Christopher Huyler

Current

• Senior Software Engineer at LeapFrogRx

Past

• Software Engineer at matchmine
• Software Engineer at CA, Inc.

Education

• Ithaca College
• Foxborough High School

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Christopher Huyler’s Summary

Software Engineer with broad range of skills in many languages and platforms. Experienced in front-end GUI design and development as well as back-end programming practices. 6 years experience developing in an enterprise environment focusing on platform independent solutions and client/server architectures.

Christopher Huyler’s Specialties:

RIA Development - Flex / ActionScript / MXML / Cairngorm
Web Development - DHTML / CSS / PHP / JavaScript / AJAX
Operating Systems - Windows / Linux / Solaris / Mac OS X
Tools - Eclipse / FlexBuilder / SoapUI / FireBug / ServiceCapture / Ant / Shell / Apache

Christopher Huyler’s Experience

• Senior Software Engineer

  LeapFrogRx

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  November 2008 — Present (9 months)

  Design and Develop Adobe FLEX components to visualize geographic data for the pharmaceutical industry. Utilize ILOG Elixir mapping API to generate Iconic Maps representing survey results and statistical data.

• Software Engineer

  matchmine

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2008 — October 2008 (10 months)

  Design, develop, and implement next generation of Matchmine website personalization user interfaces using JavaScript, DHTML, Adobe Flex and Cairngorm. Provide customizable and reusable components which can be dynamically configured and shared among many partner sites.
  
  Develop rich web 2.0 style DHTML forms and other user interactions for MatchKey.com. Enhance forms using JavaScript input validation and utilize AJAX for communicating with server-side PHP scripts where appropriate. Integrate Flex/Flash components for a seamless user experience.

• Software Engineer

  CA, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CA; Computer Software industry)

  January 2003 — December 2007 (5 years)

  Design, Development and Support for CA Threat Manager.
  
  Conceive, design and develop an enterprise management console for Threat Manager r12 using Adobe Flex, ActionScript, and MXML. Integrate with .NET back-end Web Service using Cairngorm MVCS Framework and communicate using custom XML data objects. Coordinate with graphics designer to develop unique look and feel to application components and icons using CSS skins. Develop custom components to be used throughout application by a team of 8-12 developers. Document best-practice techniques in Flex for new team members and other CA groups starting out with Flex.
  
  PAST PROJECT:
  Enhanced web-based user interface for eTrust ITM r8.1 using CA proprietary web server and C++ Server Pages (CSP). Added platform specific functionality for Linux, Solaris, and Mac and improved HTML and CSS display on Firefox and Safari web browsers. Addressed issues related to localization including variable length strings and different date/time formats.

Christopher Huyler’s Education

• Ithaca College

  B.S. , Computer Science Major, Physics Minor , 1998 — 2002

  3.5 Cumulative GPA
  Sophomore Core Award
  Related Course Work: Software Engineering, Operating System Concepts, Assembly Programming, Robotics, Computer Networks, GUI Design and Development
  
  Lab Assistant August 2001-May 2002
  Assisted professors and students in 100 and 300 level computer science courses. Instructed students in the development of their course websites. Identified coding errors in Java, Javascript, and HTML. Tutored students in a one-on-one setting for topics such as HTML frames, tables, and image compression. Supported various software packages including Borland J-Builder and C++Builder, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Jasc Paint Shop Pro.

  Activities and Societies:

  Principal Trumpet, Campus Concert Band, August 1999-May 2002

• Foxborough High School

  1994 — 1998

Additional Information

Christopher Huyler’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Christopher Huyler’s Interests:

Computers, Cars, Audio, Music, Movies, Baseball, Skiing

Christopher Huyler’s Groups:

•    CA Alumni and User Group
•    Adobe Flex Developers
•    Rich Internet Applications (RIA)
•    matchmine alumni

Christopher Huyler’s Honors:

Eagle Scout, The Boy Scouts of America, May 1998

Christopher Huyler’s Contact Settings

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