameworks:
  • Ruby on Rails
  • jQuery
  • Drupal
  • Wordpress
Other tools:
  • Git
  • Bootstrap
  • Zurb Foundation
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Google Analytics, Webmaster Tools, & Tag Manager, Doubleclick

Experience

Backupify (acquired by Datto, Inc)
Web Developer / Webmaster, March 2014 to present
  • Developed and launched redesigned marketing site. https://www.backupify.com/
  • The redesigned website decreased bounce rate, increased pages per session, organic search traffic, and conversions
  • Conducted changes on blog that lifted SEO penalties and increased sessions by 85%
  • Developed redesigned blog.backupify.com and techculture.datto.com
  • Implemented front end improvements to datto.com
  • Created microsites to promote events
Launch Academy
Apprentice Ruby on Rails Developer, November 2013 to January 2014
  • Built Goalivate using Ruby, Rails, CSS, and PostgreSQL (http://goalivate.herokuapp.com/)
  • Developed a web application for WorkBar that utilized full stack skills and the Twilio API
  • Applied Test Driven Development and Agile Development methodologies in all projects
  • Created projects using Software Development Lifecycle in deadline orientated situations
  • Practiced pair programming techniques to complete group projects
Yahoo! Inc.
Digital Media, Display Platform Operations, January 2013 to November 2013
  • Used an acute understanding of HTML, ad serving logic, and third party tags to resolve serving issues
  • Investigated ad-server issues submitted by partners and provided informative and prompt responses
  • Monitored campaign delivery via third party and internal ad serving systems for quality control and to ensure campaigns are running as contracted
Yahoo! Inc.
Media Delivery Coordinator, July 2012 to December 2012
  • Appointed team leader of six person team for the six month project
  • Built, trafficked, and scheduled advertising creative using Yahoo! technologies
  • Proactively monitored, analyzed and optimized all online advertising performance from creating insertion orders to post completion follow up
Raceway Media (acquired by Internet Brands)
Digital Marketing Coordinator, June 2010 to July 2012
  • Essential member of sales team that achieved 40% growth in revenue from 2010 to 2011
  • Responsible for creating key marketing pieces including media kits, presentations and proposals using Adobe Design Suite
  • Monitored and optimized display advertising campaigns using Google Doubleclick for Publishers and Google Analytics

Education

Endicott College
B.S., Communication, September 2006 to May 2010