James Rodenkirch

Current

• Senior Web Developer at Red Cedar Solutions Group
• Owner at Active Binary

Past

• Programmer 3 / Team Lead at Rogers Software Development
• Internet Applications Developer at WS Packaging Group
• Internet Applications Developer at Independent Printing

• Web Developer at Delta Dental of WI
• Web Developer at EZ-Net Inc
• Web Developer at GreenBayNet Inc

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James Rodenkirch’s Summary

A results-driven, articulate and analytical Senior Web Application Engineer with over nine years of experience in various areas of systems analysis and software development. Strong in design and integration problem solving skills. Expert in PHP, MySQL, HTML, JavaScript and CSS. Designs, develops and supports enterprise level web based applications. Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Experienced in:
- Engineering all aspects of web applications from database to services to user interfaces
- Analysis and design of databases and user interfaces
- Managing requirements
- Implementing software development life cycle policies and procedures
- Managing and supporting multiple projects
- Highly adaptable in quickly changing technical environments with very strong organizational and analytical skills

James Rodenkirch’s Specialties:

Open source web application development with the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack, Linux server administration, MySQL administration

James Rodenkirch’s Experience

• Senior Web Developer

  Red Cedar Solutions Group

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  March 2009 — Present (9 months)

• Owner

  Active Binary

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2001 — Present (8 years )

• Programmer 3 / Team Lead

  Rogers Software Development

  (Computer Software industry)

  April 2008 — January 2009 (10 months)

  - Lead team of developers on multiple projects
  - Recommended and implemented new ORM layer (Doctrine) to the main product
  - Acted as SVN lead. Merged multiple repositories and led efforts for branch restructuring and management
  - Coded and maintained multiple server scripts for sending and receiving data from third parties via FTP
  - Led efforts to localize development and segregate development environments from production
  - Led efforts to centralize project work into companies project management system (Trac)
  - Developed and maintained proprietary POS for the salon industry
  
  Operating Systems / Languages / Software
  Linux, Windows, PHP 5, HTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS, MySQL 3, MySQL 4, Eclipse, PDT

• Internet Applications Developer

  WS Packaging Group

  (Privately Held; Printing industry)

  September 2007 — April 2008 (8 months)

  - Maintained customer portal site in Mason/Perl
  - Developed intranet in Ruby on Rails
  - Supported server scripts written in Perl and Ruby
  - Developed time clock application with Perl, JavaScript, Ajax
  - Developed data entry systems for account/order management
  
  Operating Systems / Languages / Software
  Linux, OSX, Windows, Ruby on Rails, Perl/Mason, HTML, XHTML, XML, JavaScript, Ajax, CSS, MySQL, MSSQL, Eclipse, Komodo, TextMate

• Internet Applications Developer

  Independent Printing

  (Printing industry)

  February 2007 — August 2007 (7 months)

  - Integrated third party shopping cart with legacy ordering system using XML and XSLT
  - Maintained division e-commerce site in C# .Net
  - Support company fulfillment system written in Prolifics Panther
  - Provide end user support and training for company's web based applications
  
  Operating Systems / Languages / Software
  Windows, C#, .Net, Panther, HTML, XHTML, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, CSS, Oracle, MSSQL, Visual Studio

• Web Developer

  Delta Dental of WI

  (Non-Profit; Insurance industry)

  June 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 9 months)

  - Implemented multi-developer source code control system (SVN), code promote system and SOP's
  - Published web usability and coding standards
  - Acted as technical lead and architect for a three person web team
  - Developed and supported authenticated portals for multiple types of users
  - Designed and developed a custom templating framework and CMS
  - Interfaced the website with DB2 running on an IBM iSeries
  - Designed and submitted recommendations of a PHP based MVC framework to ease long term development
  - Developed data entry systems for electronic claims management
  - Provided direction with emerging technologies and strategies to keep applications current
  - Assisted with server setup and performance adjustments
  
  Operating Systems / Languages / Software
  Linux, Windows, PHP 5, HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, MySQL 4, DB2, Eclipse, PDT, Komodo

• Web Developer

  EZ-Net Inc

  (Internet industry)

  April 2002 — June 2005 (3 years 3 months)

  - Designed, developed, and coded web pages for clients
  - Maintained the company web sites and intranets
  - Planned, designed, and created production schedules and site content for all client sites
  - Designed and coded dynamic web based applications
  - Integrated custom billing website into companies business software
  - Developed custom web based email system
  - Developed Geo coded weather information system
  - Developed image upload and manipulation systems
  - Developed data entry systems for dynamic inventory systems
  
  Operating Systems / Languages / Software
  Linux, Windows, PHP 4, PHP 5, HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, MySQL 4, MSSQL, Dreamweaver

• Web Developer

  GreenBayNet Inc

  (Internet industry)

  September 1999 — April 2002 (2 years 8 months)

  - Planned, designed, and created production schedules and site content for all client sites
  - Designed, developed, and coded Web pages for clients and maintained all company web sites
  - Provided technical support for Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, and Internet connection related issues
  
  Operating Systems / Languages / Software
  Linux, Windows, PHP 4, Perl, HTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS, MySQL 3, Dreamweaver, Flash

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