Chase Florell

About Me

Hey There! My name is Chase. I love God, my family, and technology (computers and gadgets mostly).

I've spent the past 10 years crafting my ability as a software developer; learning through books, blogs, and of course StackOverflow.

I started out building an HTML website for a church, and got hooked. It bothered me that every time they needed to updated it, they had to ask me to do it for them. I decided at that point that if I could only figure out how to write to, and read from a text file, that I could make it so that they could update their own website. This was my first iteration of a "CMS", and I did it just by searching around the web till I figured it out.

After a couple of years writing classic asp, I made the jump to asp.net and my journey of learning has never stopped. I'm passionate about programming, a quick learner, and thrive when learning new technologies. Programming gets me excited, and I enjoy going the extra mile on projects.

Education

Kelly Road Secondary School - 1998

Western Pentecostal Bible College - 1999 to 2002

School of Google and Stack Exchange - 2000 to current

For a little more information about me, please check out my StackOverflow CV

Work Experience

2004 - 2008Timbers Community Church
Youth and Creative Ministries Pastor

• Lead youth in their acceptance of and journey with Christ through weekly meetings and large events
• Equip and mobilized worship and tech teams for all weekend services
• Chaired the youth ministerial in Prince George (3 consecutive years)
• Organize large youth events and trips (YC Edmonton, October Bash)
• Ran a successful "skater" outreach including skate competitions and Gospel presentations
• Maintained web site, server administration, and telephone systems as the unofficial IT administrator

2008 - CurrentRockPointe Church
Director of Technical Ministries

• Recruit and mobilize A/V & lighting teams to deliver the technical needs for all RPC public services
• Oversee the operation and ongoing maintenance of all A/V and lighting systems
• Ensure effective management and control of the tech budget
• Develop and maintain long range plans for all RPC technical ministries
• Consult on web development, mobile app development, and online communication systems

Skills

Server Side Technologies

Strong knowledge of Object Oriented Programming focusing on Microsoft's Stack (IIS, SQL Server, and ASP.NET).
An understanding of both C# and VB, and use both Web Forms and MVC. Currently working through training material on node.js

Client Side Technologies

Strong knowledge of how the client interacts with the server focusing primarily on HTML5, and Javascript (jQuery, Sencha Touch, and JSON).

Hardware Understanding

Ability to design and build servers and networking infrastructure including custom firewalls, network storage (NAS), and telephone systems.

Production System Design

Ability to design and deploy production tech equipment, primarily focusing in media and video distribution, with some knowledge of sound and lighting systems.

Contact Info

Chase Florell

home: +1 (403) 775-1747
mobile: +1 (403) 975-4852
email:

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