Chris Manger Email & Phone Number

Responsible for researching and implementing NLP solutions to address specific product objectives for proprietary reading software. One major area of focus has been to improve the Chatbot's ability to summarize information from a large number of disparate sources.

Houston, Texas, Us

Opelika, Alabama, Us

• Project: Create a motor sports website with over 1.4 million products - Wrote seven integrations using these patterns: flyweight, decorator, builder, and command - Coded customized full page caching strategies that enhanced performance by over 300% - Implemented differed product loading that utilized AJAX, JSON, JavaScript, and ORM - Fabricated custom models/collections to reduce load times on pages with over 100K variations• Position: Built four new storefronts; extended or modified functionality for 18 other sites - Created a customized multi-store content management system that plugs into all forms - Made calls to a REST API to retrieve and then present subscriber information - Wrote ReactJS to modify and extend shipping functionality throughout the site - Authored the code for using cURL to connect to a REST API and retrieve medical data - Wrote much ReactJS while modifying the order of the steps in the checkout process - Connected to a REST API to acquire data to ascertain customers’ eligibility • Project: Construct several modules with over 100 classes using the MVC pattern to implement a special discount program - Created a customized multi-store content management system that plugs into each step - Crafted a series of classes for saving, validating, and rendering a seven-step workflow - Built a custom router that discerns the current step and directs the customer - Designed and created several admin interfaces for processing applications

• Project: Create a module that enables dental practices to be auctioned online - Made eight forms using the tree data structure to process over 60 nested children - Created functionality allowing buyers/sellers to renegotiate prices using the mediator pattern - Employed the decorator, front controller, adapter, and MVC patterns to process user input - Spoke with stakeholders, wrote up requirements definitions, and devised the architecture - Wrote models (SQL) that save using ORM and use the Entity-Attribute-Value architecture• Project: Write Python/Spark scripts that reveal trends related to discounts and sales - Created a script using Python/Spark SQL to gather statistics for discount types - Wrote a Spark/Python script that identifies products that are most commonly bought together • Project: Create a dental equipment site – that like Amazon.com – allows 3rd party sellers - Overhauled the framework to allow customers to create products and built version control - Wrote a product integration for sellers using the filter, flyweight, prototype, and proxy patterns - Assembled architectural plans for the entire site as well as the database design (ORM, SQL) - Used the tree data structure to manage nested children while creating a series of interfaces - Wrote many features using these patterns: prototype, factory, abstract factory, state, MVC• Project: Build a website that sells courses with a digital library that can have over 2 million records - Constructed an indexer so that the digital library can accommodate high traffic - Created access rights functionality and integrated using proxy, decorator, and façade patterns - Devised and implemented the architectural and database design (ORM) for the entire site - Wrote an abstract factory to support order processing for different types of digital goods

Marina Del Rey, Ca, Us

• Project: Construct a site for a company selling an enormous volume of courses - Enhanced performance by over 500% by using direct queries (SQL) instead of models - Engineered a product type where groups of complex products are nested inside each other - Employed the map and set data structures to filter and process matching children in the cart - Reworked the logic for saving products, custom options, upsells, and categories - Created a product type that is generated on the fly and links to the associated parent• Other integrations performed: free lecture prospects, customer acknowledgments, lectures• Project: Engineer a buy-one-get-one discount feature for a dermatology company - Created a new quote processing module that applies discounts for specified conditions - Devised and implemented the database structure by creating EAV attributes (ORM/SQL) - Integrated this into invoicing, the checkout, the admin, emails, and the order summary - Utilized data structures while filtering records to enforce specific discount rules• Project: Create a module that applies a free shipping method based on the order total - Create a new shipping collector to determine what method should be complimentary - Wrote code to display and process this specified free shipping method - Allowed administrators to specify under what conditions a free method should be applied

Newport Beach, Ca, Us

• Project: Create an enterprise grade site for an organization that sells blood tests and streamlines their sales workflow• Solution: - Utilized a SOAP API to notify customers if an online fax had been successfully sent- Integrated custom order status functionality with the existing framework- Created layout XML for customer account pages tailored to the client’s needs- Used AJAX, JSON, and getSingleton/quote object to save a checkout note to the session- Created a comment box on a non-form page in the adminhtml that used AJAX- Added a new field to the customer grid; created an observer to save it• Project: Create an E-commerce website for a hardware store that sells a variety of products• Solution: - Created a dynamic left sidebar that handled the store's many part variations- Imported the products and wrote a script that could transfer products to another category- Authored the code creating the data schema needed to support a very diverse range of products- Revamped the layout of the one step checkout module to meet design specifications- Wrote almost all of the layout XML for the site and created breadcrumbs when needed• Project: Fix several issues on an existing site built on an enterprise grade framework that sells promotional tote bags• Solution:- Added an option and removed another from the product pager's 'Sort By' drop down- Installed and configured a jQuery cycle slideshow and resolved JavaScript conflicts- Customized the new order email to include pictures of each product purchased• Project: Create an enterprise grade lead generation site for a plastics company located in Vietnam• Solution: * Please note: this site is not yet live.- Modified the product pager so that admin users can set what products are displayed first- Wrote most of the layout XML and modified the site's phtml files to meet requirements

Washington, Dc, Us

• Project: Customize a Magento store for Microsoft• Solution:(1) Create form fields in checkout to ask pertinent questions - Added form input fields and validation to the shipping method page- Saved these form fields to an accessible part of the database (EAV)- Included these form fields in the items ordered report(2) Change content appearing on the site- Wrote JavaScript/HTML to bypass the checkout billing page- Configured all store email messages- Removed much unnecessary content especially callout boxes(3) Write a report listing each item purchased- Applied knowledge of Magento objects to create a new tab, pull order data, and get custom options• Project: Construct an online registration system Allow users to place orders, print invoices & badges, and view reports • Solution: (1) General tasks performed to create the system- Revamped a PDF invoice derived from the TCPDF library- Created the database structure to house a dynamic pricing grid - Determined how to employ JSON to create a search feature(2) Allow users to submit payments online- Integrated the site with PayPal’s Payflow Pro gateway- Accounted for the major types of payment gateway validation errors(3) Perform the data conversion- Mapped the data conversion- Wrote code to migrate old contact data from MSSQL to MySQL- Re-engineered the database structure to allow for required features• Project: Create a website to showcase an architect’s work• Solution: - Modify a proprietary CMS to fit this site. Extend the CMS considerabl- Used a jQuery drag and drop plug-in for reordering pictures- Built CMS pages allowing users to upload pictures and edit pages- Implemented an open source slideshow connecting to the CMS• Project: Create a matchmaking feature that pairs users from the same state, county, or city• Solution: - Updated a dynamic table to add a new matching feature- Extended the matching algorithm to calculate these new matches differently

• Project: Create an anti-bullying website to help a group with their team project at USC• Solution: - Integrated a purchased template into the Silverstripe CMS- Utilized the API to pull ‘News’ data- Added input fields to the CMS using the API- Enabled administrators to edit most every subpage’s content

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Java Programming Certificate Program

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Masters, Information Systems Technology Management