Jason Stirk

Current

Co-Founder at Aurora Software
Freelance Web Developer at Achernar Solutions

Past

Owner at Griffin Multimedia
Web Application Developer at o'neill software Pty Ltd
Developer / Systems Administrator at Grigor Investments Pty. Ltd.

System Administrator at v-App Pty Ltd / IDCS Pty Ltd

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Jason Stirk’s Summary

Web Application Developer across a variety of different projects, ranging from specialist Intranet applications integrating multiple sites and languages, to public social applications.

Recent work has been primarily in Ruby on Rails and MySQL, however also experienced in a range of development technologies including JavaScript, PHP, Visual Basic, MySQL, MSSQL, Perl. Extensive experience in Linux Server Administration, especially in the context of shared hosting providers, and incident response after major hardware failures or intrusions.

Interested in social applications, interface design, usability and accessibility, and emerging technologies such as Semantic Web, social graphs, Virtual Worlds (eg. Second Life) and Microformat use.

Jason Stirk’s Specialties:

Ruby and Ruby on Rails
PHP
Standards orientated HTML and CSS
Unobtrusive JavaScript with Prototype and jQuery
MySQL
Linux Administration
Network management and PC support

Jason Stirk’s Experience

Co-Founder

Aurora Software

(Computer Software industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Ruby on Rails development firm specialising in Agile, Behaviour Driven Development.

We focus on producing robust web applications which are elegantly crafted, well tested, and satisfy the needs of both users and owners.

By leveraging recognised web standards, and techniques such as unobtrusive JavaScript, we are able to produce reliable products which work consistently across a range of browsers.
Freelance Web Developer

Achernar Solutions

(Internet industry)

October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

Ruby, and Ruby on Rails development; Web application development; JavaScript development with Prototype and jQuery; Linux server management and administration; Facebook application development; Linux incident response and recovery; network design and implementation; CSS and HTML design; PHP development and maintenance
Owner

Griffin Multimedia

(Internet industry)

June 2002 — January 2008 (5 years 8 months)

Web design and development with PHP; product development; Linux and Windows server management; client technical support; network management at educational institutions; incident response and server recovery (Linux); network design; CSS and HTML design; graphic design;
Web Application Developer

o'neill software Pty Ltd

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 4 months)

PHP and Ruby on Rails development, application design, CSS and HTML development, Linux and Windows 2K server administration; MSSQL, MySQL integration;
Developer / Systems Administrator

Grigor Investments Pty. Ltd.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Legal Services industry)

March 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 11 months)

Design and development of a PHP, Ruby on Rails applications; Linux and Windows server administration; network administration; CSS, HTML design; graphic design and branding; project documentation and training; Visual Basic development and web-application integration;
System Administrator

v-App Pty Ltd / IDCS Pty Ltd

(Internet industry)

July 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 6 months)

Linux and Windows Server administration at small ISP; customer technical support; network installation and configuration; incident response; business planning; PHP development and system automation (scripting).