John Plaxco

Current

• Senior Engineer at Secure Computing
• Code Conjurer at Yume Software

Past

• Senior Web Application Developer at Radius3
• Web Application Developer at Bert Lunsford Agency

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

Recommended

4 people have recommended John

Connections

18 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog

John Plaxco’s Summary

Web application developer, with a particular interest in the LAMP stack. Primarily focused on scalability, security and efficiency.

John Plaxco’s Specialties:

Linux, MySQL, PHP, AJAX, Perl, Apache, C/C++, W3C standards compliant XML/XHTML/CSS, Java, multiple-platform integration, network applications.

John Plaxco’s Experience

• Senior Engineer

  Secure Computing

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; SCUR; Computer & Network Security industry)

  September 2007 — Present (9 months)

  Managed web content, custom coding and Flash components for corporate and internal websites, including internal web applications. Upgraded existing web code to comply to W3C standards and optimized for performance and scalability. Lead implementation of two web-based security products from concept through customer evaluations to production, including functional and technical specification, architecture, environment and actual coding. Also worked with hardware team to manage requirements for new and existing products.

• Code Conjurer

  Yume Software

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  July 2002 — Present (5 years 11 months)

  Independent IT consulting, including website design and development, server hardware and software configuration and administration, VoIP networks, and all manner of high-speed technology.

• Senior Web Application Developer

  Radius3

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2004 — September 2007 (3 years 7 months)

  Custom website application development, including e-commerce and 3rd party API integrations. CMS product rewrite, with emphasis on security, performance and web standards compliance. Linux website host system administrator, responsible for server performance tuning, security, software updates, spam and virus protection, monitoring, troubleshooting.

• Web Application Developer

  Bert Lunsford Agency

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

  February 2004 — August 2007 (3 years 7 months)

  Developed HIPPA-compliant secure insurance web application, manage website and email server, on-site technical support and IT contracting.

John Plaxco’s Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  BS, Computer Science, 2003 — 2006

  Took 5 semesters of verbal Japanese language study. Participated in two timed programming competitions.

  Activities and Societies:

  Machinima research group, video game design showcase best in show.

Additional Information

John Plaxco’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

John Plaxco’s Interests:

W3C Web Standards, technology, Japanese language and anime, firearms, video game programming.

John Plaxco’s Groups:

International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA)

John Plaxco’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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