Random Facts

  • I am a futurist and a science fiction enthusiast who is not ashamed to say that StarTrek outweighs StarWars 727 to 130.
  • I play 2 video games.
  • In Greenville during the 2014 growing season I had ~15 tomato plants, 4 ground cherries, 3 gourd vines (~20' each), 2 sprawling melon vines, 4 miniature cucumber vines, 1 potted rubber tree from 1995, 23 pepper plants (3 of those are non-spicy. 5 of them are Carolina Reapers, hottest in the world).
  • In 2008 a small team and I resurrected our school newspaper which had been dead for just over 15 years.
  • In 2009 I published a printed zine called Incomplete Thought.
  • I have a lasting interest in optics, and zero knowledge about the topic.
  • I can explain in plain English how to get to space.
  • I will always be an OS X person and will always prefer the Android OS.
  • Don't ask me a serious question about Star Trek unless you want the full answer.

KEVIN BOST

Front-End Web Developer

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Hello!

I'm Kevin Bost | front end web developer for hire | artist | organic gardener | from Greenville, SC.

My passion in life is to push forward in which ever direction needs expansion.

What that means is, as a recent graduate of The Iron Yard's Front End Engineering Academy, I'm available to take your company's web experience to a new level.

I am a front end web developer specializing in Javascript. Although JS is my specialty, I am hungry to expand my knowledge in new directions.

Experienced use of and hand coding in:

  • HTML5, CSS3 & SASS
  • jQuery, BackboneJS, ParseJS, Bootstrap, UnderscoreJS, PaperJS, Grunt.
  • Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Javascript.
    • Constructors
    • Inheritance & Prototype Chain
  • Front end web performance optimization.
  • Everyday use of Git for version control.
  • Strong interest in new tech and language advancements.
  • Experienced use with the Adobe Creative Suite (specialty in PS, AI and ID)

Education

The Iron Yard 2014

Front End Engineering - Javascript

The Iron Yard's Front End Web Design and Engineering program is a web development accelerator that prepares its students to enter the professional world as knowledgeable and confident Programmers.

The Iron Yard offers:

  • pro insight
  • group coding
  • design guidance
  • vast community
  • offbeat programming
  • presigious reputation
  • gradeless education
  • passionate staff

Virginia Intermont College 2007-2010

Photography & Digtial Imaging

Virginia Intermont was, until 2014, a small school in Bristol, Virginia. It enrolled about 400 students and was known for having one of the best Photography programs in the country.

Experience gained in:

  • photo history
  • dig. darkroom
  • advanced b&w
  • color darkroom
  • adobe creative suite
  • adv. digital printing
  • alt. b&w processes
  • general education

Experience

Mitchell Industrial Controls 2012-2014

Inventory Management

Mitchell Industrial Controls is a distributor of industrial heaters and controllers to manufacturers throughout the Southeast.

Job responsibilities included:

  • invoicing
  • purchasing
  • raw data entry
  • order processing
  • customer relations
  • shipping & receiving
  • mechanical drawing
  • product photography
  • inventory management
  • controller programming

Greenville Organic Food Organization 2007-2010

Non-profit volunteer

GOFO is a Nonprofit organization based around community education. They organize and maintain gardens around the city of Greenville and in the majority of elementary schools in the area.

Responsibilities included:

  • media design
  • site re-design
  • photographer
  • web consultant
  • email monitoring
  • file system migration
  • file system restructure
  • promotional print design

portfolio

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