Mark Gardner

Current

Build Engineer at GSI Commerce

Past

Senior Perl Application Developer at USA Technologies
Contractor at TEKsystems
Perl Developer at TruePosition

Software engineer at PayQuik
Project Consultant at AETEA
Project Consultant at Bristol-Myers Squibb
IT contractor (Self-employed)
Developer at Fire Engine Red
User Interface Developer at Lucid Security
Developer at MOST Performance Improvement
Bassist & web geek at The Phoenix Trap
Senior Systems Analyst at Merck
Bassist & web geek at Potter's Field
Technical Assistant at Cingular Wireless

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Education

DeVry University
Drexel University

Recommended

6 people have recommended Mark

Connections

221 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Mark Gardner’s Summary

Web site and application developer, Unix system administrator, and enterprise architect. 10 years experience in the pharmaceutical and cellular telecommunications industries. Interested in accessible and usable web design and development using open standards.

Mark Gardner’s Specialties:

Perl, PHP, LAMP, HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, XSLT, RSS, Atom, JavaScript, Java, Unix, Linux, Solaris, Windows, Mac, OS X, Apache, LDAP, Oracle, SQL, usability, security

Mark Gardner’s Experience

Build Engineer

GSI Commerce

(Public Company; GSIC; Internet industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Senior Perl Application Developer

USA Technologies

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; USAT; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Developed, tested and deployed enhancements and bug fixes for object-oriented Perl-based event-driven payment messaging system, using Oracle 10g database backend on Sun Solaris. Used CVS version control and Bugzilla issue tracking.
Contractor

TEKsystems

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2007 — November 2007 (10 months)

Iterative development of internal web application software, supporting operation of TruePosition’s business of wireless location services for domestic and international mobile carriers. Used LAMP mod_perl-based template-driven framework. Tracked issues, documentation and version control using Trac and Subversion.
Perl Developer

TruePosition

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

February 2007 — October 2007 (9 months)

Iterative development of internal web application software, supporting operation of TruePosition’s business of wireless location services for domestic and international mobile carriers. Used LAMP mod_perl-based template-driven framework. Tracked issues, documentation and version control using Trac and Subversion.
Software engineer

PayQuik

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

November 2006 — February 2007 (4 months)

Developed and tested PHP and Oracle 10g software components for PayQuik’s branded international money remittance service.
Project Consultant

AETEA

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 2 months)

Developed, maintained and supported database management software tools:
• Database inventory web application using Oracle Application Express
• Install qualification Perl scripts for Windows Oracle databases, available as both web-based and stand-alone executables
• Web interface to in-house Oracle security scanner
• Automated email- and web-based system for selecting database security audits
Project Consultant

Bristol-Myers Squibb

(Public Company; BMY; Pharmaceuticals industry)

October 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 2 months)

Developed, maintained and supported database management software tools:
• Database inventory web application using Oracle Application Express
• Install qualification Perl scripts for Windows Oracle databases, available as both web-based and stand-alone executables
• Web interface to in-house Oracle security scanner
• Automated email- and web-based system for selecting database security audits
IT contractor

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 3 months)

Web site development & migration, PC security & clean-up, wireless LAN setup, applications training
Developer

Fire Engine Red

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2005 — September 2005 (3 months)
User Interface Developer

Lucid Security

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

January 2005 — March 2005 (3 months)

Iterative redesign of the management interface software for Lucid’s ipANGEL network security appliance, including visual mockups, wireframes, and PHP code.
Developer

MOST Performance Improvement

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2004 — January 2005 (3 months)
Bassist & web geek

The Phoenix Trap

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Music industry)

1997 — 2004 (7 years )
Senior Systems Analyst

Merck

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MRK; Pharmaceuticals industry)

December 1995 — August 2004 (8 years 9 months)
Bassist & web geek

Potter's Field

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Music industry)

October 1994 — 1997 (3 years )
Technical Assistant

Cingular Wireless

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Wireless industry)

1994 — December 1995 (1 year )

Mark Gardner’s Education

DeVry University

Technology Management , Computer & Information Systems , 2004 — 2009
Drexel University

Information Systems September 1991 — April 1993

Activities and Societies:

Honors Program, Triangle, Drexel Students of Objectivism