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- Refactored PostgreSQL database structure and existing queries to reduce complexity, optimize speed, reduce duplicate data, improve maintainability, and follow a more logical structure.- Replaced poorly architected existing web applications written in NodeJS with new applications written in PHP with a focus on search engine optimization. Newly written applications greatly improved performance and usability and saw immediate gains in SEO allowing us to move into the first page of Google search results for most keywords.- Created round robin queue system for delivering web leads and connecting them to sales people over the telephone. Also implemented an automated system for registering local telephone numbers for display on web properties allowing call monitoring and tracking data analytics.- Created new infrastructure for web applications including automated deployments and load balancing using Amazon Web Services and Chef.

San Francisco, California, Us

- Wrote custom framework to replace existing API’s to allow for an easy transition piece by piece (PHP, PGSQL)- Instrumental in the launch of the launch of the new version of the primary cloudflare.com website. (PHP, PGSQL, Backbone.js)- Helped hire and also mentor team members on best practices, helping the team learn to create better tests and write better code

Orange County, Ca, Us

- Implemented company intranet and shared department workspaces using Atlassian Confluence including the development of custom Confluence plugins. (Java, Javascript/jQuery, Velocity)- Complete overhaul of internal network including reconfiguration and reinstallation of firewall and switches, recabling networking rooms, and setup of VPN for external access to SalesForce and Digium (TCP/IP, VPN, SalesForce, Digium)- Responsible for all infrastructure, including internet connections, servers, PBX, phone systems, software systems, and technology purchasing and installations as well as management and training of employees. (TCP/IP, VOIP, Digium, Salesforce, Google Apps, AWS)- Manages team responsible for full product life cycle of multiple products, supporting existing products receiving millions of visitors daily, as well as managing and mentoring software engineers.

Cupertino, California, Us

- Was immediately made a member of the Technology Leadership Council to help evaluate and decide internal technology directions for Apple teams- Wrote DevOps application for deployment of PHP applications with environment specific variables. Includes VCS repositories, server credentials, databases, scheduled jobs and composer installation. Application provides the only developer access to test and production servers. (PHP, MySQL, CodeIgniter, Github Enterprise, SVN, Jenkins, Javascript/jQuery, REST)- Wrote composer libraries for CodeIgniter and Symfony2, used by many applications in the group including an authentication plugin for the internal Apple authentication system and employee lookups. (PHP, CodeIgniter, Symfony2, jQuery, AngularJS)- Created an enhanced version of the CodeIgniter framework with support for namespaces, autoloading of interface/abstract class/trait, custom ORM, enhanced Spark package system allowing modular applications with packaged routing, controllers, models, etc all installable via a composer package with customer installer. (PHP, CodeIgniter, MySQL)- Created a datamart and custom ETL process which was relied on during the launch of the iPhone 5s, iPad Air, and iPad Mini Retina using extremely limited hardware to track high volume of orders, shipments, and backorders globally while requiring a data-freshness SLA of under one hour. (PHP, MySQL, Java)- Worked on system used for tracking and reporting used for the Supplier Responsibility program. (PHP, CodeIgniter, Symfony2, AngularJS, jQuery, MySQL, REST, XML, SOAP)

- Maintained and improved scalability of full application stack (Java/Groovy/Grails, PHP, Ruby, Python, RabbitMQ, MySQL, Apache Solr, Capistrano)- Focused efforts on providing high availability real-time API service using a cluster of Apache Solr servers with over 40 million document records. (Apache Solr)

- Responsible for software development from concept and planning to delivery, including management and mentorship of technical and product teams (PHP, Zend Framework, MySQL, Redis, Apache Solr, Amazon EC2, Javascript/jQuery)

- Rewrote the entire FileFront website turning it into a distributed multi-tier system consisting of a CMS platform using Wordpress with custom plugins, meta-data search application, and custom job management platform for things like uploads, video encodes, and nfs/cdn transfers for 5+ million page views/month, thousands of uploads a day, and hundreds of thousands of downloads a day. (PHP, Zend Framework, Wordpress, Apache Solr/Lucene, Javascript/jQuery, ZeroMQ, Memcached)- Developed backend website and custom plugins for managing the content creation and publication process delivering 130k+ articles to BreakMedia web properties. (PHP, MySQL, Javascript, jQuery)

Eagan, Minnesota, Us

- Wrote drag and drop WSIWYG website building and hosting SAAS platform which was white-labelled to multiple companies and sold as part of the package given to all customers of Pre Paid Legal. Platform included online signups, recurring payments, custom domain names, modular widgets including online store and shopping cart, custom layouts, a custom form builder, custom theme tempting system and tools for designers. (CakePHP, MySQL, jQuery)- Wrote proof of concept wrapper application for wrapping a mobile version of the website into an Android 1.5 application including phone number, contacts, and calendar integrations. (Java)

- Implementation, management, and support of all company infrastructure and services. (FreeBSD, Redhat, TCP/IP, Apache, Nginx)- Designed and developed multiple full-text search and social networking web properties including management of technical teams. (PHP, MySQL, Javascript/jQuery)

- Technical lead on design, implementation, and optimization for high profile clients such as Microsoft and Toshiba using CodeIgniter and or a custom framework. (PHP, MySQL, CodeIgniter, Javascript/jQuery)

- Responsible for full technical review of Facebook application Super Villians, including code documentation in wiki format and application updates to work with new Facebook API updates.- Technical design and implementation for prototype of new multi-player Facebook game similar to scrabble. (PHP, MySQL, Javascript/jQuery, Facebook API)

- Responsible for all aspects of office network and web property hosting, and primary liaison for anything requiring a technical contact. (TCP/IP, Windows, Redhat, FreeBSD)- Developed web based applications for lead generation, office workflow management, credit ratings, and customer management using PHP, MySQL, and Javascript. (PHP, MySQL, Javascript)

Irvine, Ca, Us

- Rewrote the in-game store for the Knight Online MMORPG, converting from classic ASP to PHP primarily to remove security exploits costing the company revenue, as well as to improve the code-base scalability and add more payment options. (PHP, MSSQL, Memcached, Javascript/jQuery, Java)- Wrote backends for company website as well as many game properties including highly sensitive game statistics pages polling directly from game server databases. (PHP, MSSQL, Memcached, Java)- Served as a technology consultant for in-game security and anti-cheat solution talks with third-party providers. (C/C++)

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Computer Science

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Computer Science