Hi, my name is
Kurt Leadley
I'm a Web and Database Developer

About me:
I'm a web developer from Saratoga, New York. My specialties are server side programming, database development and JavaScript Currently, I am working professionally with JavaScript based technologies, CiviCRM, PHP, MySQL and Joomla. I have extensive prior experience and expertise in Google Apps Script.
I have professional experience with:
- PHP
- MySQL
- JavaScript
- jQuery
- HTML5
- CSS3
- Joomla
- CiviCRM
- XML
- AngularJS
- Google Apps Script
When I am not working, I like to play hockey, hike and bike. I enjoy watching football and hockey with the wife, kids and cat as well. When I have a chance to get out of town, I like to go up to the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate NY.
Work and Education Experience:
- ADG Communications
- GlobalFoundries
- Bellevue University
- HVCC Internship
- Hudson Valley Commuity College
ADG Communications: Web and Database Developer
February 2019 - Present
Collaborates with small team of developers to produce high quality, beautiful and compliant websites.
- Leverage Joomla with in house, custom templates for design
- Add custom JavaScript to Joomla pages to enhance and extend front end functionality
- Develop custom CiviCRM extensions using PHP and MySQL to enhance database functionality
Administers and develops databases for ADG's clients
- CiviCRM administration
- PHPMyAdmin administration
GlobalFoundries: Web and Database Developer
September 2015 - November 2018
Automated daily tasks for a team of engineers with Google Apps Script
- GMail, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Google Docs, Google Calendar integration and automation code
- Helped reduce bugs caused by manual input and increased productivity of Design Manual team
Word to DITA document conversion automation
- Leveraged the DITA Open Toolkit open source project to help convert Word documents to to well formed, specifically marked and structured DITA
- Custom XSLT and XML code for mapping and importing converted DITA documents into internal, web based technical writing software.
Bachelor's @ Bellevue
Completed August 31, 2020
Cumulative GPA of 3.86. Focus on MEAN stack.
- JavaScript / jQuery
- Node.js
- Mongo DB
- Angular
- Express
Internship @ HVCC
January 2015 - August 2015
Interned full time my last semester at Hudson Valley Community College for the ITS department.
- Wrote a backend administration tool for tracking library books and media
- Application was written using PHP,MySQL,AJAX,HTML,CSS on an Apache server
- Some features include, adding, modifying and deleting books or media. Advanced search capabilities could filter results by many categories (Think shopping on Amazon)
Hudson Valley Community College Degree
September 2012 - May 2015
Associates in Applied Science, Web Design and WWW Programming
- Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY from Fall 2012 – Spring 2015, GPA 3.9
- President’s List (Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014)
- Awarded "Outstanding Achievement in Computer Information Systems: Web Design" May 2015