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Leading the LoanTek team.

Working on the Bankrate Advertising Platform and the Mortgage Experience teams

Design technical specifications from functional specs and work with C-level stake holders on prioritization and compliance approval though Agile (Kanban) process. Lead the team of skilled engineers developing all customer-facing aspects of the site as well as many back end tools and reporting systems. Mentor and consult with developers on sdlc, testing approaches, object oriented architecture; SOLID principles, TDD, professionalism, and skills development.

Participate in pairwise team development of innovative web application using Laravel and PHP. Collaborate on architecture. Create multiple test suites, tools, and build strong in-house testing culture. Contribute code back to open source projects. Technologies used include Laravel 4/5, PHP 5.6, Jira, Confluence, HipChat, and BitBucket Git Flow.

Collaborate with development team to solve problems, plan new projects, diagram new schemas, develop object graphs for new projects, and consult on security best practices. Help get projects from development pipeline to production. Core tech: MeteorJS, PHP 5.5, Object Oriented, Magento, Laravel, BackboneJS, KnockoutJS, CentOS, Mysql 5.1-5.6, OS X, Cuban coffee.

Updated aging software systems to current technology. Convert/recode 10,000+ lines of procedural PHP code for security hardening, performance improvement, and compatibility with current PHP versions. Developed custom OO middleware layer to facilitate application maintainability and control across dozens of program modules.Core technologies: PHP 5.5, Apache 2.2, FastCGI/PHP-FPM, Zend OpCache, Mod_Security, CentOS, mysql to mysqli migration, Prepared Statements SQL, PHPUnit, AJAX, memcached

Lead the Enterprise Training Products & Services Department, develop new lines of business, implement quality management system for quality assurance with our Fortune 500 clients (Exxon-Mobil, Standard Chartered Bank, Energizer, Novo Nordisk, Novozymes, Boeing Composites, etc).

Developed new business and cooperative relationships with enterprises in the Binhai New Development Zone. Set strategy and oversight for the branch as a whole. Held final authority over contracts, hiring, and expenditures.

Managed the daily business operations of the training center, including marketing, promotions, sales, finance, customer service, training, HR, and support departments. Provided direction to department heads and reported to regional management.

Managed the daily work of a team of trainers, including scheduling, issue resolution, teaching methodology, talent search, and new employee training and orientation. Coordinated assistive support to the sales departments and directly collaborated on corporate account sales and development.

Tracked and mixed over 30 artists and bands in all styles of music from folk, R&B and hip-hop to rock, metal, and punk. Worked with labels and local venues to build and promote artists sounds and support them releasing quality demos.

Integrated custom gas flow rate controllers with GPIB compatible instrumentation and furnace controllers to automate multi-day fuel cell optimization experiments.

Worked in startup to create web portal with tracked usage rewards, interactive games, etc. Core technologies were Oracle 8i, C++, OCI, and Solaris. Prototyping in MySQL, Perl, and Linux.

Developed shopping cart in Miva (pre-Merchant) and store front for mid-sized mail order business with very diverse film memorabilia and collectibles inventory and global customer base. Integrated web store with existing BlackBox POS software, retaining company’s existing investment in inventory management and sales system. Collaborated with DHL and UPS systems to provide one of the earliest web stores with a truly functional cart for int’l customers with diverse billing options.

Optimized control wiring for a hybrid pneumatic/electric fully-automated portable perfect-binding book press. Reduced the number of wire routes by half and lowered the overall cost of production while improving the fit and finish of the prototype, improving results at sales presentations.

Developing a multi-tenant shopping cart application on IBM DB2 and OS/2 Server.

Design and program some of the earliest e-commerce and data-driven web applications. Create and manage SQL databases.

Verified compliance of all incoming materials with standard specifications. Calibrated test equipment in microbiology lab assisted gas chromatography in Chem lab. Sterilized all instruments and vessels used for bacterial culturing.