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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.

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.

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.

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.

- 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.

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.

- 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.

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Computer Science

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Computer Science