Resume 2008

Software Engineer

An accomplished Software Engineer specializing in Object-Oriented Design, RPC Systems, and RDBMS with extensive experience in the full life cycle of the software design process including gathering requirements, designing, prototyping, testing, developing user interfaces, maintaining and deployment.

Technical Expertise

Languages	PHP 3-5, Javascript, Java, ASP, C++ .NET, Visual Basic, Perl, HTML, XML, CSS.
Frameworks	Sun ONC RPC, SOAP, AJAX, XML RPC, DOM, Prototype, Extjs, Smarty, FPDF.
Concepts	OO, Design Patterns, Refactoring, Agile Development, Unit Testing, Internationalization.
Software	GVim, Visual Studio 2008 Express, Exclipse, SVN, CVS, Paint Shop Pro, GIMP, Flash, IIS 6.0, Apache.
RDBMS	MySQL 3-5, PostgreSQL 8, Pervasive 8.5, Microsoft SQL 2000
Systems	Windows (3.1, 9x, XP, Vista, Server 2000), Linux (Debian based, Red Hat).

Professional Experience

APSM Systems

Phoenix, AZ

Software Engineer • 2007 - Present

Integrated Active Directory into our intranet to authenticate users against resources. Reduced administration costs as only one user store is required to be maintained.
Created Crystal Reports 8.5 web viewer. Reduced administrative costs by alleviating tech support from installing Crystal Reports on client machines.
Automated task of compiling employee names and extensions into an internal “phone book” by querying users from AD, via LDAP, and formatting users into a PDF document.
Automated our infrastructure's process of backing up production files – which is done via a web interface and desktop client written in C++ & .NET.
Re-implemented and refined an existing ticketing system to track I.T. Requests.
Developed reports used to monitor production control processes, track work performance, track excess inventory, and monitor chem lines.
Aid departments with ISO compliance by tutoring employees how to develop well formed documents in HTML.

American Student Loan Services

Phoenix, AZ

Software Developer • 2006 - 2007

Maintained an internal CRM application used to process Federal documents.
Developed secure web service used to deliver student loan applications with PHP and SOAP.
Improved user experience by redesigning forms with a standard interface, removing cruft from markup, and unifying Javascript libraries.
Unified PHP and Javascript development environment by consolidating and re-factoring commonly used functions into a single location.
Developed feature used to process Loan Verification Certificates which increased our return rate of LVCs by 40%.
Developed a set of tools for sales representatives including unifying their contact list with their AD calendar (Outlook calendar) and an aging report to alert when customers should be contacted.

ResMark Systems

Provo, UT

Web Developer — Desktop Application Developer • 2006

Brainstormed and implemented, in PHP, a framework designed to schedule reservations to compliment our desktop reservation system.
Developed web template system to help aid users to create on-line market places quickly and easily. Modularized major features (ie. Widgets) which allowed users to select features they desired to craft a unique on-line presentation for their demographic.
Re-factored Java unit tests to run 70% faster (From 30 minutes down to eight minutes).
Managed two man team to complete projects.

Agile Studios

Provo, UT

Web Developer — Designer — Desktop Application Developer • 2005 - 2007

Oversaw technical direction on several projects from the initial design to launch. This included gathering requirements from clients, selecting the best tools to complete the job, software development and designing user interfaces.
Maintained a track record of completing all projects before their estimated deadline. One project was given to me at 10pm at night. I completed it by 7am the following morning.
Worked with a team of engineers to develop a desktop application designed to schedule reservations in Java.
Managed development team in India to complete the web version of our reservation system.

Firepoll

Salt Lake City, UT

Web Developer — Designer • 2005

Developed a solution of mass scale in less than three months. The solution provided our clients to gather information from panelists, in the form of an on-line survey, with immediate feedback. The solution was built from three pieces; a PHP web front-end, a Java server back-end, and Flash client used to display survey results.
It was suggested that one of my ideas, implemented into the system, should be patented.

Upstart Illustration

Poulsbo, WA

Web Developer — Designer • 2001 - Present

Provided technical expertise to several clients to help expose and expand their business to a larger audience by developing a multitude of different systems including: e-commerce, identity, and administrative panels.
Worked on and completed two network marketing business model algorithms in PHP.
Created libraries used to do secure on-line transactions via the Authorize.net gateway using cURL and PHP.
Setup and configured servers used to run PHP and MySQL using Linux and Apache. Coordinated integration of SSL certificates for on-line merchants.
To be humble, I attempt to help others by developing two open source software projects; Wandervogel (a project similar to Ruby on Rails with a ton of helpful utilities to develop rock-solid websites quickly) and an RPC server based off of Sun's ONC RPC spec (RFC 1831). Both are available on my front page at Upstart Illustration.