Derek Perez
Maker of Internets.
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Industry
- Internet
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Derek Perez's Overview
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- Internetologist at Orchestra, Inc.
- Senior Product Developer at Caring.com
- 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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- Connections
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133 connections
- Websites
Derek Perez's Summary
I have been developing applications for the Internet for nearly eight years now, and I am extremely passionate about my work. I am a systems/software hacker with tons of startup experience, and prefer working exclusively in the world of startups. I also am extremely well versed in the world of front-end engineering. I work extensively with JavaScript, CSS/Sass/Compass
I have a passion for technology, the way it is connecting people today, and how it will change our future. I hope to bring new perspectives to the internet, and create new techniques for implementing tomorrow’s needs on the web. If you are interested in a well-versed, full stack, detail-oriented hacker, that's me.
Check my code out at github: http://www.github.com/perezd
Specialties
Ruby on Rails, architecture design, JavaScript, Sinatra, web 2.0 (lol), Ruby, testing strategies (BDD/TDD: Cucmber, Rspec Test/Unit), web usability, interface design, MySQL, CSS, XHTML, Java, databases and data modeling, scalable systems. Compass, Sass, Haml, jQuery, Prototype/Scripty. ExtJs/Sencha Touch, MongoDB, CouchDB, AWS (EC2, S3, etc.), NodeJS, Erlang
Derek Perez's Experience
Internetologist
Orchestra, Inc.
Public Company; 1-10 employees; Consumer Services industry
January 2011 – February 2012 (1 year 2 months) Palo Alto, CA
Building realtime internets, and working with a fantastic product team.
Senior Product Developer
Caring.com
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry
March 2009 – January 2011 (1 year 11 months) San Mateo, CA
Caring.com was created to help you care for your aging parents and other loved ones. Our mission is to give you the information and other resources you need to make better decisions, save time, and feel more supported. As a product engineer, I work closely with product management, design, and business stakeholders to design and implement great product experiences for our users.
Key Accomplishments:
- Implemented robust performance reporting tools to help improve site speed
- Authored libraries, which were open sourced, on behalf of Caring.com (http://www.github.com/perezd)
- Integrated Facebook Connect and Twitter sharing into popular aspects of Caring.com
- Worked closely with company stakeholders to conceptualize and develop Caring CandlesTM
- Implemented User testing tools to provide user click visualization to our team
- Worked closely with product stakeholders to redesign key areas of site
- Provided support on internal, ruby-based, admin tools and technologies
- Implemented a large number of user-facing, front-end projects for product stakeholders
- Implemented multiple product emails for marketing initiatives
Product Engineering (Consultant)
MyZhone.com
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.
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.
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.
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.
Software Engineer
Graphic Language
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.
Web Application Developer
De La Salle High School
Nonprofit; 51-200 employees; Education Management 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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photography, music, composition, technology, cats
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- Honors and Awards:
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Xerox Excellence in Technology and Innovation Award, 2006
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