Resume

Chandrika Sista

Full Stack Web Developer

408-752-1183 | cguntur@gmail.com

I am a passionate and experienced Full Stack Web Developer with 10 years of expertise in building and maintaining WordPress websites. I am proficient in front-end and back-end development, specializing in custom theme development, plugin customization, and site optimization. I have a strong background in working with PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL, and I recently graduated from a front-end coding boot camp where hands-on projects further honed my front-end development skills using modern frameworks.

Technical Skills

  • Building responsive clean websites using semantic HTML5 and CSS3
  • Writing custom WordPress themes and plugins.
  • Providing site maintenance for regular and multisites
  • Build custom features using JavaScript and jQuery
  • PayPal integration with WordPress plugins
  • WooCommerce customizations
  • WooCommerce integrations with WordPress plugins
  • Re-design sites and creating mockups using Photoshop
  • Sub version using Git

Employment

  • CAMNA LLC – Web Developer, Feb 2021 – Present
  • FREELANCE WEB DEVELOPER – http://www.gcsdesign.com– August 2014 – present
  • DELAPP DESIGN – Web Developer, Aug 2016 – June 2017
  • CURVINE WEB SOLUTIONS – Front End Web Developer, July 2012 – April 2014

WordPress Plugins

  • WP Category Dropdown – Simple plugin that displays the parent and child categories in a dropdown
  • Chamber Dashboard Member Updater – This addon gives the members to update their own businesses from the front end.
  • Mailchimp Addon for Chamber Dashboard plugins – This addon adds a field to the member form where they can opt to be added to the mailing list selected by the membership organization
  • WooCommerce integration with Chamber Dashboard plugins – This addon gives the users the ability to use any payment gateway provided by WooCommerce.
  • Core Chamber Dashboard Plugins – Maintaining and adding new features to the free Chamber Dashboard plugins

Speaking/Presentations

  • Encouraging new and diverse speakers – WordFest, July 2021
  • Converting shortcodes to Gutenberg blocks – The JavaScript for WordPress Conference, July 2020
  • Gutenberg blocks and plugins for small businesses – East Bay WordPress Meetup – May 2020
  • Building beautiful websites with Gutenberg – Cupertino WordPress Meetup, Jan 2020
  • Choosing the best membership plugins for your WordPress site – Cupertino WordPress Meetup, Oct 2019
  • WordPress plugins required to get started with your WordPress site – Wordcamp Sacramento, Sep 2019
  • Choosing the best membership plugins for your WordPress site – WordPress bay Area Foothills Group, Aug 2019
  • WordPress block editor for small businesses – Cupertino WordPress Meetup, July 2019
  • 5 must have plugins for WordPress – Cupertino WordPress Meetups, March 2019
  • How to choose a WordPress theme for your website – Cupertino WordPress Meetup, Feb 2019

Leadership/community service

  • Meetup organizer for Cupertino WordPress Meetup
  • Lead organizer for the Seattle Wordcamp in 2016
  • Meetup organizer in Redmond, WA as part of the Seattle WordPress Meetup group
  • Volunteer Wrangler for two Seattle Wordcamps in 2015