6112 North Wolcott
Chicago, IL 60660-2324
773-531-1591
Objective:
Full-time employment developing dynamic web applications using
PHP,
MySQL,
PostgreSQL and related technologies in Chicago city limits, near North/Northwest suburbs, or telecommuting.
Experience
25 years experience programming in PHP3, PHP4, PHP5, OOP, Lisp, C, and C++, and development with related technologies such as cvs/svn, GD, libPDF, Ming, FDFToolkit, cURL, SMTP, cron, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, and Sybase on Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD/Solaris/OpenSolaris.
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Viveli Facebook Application developer
- March 2009-October 2009
- Developed several Facebook applications and application management systems
- Built PvP MMO RPG "fight" game
- PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux, Memcached, Redis, Facebook Platform API, Facebook Connect API
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Peak 6 virtual stock trading with social networking components [contract]
- July 2008-March 2009
- Led social networking development team
- Re-architected problematic sections of existing PHP application
- Architected RSS feed systems
- Optimized problematic sections of existing PHP application
- Implemented disk and RAM caches for external web services
- PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux, WAMP, Facebook APIs, OpenSocial API, MySpace, Glam, and Google Gadgets APIs, RSS, REST, XML
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Where Ive Been performance metrics analysis and web-scraping [contract]
- May 2008-July 2008
- Developed administrative reporting front-end for heavy-traffic Facebook application
- Utilized FusionCharts for concise summaries of traffic analysis
- Implemented Amazon Web Services Elastic Compute Cloud (AWS/EC2) scrape of competitor site for busines analysis
- PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux, FusionCharts, Amazon AWS/EC2, Facebook APIs
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Sagacity, Inc converted seven years of flat-file HTML and a year's backlog of email messages to a dynamic interactive site in a high-traffic distributed application environment
- September 2006-May 2008
- cURL scraped existing high-risk static flat-file HTML content into MySQL database
- Automated email influx with PHP/IMAP to MySQL database
- Oversaw high traffic digital content distribution network implementation
- Implemented interactive site elements including complaint comments and ratings
- PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux, content distribution network, IMAP, curl
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Uncommon Ground created web presence for small coffeehouse which now enjoys 1,000,000 hits per month. Streamlined Bookings process immeasurably from paper tedium to Internet speed [part-time]
- July 1998-November 2008
- Architected live audio recording library with n-tier architecture on shoe-string budget
- Increased traffic from nothing to 1,000,000 hits per month using long-tail user-contributed content
- Streamlined demo review process replacing snail-mail CD/Tapes with mp3
- Implemented modest social-networking features to increase visitor time on site
- Replace manual paper calendar hours-long process with instant online PDF
- PHP, PostgreSQL, libPDF, user-contributed content, n-tier architecture, streaming mp3, RSS
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National Systems improved ordering system for point-of-sale systems utilized by major restaurant chains [contract]
- August 2006-November 2006
- Architected SMS text messaging quick order system for repeat customers
- Architected Google Maps mash-up for franchisee delivery map administration
- Debugged coupon algorithm
- PHP, Mumps, SMS text messaging, Google Maps API
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Info.com expanded meta search engine content areas in high-traffic site [contract]
- September 2005-August 2006
- Implemented entertainment section of meta search engine
- Architected CAPTCHA breaking OCR system to scrape crucial business information
- Brought long-tail music catalog of over 3 million titles into meta search engine
- Architected asynchronous SOAP/REST/RPC calls to optimize web service consumption of meta search engine
- PHP, high traffic distributed servers, SOAP, REST, RPC, OCR, curl, XML
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JG Global Technologies worked on web-based medical claims application
- July 2003-August 2005
- Architected FDF medical insurance forms to bridge digital and paper trail requirements compliant with Federal HIPAA regulations
- Debugged Federal HIPAA compliant database issues
- Architected dynamic PHP/Flash human-form input for medical diagnosis reporting of insurance codes
- Architected dynamic GD charts for statistical analysis of business data
- PHP, FDF Toolkit, GD, Ming/Flash
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Independent Contractor on a multitude of websites
- June 2001-July 2003
- Architected client-editable websites for countless music entertainment clients
- Customized every major PHP shopping cart, forum, and CMS for a variety of clients
- Analyzed and debugged broken website features caused by upgrades, server migration, and user error
- Optimized Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists online magazine PostgreSQL search queries by a factor of 60
- PHP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, every major PHP shopping cart/forum/CMS
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Zend as Customer Support Director
- May 2000-June 2001
- Implemented trouble ticket system for customer support in PHP & MySQL
- Provided final tier support for enterprise customers
- Presented Zend Engine talk at PHP Conference in Montreal
- Answered technical queries at OSCON, PHP Conference, and LinuxWorld conferences
- PHP, MySQL, phplib, Zend Cache, Zend IDE
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Ignition State Implemented Job Applicant screening system
- July 1999-May 2000
- Implemented web version of paper-based Job Applicant Screening System
- Worked with client to clarify screening process
- ASP, SQL Server
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Cognitive Arts as Senior Software Engineer built a number of customer software desktop applications
- June 1995-June 1999
- Implemented custom software desktop applications for a variety of clients
- Utilized various Artificial Intelligence techniques
- Implemented computer video player technology for rich user experience of educational material
- Lisp, C++ and JavaScript
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Institute for the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University as Lead Analyst implemented various Artificial Intelligence projects for research and corporate use
- April 1990-June 1995
- Implemented custom software desktop applications for a variety of clients
- Utilized various Artificial Intelligence techniques
- Implemented computer video player technology for rich user experience of educational material
- Lisp and C++
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Holy Trinity High School taught computer science
- September 1985-June 1989
- Taught computer science to all levels of high school students
- Re-vamped Computer Chemistry Lab course
- Authored Radioactive Computer lab experiment simulation which could not be enacted in actual class for safety reasons
- Introduced Pascal and Logo courses to augment curriculum
- TRS-80 BASIC, Pascal, Logo
Publication
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php|architect article Desert Island Jukebox introduction to Facebook applications
- August 2008
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Frequent contributor to the PHP mailing lists
- 1998-2010
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php|architect article "PHP | FDF"
- June 2004
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Founded first PHP User Group
- February 2000
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PHP 4 Bible and MySQL/PHP Database Applications as Technical Editor
- 1999,2001
Education:
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DePaul University completed all coursework for MS in Computer Science program, concentrating in Artificial Intelligence
- 1986-1990
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University of Notre Dame BS in Honors Mathematics
- 1981-1985