John Overall

WordPress Specialist, available for speaking, training and site design.

Location: British Columbia, Canada
Industry: Internet

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John Overall's Overview

Current

WordPress Specialist with a focus on training, setup, programing & speaking. at JohnOverall.com (Self-employed)

Past

Owner at Fire Dragon Hosting
Social Media Coordinator & Webmaster for the RVTimes.ca at RVTimes
Web Design/ Graphic Design/ Photography/ Computer Networking/ Web hosting at Smart Bomb Enterprises

Owner at Discovery Computers Sooke
Owner/ Manager/ Technician at 2006-2009 Discovery Computers Sooke
Graphic Design/ Computer Networking/ Desktop Publishing at 2003-2004 HDC Human Development Consultants Ltd
Creator/ Owner/ Designer/ Editor at JOHN OVERALL
President / Art Director / Photo Manager / Writer at Nexus Publishing Society

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Education

Camosun College

Recommendations

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Helping people discover the joys of WordPress is what I do best right now.

I offer both beginner and advanced training classes on how to use WordPress.

Classes are available at Shoreline Community School, Qcollege in Victoria and one to one training, custom course for company's and online training as well.

I help guide company's when setting up a WordPress website direction on choosing the correct template to fit your needs helping you understand how to enter data and promote it to other social media networks that are available such as Facebook and Twitter.

Specialties

WordPress Training, WordPress Speaker, WordPress Specialist Social Media Speaker, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Help

WordPress Specialist with a focus on training, setup, programing & speaking.

JohnOverall.com (Self-employed)

Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry

August 2010 – Present (1 year 7 months)

I can help you by setting up your WordPress website and getting all ready for you to enter your content. On the other-hand if you need content done I can do that for you also. I will consult on what the best template for your business is and help you get it setup and functioning. I also offer beginner and advanced training on WordPress and I am available for speaking engagements to discuss the benefits on how WordPress can help you and your business.

I can be reached at www.JohnOverall.com for more information.

Owner

Fire Dragon Hosting

Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry

January 1999 – August 2010 (11 years 8 months)

I am currently a web professional specializing in WordPress. Due to Family and Financial reasons I am looking for a fulltime position with a company.

Social Media Coordinator & Webmaster for the RVTimes.ca

RVTimes

March 2010 – July 2010 (5 months)

This was a term project that ended. Although I am still doing site maintenance and updates on a part-time basis for the company.

I was the Social Media Coordinator & Webmaster for the RVTimes.ca Where I managed the company's Facebook, Twitter accounts. performed website maintenance updates and upgrades. I was also responsible for contacting clients for advertising on the website. I created the advertisements for some clients for placement onto the website.

Web Design/ Graphic Design/ Photography/ Computer Networking/ Web hosting

Smart Bomb Enterprises

Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry

January 1999 – March 2010 (11 years 3 months)

Create, design and deploy unique and user-friendly web sites

Create, design and deploy e-stores for clients.

Created and maintain the; Work closely with clients, gathering information that is used on their web sites.

Supply web hosting for a variety of clients.

Owner

Discovery Computers Sooke

March 2006 – February 2009 (3 years)

Owned and operated the computer store for three years and was very profitable with it.

Owner/ Manager/ Technician

2006-2009 Discovery Computers Sooke

March 2006 – February 2009 (3 years)

Oversaw sales of Computer, electronics and digital photo equipment.

Managed employees including hiring, employee retention, scheduling and

Termination
Over the 3 yr period transformed business from losing money to being a

profitable enterprise.
Ordered and controlled inventory by projecting needs.

Computer technician handled repairs for customers systems.

Manage and maintained computer networks for company and clients.

Graphic Design/ Computer Networking/ Desktop Publishing

2003-2004 HDC Human Development Consultants Ltd

January 2003 – June 2004 (1 year 6 months)

Created and designed unique graphics for use in training manuals.

Worked closely with consultants to gather information used for creating training

manuals.
Created training manuals using desktop publishing software, MSWord, Quark,

PageMaker. Illustrator, InDesign.
Managed and maintained the company's computer network.

Creator/ Owner/ Designer/ Editor

JOHN OVERALL

January 1999 – January 2002 (3 years 1 month)

Typesetting and layout for monthly magazine using QuarkXPress®.

Designed advertising copy for monthly magazine using Illustrator®,
Photoshop®.
Assembled and directed team for creation, operation, and publication of

monthly magazine
Writing of articles for publication.

Moved the magazine from a published format to an online format located at

www.cityview.bc.ca .

President / Art Director / Photo Manager / Writer

Nexus Publishing Society

January 1998 – January 2002 (4 years 1 month)

I was the art director for The Nexus where I was responsible for the creative

input and design of the paper.
I was a leader in the creation of the Nexus Publishing Society.

I was photo manager, where I provided training and supervised the work of

new photographers.