SUMMARY:

• I am a life - long software engineer, having started programming around age 10 in elementary school, keeping computer science a passion of mine ever since.
• I've studied the entire topology of information technology, and pride myself in being able to see and engineer every level of software, from low-level compiled languages and machine code up through high-level frameworks, including all related auxiliary systems.
• I have specialized generally in web development, but am skilled with database systems, heavy-computation stacks, desktop application, mobile development, OS design, compiler methodology, and much more.
• I've also learned basic accounting, discrete maths, statistics, and other knowledge bases useful in the writing of business software.
• I am experienced enough that new programming languages, frameworks, and systems are approachable with the expectation of success- much of my work has been in transitioning legacy software to new systems and environments, requiring on-the-spot learning of both archaic legacy software stacks no longer used or maintained in I.T. Infrastructure and bleeding edge new technologies.
• I primarily work in short-term to multi-year contracts (6 months to 2 years), but am open to salary/full-time positions with the right employer.
• My career objective is mostly to gather as much experience in as many different aspects of computing as possible.
• My end goal is to rise to a top-level decision-making position within a company that that enables me to: I) pursue and guide creative/exploratory development, II) the privilege to lead my peers and company through the adventures of business, or III) obtain a mastery over my employed position in a company that affords me the liberty of commanding my own position. Eventually, around the age of 60 (give or take a decade), I'd like to retire to teaching computer science for the local education system.

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE:

Core Languages: PHP (8 years), Ruby (6 years), Javascript/CSS/HTML(5) (8 years)

C-like Languages: Classic C (C-99 - C-14) (5 years), C# (5 years), C++ (2 years), Objective C (2 years), MVC++ (1 year)

DB Languages: T-SQL (8 years), P-SQL (2 year), MySQL (8 years)

General Languages: Visual Basic (10 years), Java (3 years)

Misc Languages: Bourne Shell/Bash (5 years), Perl (1 year), Python (1 year), Coldfusion (1 year), ASP Classic (3 years), FORTRAN ( < 1 year), COBOL ( < 1 year), CLisp ( < 1 year), Erlang ( < 1 year)

Frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, Zend Framework, CodeIgnitor, Symfony, ASP.NET, JQuery, ProtoType, Bootstrap, Magento, WordPress, Chef, Angular.js

Software/Protocols/Systems/Standards: OpenOffice, MS Office, Apache, Passenger, git, SVN, sendmail, Exim, Postfix, SOAP, Linux, BSD, GNU core

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Developer

Confidential, Burnsville, MN

Primary Skillsets: PHP, Zend Framework, Magento, JQuery, HTML/CSS/JS, Microcomputer development (Raspberry Pi), C-14, MySQL, Git, Employee management software.

Responsibilities:

• Application development for managing inventory and manual workers across web servers and micro computers.
• Confidential refurbishes monitors for sale, breaks monitors down for parts for sale, and provides kits/manuals for disassembly and reassembly of monitors.
• Confidential buys and processes bulk product overage from Minnesota outlets and department stores, maintaining and tracking a warehouse of inventory for online and floor sales.
• Responsible for management of new software development, maintaining current software assets (websites, inventory tracking, and conveyor line microcomputer software), and administration of computer hardware.

Confidential, Richfield, MN

Systems/Cloud Developer

Primary Skillsets: Ruby, Angular.js, MySQL, Chef/AWS/Cloud integration, DevOps, dynamic VPS deployment, systems administration tooling, task queue management.

Responsibilities:

• Custom Ruby systems application development for deploying, managing, reporting, and accessing application codebases within systems both cloud-based and dedicated; including load balancing and auditing, using multi-threaded daemon agent tracking, web API, web interface, and federated infrastructure.

Confidential, Saint Paul, MN

Systems Developer

Primary Skillsets: Primarily Ruby on Rails, HTML/CSS/JS, P-SQL, MySQL, system/network maintenance, and consultation

Responsibilities:

• Systems programming for Ruby on Rails, server administration (LAMP), email to SMS(Text) API / mail server development, database management, geo-location development in Ruby, and git management.

Confidential, Eagan, MN

Wide-Range Developer

Primary Skillsets: HTML/CSS/JS, JQuery, PHP, ASP Classic, ASP.NET, Ruby on Rails, Ruby, Ruby w/ Sinatra, Symfony, IIS server administration, T-SQL, MySQL, Objective C w/ Coco

Responsibilities:

• Server administration (IIS and Linux, in house), technical documentation, project planning, software development for any language/system not covered by other employees, animation development, database management (T-SQL, MySQL), web development, API development, mobile app development (iPhone games for clients), interview/new-talent processing, employee training, general business consultation.

Confidential, Roseville, MN

Strategic Developer

Primary Skillsets: HTML/CSS/JS, PHP, ASP Classic, ASP.NET, MySQL, T-SQL, .NET, C#, IIS administration, LAMP server administration.

Responsibilities:

• Managing any IT needs.
• Managed tech support, trained tech support staff, client training, web development, web design, web application development, server administration (Linux and IIS), system administration, hardware installation, internal tech support, consultation, project estimation, technical documentation, occasional cooking, solutions research, desktop application development, CMS development, flagship product development, project architecture, systems analysis, database management (MySQL), crisis recovery planning, 3rd party tool integration, client assistance for project planning, project execution, disaster-recovery and emergency technical response.