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College Park, Maryland, US

Formed an application development lab (Cloud9 Computer Shop) incorporated under "Molding A Dream through Hustle and Ambition Takes Emotional Readiness" (MADHATER), LLC.Designed, developed, and released an independent desktop music application.http://aair.coCreated educational mobile app Vocable.http://vocableapp.madhater.co

-Designed, developed Minimum Viable Product for StarTutor's StarU app as a full stack developer-Company was able to secure seed funding due to the success of the MVP-Single-handedly set up the deployment processes and programmed all backend and front end software, including serverless Lambda functions on AWS, custom OpenTok native plugins for real-time.

Work From Anywhere, Remote, OO

While a member of the Toptal Network, which employs the top 3% of developers worldwide, I was involved in numerous projects which pulled from all areas of my skill set.-Set up and configured backend services using Amazon Web Services, as well as designed and deployed iOS and Android mobile apps (both native and hybrid). -On multiple occasions, joined.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Worked as a freelance contractor and completed several MVP projects while a member of the Matchist group.One of the projects completed included updating a PHP backend and redesigning hybrid mobile applications using Cordova, JQuery Mobile for an online dating/matchmaking company.

Performed security policy assessments of 3rd party software to identify gaps in compliance.Wrote and maintained original application developer guides for client products and software application systems, focusing on Oracle and LDAP.Developed a Standard Operating Procedure for issuing Certificate Revocation Lists within a PKI environment.Wrote regression.

Designed functional structure of a social networking web application.Implemented application in PHP using a template approach.Optimized Linux web server configuration to improve efficiency, speed, and security.Final project contained roughly 15,000 lines of original PHP code.Maintained and administered active community (6,000+ members, 1m+ posts).

Wrote program to load-test Video-On-Demand Entitlement server (installing 10+ million records).Coded in ~1300 lines of C++ using Notepad and MSVC++ and using the Oracle OCI APIs.Results showed issues with database organization and table management, helping to target problem areas early in the testing phase.

Washington, DC, US

Worked with team of consultants to design and develop professional websites.Met with potential clients to obtain requirements, demonstrate functionality, and give presentations on potential website designs.Created and edited websites using Notepad, Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, and Photoshop.Assisted the design of 3 large website projects.