John Madrak
Web Application Developer
- Location
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Greater Philadelphia Area)
- Industry
- Internet
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John Madrak's Overview
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- Web Application Developer at La Salle University
- Technical Director at LuminoCityGroup, LLC.
- Past
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- Web Application Development Internship at La Salle University
- IT Consultant and Team Leader at AIM Academy
- IT Employee at AIM Academy
- Web Application Developer at Skinny Nutritional Co.
- Resnet Employee at La Salle University
- Founder and Server Administrator at Pandora Hosting, LLC.
- Website Administrator at La Salle College High School
- Education
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- La Salle University
- La Salle College High School
- Recommendations
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6 people have recommended John
- Connections
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89 connections
- Websites
John Madrak's Experience
Web Application Developer
La Salle University
Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry
August 2012 – Present (10 months) Greater Philadelphia Area
Developing web applications in my home-grown MVC Object Oriented PHP Framework (using MySQL) for various internal needs at the university including but not limited to integrating applications with Luminis (based on Liferay), creating a custom content management system, developing a university-wide instant messaging service, writing various RESTful web services for outside connections to internal data and working with the Banner Student database to create relevant applications. In addition, I am working with PL/SQL Packages to create customizations for pre-existing SSB components. Finally, I've also worked to develop various Building Blocks for Blackboard as well as proposing and documenting a potential implementation for new linux web server structures for our development and production environments.
Technical Director
LuminoCityGroup, LLC.
Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
2012 – Present (1 year) Philadelphia, PA
Overseeing the progress of all web applications being developed and leading a small team of programmers and designers towards fulfilling our clients' needs. Typically, I work as an interface between the client and our team to make sure that every application we develop exceeds client expectations and satisfies their needs. I make sure that I take an in-depth look at every application that is developed and every design that is created before the client receives our work to guarantee its success.
Web Application Development Internship
La Salle University
Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry
May 2011 – August 2012 (1 year 4 months) Greater Philadelphia Area
As a Web Application Developer at La Salle, I have been responsible for discussing the needs of various individuals/groups and then using the information gathered to develop and deploy several custom written university-wide applications using HTML5/CSS3/jQuery along with PHP/MySQL Backends that are used by university constituents daily. I have also had the opportunity to work with the BlackBoard API to develop and customize various Building Blocks for the university's unique needs as well as work with customizing Liferay/Luminis portlets and themes for Luminis 5.
IT Consultant and Team Leader
AIM Academy
Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry
October 2011 – January 2012 (4 months) Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
In a relatively tight deadline of one week, I led a sole team of five technicians to setup (and design) a new network for this K-12 school's new location involving a complete network infrastructure creation and deployment. We setup and deployed the Netgear POE Switches, Aruba Wireless LAN Controller (And WAPs), Fortigate Firewall, Windows Server 2008 Environments as well as Windows 7 Environments. We also setup and deployed several crucial services such as AD (which required merging the two previously separate directories), WDS, RADIUS, NPS, WSUS, IIS, DNS, DHCP, File Services (Roaming Profiles and Generic Shares), Print Services, Group Policy Deployment and many other core infrastructure components.
IT Employee
AIM Academy
Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry
July 2011 – August 2011 (2 months) Philadelphia, PA
An end-of-the-summer job, I worked on various projects including Wordpress MU, an intranet, and automated post-install scripts for mac image deployment. Also discussed plans for a new building's IT infrastructure as well as suggested many softwares to increase technological experiences at the school for both faculty and students. I will continue to assist in the moving process as well as any other issues in the future, remotely, when possible.
Web Application Developer
Skinny Nutritional Co.
Public Company; 11-50 employees; skny; Consumer Goods industry
2010 – 2011 (1 year)
A summer job at SkinnyWater, I created a web application to replace their various internal systems. This new system tracked and maintained SKU numbers, warehouse statistics (and transfers between warehouses), carrier information, business transactions, customer information, processed orders and created invoice sheets. I developed this system alone, from the ground up, using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL and PHP. I also deployed and managed their Red Hat Enterprise and Fedora Core servers. I also installed, introduced, customized and developed on their Joomla powered corporate portal, SugarCRM CE, and TimeTrex Time Management.
Resnet Employee
La Salle University
Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry
August 2010 – November 2011 (1 year 4 months)
At La Salle University’s ResNet, we troubleshoot various student issues including viruses, driver problems, computer maintenance, and various other computer related issues ranging in difficulty.
Founder and Server Administrator
Pandora Hosting, LLC.
August 2008 – November 2010 (2 years 4 months)
Pandora Hosting was a Limited Liability Corp that I started to advance my skills in web development and server management. At its peak, we controlled and maintained 15 dedicated servers for clients and 5 servers that handled various tasks for our numerous web clients. We developed numerous web pages and software applications. I alone managed the servers, working with Debian for most of the company's existence and then switching to CentOS when I decided that it was a better solution. I worked with IP Tables, DenyHosts, Pure-FTPD (with mysql), MySql, apache2, lighted, nginx, ProFTPD, php, php-fpm, and some bash scripts for various automated daily remote backups. I also tightened security on each of the servers with various methods. The company was in existence from August 2008 - November 2010, When it finally closed its doors.
Website Administrator
La Salle College High School
Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Religious Institutions industry
January 2007 – June 2010 (3 years 6 months)
Assisting to run/manage/maintain the La Salle College High School Website. This includes managing internal web servers, working with single sign on APIs, integrating with LDAP and other systems, and working with PHP/MySQL/HTML/Javascript/Flash/CSS/Photoshop/Apache/Lighttpd/ProFTPD and Debian Linux. I also worked with Microsoft IIS 4-6, Active Directory, General Networking, and Microsoft Streaming Server.
John Madrak's Summary
I am passionate about developing web applications for higher education and similar environments. I enjoy working in these environments because I believe that there is a large opportunity for growth and better utilization of technology for universities.
My primary skills and talents lie in the area of web application development, deployment and design. I have had numerous opportunities to use these skills in various development environments as well as leading and assisting other developers and designers towards these same goals on many projects.
Working with HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, PHP 5 and MySQL I strive to create powerful web applications that will empower universities to meet their needs. So far, I've developed several large scale applications including a custom Board of Trustees Portal (based entirely on my own custom MVC framework), a complete targeted content management system and a QR traffic tracking system as well as several other smaller projects.
I have also had the opportunity to work with PL/SQL while modifying and updating various packages using Banner as well as working with the BlackBoard Building Blocks API (Java/JSP) to create several tools for our university including one published on the oscelot community.
Finally, I also have experience in managing linux web servers and various types of windows servers. I have worked with Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS, Windows Server 2003/2008 and Windows Vista/7 in various different circumstances. I am most comfortable with CentOS, focusing on managing and maintaing web application servers. In the past, I have managed several servers for individual client's applications using Apache, MySQL Server, PHP-FPM, IPTables, and DenyHosts. I have also grown quite familiar with Proxmox Virtualization Platform and have managed several different virtual hosts for my own use as well as professionally for my clients.
John Madrak's Certifications
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Microsoft Certified Professional 70-290
- New Horizons Microsoft Testing Facility
- January 2008
John Madrak's Skills & Expertise
John Madrak's Education
La Salle University
Organizational Leadership
2010 – 2016 (expected)
La Salle College High School
2006 – 2010
Activities and Societies: Leader of Lab Managers, Leader of Web Managers
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Microsoft Certified Professional
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