Oleksandr Baletskyi - Web Developer from Toronto

About me

Nice to meet you

Hi, my name is Oleksandr. I'm a coffee lover and web developer, passionate about creating awesome projects with a part of my soul inside. I am experienced in both Front and Back end development, have over 10 years of professional experience and more than 40 successfully completed projects (from landing and promo pages to corporate portals and advertising platforms).

In my work I most frequently use WordPress, but also I work with CMS like OpenCart, Drupal, awesome PHP Framework Laravel and JS Framework React.js. Significant part of my projects built using plain PHP, so I know it well.

My Skills*

PHP

87%

WordPress

95%

Laravel Framework

88%

HTML5

95%

CSS3

98%

JavaScript

80%

Twitter Bootstrap

100%

MySQL

63%

* results based on UpWork™ passed tests

Languages

EnglishWorking proficiency

UkrainianFull proficiency

PolishWorking proficiency

My Stats

40+ Projects done

30+ Happy clients

6 700+ Daily visitors (for all made projects)

≈ 2 119 136 Lines of code (based on daily average)

Personal Info

Date of birth March 28, 1992

Located Toronto, Canada

Relationship Married

Resume

Web developer with over 10 years of success software development experience in Back end (PHP, SQL), as well as in Front end (HTML5, CSS3, JS), including enterprise and e-commerce applications.

I have a natural ability for listening to customer requests and transforming into efficient software, ensuring applications are delivered on time, accordable to specifications, scalable, performance optimized, secured and maintainable.

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Work experience

Full Stack Web Developer

Freelance (Toronto, Canada; Lviv, Ukraine)September 2015 - May 2024

Main duties:

Advertising platform, corporate portal, websites development and modification
WordPress websites development (including custom plugins and themes)
Creation Back end of applications using Laravel PHP Framework
Creation Front end of applications using React.js and Redux, ES6
Integration projects with CRM, Payment System APIs (Stripe, PayPal)
Integration with external API (Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vk)
Server configuration and administration (DigitalOcean)

WordPress Developer

MoonArt Web Studio (Lviv, Ukraine)January 2015 - August 2015

Main duties:

Creation premium WordPress themes (using page builders, like Visual Composer)
Creation plugins for WordPress
Performance optimization, vulnerability and security testing, found problems fixing
Customer support, wide range bugs fixing
Changed my primary code editor from Sublime to PHPStorm to increase productivity

Web Developer

Freelance (Lviv, Ukraine)July 2014 - December 2014

Main duties:

Landing Page development (from design to deploy in production and support)
Microformats markup code integration (Schema.org)
Creation WordPress based websites with non-standard solutions (using custom themes and plugins) and online stores using Opencart and Prestashop CMS

Junior Web Developer

Webbook LLC (Lviv, Ukraine)August 2013 - June 2014

Main duties:

Front end development (responsive, cross-browser), PSD-to-HTML conversion
E-stores, business websites, blog development (WordPress, Joomla, Opencart)
Creation parsers for e-commerce
Adding new functions and editing existing projects, SEO optimization

Certificates

English for E-Business and Web-Design

April 2016 - June 2016

After taking English course in Toronto's International Language School I'm not only extended my vocabulary and improved grammar, but also discovered new methods of online marketing and customer behavior strategies.

Google AdWords Mobile Certification

December 2015 - December 2017

Google Mobile Adwords Certificate demonstrates that Google recognizes me as an expert in online advertising, mobile advertising, including ad formats, bidding and targeting, and campaign measurement and optimization.

Social Media Targeting

September 2015 - November 2015

Due to rapid expansion of social networks in the last decade I took this course to understand how modern businesses can find their customers not only with traditional advertising channels, but how to reach specific audiences based on variety criteria, such as their interests, location, age, gender and even behavior. After completing I got better understanding of the future tendencies of this type of advertising and how to get maximum result at lowest cost in networks like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Vkontakte, etc.

Education

Ternopil National Economic University

September 2008 - July 2013

I got Master's degree of Business Administration with advanced studying of Information Technology in my Alma mater. During study I learned a lot of disciplines, including: Business Planning and Prediction, Further Mathematics, Calculus, Statistics, Probability Theory, Data Collection and Analysis, Data Structures, DataBases, Fundamentals of Programming, etc. Besides, plenty of time I spent working on course projects, some of them had group tasks, that taught me how to effectively solve problems independently and as a part of team.

Poznan University of Economics

February 2011 - July 2011

When I was in my second year in TNEU I won our faculty competition and got a chance to discover new country, its culture, as well as improve my English & Polish language skills with Erasmus program, so I spent my next half a year in PUE (Poznan, Poland). It was my first time living and studying abroad, but I used that time to find new friends and make communications with people from different countries. I also discovered new useful details about doing international business, such as corporate management in worldwide companies, and understood how to launch products on new markets.

Services

According to my proficiency in industry standard programming languages, such as PHP (5.x, 7.x), HTML, CSS, ECMAScript, SQL and their derivatives (like modern frameworks, CMS), I can provide you high-quality decisions, that will help you to reach your business goals with maximum performance in a short terms.

All of my customers have been impressed by level of my competency, and my ambition to be more than just developer/designer, but also a web strategy consultant.

Web development

I build websites using wide range of CMS and frameworks using the best development practices. So you can be sure, that your website will be fast, secure and easy to use.

WordPress development

I create WordPress themes, plugins and widgets from scratch or modify existing to match your needs and branding (I'm always up-to-date with a new WP features).

Back end development

I’m passioned to write clean, modular, well-documented code to make the proper communication between server, application and database and as a result build high-performance and secure websites.

Front end programming

I build projects with modern technologies, that allows to create valid, semantic, responsive/adaptive, cross-browser, optimized and fast loading pages, that will look perfectly on desktops, laptops, mobile devices etc.

E-commerce development

I make attractive, ease to use online stores, that are SEO optimized with integrated online payments, SSL protection, multi languages and currencies, advanced search and wide filter options.

Bugs detecting and fixing

I'm not only creating websites and applications, but I also check existing projects for problems, errors, bugs and fix them to improve appearance of your website, as well as make it more protected, safer and easier to use.

Website optimization

I do speed, performance, UI/UX and code quality audits to check if your website works fine in most cases and correct or even refactor code where it is necessary.

Project support

Some websites may be an ongoing project that will need maintenance or support. I also offer services for ongoing website maintenance & content updates.

Portfolio

The most important part, confirming my skills and experience is portfolio.
Below you can see the map, that illustrates where my clients from (white countries) and some projects, that I've recently made for them.

Clients geography

Applications

N Puzzle

My implementation of the popular game N Puzzle, created using React + Redux.
Has 6 game modes: from easy 2×2 to hard 7×7 tiles.

Websites

ABC Security Access Systems

Website (including e-commerce section) for company, that implements integrated access control and security systems, provides integrated solutions for commercial clients, retailers and facility managers.

Artist Become - Original Art Selling Platform

Online artist community for up-and-coming artists where artists can share their art with the world for free.

SmartIPTv - IPTV Provider

Business website for broadcast distribution undertaking and independent internet service provider with e-commerce for selling and managing subscriptions.

DagrSol Search Engine Promo

Promo website for company which provides a unique operating in the field of search engine indexing and search monetization in the network.

Fun-Travel Agency

Multilevel directory website (hotels, cities, regions, countries) with filters for travel agency with blog, custom user review and rating system, tours search plugin.

Pandoroom Quests

Online booking solution for escape rooms (games) company with custom booking system, modified admin panel with easy separated access for superintendent and managers from different locations, personal customer cabinets with upcoming events and history.

Umnaya Sila - Social Movement

Informational portal for the public non-profit voluntary organization established to coordinate and support the civil activities of citizens. Includes a blog and a user area to explore local projects and sign petitions.

Intourist Travel Agency

Website for National Travel Company "Intourist" - part of an international group of companies "Thomas Cook Group". Designed solution allows visitors with an intuitive filter easily find and select the suitable option, and then pay fot it in a few clicks.

MosEscort - Premium Escort Agency

Website for an agency, providing premium escort services in Moscow. Includes premium area with gallery for members who have purchased extended access.

Domeks - Building Of Wooden Cottages

E-commerce website for the company, that builds cottages from environment friendly materials (timber) from the manufacturer.

WordPress Premium Themes

MiEra - Multipurpose Responsive Theme

Responsive multi-purpose WordPress theme with stunning parallax effects. It has an easy to customize layout, includes one-click install, demo data, and thousands of features and different options to choose from.

Hempstead - Responsive Portfolio Theme

Hempstead is a fully responsive, retina-ready portfolio WordPress theme that is a stunning visual experience for minimal loving creatives with its grid system layout.

MiPortfolio - Responsive Portfolio Theme

Creative portfolio theme that is the perfect fit for designers, developers, photographers, and all other creative professionals. It comes with five beautifully crafted demos, cutting-edge menu styles, a carousel slider, flex slider, Vimeo video integration, HTML background video, draggable fullscreen background slider, 3D Image Gallery, and much more.

Simplissimo - A Professional Blog Theme

Simplissimo is a fully responsive, light & bright, retina-ready WP theme that is tailored to showcase customers content in an effortlessly timeless style. This item boasts popular features such as a fully responsive layout, a show stopping featured area slider, an abundance of post & layout options, full-width Instagram footer, and much more.

NRGhost - Flat Responsive Hosting Theme + WHMCS

NRGHost is a responsive web hosting WP theme that features three home page designs, several order forms, includes integrated WHMCS platform and much more.

MiResume - Resume, CV & Portfolio Theme

MiResume is a modern, professional, responsive and minimalistic WordPress theme that is the perfect for creating a digital resume, portfolio or website.

Lychee - Clean Multi-Purpose Portfolio Theme

Lychee is a fully responsive multi-purpose one & multi page WordPress theme with awesome parallax effects. It’s clean and professional design is perfect for agencies, creative studios or modern businesses. Lychee can easily be customized to suit customer needs – there are absolutely no limitations!

Symphony - Clean & Responsive Photography Theme

Symphony is a responsive photography WordPress theme with a very clean and modern design. This item is the perfect choice for a photographers, creative studios or personal portfolio. It has three minimal and clean homepage layouts, elegant & sweet style in each element, eye-catching headlines and much more.

Expresso - A Modern Magazine & Blogging Theme

Expresso is a blogging and magazine WP theme. Its modern design complements its streamlined usability, conforming to present day browsing standards whilst maintaining the ability to appeal to a choosy audience. With a feature-packed sidebar, this theme includes numerous out-of-the-box widgets, which are superbly useful and easily customizable.

Contact Me

Phone +1 (647) 673-3712

Telegram @ualobster

E-mail developer@baletskyi.me

Skype uadiamond

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