Jeffrey Carouth

Current

• Senior Software Applications Developer at Texas A&M University

Past

• Programmer/Analyst at Texas A&M University
• Software Engineer at SugarCRM Inc
• Project Manager at Systek Computing

• Student Technician at Texas A&M University
• Student Ops Technician at Educational Broadcast Services - TAMU

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Education

• Texas A&M University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Jeffrey

Connections

86 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Jeffrey Carouth’s Summary

I am a developer with a passion for improvement. I primarily work with the LAMP stack with occasional delves into Ruby or Python. In my past I have worked with a wide range of languages including C/C++, C#, and Java.

As a developer, I constantly look for ways to improve not only the code I own, but the development process of myself and my team. In an environment such as a university, there are frequently hurdles that must be overcome in order to introduce newer concepts that will improve stability, efficiency, or maintainability and I make it my personal goal to continuously introduce concepts that will bring development processes up to speed, so to speak, at the university level.

I have developed an attraction to authorship and a short term goal of mine is to own a topic and publish a book on it. My first magazine article was published in November 2008 in php|architect on improving the development workflow for php development using tools such as unit testing, continuous integration, and automated builds.

Jeffrey Carouth’s Specialties:

Agile Development practices including automated testing (unit, functional, acceptance, etc,) continuous integration, tracer bullet development.

Expert with the jQuery javascript library and somewhat-well-versed using the Dojo javascript framework.

Expert on database schema design with consideration for performance tuning in MySQL. Proficient with Oracle, MS SQL Server 2005, and Postgresql.

Expert using the Zend Framework for both large and small scale applications.

Jeffrey Carouth’s Experience

• Senior Software Applications Developer

  Texas A&M University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2009 — Present (3 months)

• Programmer/Analyst

  Texas A&M University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  May 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 4 months)

  I work as an applications developer for the Division of Research and Graduate Studies. This position provides a unique opportunity to develop applications whose scope spans multiple departments. I lead development on our next-generation document routing and management application as well as developing projects for the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academics, namely the Academic Master Plan application and sub-projects.

• Software Engineer

  SugarCRM Inc

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 2007 — April 2008 (1 year )

  * Ported database repair script (processes metadata for components and customizations) to sync the application with the database schema to work with Oracle and MS SQL Server
  * Implemented tool to eliminate duplicated images in front-end themes which reduced product download size by 8.7%

• Project Manager

  Systek Computing

  (Computer Software industry)

  May 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  * Implemented standard MVC framework to alleviate maintenance nightmares with differing architectures on ever project
  * Lead architect and developer on six projects.
  * Refined hiring process and conducted interviews on applicants

• Student Technician

  Texas A&M University

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 5 months)

  Lead student technician in new database server implementations, asset management and human-resource management experience, oversee the effective resolution of helpdesk-related items.

• Student Ops Technician

  Educational Broadcast Services - TAMU

  (Computer Software industry)

  2003 — 2004 (1 year )

Jeffrey Carouth’s Education

• Texas A&M University

  2003 — 2005

Additional Information

Jeffrey Carouth’s Websites:

• My Website

Jeffrey Carouth’s Interests:

endurance sports (cycling, running), weight training, hiking, photography, web technologies, gadgets

Jeffrey Carouth’s Groups:

RefreshBCS, AgileBCS

•    LinkedPHPers - The Largest PHP Group
•    Agilistas
•    SugarCRM Network
•    AgileBCS
•    Texas A&M IT Professionals

Jeffrey Carouth’s Honors:

Publications:
Carouth, Jeff. "The Modern PHP Workflow." php|architect November 2008: 6-13.

Jeffrey Carouth’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch