Web Engineer at Caring.com
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Web Engineer at Caring.com
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- Product Engineering (Consultant) at MyZhone.com
- Founder and Senior Technologist at Panoctagon, inc.
- Web Developer / Lead Backend Infrastructure at Roundpeg
- Chief Technologist at MyZhone.com
- Software Engineer at eCom Enterprises
- Software Engineer at Scazu, inc.
- Software Engineer at Graphic Language
- Software Engineer at iCE9 Networks, LLC.
- Web Application Developer at De La Salle High School
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Derek Perez’s Summary
I have been developing applications for the Internet for nearly five years now. I am very passionate about my work. I started my career in Java, then grew my toolset to include such technologies as Ruby on Rails and MySQL. I have a passion for technology, and the way it is connecting people today, and how it will change our future. I hope to bring new perspectives to the web, and create new techniques for implementing tomorrow’s needs on the web.
Derek Perez’s Specialties:
Ruby on Rails, architecture design, JavaScript, web 2.0, Ruby, testing strategies, web usability, interface design, MySQL, CSS, XHTML, Java, databases and data modeling, scalable systems.
Derek Perez’s Experience
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Web Engineer
Caring.com
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
I am currently one of 3 engineers responsible for all the software development at Caring.com
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Product Engineering (Consultant)
MyZhone.com
(Internet industry)
November 2008 — February 2009 (4 months)
MyZhone.com is a web service company that provides an innovative web service for networking professionals. I
worked closely with the CEO and product team to help streamline and refactor the entire product to support the growing needs of their customers. During my time with MyZhone, I answered directly to the CEO and was responsible for development efforts on both the front and back-end systems that run MyZhone.com.
Key Accomplishments:
- Developed and implemented new strategy for "contact referral process".
- Played an important role in determining the vision and marketing for the success of MyZhone.com through Internet marketing.
- Established deployment environment and standards for the production application.
- Implemented a new interactive training section for MyZhone.com users.
- Re-Engineered contact management experience to be more robust and easier to work with.
- Refactored core codebase to be more efficient, resulting in much faster page loads. -
Founder and Senior Technologist
Panoctagon, inc.
(Think Tanks industry)
November 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Panoctagon was a small web startup dedicated to developing exciting new Ruby-based web applications.
We founded the company to research and develop a series of new application concepts. To provide funding and bootstrap our internal projects we established a successful web development consultancy grossing $100,000 in less than six months. During that time we produced a number of completed projects for clients, from raw concept through to graphic design, application development, implementation and hosting. -
Web Developer / Lead Backend Infrastructure
Roundpeg
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
January 2008 — July 2008 (7 months)
Lead the development and implementation of an extensive application layer framework for an internet television web app. Our team conceptualized the complete technology infrastructure for this project while consulting for eCom enterprises, and were later contracted back to Roundpeg to make additions and complete the project. Our responsibilities included completion of an infrastructure-using Ruby on Rails and JavaScript with MySQL to connect logic and data to a modular client facing web application featuring dynamic Flash and HTML components.
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Chief Technologist
MyZhone.com
(Internet industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
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Software Engineer
eCom Enterprises
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
February 2007 — December 2007 (11 months)
I worked as a software engineer developing web-based software solutions for a wide variety of companies including Logitech, Digidesign, Kodak, Hewlett-Packard and Ackerman McQueen.
Key Accomplishments:
- Introduced a movement among the developers towards more object-oriented processes.
- Streamlined backend methodologies by moving object models and services to a more standardized Coldspring format.
- Lead a team of developers in creating a detailed concept and spec design for a complex internet television application requiring a robust inter-application communication protocol to bridge data transfer between modular HTML and Flash/Flex components. -
Software Engineer
Scazu, inc.
(Internet industry)
March 2007 — June 2007 (4 months)
I worked as a consultant on a small team developing the first edition of scazu.com, a social network for health and wellness professionals. My primary responsibilities involved development on the front and back end utilizing a ColdFusion and relying on object-relational frameworks, ColdSpring, and MySQL.
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Software Engineer
Graphic Language
(Internet industry)
August 2006 — February 2007 (7 months)
Member of a team that built web sites for the homebuilder industry. We specialized in ColdFusion-based solutions that ranged from general content management to complex data analysis tools. Some of our clients included SummerHill Homes, Lakewood Homes, Ennis Homes, and Orleans Homes.
Key Accomplishments:
- Migrated the entire team of developers to using Subversion for source control management.
- Developed a data and analytics mining system called SmartMetrics, written in ColdFusion, and utilizing ColdSpring/Transfer. -
Software Engineer
iCE9 Networks, LLC.
(Internet industry)
2005 — 2006 (1 year )
I worked with iCE9 producing various websites and other web-based projects as they came up. I was mostly a freelance developer for them.
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Web Application Developer
De La Salle High School
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years )
I was a member of a team that produced a robust, personalized, content management system for De La Salle High School.
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Derek Perez’s Interests:
photography, music, composition, technology, cats
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Entrepreneur 2.0 (maxiwill.com)
Derek Perez’s Honors:
Xerox Excellence in Technology and Innovation Award, 2006
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