Mark Willis

About Mark Willis

Born in mid 1987, I've always had a desire to be creative. So when I first got connected to the internet sometime around 2000 - it wasn't long before I started creating websites!

Now I'm a full time developer, developing websites, social tools, applications and their interfaces. I also do web design, produce interactive media in Adobe Flash and draw out 2D building layouts in AutoCAD.

When I'm not geekin' out: I like cars, paintballing and running.

I am also a small time investor, holding financial stakes in several companies.

Experience

I've worked on some relatively large websites, providing stable back-end platforms and system administration to cater for upwards of 1m visitors a month.

Recently I've been working on, and running, projects for government contractors as well as small start ups with big potential.

Markup

I can produce in only W3C compliant valid XHTML and CSS markup, but in larger web apps it's generally overkill. Sometimes experience beats standards.

Front and Back-end development

For years I have coded in PHP, and use MySQL databases. I have built my own PHP Framework with a proven ability to manage millions of visitors a month, but can adapt easily to other frameworks.

I am highly proficient in native Javascript and the jQuery library.

Design / Interactive

I've clocked up many hours in Photoshop and Macromedia Adobe Flash (I even have the recipt!).

Seach Engine Optimisation (SEO)

I also design all sites with search engine optimisation (SEO) in mind, making sure the site gets a naturally good search engine position.