PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• An IT professional with over 20+ years in the industry, Confidential started in the late 1990’s creating static web pages, dynamic/database driven web content, and administering LAMP stacks. Became an independent contractor/consultant in 2000 and worked on a large variety of projects including server setups, PHP code audits, database design and administration, disaster recovery, large project code repair, integrating websites with payment systems, IVRs, and call centers. Installed and maintained various commerce suites and performed yearly PCI compliance audits. Thrives in a professional atmosphere where experimentation and research is encouraged. Has 10+ years of development experience to offer a company looking for a professional to design, build, and/or maintain their online presence.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Information Technology: Red Hat Linux 5.0 - > 9 Fedora Core/Fedora CentOS 4 -> 7 FreeBSD 3.x MariaDB 5.6 -> 10.x MySQL Server 3.23 -> 5.6 MySQL Cluster Apache 1.3.x -> 2.4.x VirtualBox Oracle

Information Systems: PHP 3.0.x - > 7.2.x Cold Fusion HTML 3 -> 5 Javascript CSS 2, CSS 3 C++ cPanel Plesk SSL s Wordpress 3.x -> 4.x PHPBB 2.x vBulletin 3.x

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. PHP/Magento Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Maintain Magento 1.9.x.x store for automotive client. Responsibilities include installing security updates, updating Magento extensions, updating WordPress, maintaining the client’s server, which includes: CentOS 7, MariaDB, PHP 5 & 7
• Apache, server security, and Plesk. Duties also include planning and executing a store migration to a new commerce suite, and yearly PCI compliance audits.. Installed, tested and prepared Magento 2 for migration. Past duties included identification a dedicated server provider, selection of the proper hardware, new server configuration, website/database migration services, and configuring/integrating Authorize.net payment system. Experimented with performance optimization using nginx. Server and website health is monitored using a custom API and monitoring system.

Confidential

Sr. PHP/WordPress/OpenCart Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Maintain three WordPress sites and an OpenCart 3 store for an author/publishing company. Duties include maintaining the CentOS 7, MariaDB, PHP 7, Apache, server security, and Plesk. Past duties included hack recovery, migrating the client’s WordPress sites to a dedicated server.
• This included identifying the proper server for the client, configuring and securing the CentOS 7 machine, and configuring/testing MariaDB, PHP 7, Apache, and Plesk. Installed and configured OpenCart 3 to automate the client’s book ordering system. Performance optimization experimentation using nginx and various WordPress caching plugins. Server and all sites are monitored using a custom API and monitoring system.

Confidential

Sr. Magento Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Performed hack recovery of a client’s Magento 1.x.x.x site. Upgraded the client to the latest version of Magento 1 and performed the necessary security tweaks to properly secure the website. Performed Magento updates as needed and monitored the server & website health using a custom API and monitoring system.

Confidential

Sr. PHP/Magento Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured a new CentOS 6 and installed and configured Magento 1.9.x.x for a client. Duties included the server configuration, security, setup and testing of services such as Apache, MariaDB, PHP 5, and Plesk. Website responsibilities included configuring the new Magento 1 install, loading products, installing extensions, coordinating with a 3rd party to perform extension modifications, and suggesting payment system options to the client.

Confidential

Sr. PHP Programmer/Project Planner

Responsibilities:

• Planned out a web project for a transportation startup company that integrated GPS tracking and credit card billing. The project included configuring multiple Linux based web servers, installing Apache, PHP and MySQL from source, and creating/testing a MySQL cluster. Duties also included creating a PHP code library for the project.

Confidential

Sr. PHP Developer/Systems Integrator

Responsibilities:

• Performed a code audit and major repairs on a child tracking and recovery web application for a child safety startup company. The work including locating and fixing thousands of errors in the code, and identifying and solving critical logic errors specifically related to security and billing issues. The project also included fixing an integrated IVR system and correcting access permissions with a call center. Duties included PHP code repairs, creation of a custom API to allow the IVR to interact with the website and database, make numerous corrections to the MySQL database, correction of the Authorize.net payment system setup, and rewriting the payment processing system.

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Database Adminstrator/Recovery Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Performed disaster recovery on MySQL database for a large automotive discussion board. The project required the repair of a corrupted database using a HEX editor, and the creation of a custom script to compare records of the repaired database to the last good backup the company had, and to produce a merged database of all good records. The end result was no loss of data for the company. Tools used include a HEX editor, MySQL repair, and PHP for a custom script that allowed records to be compared and databases to be merged.

Confidential

Sr. PHP Developer/Database Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Volunteered for a non-profit child safety organization. The project included overhauling the company website, building mining tools to import recall alerts into the website, and maintain the company’s web and database server. Duties included configuring a Linux based server, installing Apache, PHP and MySQL from source, and making website changes using PHP.

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PHP Developer/Server Administrator/Community Manager

Responsibilities:

• Designed, maintained and moderated the official website for the hosts of a television show. The work included customizing forums, integrating the forums with chat software, and managing community moderators.
• Duties included configuring a Linux server with PHP, Apache and MySQL, server security, and configuring cPanel. Website responsibilities included designing and maintaining a community using XMB forum software. XMB was heavily modified using PHP. A web chat service was integrated with the website. Was responsible for establishing and maintain a team of moderators for the site.

Confidential

PHP Developer/Database Administrator/Project Planner

Responsibilities:

• Created a fully custom employee and applicant tracking system for a staffing company. The product allowed employees to manage all records using a web browser on the company LAN. Duties included configuring a Red Hat system with Apache, PHP and MySQL installed from source. The system was built using PHP 3 and MySQL.