Resume
Skills
HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP4, PHP5, MySql, Symfony 1.0, Web Services, AJAX, SOAP, REST, Prototype, Scriptaculious, JQuery, FBML, Facebook Connect, Amazon EC2. Amazon S3. Linux, Unix, VI, Pico, grep, find and other basic unix commandline tools, Apache, SMTP, IMAP, Wordpress API, Conversational Japanese
Experience
Contractor, Platforms for Colaboration — 4/2009-1/2010
Architect PFCs online virtual events/tradeshow platform hosted at http://www.2xhib.com/ using PHP5, Symfony 1.0, Mysql 5.0, and Javascript. Wrote simple XML REST API to allow virtual events to use their authentication system for authenticating event visitors from their own website. Installed and managed linux servers on Amazon EC2, with backups going to Amazon S3.
Contractor, CIO Executive Council 6/2009-7/2009
Contracted through Winter Wyman of Waltham. My primary responsibility was to make basic HTML/javascript changes to the existing website. Fix reported bugs, and add some minor new functionality with PHP5.
Contractor, Blue Cross Blue Shield 12/2008-1/2009
Contracted through Aquent of Boston. Created a dynamic javascript application to allow people to calculate short term disability, long term disability and accidental death and dismemberment insurance. Javascript application uses Scriptaculous javascript library to more the development along quickly. It can be located at http://www.indigo-insurance.com/quote-calc/indigo-quote.html
Contractor, iRobot — 10/2008/-11/2008
Contracted through Aquent of Boston. Help build redesigned pages on the iRobot website using Javascript, CSS, HTML and PHP4 through Dreamweaver. http://www.irobot.com/
Co-founder/Architect , Givvy — 10/2007 – 9/2009
Givvy was an application designed to allow people to think about how they gave their money to charitable foundations. Givvy was built using Symfony 1.0 on PHP5 with MySql 5.x, and used AJAX components to edit data and manipulate pages without reloading of the entire page. My responsibilities included managing the EC2 linux servers that Givvy was hosted on, co-architecting of the application with the other Givvy co-founder/architect. Contribute to design decisions on customer interaction with the application. Integrate with Network For Good SOAP API to allow for user donations through Givvy. Integrate with MallNetworks SOAP API to allow users to shop for their charity through Givvy. Used Facebook Connect to connect Givvy users to their Facebook accounts
Senior Web Developer/Systems Administrator, Digibug Express, Inc — 2/2005 – 8/2008
Develop and extend Digibugs online photo fulfillment services using HTML, CSS, PHP4 and PHP5. Editing of images through web interface, e-commerce activities, and special proprietary requirements for Digibug’s B2B partner Creative Memories. Co-developed API to allow professional photographers to host images on their website and allow their customers to buy them through Digibug’s services. Managed web servers and data storage for Creative Memories. Upon end of contract migrated Creative Memories photo assets (30TB of images) from Digibug’s data center in Boston, MA to Creative Memories data center in St Paul Minnesota. Upon sale of Digibug migrated Digibug servers and storage to New Jersey.
Senior Web Developer, Cambridge Soundworks — 9/2002 – 2/2005
Create new functionality for e-commerce website using perl, HTML and CSS. Update ecommerce website weekly with price and product changes. Created internal email marketing server using php4, HTML and CSS, mysql and postfix. Server sent emails 50K plus emails weekly. Created online quizzes and mini promotional websites for Cambridge Soundworks contests.
Senior Programmer Analyst, Digitas — 1/1999 – 11/2001
Responsible for creating HTML base templates for LLBean, Nieman Marcus, Federal Express. Add customer requested content to page templates to create website. Created multi-browser compatible javascript applications for image roll-overs, Nieman Marcus product pages, LLBean navigation menus. Created perl based application that created HTML files out of segments to allow for easier creation of HTML pages or redesign without full rebuild of HTML code.
Contractor, Aquent/Webstaff — 4/1998 – 12/1998
Create and modify website HTML and perl CGIs for Aquent clientele. Clients included Media100, Putnam Investments, Bank Boston, and Nynex.
Sr. Webmaster, TIAC (THe Internet Access Company) — 4/1996 – 4/1998
Configure and add new customer web hosts to server configuration files. Help customers with server issues. Create and install new perl CGI scripts for customers to user with their website including, form contacts, guestbook scripts.
Education
1992, Montachussett Regional Vocational Technical School, Electronics Certificate, High School Diploma
1999, Worcester Poly Technical Institute, C/C++ Programming Certificate
2002, Yamasa Insitute, Basic Conversational Japanese Certificate
Open Source Projects
Full Circle – Full Circle is an open source Wordpress plugin. It was a project I started in March of 2009 in response for a need for a Wordpress plugin that would post to blog entries from a Wordpress blog to that blog owners Facebook news feed. Full Circle is available at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/full-circle/
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