Syed Abidi

							                                          Syed Aun Abidi
        2458 Ridgeway Drive, Atlanta, GA 30360 - Cell (404) 663-3410 - Email: aunabidi@hotmail.com


Objective

With professional skills and a strong desire to learn more, I am determined to exercise my abilities and
knowledge to assist with, and optimize programming operations in an organization.

Education

        Georgia State University (Fall 2003 – Fall 2008)
         Bachelor of Computer Science

        Dunwoody High School (1999 – 2003)
         Key Courses: AP Computer Science and Cisco Networking
         Member of: Academy of Information Technology

Employment

SpeedySuppliers.com                                               Norcross, GA (Nov 2008 – January 2009)
Web Developer/SEO Expert;                                                 www.speedysuppliers.com

        Responsible for developing and implementing effective SEO strategies with the goal of producing
         high organic rankings on major search engines and generating increased web traffic.
        Responsible for creating XML sitemaps to ensure crawling of deeply nested pages.
        Responsible for editing and making changes to the website using HTML and MonsterCommerce.

A2Z Movers LLC                                                    Dunwoody, GA (Sept 2004 – Dec 2008)
Web Developer/Designer;                                                   www.a2zmoversllc.com

        Responsible for building and maintaining the website according to the company requirements.
        Developed 7 page website from scratch using HTML, PHP, CSS and JavaScript.
        Responsible for making website attractive to drive traffic.
        Developed effective PPC campaigns in competitive markets to increase web traffic using Google
         AdWords and Yahoo! Search Marketing.

U.S. Granite Design, Inc.                                         Guru.com (Nov 2008)
Web Developer;                                                             www.usgranitedesign.com

        Responsible for adding the Contact Us and Colors pages to the website.
        Responsible for developing and editing the website using Flash, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

VB Masonry Contractors, Inc.                                      Guru.com (Nov 2008)
Web Developer/Designer;                                                  www.vbmasonrycontractors.com

        Responsible for creating VB Masonry Contractors website including the banner.
        The website uses PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and MySQL.
        Installed PHP5+ photo gallery onto website.
Projects

CrickeTime                                                                       (Oct 2006 – Present)
Web Designer;                                                                    www.cricketime.com

        CrickeTime is an online discussion board that was created from ground up in 2006.
        Responsible for the development and maintenance of the website.
        Setup a vBulletin forum and kept it up-to-date with the new versions and modifications. Designed
         3 skins for the discussion board. Implemented news feeds via RSS. Languages used are mainly
         PHP and HTML. vBulletin uses a MySQL database and an Apache server.

Personal Finance Manager Application

        Developed Java/Swing application to track personal finances. Participated in a comprehensive
         end user Java solution designed to record and track personal finances.
        Program predicted future net worth based on user's expenses and active balances. Documentation
         included MS Visio flow charts, detailing data flow and processes.
        Project assignment required completion based on a timeline to enable understanding of strict
         service level agreements in a professional corporate environment.

Skills

        Expertise in HTML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL, SQL, PostgreSQL, AJAX, C++, Java,
         XHTML, Unix shell scripting, and LAMP platform.
        Expertise in MS Office, MS Outlook, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, Quicken
         QuickBooks, MS Money, JDeveloper, SSH, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash CS4, Macromedia
         Dreamweaver, and various proprietary web applications.
        Strong hands on experience in troubleshooting hardware issues with PC laptops and desktops,
         peripherals, networking components, storage devices, add-ons, printers and scanners.
        Strong hands on experience with MS Windows 9x, 2000, XP, Vista, Ubuntu Linux, and Apache
         web server.
        Excellent people skills and able to work well in a team.

References

Excellent references available upon request.