Profile and Objective
An eight-year customer service oriented software development professional with a robust understanding of technologies in networking, programming, object oriented design, database administration, project management, and documentation with proven ability to exceed expectations. I am seeking a management or senior level technical position in a dynamic organization that utilizes my skills and creativity and my ability find inventive solutions to problems.
Experience
Senior Developer
USWeb Inc.
June 2004 - Present
- Managed a team of developers in creating high-end business and e-commerce websites
- Analyzed customer needs and developed project plans to ensure on-time and on-budget completion of development projects
- Lead team meetings and code reviews to discuss and plan out strategies and to overcome problems in the development process
- Designed and documented programming frameworks and APIs to expedite the development process through effective code reuse
- Developed a robust object-oriented shopping cart framework
- Developed a complex content management framework for business websites
- Designed a system of web services to allow the use of developed frameworks from any XML-enabled programming language
Content Control Manager
8e6 Technologies
March 2002 - June 2004
- Managed teams of developers, database technicians, and networking engineers to maintain a crucial department within one of the leading providers of internet filtering technology.
- Oversaw and directed development of applications for managing the company's mission critical database of filtered content.
- Managed the operations team to ensure near 100% uptime of all crucial servers and to maintain good network performance.
- Developed policies and procedures for adding, removing, and editing the contents of the database resulting in high praise from industry analysts for the quality of the database.
Senior Developer
Tea House of the Net
May 2000 - March 2002
- Coordinated and lead a team of developers in producing business websites and custom applications
- Served as primary software architect for all projects.
- Assigned tasks to developers and managed deadlines.
- Developed backend objects (PHP, EJB, COM) to be used by middle-tier and front-end code.
- Interfaced with customers to answer questions and alleviate concerns.
User Interface Engineer
Sourcemine Inc.
March 1999 - May 2000
- Planned and developed a user-interface strategy for a web-based content management application
- Conducted usability tests to identify workflow and interface needs of potential customers
- Built an intuitive and robust user-interface based on customer needs and integrated it with backend business logic
- Constructed a framework to provide context-sensitive help throughout the application
Database Technician
8e6 Technologies
February 1997 - March 1999
- Maintained a mission critical database and produced product updates for an internet filtering product
- Performed daily maintenance tasks on the database which including deleting incorrect information, adding new records, and exporting content for product updates
- Oversaw migration of the database from Access to Microsoft SQL Server
- Developed custom software to facilitate the daily upkeep of the database
Skills
Programming Languages/Platforms:
ASP, ActionScript, Java, J2EE, Visual Basic, Perl, PHP, JavaScript (ECMAScript), HTML, CSS, C#, C++, SOAP, XMLRPC, Delphi, .Net, Ruby, Rails, Python
Operating Systems
Windows (95 - Server 2003), Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, MacOS X
Applications and Services
Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Dreamweaver, Apache, Eclipse IDE, Visual Studio, DigiShop, Internet Information Server
Databases
Microsoft SQL Server (7 & 2000), MySQL, Oracle (8i - 10g), Progress, FoxPro, Access, PostgresSQL, DB2