Financial professional with several years of accounting experience providing financial assurance and tax services to nonprofit organizations, closely-held businesses, and individuals. Experienced website developer specializing in implementing WordPress-based solutions for small businesses and non-profit organizations.

C. Murray Consulting
WordPress Developer, March 2010 – Present

• Develop WordPress- and BuddyPress-powered sites for clients, focusing on customization to meet unique needs and specifications.
• Build custom plugins at clients’ requests to add functionality to WordPress and BuddyPress.
• Audit existing WordPress sites to identify security deficiencies, areas of code improvement, and additional functionality that would enhance experiences for both clients and their visitors.

erick t. hitter consulting
Principal, 1997 – Present
Freelance website design, development, and maintenance

• Develop and maintain internet presences for small businesses and non-profits with a
  focus on economically increasing organizational awareness.
• Deploy Joomla and Drupal, open-source content management systems.
• Deploy WordPress, an open-source blogging and content management system.
• Build WordPress plugins to provide custom functionality or features not available
  through existing extensions.
• Design themes and templates customized to match organizations’ needs and existing
  branding.
• Build custom website solutions using PHP and MySQL.
• Maintain customer solutions by applying security patches, implementing software
  upgrades, and adding additional functionality as requested.
• Assist organizations in creating a unified brand across diverse platforms, including email
  and social media.
• Establish appropriate mechanisms to ensure client’s sites are listed in search engines and
  directories.

WordCamp Boston
Founding Organizer, October 2009 – Present
Community-organized conference for users and developers of WordPress

• Worked with team of eight individuals to organize the first WordCamp held in Boston.
• Event brought together 400 attendees and 60 speakers and sponsors for a one-day
  conference.
• Prepared conference schedule and presentation summaries for inclusion on WordCamp
  Boston website.
• Reviewed attendee lists to prepare for printing of identification badges and create lists to
  facilitate contests.
• Oversaw attendee registration and resolved issues related thereto.
• Coordinated social media presence prior to and during the event, responding to questions
  and complaints and facilitating contests.
• Updated WordCamp Boston website after event to include links to presentation videos,
  slides, and speaker ratings.

Del Conte, Hyde, Annello & Schuch, P.C., Farmington, CT
Staff Associate, January 2007 – June 2009
Full-service accounting firm serving clients throughout southern New England

• Prepared and delivered sensitive accounting reports for individuals, partnerships, corporations, and non-profit organizations.
• Served organizations in the medical, construction, consulting, insurance, and retail industries.
• Performed for-profit compilation and review engagements, including workpaper preparation and drafting of financial statements and disclosures.
• Prepared individual, partnership, and corporate income tax returns, including Forms 1065, 1120, and 1120S.
• Performed non-profit audit engagements, including design of audit programs, review of accounting policies to ensure compliance with non-profit GAAP, and drafting of financial statements in accordance with SFAS 117.
• Prepared non-profit information returns, including revised Form 990, for social and recreational organizations, libraries, and museums.
• Prepared clients’ annual Forms 1099 reporting interest and dividends paid and other non-employee compensation.

National Public Radio (NPR)
Audio Engineering Intern, June – August 2005
Engineering intern for NPR’s Tomorrow Radio project

• Involved in RF and acoustical measurements for the Tomorrow Radio project
• Collected data for the HD Radio project
• Mixed and edited stories for NPR Next Generation Radio’s Intern Edition Summer 2005

University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
M.S. in Accounting and Taxation, focus on financial and assurance services
Received May 2007
Grade Point Average: 3.43

University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
B.S. in Audio Engineering Technology, minor in business administration
Received May 2006
Grade Point Average: 3.57

University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
A.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology
Received May 2005

Freelance Copywriting
1997 – Present

• Publish regular articles for my personal blog, disparate.info, ranging in length from 100 to 1,000 words. Topics include news, commentary, technology news and reviews, and travel writing, among others.
• Produce copy for various websites I design and maintain for organizations with which I was or am involved.

• Eagle Scout
• Undergraduate representative to the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture Dean Search Committee
• Tau Alpha Pi Technical Honor Society
• Dean’s List, Ward College of Technology

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Affiliate
• Audio Engineering Society
• Salem Build Guild
• Boston PHP Meetup
• Boston WordPress Meetup
• Providence WordPress Meetup