Sean Murphy

Innovative Software Developer & Application Architect

Orlando, Florida Area

Current
  • Web Application Developer at (Self Employed)
Past
Education
  • Crooms Academy of Information Technology
Connections
121 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Sean Murphy’s Summary

Seasoned software developer focused on creating sound technical solutions based on modern web architectures. Has an unfading passion for excellence. Relentlessly promotes craftsmanship in every aspect of software development. Provides superior strategic and technical guidance to meet client and business goals. Always interested in learning new things, and sharing them with others. Strong desire to work on complex, high-volume systems, or be challenged to learn new technologies.

Sean Murphy’s Specialties:

Web application architecture, Scalability, Optimization, MySQL, CouchDB, Usability, ExpressionEngine, CodeIgniter, PHP, Ajax, Regular Expressions, Hard problem solving


Sean Murphy’s Experience

  • Web Application Developer

    (Self Employed)

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    August 2007Present (2 years 4 months)

    * Built the open source LongURL.org web service for expanding shortened URLs and scaled it to over 2.4 million requests per day (and growing) on tight budget.

    * Created Trionym.org, an application for naming businesses/products/websites and simultaneously finding available domains.

    * Developed Glucose, a custom MVC framework written in PHP.

    * Developed v2.0 of ComicMix.com's online Javascript comic book reader.

    * Wrote complex ExpressionEngine module for managing online testing application.

    * Advanced ExpressionEngine CMS consulting & development including custom modules and plugins.

    * Implemented various web scraping solutions, including cutting edge DOM scraping technology.

    * Handled various system administration tasks such as installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of web servers, load balancers, firewalls, message brokers, database servers, and monitoring applications.

  • Software Developer

    MindComet Corporation

    (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    June 2007February 2008 (9 months)

    * Key member of team that completely rebuilt SPEEDtv.com--a mission-critical project part of a multi-million dollar retainer.

    * Spearheaded MySQL database and application optimization for the high-traffic SPEEDtv website.

    * Evaluated and successfully evangelized tools and systems that were implemented as company standards at MindComet.

    * Successfully lobbied for internally developed software to be released as open source code

    * Mentored less experienced developers and helped to enforce coding standards despite challenging project constraints.

    * Collaborated with project managers and designers to translate client requests into appropriate technical solutions.

    * Effectively gave client presentations and participated in training sessions for non-technical client personnel.

  • Contract Web Developer

    (Self-Employed)

    (Computer Software industry)

    May 2005June 2007 (2 years 2 months)

    * Worked remotely with several companies across the country, typically web development agencies.

    * Quickly adapted to new tools and methodologies for developing web applications to meet agency development standards.

    * Designed and developed custom content management systems for client websites using the CodeIgniter MVC framework.

    * Collaborated with a small team to create a PHP/MySQL application for managing volunteers at marathon races nationwide.

    * Adapted existing software to create innovative, cutting-edge Ajax solutions for client while keeping costs low.

    * Worked to resolve bugs and develop new features for ClearHealth--an open source web application for managing small health care practices.

    * Handled system administration tasks such as installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of Linux servers, web servers, database applications, email servers, FTP servers, and more


Sean Murphy’s Education

  • Crooms Academy of Information Technology

    20022006


Additional Information

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Sean Murphy’s Interests:

open source software, distributed/virtual companies, integrated web services, messaging systems, erlang, scalable architectures, web standards, fine art, travel, truth

Sean Murphy’s Groups:

  •    Open Source Universe
  •    BarCampOrlando
  •    Erlang/OTP Professionals
  •    Web Standards Design + Development
  •    jQuery
  •    Codeigniter Developers Group
  •    AMQP

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