Seasoned Software Developer & Web Application Architect
Orlando, Florida Area
Seasoned Software Developer & Web Application Architect
Orlando, Florida Area
Seasoned software developer and architect with valuable cross-discipline expertise. Has an unfading passion for excellence. Relentlessly promotes craftsmanship in every aspect of software development. Finds elegant solutions to meet user and business needs―on time, and under budget. Always interested in learning new things, and sharing them with others. Staunch advocate of best practices, web standards, usability, accessibility, portability.
Web application architecture, Regular Expressions, Scalability, Optimization, Usability, ExpressionEngine, CodeIgniter, PHP, Ajax, Hard problem solving
(Computer Software industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year)
We provide web development consulting and build cutting-edge web services that solve real problems.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2007 — February 2008 (9 months)
* Key member of development team for company's largest project to-date. (SPEEDtv.com rebuild)
* Spearheaded MySQL database and application optimization for high-traffic website.
* Evaluated and successfully evangelized tools and systems to meet client requirements and reach strategic goals at MindComet.
* Took initiative to write reusable software libraries to improve and expedite future development.
* Informally mentored less experienced developers and encouraged teammates to maintain hight quality of work despite challenging time constraints.
(Computer Software industry)
May 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 2 months)
* Collaborated with a small, distributed team to create a PHP application for managing volunteers at marathon races.
* Adapted open-source projects to create a custom Ajax spell checking solution to meet client needs. Allowed saving of custom spellings/words.
* Wrote first textarea embeddable Ajax thesaurus. (Works like Ajax spell checker)
* Worked with various other clients to provide development support and technical guidance on projects.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2006 — March 2007 (4 months)
* Identified weaknesses in development process and implemented appropriate solutions
* Designed and developed custom content management systems for client websites
* Converted live MySQL database, website interface, and Excel database export from latin1 to Unicode character encoding
* Served as primary technical resource for company
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2006 — September 2006 (8 months)
* Quickly grew in knowledge and use of new tools and methodologies for developing web applications to meet team expectations.
* Worked as part of a distributed team to resolve bugs and develop new features for flagship open-source web application for health care providers.
* Built features using in-house MVC development framework with Smarty front-end.
2002 — 2006
open-source software, distributed/virtual companies, integrated web services, scalable architectures, web standards, fine art, travel, truth
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