Derek Martin

Current

• Lead Developer/Analyst at wikiDOMO unMedia Limited

Past

• Scrum Master & Web Developer at I Love Rewards
• Web Developer & Assistant Project Manager at InstaClick Inc
• Sole Proprietor at Orange Consulting

• Web Developer at Industry Canada
• Instructor at Humber College
• Member at NewPath
• Social Technology Architect at TakingITGlobal

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Education

• Humber College
• Trent University

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Derek Martin’s Summary

Web application developer with project management experience.
Competent in all aspects of site creation, from requirements analysis, to delivery.
Particularly interested in applications beneficial to society at large.

I enjoy variety, and a good challenge, and would eventually like to transition to a role in product management (not to be confused with project management).

Derek Martin’s Specialties:

PHP, MySQL, Apache
OSX, Linux, Windows
SOAP & REST WebServices
OOAD, ORM, MVC
CVS + SVN for version control
Phing for automated builds
Deploy to CentOS on Amazon EC2 + S3

Derek Martin’s Experience

• Lead Developer/Analyst

  wikiDOMO unMedia Limited

  (Internet industry)

  October 2008 — Present (10 months)

  Evaluate, re-design, & re-implement existing website. PHP + Zend Framework + Propel ORM, Sphinx, Apache, MySQL, Prototype.js, reverse geo-coding, deployment, SCRUM master, & manage remote workers.

• Scrum Master & Web Developer

  I Love Rewards

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 3 months)

  Designed & implemented solutions to support internal systems and client requirements. Designed enterprise platform’s admin panel as a full MVC architecture with services, managers, models, views, DAOs, and VOs. Created an ACL system and KPI tracking engine for legacy platform. Lead the Social Responsibility Committee. Stood in for the Director of I.T. during his 6 week vacation. Proposed & conducted daily I.T. scrum meetings, and co-facilitated company
  wide daily scrum. Designed & implemented “Custom Fields”, “Peer-to-Peer”, error handlers, and more. Employee of the Month several times (by management vote). Developer of the month many times (by peer vote).

• Web Developer & Assistant Project Manager

  InstaClick Inc

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 11 months)

  As Assistant PM, I co-managed 30 developers through a massive code refactor, transforming 500,000 lines of single-tier spaghetti into a much more ef¿cient N-tier application architecture. I also assited the team lead in task scheduling and conducting team meetings.
  
  As a developer, I did bug fixes and new feature development for a large dating site with several million profiles, clustered across approximately 50 servers. Notably, I re-designed the homepage's "sign-up" form, trimming it down from 4 screens to a single AJAX-ified screen. All new code was accompanied by machine readable documentation (doxygen).

• Sole Proprietor

  Orange Consulting

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 2000 — August 2004 (4 years)

  I was responsible for getting new clients, eliciting requirements, subcontracting interface design, and actually doing all the programming in PHP & MySQL. Experience with custom CMSs, credit-card processing, streaming audio & video, & online booking systems.

• Web Developer

  Industry Canada

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  October 2003 — April 2004 (7 months)

  This was a 6 month contract on location in Croatia, with no opportunity for extension, paid for by Industry Canada, and implemented by Human Rights Internet (HRI).
  
  I was responsible for gathering requirements and building an extensive CRM and automated billing system for ZaMirNET, a non-profit organization dedicated to developing civil society, promoting a culture of peace and the idea of sustainable development in Croatia and the region.

• Instructor

  Humber College

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 2001 — September 2003 (2 years 1 month)

  I taught courses in several of Humber's "Schools".
  
  For the Internet Management Program: XHTML, CSS, Javascript, DHTML, Apache, IIS, PHP
  
  For the Multimedia Program :
  Coldfusion, Dreamweaver MX
  
  For the Fashion Program :
  XHTML , Web Merchandising
  
  For the Journalism Program :
  Web production with Dreamweaver
  
  For the Chinese Exchange Program : MS-Access & E-Commerce theory

• Member

  NewPath

  (Internet industry)

  2000 — 2003 (3 years)

  NewPath is a virtual consultancy based in Toronto, Canada comprised of a geographically disperse network of highly qualified information and knowledge consultants, managers & specialists that work together on I.T. related projects of all sizes in a variety of industries. NewPath Network provides its members with the leverage of a knowledgeable, diverse and balanced team without the overheads of a physical corporate office and structure.

• Social Technology Architect

  TakingITGlobal

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  September 1999 — October 2001 (2 years 2 months)

  Co-developed & honed organizational vision. Conducted first workshop at our first international office, in Kremnica, Slovakia. Spoke at the "Global Networks" conference at the University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Derek Martin’s Education

• Humber College

  Post Grad , Internet Management & Production , 2000 — 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  Computer Lab Technician (mass-re-imaging lab computers, installing software, etc)

• Trent University

  B.Sc , Computer Studies & Psychology , 1996 — 2000

  Activities and Societies:

  Double Major with Honours
  Attained President's Honour Roll in each of 4 years
  Host, Campus Radio Show
  Member, Campus Radio Station Board of Directors
  Actor, Theatre Trent
  Volunteer, Campus Security Patrol
  Manager, Campus Refrigerator Rental Program

Additional Information

Derek Martin’s Groups:

Zend Certified Engineer (PHP)
Zend Framework Contributor
Certified Scrum Master (Agile Project Management)
Project Management Essentials Certificate (PMI @ Univesity of Toronto)

Derek Martin’s Honors:

All-Star (Top 10% of I.T. Staff), July 2008, ILoveRewards Inc.
Employee of the Month, June 2008, ILoveRewards Inc.
All-Star, May 2008, ILoveRewards Inc.
All-Star, April 2008, ILoveRewards Inc.
All-Star, March 2008, ILoveRewards Inc.
All-Star, February 2008, ILoveRewards Inc.
All-Star, January 2007, ILoveRewards Inc.
Employee of the Month, August 2006, ILoveRewards Inc.

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