Christopher Mendla Email & Phone Number

Southampton, Pa, Us

Remote

Senior front end developer supporting the U.S. Census Department. * Angular, Jira, GitHub* Agile environment based on 2 week sprints* Responsible for the development of a new application to allow users to interface with a data lake* 85P Public Trust Clearance required and held

Southampton, Pennsylvania, United States

Develop and maintain applications for the Small Business Administration in an Agile environment. Platform:* Ruby on Rails, Postgres, ElasticSearch* JavaScript, HTML, CSS* 508 Accessibility * Amazon Web Services* Docker* Circle CI, Jira, Github Enterprise

Southampton Pa

Self employed consultant providing networking, hardware, software, web design and ruby on rails consulting. * Hardware, Software, Networking support for small business* WordPress website design* Maintenance of Joomla based sites. * Seo, Analytics, Social Media. * Currently working on a large Ruby on Rails project. Providing front and back end support. Reference available. Note - I am currently seeking full time W2 employee, contract or contract to hire positions. I will consider short and long term contracts.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Provided technology consulting services to businesses, universities, and companies including Fortune 500 companies. Focus : To provide affordable support while maintaining a focus on the business needs of the client. Networking Experience:* Windows Server 2003 - 2012* All Windows Desktop Operating Systems* Symantec Endpoint Protection* VPNs* Integration of client networks with systems such as security cameras* Firewalls* Office 365* Integration of android phones with Microsoft Outlook* Real Estate Appraisal applications: Wintotal and ACIWebsite experience* Design and maintenance of sites using Joomla, WordPress and Ruby on Rails platforms including customization such as: * Virtuemart online catalog and store * Blogs/forums/social networks * Search engine optimization * Google adwords advertising * Custom Javascript/Jquery code * HTML/CSS * Remediation of hacked sites including repairing damage done to a domain's standing in search enginesClients Served:* Fortune 500 businesses* Schools and Universities* Industrial companies* Law Offices* Real Estate offices and appraisers* Auto repair shops* Small and home office.

Southampton Pa

Web Developer • Develop and maintain Ruby on Rails applications in an agile environment. ◦ Javascript ◦ jQuery ◦ Rubocop • Git Hub Enterprise • Jenkins Constant Integration • Cloud Foundry • Leankit • New Relic • Section 508 Compliance (ADA) • Leankit • Leankit

Mt. Laurel Nj

Ruby on Rails Web Developer in a Heroku, Aws, Rails 3 environment supporting internal and external sites.

Philadelphia, Pa

Full stack web developer for a medium sized manufacturing company in Philadelphia converting Lotus Notes/Domino internal applications to Ruby on Rails apps. • Migrate legacy internal Lotus Notes applications to Ruby on Rails/Javascript/Jquery/Css based applications. Applications authenticate via the corporate Microsoft Active Directory. Applications can email through the application via SMTP or interface with Lotus Notes/Outlook. • Configured a Microsoft IIS server to run Rails applications using Always Up to run Puma servers for the individual applications as services• Configured a Microsoft SQL server with appropriate development and production databases and schema to allow sharing of data between CRM, Ruby and Crystal Reports. • Created responsive templates for the applications to maintain consistency with corporate identity. • Configured version control via Git. • Trained end users in the use of the applications.. Results:* Initial applications are successfully running Rails on a Microsoft IIS server* Applications are integrated with the corporate Active Directory server* The overall result of the project will not just be the conversion but also the migration of all corporate information from proprietary Notes databases to a central SQL repository.

Philadelphia And Bucks County

I taught a variety of face to face and online courses at local colleges,universities and tech schools ranging from 100 level introductory courses to 500 level graduate seminars. Courses included:* Introduction to Computers* Database Design and Management (Oracle, SQL)* A+ Certification Prep* Server Administration* Web Design* Advanced Networking* Systems Analysis* Project Management* Programming (Java, Javascript, Php)Schools:* Arcadia University* Bucks County Community College* Bucks County Technical High School* Burlington County College* Data Processing Trainers (Also served on their advisory board)* Delaware Valley College* Holy Family College* Manor College* Philadelphia University (Formerly Textile)* The Art Institutes (Online courses using a facilitated learning model)

Philadelphia Pa

Project Manager responsible for the successful launch of a new online learning program.Skills:* Design of a distance learning program* Budgeting* Advertising* Working with the customization of the eCollege learning platform* Training professors and personnel in the use of the learning platformAccomplishments* Delivered the project on time and under budget.

Philadelphia, Pa

Director of Information technology:Highlights* Managed all aspects of computing systems and telecommunications for 2 locations* Managed 8 Person Staff* Managed Phone Systems (Lucent switch)* Managed Academic Computing Systems - over 200 workstations at 2 campus locations* Responsible for departmental budgeting (Over $400,000/year - overall technology budget: $1M)* Oversaw a complete redesign of the Networking infrastructure including all new wiring, data center, network architecture, video conferencing and redesigned student labs. * Oversaw a project to replace the aging Cobol based enterprise system prior to Y2K* Chaired the technology group which coordinated technology among an 8 member school consortiumSkills:* Network Administration* Network Design* Project Management* Budgeting* Personnel Management* Budgeting* Large scale system migration* Physical design of a data center* Support of Video Conferencing over a Wan* Firewall configuration * Backup policies* User access policies* System Security* Wide Area Networking

Advanced Professional Certificate (Post Masters), Quantitative Analysis

I earned an Advanced Professional Certificate in Quantitative Analysis from Drexel University as part of a Fellowship from the Naval.

Masters Of Business Administration, Management Information Systems

Bs, Management And Marketing

Activities and Societies: President, Business Honors Society