Wes Hays

Wes Hays

Directory of Information Technology at modeLaw, LLC

Reno, Nevada Area

Current
  • Directory of Information Technology at modeLaw, LLC
  • Owner, Founder at Great Basin Solutions, LLC
Past
  • PHP Developer at modeMD, Inc.
  • Help Desk Technician at University of Nevada, Reno
Education
  • University of Nevada-Reno
Connections
31 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Wes Hays’s Summary

Web application developer, system administrator, and project manager in a wide variety of business applications. Particularly interested in web application and database design using Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL. I prefer my development environment be a mac and that my servers run linux (CentOS). I am always interested in startups that offer stock options.

Past experience with a team of programmers and graphic artists on various components of web application development utilizing Linux, Apache, Mongrel, Capistrano, Ruby on Rails, PHP, MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

Completed Zend Certified Engineer exam in May 2005.

Wes Hays’s Specialties:

Operating Systems: Mac OS X, Linux (CentOS, SuSE, RedHat, Kabuntu, Ubuntu), Windows.

Software: All adobe products (Dreamweaver, Contribute, Photoshop, etc.), ms office and various others.

XML, HTML, XSL, XSLT, JavaScript, CSS, AJax, PHP, Agavi, MySQL, Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, Ruport, REST, SOAP, Capistrano, Java, C, C++ and Objective-C, etc.

Small business management, project management, team management, software design, database design, investing, real estate and negotiating.


Wes Hays’s Experience

  • Directory of Information Technology

    modeLaw, LLC

    (Computer Software industry)

    November 2009Present (4 months)

    Technical architect, and project manager for all technology initiatives. Lead developer and technical project manager for several dynamic web applications and web sites including management applications, online credit card processing, and internal management productivity applications relating to a small to midsize law office. Responsible for optimizing and maximizing use of all available technical resources. Performs all hardware specification (server, desktop, laptop, printers). Administers Linux-based web servers, database servers, groupware servers, and Windows-based file servers.

  • Owner, Founder

    Great Basin Solutions, LLC

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    October 2003Present (6 years 5 months)

    Great Basin Solutions, LLC dba Great Basin Development.

    Develop applications utilizing new technologies to make experiences on the Internet easier, safer and more enjoyable. We are currently testing new technologies that will allow us to bring affordable web development and hosting services for every business need.

  • Director of Technology, CASAT

    University of Nevada Reno

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    April 2009November 2009 (8 months)

    Technical architect, and project manager for all technology initiatives. Lead developer and technical project manager for several dynamic web applications and web sites including conference registration and management applications, online credit card processing, and internal management productivity applications relating to awarded grants. Implemented and customized online course software for both instructor-led and self-paced courses. Primary responsibility for optimizing and maximizing use of all available technical resources. Performs all hardware specification (server, desktop, laptop, printers). Administers Linux-based web servers, database servers, groupware servers, and Windows-based file servers.

  • Senior Web Application Engineer/System Administrator, CASAT

    University of Nevada, Reno

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    May 2004April 2009 (5 years )

    Web application engineer and system administration for CASAT (The Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies). Designed, redesigned and developed web applications to track students, attendees at conferences, certificates and other important information for the University and other grant funded agencies. Worked with a team of programmers on various components of the web applications utilizing Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, RJB, JAVA, PostgreSQL, Capistrano, C, C++ and Objective-C.

    iPhone development (Objective-C) and integration into various web applications.

    Manage email, file, print, database, web, web application and backup servers for CASAT, the college of HHS (Health and Human Sciences) and various other grant funded agencies.

  • Java Developer

    Bally Gaming

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)

    July 2003May 2004 (11 months)

    Designed and developed web applications to keep track of, and interact with, devices that involve gaming and player tracking. Worked with a team of programmers on various components of the web application utilizing AIX, Jboss, Jetty, JSP and MySQL. Redesigned legacy applications written in Transbasic to be written in Java.

  • PHP Developer

    modeMD, Inc.

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    June 2002July 2003 (1 year 2 months)

    Designed and developed a web application to manage patient data and office billing. Worked with a team of programmers on various components of the web application utilizing Linux, Apache, PHP and MySQL.

  • Help Desk Technician

    University of Nevada, Reno

    (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

    August 2001June 2002 (11 months)

    Provided technical assistance to faculty, staff and students on campus, diagnosing and configuring all computer and network related problems.


Wes Hays’s Education

  • University of Nevada-Reno

    19992003


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Wes Hays’s Interests:

New technology, startup companies, investing, real estate, reading, snowboarding and many other outdoor activities.

Wes Hays’s Groups:

  •    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
  •    Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network
  •    IT Specialist Group
  •    UNR Alumni
  •    Open Source
  •    Cloud Computing

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