Stephen Collins
Founder And CEO at Black Shirt Inc
Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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SeniorStephen Collins is a seasoned full-stack web developer and founder with over 20 years of experience building and maintaining LAMP-based publishing platforms and bespoke tooling for the construction and heavy-equipment industries. As Principal Developer at Construction Equipment Guide he led front- and back-end engineering, designed APIs, built a custom CMS, image caching, ad and email publishing systems, and delivered the company’s first iPhone app. He now runs Black Shirt Inc., offering end-to-end consultancy from branding and server architecture to responsive front-ends and mobile apps. Stephen combines deep practical knowledge of HTML/CSS, PHP, JavaScript, MySQL and AWS with hands-on experience in Objective‑C/Swift and Python for background processing. Notably, he architected a taxonomy-driven master list that continuously reconciles hundreds of thousands of equipment models—a reflection of his strength in pragmatic data design for complex domains. Based in Pennsylvania, he prefers local, meaningful projects where long-term ownership and craftsmanship matter.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
English
Stackoverflow
795reputation
67kreached
48answers
14questions
Github Skills (10)
html6
css6
php6
javascript6
sql6
database6
tableplus6
mysql6
postgresql3
macos2
Github contributions (5)
drummin/EltonChords.com
Apr 2016 - May 2024
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 1 month
ProJobless/growforthecure.org
Apr 2013 - Aug 2013
Contributions:123 commits in 3 months
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