
Web Developer, Self Employed
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Web Developer, Self Employed
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area
I was a Web Applications developer for Healthplan Services with the marketing department for almost 4 years and was laid off Feb 13th. I'm currently looking for a position in PHP or Ruby on Rails-based Web Development.
PROFICIENT: PHP4/5, JavaScript, AJAX , Apache, MySQL/DB2/MSSQL Server and other Relational databases, Scriptaculous/Prototype, YUI, and other Javascript Libraries, Smarty Templates, Large enterprise system experience, MVC frameworks (e.g. CakePHP), Version Control with CVS, SVN, GIT and Serena Dimensions, Apache, Linux, Web caching techniques, Test-driven development practices, Google Map applications and integration into existing site frameworks. CMS driven websites using ezPublish, Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla and Mambo
CONVERSIVE: Ruby on Rails, Python, Objective C/Cocoa and Macintosh/iPhone Development, Objective J
I've recently taken the Cocoa/iPhone development course at the Big Nerd Ranch and am working towards developing a shipping iPhone app to be sold on Apple's iTunes app store.
Three Recent Websites I've done:
http://www.healthplan.com
http://www.avmaghlit.org
http://www.fh-hps.com
My specialty is PHP and database driven websites. I currently build outward-facing websites for HealthPlan.com, an insurance billing outsource. We manage 250,000 plus insurance cases for 50+ carries on 25+ different websites.
I've experience working with DB2, MySQL, Oracle, Sybase and MSSql as well as a little bit of Ruby on Rails.
As a side project, I've taken a class in Cocoa/iPhone development with an eye to producing my first sell-able iphone app Summer of 2009.
(Self-Employed; Information Technology and Services industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
(Privately Held; Insurance industry)
April 2006 — February 2009 (2 years 11 months)
(Internet industry)
2000 — 2006 (6 years )
Developed websites for small business clients using PHP/MYSQL standard LAMP stack. Start-to-finish web design and development.
BA , Computer Administration , 1987 — 1991
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