Lester Chan

Current

• Member at Singapore PHP User Group
• Freelance Web Developer at lesterchan.net
• WordPress Plugins Developer at WordPress

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Past

• Web Developer at Sedgwick Richardson
• Guest Speaker at Blogout! 2009
• Web Evangelist at FRRO LLP

• Web Developer at All Events Group Pte Ltd
• IT Executive at First Food Industries Pte Ltd
• Web Developer at Premiere Value Group
• Help Desk Support at Crimson Logic Pte Ltd

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Education

• National University of Singapore
• Singapore Polytechnic

Recommended

7 people have recommended Lester

Connections

135 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website
• My Resume
• My Portfolio

Lester Chan’s Summary

Communication & Writing Skills
-- Proficient in both English and Chinese and able to communicate in Hokkien dialect.

Programming Skills
-- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, PHP, ASP, JSP, Java, J2EE and .NET.
-- MYSQL and Microsoft SQL.

Software Skills
-- Apache HTTP Server, TomCat and Lighttpd Web Server.
-- Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Flash, Fireworks, Discreet 3D Studio Max and Netbeans.
-- Microsoft Office, Project, Expression Studio, Visual Studio, IIS Server and SQL Server.

Lester Chan’s Specialties:

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MYSQL, Java, Java Server Pages, ASP, ASP.NET, J2EE and Java Beans

Lester Chan’s Experience

• Member

  Singapore PHP User Group

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

  -- Gave a talk on "Wordpress Plugin Development with PHP" for the group December 2007 meetup.
  -- Gave a talk on "Developing Plugins For WordPress" for the group June 2008 meetup.

• Freelance Web Developer

  lesterchan.net

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2003 — Present (6 years 9 months)

  Freelance web developer during my school holidays, here are some of my freelance scripts which I coded for my personal use.
  
  YOURLS - Your Own URL Shortener (2008)
  -- Developed in PHP and MYSQL, it shortens long URLs which is supposed to be used in micro blogging such as Twitter.
  
  GaMerZ File Explorer (2006)
  -- Developed in PHP, it replaces the default folders and files listings in Apache HTTP Servers.
  
  GaMerZ error_log Cleaner (2005)
  -- Developed in PHP, it deletes all error_log files that are left behind by PHP in Apache HTTP Servers.

• WordPress Plugins Developer

  WordPress

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2003 — Present (6 years )

  -- Developed a total of 17 WordPress Plugins in PHP and MYSQL.
  -- Ranked the top three WordPress Plugin developers in the world.
  -- More than 1.7 million downloads for my WordPress Plugins.
  -- My WordPress Plugins are featured in WordPress books in different languages selling in different countries, such as WordPress for Dummies.
  -- Several Fortune 500 companies are using my WordPress Plugins such as Coca-Cola, Xerox, Yahoo, Sony, Ford, Wall Street Journal, etc.

• Web Developer

  Sedgwick Richardson

  (Design industry)

  May 2009 — July 2009 (3 months)

  My internship company during university. Developed custom WordPress Plugins and Themes in PHP and MYSQL for Sedgwick Richardson's clients such as World Sport Group and Neptune Orient Lines.

• Guest Speaker

  Blogout! 2009

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2009 — March 2009 (1 month)

  Invited by The Digital Movement (TDM) to give a talk on "Wordpress as a blogging tool".

• Web Evangelist

  FRRO LLP

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2007 — July 2007 (2 months)

  Developed the company's corporate website and internal billing system in PHP and MYSQL.

• Web Developer

  All Events Group Pte Ltd

  (Events Services industry)

  May 2007 — July 2007 (3 months)

  Developed the company's customers database for internal use and corporate website with integration to e-NETS online payment in PHP and MYSQL.

• IT Executive

  First Food Industries Pte Ltd

  (Food & Beverages industry)

  May 2006 — June 2006 (2 months)

  Developed the company's corporate website, http://firstfood.com.sg, in PHP and MYSQL.

• Web Developer

  Premiere Value Group

  (E-Learning industry)

  January 2004 — April 2004 (4 months)

  My internship company during polytechnic. Developed an online education portal entitled, Max Interactive, in PHP and MYSQL.

• Help Desk Support

  Crimson Logic Pte Ltd

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2001 — June 2001 (5 months)

  Worked in Crimson Logic's call center as a help desk support for its products such as BizNet, TradeNet and LawNet.

Lester Chan’s Education

• National University of Singapore

  Computing (Information Systems) , 2006 — 2010 (expected)

  Bachelor of Computing (Honors) in Information Systems
  
  CS3216: Software Development on Evolving Platforms (Jan 2008 - Apr 2008)
  -- Developed four Facebook Applications in PHP and MYSQL together with Facebook APIs like FBML, FJS and FBJS.
  
  CS3214: Information Systems Development Project (Aug 2007 - Nov 2007)
  -- Lead the team in this large-scale project in developing an Airlines Human Resource Management System using J2EE and MYSQL. Scored an A- for it.

• Singapore Polytechnic

  Multimedia Technology , 2001 — 2004

  Diploma in Multimedia Technology
  
  World Skills Singapore (Feb 2004 - Jul 2004)
  -- Represented Singapore Polytechnic in the finals for World Skills Singapore under the Web Design Trade.
  
  Internship: Premiere Value Group (Jan 2004 - Apr 2004)
  -- Developed an online education portal entitled, Max Interactive, in PHP and MYSQL.
  
  Final Year Project: Institute of Mental Health (Jul 2003 - Nov 2003)
  -- Developed two websites entitled, The Quiet Room and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, in ASP and Microsoft SQL.

Additional Information

Lester Chan’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Resume
• My Portfolio

Lester Chan’s Interests:

Web Development/Programming, Music, Computer Games, Movies, Food, Sleep, Slack, Gadgets

Lester Chan’s Groups:

Singapore PHP User Group, Microsoft Focus Group

•    WordPress

Lester Chan’s Honors:

-- Bachelor of Computing (Honors) in Information Systems (Aug 2006 – Nov 2009)
-- Diploma in Multimedia Technology (Jul 2001 – Jul 2004)

Lester Chan’s Contact Settings

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