SUMMARY:

• Extensive experience developing financial and logistical software, over fifteen years developing for the internet, developing PHP powered websites for the last 12 years, and relational databases for the last 22 years.
• A track record of successful developments leveraging off the work of others, using open source solutions creatively in new implementations.
• Application develop experience includes network aware applications that use web crawler technology to keep inventories of servers accurate, and trace stock trading transactions thru the labyrinth of servers and mainframe systems involved in each trade.
• Provider of internet hosting service for a small number of businesses, consultancies, and non - profits, Vail Systems Technology provides CMS enabled web presences, with many custom modules designed for each specific customer.
• Our first module, released to open source, has been downloaded and installed on over 481 websites around the world.
• I prefer working in a team, but can work independently, and have done so successfully for many years. Also prefer working close with Users with MVC and Rapid prototyping to produce more functional designs and requirements.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• PHP
• MySQL
• Drupal
• Perl
• SQL Server
• Joomla
• HTML
• Oracle
• Confidential Framework
• CSS
• Postgress
• Unix
• JavaScript
• DB2
• Windows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

PHP E2E Developer

Began a process of migrating applications from older technology to newer releases of MySQL and PHP. Identified a module in wide use at Confidential that was no longer supported (ZDBform),that was a key holdup in the migration targeted to be completed by year end. Completed the migration of the one app not dependent on the obsolete module.

Confidential

PHP Backend Developer

Implemented changes to the API for recording battle results on a network of databases, from their street fighter games, for ranking players worldwide, just before the work was taken over by a team in Japan.

Confidential

End-to-End Developer

Structured as a series of projects using extensive AJAX interfaces and the bootstrap API, completed the first 6 week project in 4 weeks, implementing adding costcenter charging to a HRIS interface used in their Stores and Distribution Centers. Continuing to push ahead on projects using frontend tools like the zfDataGrid to create multi-mode reports and supporting product ticketing and shipment processing.

Confidential

Framework Developer

Initially brought in to complete modifications to their Confidential Framework eCommerce site, which was anticipated to be a 6 week project, completed the modifications in just over 3 weeks. The modifications implemented new features using twitter’s bootstrap api.

Confidential

PHP Back-End Developer

Developed as part of a team from scratch a web training hub for Confidential designed to provide training for medical professionals on the safe use of several leukemia and anemia fighting medications. The site was implemented using the Laravel PHP framework, using bootstrap, sass, and other tools. Responsible for the mechanics of the site, using a number of Restful APIs and implemented in a AWS Elastic Environment with a central MySQL database.

Confidential

PHP End to End/Drupal Developer

Began by developing part of a migration of their CMS from Confidential 1 to Confidential 2, which included a REST API. The provided support to migrating several sites to the new CMS, including Mariah Carey, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Tim McGraw and Toby Keith.

VerizonWireless.com

PHP End to End Developer

Hit the ground running, developing a feed from their C-iT (Cellular Inventory Tool), which managed the build out of their entire inventory of equipment in their cell towers, delivering that on schedule, and am now completing and ability to clone the configuration of one tower to another configured pretty much like the previous one. This was implemented on the ZendServer framework in a LAMP environment, and made heavy use of AJAX, JQuery and Pluggin technologies.

Confidential

PHP End to End Developer

Brought in to work as a member of a fairly large team, including developers in China. Worked on their latest release of there Enterprise Social Networking product (Clearvale). Worked on API/OAuth interfaces to Google & Linkedin, then began plugging backend together with frontend to produce the finished release. The product made heavy use of the Smarty templating engine, and Cassandra (Big Data) database, while being migrated off of the ZendServer.

Confidential

PHP End to End/Drupal Developer

Initially brought in to help develop a system to monitor polution on dozens of closed military bases, now occupied by Confidential, and track chemical movement through groundwater over time. I coded editing modules using Code Igniter, and the CSV importer for Lab Reports. We used a MS SQL Server Database for data storage. When that project was completed, began working on a long bug list on systems with a wide variety of long forgotten technologies, including 4D and dbase.

LAMP, PHP, CodeIgniter, MySQL, MS-SQL, Drupal, 4D

Confidential

PHP Backend Developer

Was part of a team that developed, tested, and built their EM/4 product that monitored and managed power consumption in datacenters. The product provided a Flash UI, PHP/mysql backend and an OOp design that ran under the Confidential Framework. I coded the independent calculation engine that accepted high volume posting of power/current/voltage/temp/and humidity data that with a reasonable accuracy was able to predict server replacement requirements.

LAMP, Ubuntu, PHP, MySQL, Confidential

Confidential

PHP Frontend Developer

Implemented some tighter security for the user login (Captcha and Attempt counting) on a Pinnacle eCommerce website for Confidential International by hacking the Ion Cube compiled code (of Pinnacle) to include our code.

LAMP, PHP, Pinnacle, Javascript

Confidential

PHP Drupal Developer

Took on an additional part time peoject to integrate their Drupal website with SalesForce.com CRM, and cleaned up a number of security flags with virus protection tools. Began work, which is on going, on a job board module and a RSS curator module that will allow them to use a team to imbed content from around the internet to assist returning veterans find work on discharge from the service.

LAMP, PHP, MySQL, Drupal

Confidential

PHP End to End Developer

An organization with several websites using many different technologies (Ruby on Rails, Word Press, ASP), most on LAMP stacks, I implemented about 8 modules in 6 months, using PHP and MySQL for specific several specific management functions using HTML, CSS and JavaScript technologies, including AJAX. Work included an access module to manage administrative access to the collection of modules as well as access to specific features. Used Perl to handle command line server commands in a multi-server environment.

LAMP, PHP, MySQL, Perl, Javascript, CSS, AJAX

Confidential, San Francisco

PHP End to End Developer

Joined a small team with the mission to replace a System based on an Informix database and Informix’s Form Tool (with Terminal based Forms), with a Web Based Front-End Client and the same Informix Database. Included many enhancements Designed to make the work flow more smoothly for this application that manages software patching on the Banks almost 20,000 servers countrywide. Developed the status and implementation crawlers in Perl.

This project employed PHP5, Informix PDO, and Smarty, as well as several JavaScript addons and advanced tools, and interfaced directly to Altiris and HP OO/SA product lines to automate patching and Remedy as a system of record. The website included PHP 5, Java, HTML and CSS technologies, and use of some JavaScript plugin’s and SQL Server support.

Linxu, PHP, Informix, Perl

Confidential, Sunnyvale

PHP End to End Developer

Completed a couple of small projects to develop a Oop class to access a Callback Server via a SOAP interface from a website. This allowed persons requiring help to schedule a callback from a customer service representative at a time that was more convenient for them, or to place their phone number into an immediate callback queue. Extracted help desk problem resolution scripts from a Kana Oracle database and provided an XML feed for loading those scripts into a new “Live Person” database. Currently employing Symfony and MySQL databases to develop a consolidated tool access manager for a variety of customer care tools. Also charged with implementing a Symfony application in a heavily customized LAMP environment for a new application. PHP was supported at Confidential by Rasmus Lerdorf.

Confidential, Emeryville

PHP End to End Developer

Took over modifications and support of several PHP/Mysql websites that came with Corporate acquisitions by a largely ASP shop. Corrected calculations for framing costs, and added an ability to accept coupon discounts as a part of Sales promotions. Set up a new production environment using multiple Apache Servers behind a load balancer, which in-turn fronted two MySQL databases with replication between two datacenters, and an extra Apache Server in each datacenter serving images, for E-commerce sites for 8 domains. Included installing SSL Certs and merging all 8 domains to run on one or more servers in a VMWare environment under RH Enterprise 4.. (PHP5, HTML, MySQL, Javacript, CSS, SOAP, Ajax).

Confidential, Alameda

PHP End to End/Drupal Developer

Implemented a Online Sales Follow-up Survey, that allowed customers to provide feedback, and receive an additional bowl, to complete the set of Plastic Storage bowls. Developed a simple database storage of survey results, and data retrieval interface to simple spreadsheets. This allowed them to do the analysis however they chose. (PHP4, HTML, MySQL, Javacript, CSS, htmlarea).

Confidential, San Francisco

PHP End to End/Drupal Developer

Implemented a Control Panel application on their RH Linux server to provide better security and eliminate the need to pass out root passwords to developers. Also provided debug support to ad prequalification forms processing and data storage. (PHP4, HTML, MySQL 4.0, Javascript, CSS, Apache 2.0, Perl)

Confidential, San Jose

PHP End to End/Drupal Developer

Implemented a project based on PHP Nuke that was designed to provide the internet to kids around the world, to provide the activities and education, about places in the world that are so far, and yet only a click, away. (PHP4, HTML, MySQL, Javascript, CSS, PHP Nuke, some Flash)

Confidential, San Francisco

PHP End to End Developer

Returned to enhance website to use PHP Nuke portal to better communicate with other internal organizations and add mainframe DB2 database content browser that provided real-time access to database structure and contents. Moved this site to a new Linux server. (PHP4, HTML, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, Perl, Telnet, FTP, MVS, Java, JSP)

Confidential, Concord, CA

PHP End to End Developer

Built an application that sent crawler applications thru the intranet of the banks 5 data centers to gather information about their inventory of mid-range (Unix and Linux) servers, storing that information in a MySQL database and allow internal managers to browse that information for various management and planning purposes through a custom PHP reporting tool. (PHP4, HTML, MySql, JavaScript, Perl crawlers, SSH)

Confidential, San Francisco

Senior Staff

A web application developer, responsible for support and debugging the middle-ware portion of a complex stock trading application serving over 35,000 trades per second. Built an award-winning PHP application, that could trace individual trades through the company’s maze of servers and mainframes. This enabled Schwab to reduce a support staff of 67 analysts to its’ present size of 5 analysts. Also built Help Desk application for an organization that communicated with it’s customers mostly via email. It would read copies of every email sent thru the help desk. New issues were evaluated by identifying keywords in the message and assigning to a designated analyst. If information was insufficient to make this assignment, the system responded with a questionnaire. (PHP4, HTML, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, Perl, Telnet, FTP, MVS, Java, JSP, Microsoft SQL Server, ODBC)