Software Engineer Programmer Web Developer
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Date: 2008-03-18, 10:09AM PDT
OBJECTIVE: Seeking to apply my computer science skills in an environment that fosters and nurtures the growth of new thought and ideas focused on improving the realm of the internet. Seeking short-term and long-term telecommuting based programming projects in a number of interest areas including social networks (specifically content management within social networks), ownership and intellectual rights management of online content, online identity management and profile propagation across networks.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING:
Highly experienced in web design and development utilizing the new web technologies:
Well versed in CSS and XHTML, PHP, Perl, Python, XML, JavaScript, Lasso, in a top-tier consumer facing environments.
Back-end software development for web architectures in C, C++, Visual Basic, VC++, Perl, Assembly (MIPS), LISP, and Scheme.
In-depth knowledge of cross-browser and -platform testing of web-front ends including designing test cases, load/endurance testing, and availability and response-time monitoring.
Proficent in providing dynamic content and programmatically linking to industry leading backend databases management systems, including: MS SQL, SQL, VB, Lasso; Oracle, Access, mySQL, FileMaker, and DBI ODBC, JDBC programming.
Familiar with a variety of programming methodologies utilized in a variety of different enterprises and environments, including SDLC, extreme programming, and others.
APPLICATIONS AND PLATFORMS:
Web-based interactivity: FlashMX, Actionscript, CMSs including Drupal, Plone/Zope, Right Now Web and Kana, web-based chat, Imail (and IM), intelligent agents (bots), desktop streaming.
Highly experienced traffic analysis, performance tuning, scaling, redundancy, including load-balancing and fail-over systems: Alteon and Arrowpoint as well as security topics.
Familiar platforms: UNIX (Solaris, Linux, BSD, HP-UX), LAMP, Windows, Mac.
Familiar programming environments: Visual Studio, GCC, G++, Emacs, Crystal Reports.
Familiar source code control systems: CVS, Sourceforge/Bugzilla.
Experience in configuring highly scalable monitoring systems such as Nagios.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
02/07 – 02/08 Independent Progamming Projects – Freelance Projects with IsThisUgly.com and Pomo
Software Engineer San Francisco, CA
Programming and development of projects in the following areas: social networking, advertising, advertising and search engines, content management and intellectual property management.
Research and development in social networking frameworks and applications. Design and implementation plans for the initial design of a number of social networking applications revolving around concepts such as social credit, identity management, content ownership management.
Market analysis and research and development in the area of social networking frameworks from a content based standpoint.
Research and development in areas of online advertising tracking and adaptivity based on real-time traffic analysis.
Development of online advertising platforms and dynamic online advertising campaign management.
01/05 – 02/07 Walnut Ventures, Inc.
Senior Software Engineer San Francisco, CA
PHP development of PPC Search Engine on LAMP platform using XML
R&D development of highly adaptive internet advertising technologies.
Development of report tools processing in a high data throughput environment.
Windows ATL/COM development of internet search plug-ins.
Development software used to maintain websites requiring a high rate of change.
09/03 – 9/04 BALDWIN, FORRESTER, INC.
Web Developer/Designer San Francisco, CA
Web development and design for production sites serving thousands of registered users
Worked in latest in web technologies including CSS positioning, XHTML 1.0, and Flash MX.
Responsible for page design, from requirements, specifications, mockups to final production pages, site architecture, design, and implementation plans.
Achieved goal of raising page rank to top 2 positions for all major search terms using search engine optimization methodologies.
03/03 – present BLACK ROCK CITY, LLC.
(02/03– 11/03) TECH TEAM San Francisco, CA
Web Developer
Redesign of high-traffic (10 million hits per month, 150,000 unique visitors per month) production site to meet the latest CSS/XHTML specifications.
Back-end and front-end work writing tools implementing new interactivity on the site. Wrote tools for the maintenance of large sites, including code for combatting SPAM problems plaguing servers, automating image updates, and streamlining development processes.
Revamped information collection, storage, and retrieval systems to allow for seamless and future effortless development and interfacing with the organizations cornerstone databases.
Python development of groups-based content management system for organization-wide project collaboration based on Plone/Zope CMS.
(03/03– 09/03) DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Gerlach, CA
Extranet Liaison
Technical liaison for DPW and DPW Management Teams.
Managed remote network nodes consisting of multi-platform machines.
Dealt with connectivity issues including maintaining satellite and wireless technologies.
10/00 – 02/03 TERRA LYCOS, INC.
(06/02 – 02/03) WIRED NEWS San Francisco, CA
Web Developer / Software Engineer
Web developer for top-tier, consumer facing, high-traffic production sites including front-end design in CSS/XHTML 1.0 and backend related work in Perl/C++/PHP.
Designed content delivery systems reducing redundancy and increasing maintainability across the Terra network.
Lowered costs of supporting sites across the network up to 50% by boosting interactivity, including implementing dynamic knowledge bases, intelligent agents, Imail, and desktop streaming.
Worked closely with overseas associates on internationalization, deploying Terra sites worldwide.
(10/00 – 06/02) LYCOS, INC. Mountain View, CA
Lead Engineer / Customer Service Engineering
Front design and back-end development for all Lycos production sites including top-tier finance (Quote.com), dating (MatchMaker.com), web-hosting (Angelfire and Tripod.com), search (Lycos and Hotbot), entertainment (Gamesville.com), wews (WiredNews.com), and web mail (Lycos Mail) sites.
Developed and implemented consumer-facing, multinational, production web sites with millions of registered users, serving 10 million page views per month with 99.99% uptime.
Developed and implemented methodologies as well as software for traffic analysis, load-balancing, load and stress-testing, and performance analysis and tuning.
03/99 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE SCHOOL DISTRICT South Lake Tahoe, NV
Network and Security Analyst
Determined security policies for establishing the security best practices for district’s networks.
Network maintenance including system administration and troubleshooting network and printers.
Training of administrators on Windows NT server and security operation.
06/98 - 08/98 LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABS, IS Berkeley, CA
Application Designer and DBA
Developed and implemented database application for specialized educational tracking systems.
01/97 - 02/98 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, Berkeley, CA
Computer Support Engineer
Functioned as system administrator for the University’s administrative networks and workstations.
Developed and maintained infrastructure for communication across UC Berkeley’s internal networks.
Held key roles making decisions on hardware and software, handled scheduling and training, and managed daily operations of Computer Support Consultants.
05/94 - 04/98 NOVADIGM, INC.
(10/97 - 04/98) Technical Consultant San Francisco, CA
Lead the relocation of computer systems and networks for a software development firm.
Responsible for disaster recovery of servers and employee desktop systems.
(05/96 - 08/96) Quality Assurance Coordinator Mahwah, NJ
Headed up the creation of the Quality Assurance Department.
Determined best practices and implemented architectures for maintaining quality assurance.
(05/94 - 08/95) Systems Administration Assistant/Consultant Mahwah, NJ
Responsible for implementation of multi-platform test systems used for testing company’s products.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
College of Engineering, UC Berkeley.
Certified PHP Engineer. Zend Certification, September, 2005.
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