Portfolio for David Rivers

As of Wednesday July 7, 2010, the portfolio is temporarily disabled during server maintenance. It is scheduled to return by Thursday July 15, 2010. Please check back then.

As always, you can still view my resume.

Recommendations

As Director of User Experience at Weddzilla

I met David nearly a decade ago in an online, development discussion board. Having been managed by him at Weddzilla, I can attest to the honesty and passion that he displays in a professional context. He is insistent on doing things “the right way the first time”. Despite a volatile business environment and harried development schedule at Weddzilla, David managed to retain a balanced sense of perspective and effectively translate the business needs from the executive team into user stories and development iterations. As a stand-in project lead and scrum master, he had shown an ability to facilitate an air of open communication, that enabled a pivotal understanding of priorities and code functionality between our segmented team of developers. David is a natural leader and proficient developer. I look forward to working with him on future projects.

As Co-Founder/Technical Lead at Ossia

Fantastic server administration as well as development advice. In fact, it was David that convinced me to move to the Kohana PHP framework, which is now my go-to framework as it’s saved me weeks of work on future projects.

As Web Developer for ChiFix

Hiring David to do work on ChiFix (www.chifix.com) was a very wise choice as he is extremely creative and did great work in the short amount of time I gave him to complete the task of designing, developing and deploying the site. Working with David has been nothing but a pleasure and I would recommend him to anyone that is in need of a great web site.

As Web Developer at InPhonic/Simplexity

David is an excellent and knowledgeable html coder and creative designer. We have worked on numerous projects together and his attention to detail and work ethic help make sure nothing is ever forgotten in every project. He adds versatility to his creative IT expertise with experience working with the marketing and Search Engine Optimization Teams and actually contributing to brain-storming sessions and strategic marketing meetings. His input is always a detailed and sought-after inclusion. In any team, David has the ability and leadership to facilitate successful completion and success of the team’s goals.

David is a very fast learner and an even faster implementer. He is determined and doesn’t let any obstacles stop him. While working with David, his friendly, joking attitude brightened up the office and his professionalism shone when dealing with clients.

David is such a valuable team member because he learns existing processes quickly, yet has a knack for using creative problem-solving methods to enhance the quality and productivity of the big picture, which he always has an eye on. An intelligent and extremely personable worker!

David is great at seeing how a process works and making it more efficient.