JACQUES GELAS
Web Developer - SEO Certified Professional - Desktop Support - Grade 1-12 Tutor
Jacques Gelas
Web Developer - SEO Certified Professional - IT Technician
A Little About Me
Hi, my name is Jacques and I am a Web Developer enthusiast. I am Also a SEO Certified Professional and I have great passion for backend development and I am also exploring and developing my skills as a frontend developer.
I have over 7 years of work experience as a developer and IT Technician. I studied Information Technology. I obtained a Diploma in IT, a CCNA Exploration (Network Fundamentals) in 2012, the same year I got my first main Job as a Junior Developer and as an IT Technician. In 2017 I became a SEO Certified Professional.
Today I am growing to become a full stack web developer and I am always pushing to become better in the field of software Development and Design as a frontend and a backend developer.
What I do
- Web Development
- Database Design
- Search Engine Optimisation
- Data Engineer
I started my programming experience using Visual Basic and ASP.NET and I slowing migrated to PHP, Javascript, Jquery. From that I started improving my HTML, CSS, XML. On my early stage as a developer I built a small app using Jquery Mobile, css and html. I did Also a bit of JAVA(for android) basic and C# when I was learning Unity.
Today I am developing Web Applications using WordPress, Joomla, CodeIgniter, Silvestripe , React JS and I use Bootstrap to speed up my development and Photoshop for images editing. From maintenance, content update, template integration (from photoshop to html and from html to CMS) , components and modules development (using CSS, HTML, Javascript, PHP) to deployment, I enjoy the emotional feeling around that, because at the end of the day you came up with a final product and you did gain some experience.
With a background in Business Analysis where I Studied ERP(Entreprise Resource Planning) and ERD (Entity Relational Diagram) I learnt how to design and understand entreprise departments and relationship among them and convert them onto DFD(Data Flow Diagram) and ERD( Entity Relationship Diagram) onto working Database using SQL then MySQL. Later I also learnt a bit about NoSQL and the tech around it.
Today, web development is not just about writing good code and good design but also good accessibility and good visibility of the product you create. So I decide to dive into a bit of online marketing. Since Organic SEO still involves a little bit of html and css knowledge, I was already halfway there. I just needed to focus on learning the theory and know the tools behind Search Engine Optimisation. Since September 2017 I am an SEO Certified Professional.
Work Experience and Tasks
IT Maintenance
- Setting Network equipment in the office (cable connection, wired and wirelless infrasture)
- OS Installation and maintenance
- Hardware and software upgrade and repair
Web Development
- Unity app development
- Augemnted Reality App with Metao with Junaio browser for Ponce Gold Product line South Africa in the catalogue women&home 2014 and also for Samsung XML, PHP and HTML5 based
- Joomla website, components and modules development with joomla 1.6 and Joomla 2.5, Drupal
- Database design and integration with mysql
- Mobile app using html5, javascript, css, jQuery Mobile (NoLemon) on playstore very old version.
- HTML5 App for castle lite South Africa.
Data Engineer
- ETL pipeline
- Implementing data collection and transformation using SQL and spark.
- Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture with spark with databricks
- Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimising data delivery for greater scalability using Panda
- Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and Databricks /AWS ‘big data’ technologies.
Web development and SEO
- Website development and design using Silverstripe, (OOP), Joomla, WordPress, MS Sharepoint
- Components and modules development using PHP, CSS, Javascript, Jquery and HTML, MSQL
- Template integration (from Photoshop to html and from html to CMS framework)
- Responsive Design using bootstrap and foundation Zurb to speed up development.
- Organic SEO, website optimisation
Technologies I have used and worked with














