Christopher Pliakas

Current

Internet Engineer at CommonPlaces e-Solutions, Inc.
Owner at Plee Web Solutions

Past

Consultant at Navigant Consulting

Education

University of New Hampshire

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Industry

Internet

Websites

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Christopher Pliakas’s Summary

I am an open source enthusiast interested in providing software as a service. I strongly believe that software is at it's best when you have the freedom to access it, modify it, and share it. I am the author of the Search Lucene API module (http://drupal.org/project/luceneapi) which brings advanced searching to Drupal by utilizing the Zend Framework's Zend_Search_Lucene component.

I am a Zend certified PHP 5 engineer, a MySQL certified database developer and administrator, and I carry a Linux Professional Institute level 1 certification.

Christopher Pliakas’s Specialties:

PHP development with Zend Framework and Drupal, MySQL database administration and development, Debian and CentOS system administration, Apache 2.2 security and performance tuning, server monitoring with Nagios.

Christopher Pliakas’s Experience

Internet Engineer

CommonPlaces e-Solutions, Inc.

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

December 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

PHP development with Drupal, system administration, database development and administration.
Owner

Plee Web Solutions

(Internet industry)

January 2006 — Present (4 years )

Built and administered web 2.0 applications, engaged in self study and obtained various certifications.

Christopher Pliakas’s Education

University of New Hampshire

Bachelor's , Political Science , 2000 — 2004

Minored in German, lived in a community service themed housing for two years, played in keyboards and percussion in the band Kotter.

Activities and Societies:

Student Senate, Student Activity Fee Counsel