Adam recently graduated from Eastern Michigan University's College
of Business where he received a Bachelors of Business Administration
in Information Systems and an elective minor in Psychology.
He also received magna
cum laude honors.
Adam's interests include web applications development,
reading - especially about ancient history
and the American Revolution - traveling, alpine skiing, camping,
canoeing, and video gaming.
Adam is currently working on several PHP/MySQL driven
projects that include a forum, a web log, and a gift registry. These projects, some of which can be found through links on this page, are continually under development.
Throughout his education, both at Eastern Michigan University and while
learning through freelance experience, Adam has been exposed
to several applications and technologies. Below is a detailed list
of those applications and technologies Adam has worked with
and to what level of expertise he judges himself.
| Technology or Application |
Description |
Usage |
Experience |
| HTML/XHTML |
The scripting language for creating web pages. |
1996 - Present |
Expert |
| CSS |
The scripting language for stylizing web pages written in HTML
in order to add color, borders, and more. |
1997 - Present |
Expert |
| JavaScript |
A scripting language for dynamically modifying web pages written
in HTML. Used to add enhanced interactability and customizable
content on the smallest scale. Referred to as Dynamic HTML
when grouped with HTML and the Document Object Model. |
1997 - Present |
Advanced |
| VBScript |
Another scripting language for dynamically modifying web content
written in HTML. VBScript is specifically compatible with Internet
Exlporer. |
1997 - 2000 |
Intermediate |
| PHP |
The server-side scripting language for dynamically modifying web
content written in HTML. Used to enhance interactability on
the large scale and to add connectivity to databases. |
2000 - Present |
Advanced |
| perl |
A legacy server-side scripting language that is perhaps still the
most widely used for making HTML dynamic. |
2000 - 2002 |
Intermediate |
| ASP |
Another server-side scripting language, this one developed by and
for Microsoft. |
1999 - 2000 |
Novice |
| MySQL |
A web-based database primarily used to connect to PHP or ColdFusion
server-side scripts. The foundation of MySQL is adapted from
the SQL database querying standards. |
2000 - Present |
Advanced |
| MS Access |
A mid-range database application that incorporates the ability
to manage data and present it in a uniformly formatted
range of displays. |
2000 - Present |
Advanced |
| C++ |
A strong programming language for building advanced application
infrastructures. |
1997 - 2002 |
Intermediate |
| Java |
An adaptive programming language for building distributed and highly
portable applications with standardised toolsets for
creating detailed graphical user interfaces, embedding
itself into HTML, interfacing with databases, and
more. |
2002 - Present |
Intermediate |
| XML |
Originally developed as a standard for creating formatted and easily
editable data documents, eXtensible Markup Language has
quickly evolved into an advanced data management technology
with numerous uses. |
2002 - Present |
Novice |
| UML |
Unified Modeling Language is a set of interpretive systems design
methodologies that enables and aids systems applications
to be designed before coding begins. |
2002 - Present |
Novice |
| Windows 9x/XP |
Windows is the operating system used by most end-users. |
1995 - Present |
Expert |
| Windows 2K/2K3 |
The Windows operating systems used to develop networks and network
applications. |
2002 - Present |
Intermediate |
| UNIX/LINUX |
Fully customizable, stable, and highly versatile, the 'NIX operating
systems are used by technology professionals to host
systems applications and much more. |
2002 - Present |
Novice |