San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Front-End Engineer, Buzz Marketing at Yahoo!
- Owner / Developer at Click On Tyler
- Past
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- Lead Developer at Sitening
- Interactive Systems Developer at Tricycle Inc
- Owner / Developer at TheDarkTower.net (Sole Proprietorship)
- Resident Director of Computer Labs and Networking at Middle Tennessee State University
- Education
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- Middle Tennessee State University
- Connections
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- Industry
- Computer Software
- Websites
Tyler Hall’s Experience
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Front-End Engineer, Buzz Marketing
Yahoo!
(Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)
November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
Developed promotional websites for Yahoo!’s Brand department and advertising partners using PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL.
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Owner / Developer
Click On Tyler
(Computer Software industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Developed and marketed Mac OS X and iPhone software. Launched an open source Cocoa framework for collecting user feedback and bug reports.
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Lead Developer
Sitening
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
February 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 10 months)
Streamlined current development methods and implemented a custom “Simple PHP Framework” used across all client and internal projects. Developed standards-compliant CSS based websites with PHP, MySQL, and heavy use of Javascript. Spearheaded Amazon Web Services and Yahoo! YUI adoption. Created a web-based staging / deployment system to manage code installed across all of our clientsʼ servers.
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Interactive Systems Developer
Tricycle Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)
June 2005 — February 2006 (9 months)
Built client websites using Flash, ASP.NET and C#. Developed internal CRM, calendering, and task management software for use by other employees using PHP and MySQL. Competed in cre824 National Web-Design Festival as part of a team of developers from Tricycle.
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Owner / Developer
TheDarkTower.net (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)
November 1997 — June 2005 (7 years 8 months)
Created and maintained the web’s largest Stephen King website. Gained recognition from King and his publisher. Received mention in books and articles about King. Became proficient in PHP and standards compliant CSS based web design. Developed a book “search engine” which allowed users to search within the actual text of King’s novels. Returned the page numbers and paragraphs that the user’s query was found in. Managed a dedicated server serving upwards of six-million page views each month. TheDarkTower.net was sold to a new owner May 2005.
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Resident Director of Computer Labs and Networking
Middle Tennessee State University
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)
May 2003 — May 2005 (2 years 1 month)
Managed computer labs within the residence halls at Middle Tennessee State University. Responsibilities included interviewing, hiring, and disciplining a staff of seventy student workers, payroll, and maintaining five labs. Setup and managed a computer repair shop free for resident use. Wrote a PHP / MySQL ticketing system to manage the repair shop. Administered a Linux Apache web-server which hosted the residential network’s website, payroll system, and other supporting functions
Tyler Hall’s Education
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Middle Tennessee State University
BS , Computer Science , 2000 — 2005
Scored in top 20% in the Computer Science Major Field Test.
- Activities and Societies:
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Computer Science Student Advisory Board, MTSU Juggling Club
Additional Information
Tyler Hall’s Websites:
Tyler Hall’s Groups:
Nashville PHP Users Group, Barcamp Nashville
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Zend Certified Engineers -
MTSU Alumni -
Yahoo Employees and Alumni Group
Tyler Hall’s Honors:
Zend Certified Engineer PHP 5
