About Me
I am Chris Wiegman, a web developer for the Aviation Programs at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Although I have been developing personal web pages since 1995, my first (and current) professional gig started in 1999 when I was hired by SIUC Aviation to help with their website as well as to maintain their computer network which then numbered about 12 computers. I have been doing both jobs faithfully ever since expanding the network of 12 computers to one of over 100 computers and bringing it in line with the modern world. In addition I’ve been continually developing and re-developing the web presence of the department from a single small page in 1999 to a host of sites with over 12,000 pages running on a content management system of my own design and implementation.
As far as a specialty, I have focused on both the back end development of this sites I maintain as well as the branding and general marketing of the entity to which the sites I work on belong. This dual focus has allowed me to master such technologies as PHP, CSS, Java, C, and more while also mastering various techniques involving SEO, social media, user experience design and more.
Of course, I do have other interests than the web. In fact, for most of the last decade I was employed as a pilot in one fashion or another. I flew the rich and famous in business jets out of Chicago, and I spent some time on Maui flying as a captain for a small airline. I also love history (I considered majoring in archeology for a while), can’t put my motorcycle away during the summer, and would rather be on a beach with my wife then almost anywhere else in the world.
