Tommy Umholtz

Product Manager | Web Designer & Developer

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – USA

Full stack Web and Mobile App Developer with 6+ years of experience in developing novel solutions for mechanical and digital systems. My 10 years of government service and leadership experience has strengthened my adaptability to work in the fast-paced technology industry.

Experience

Web Technologies Design and Development | Product Manager

Absolute Components LLC

August 2017 – Current

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – USA

Absolute Components LLC, established in 2017 is a venture in overseas trade and e-commerce, primarily in China and Taiwan. As the owner of this company I am responsible for the following:

  • • Design and develop projects with CMS based platforms such as WordPress, Strapi/Gatsby and Shopify
  • • Develop and deploy secure hosting solutions on remote Linux servers
  • • Design projects using vector editing and mock-up software such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe XD and Figma

    • App & Curriculum Development | Engineering Training Specialist

    Linko English

    July 2017 – March 2019

    Beijing, China

  • • Developing curriculum and training software for automotive clients' training programs
  • – App content development and user interface and experience design
  • • Training clients within the automotive industry for the following companies:
  • – Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive (BFDA) – Beijing, China
  • – Changan Ford Automotive (CAF) – Harbin, China]

    • Communication Consultant

    ABC Education Group

    February 2013 - July 2017

    Shanghai, Beijing, Guangdong (Guangzhou, Zhongshan) – China

  • • Beijing, China
  • – Providing group training to US Embassy employees
  • – Holding Private classes with various upper management and executive clients
  • • Guangzhou/Shanghai, China
  • – Giving private and group classes to various clients

    • Merchant Mariner – Refrigeration Engineer

    Military Sealift Command

    January 2006 – September 2010

    San Diego, California, USA

  • • Senior Shipboard Refrigeration Engineer
  • – Directing contract workers in completing major repairs during overhaul periods
  • – Performing daily refrigeration plant and equipment operation and maintenance
  • – Updating maintenance software related to the machinery that I was responsible for

    • Engineer | Photojournalist

    US Navy

    October 1999 – August 2005

    Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

  • • Photojournalist on board USS Kitty Hawk – Yokosuka, Japan
  • – Supervising a work center responsible for processing photos for submission to the Office of Naval Intelligence
  • – Photographing and publishing articles on news worthy events
  • • Electrical plant operation on board USS Carter Hall – Norfolk, Virginia
  • – Supervising operation and monitoring of the ship's electric generator sets and associated support equipment

    • Education

    Full Sail University

    Bachelor's of Science

    Web Design and Development

    November 2020

    Full Sail University

    Associate's of Science

    Mobile Application Design and Development

    November 2015

    Defense Information School

    Certificate

    Photojournalism

    July 2003

    Skills

  • U/X Design
  • U/I Design
  • App Development
  • Adobe CC
  • CMS
  • JavaScript
  • ReactJS
  • NodeJS
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • HTML5
  • CSS
  • Git
  • Docker
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
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