Robert Allen Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Work collaboratively with people from across the business to identify and implement both long-term strategic and innovative solutions as well as implement the near term tactical needs of product development. Responsible for the creation of application development support work plans for software engineering personnel level of effort, prioritization.

• Responsible for planning, processing and executing application designs and enhancements.
• Work closely with upper management assessing and addressing concerns, requirements and enhancements.
• Provide recommendations to management concerning issues of programmer productivity and software development management.
• Document and draft specifications, proposals and papers.
• Analyze system specifications and translate system requirements to task specifications for junior programmers.
• Design and develop programming systems making specific determinations about system performance, improvements, capacity and reliability.

• Design application platform utilizing Zend Framework MVC, Amazon EC2.
• Design, develop and implement continuous integration server for all PHP applications utilizing Jenkins server.
• Write and implement unit testing for new development as well as assisting other developers with PHPUnit and test driven development.
• Design and create web-service APIs for internal and external consumption.
• Work directly with off-shore assets in design and knowledge transfer for existing and new development.
• Encourage active involvement of all team members in code reviews, design reviews and a implementation of collaborative processes.

• Design application platform utilizing Zend Framework MVC, Amazon EC2.
• Design, develop and implement continuous integration server for all PHP applications utilizing Jenkins server.
• Write and implement unit testing for new development as well as assisting other developers with PHPUnit and test driven development.
• Design and create web-service APIs for internal and external consumption.
• Work directly with off-shore assets in design and knowledge transfer for existing and new development.
• Encourage active involvement of all team members in code reviews, design reviews and a implementation of collaborative processes.

Hanover, MD, US

• Design, develop and implement automated technician messaging platform.
• Design, develop and implement network health reporting applications. Integrated web-based reporting using PHP, Zend Framework and Dojo toolkit.
• Operate independently and with minimal input and supervision within time sensitive deadlines.
• Design, develop and implement automated reporting application using MySQL, Zend Framework and Dojo toolkit, providing detail by the hour accounting of regional technical outages and regression analysis.
• CMS Module development, design, specification and implementation of custom content driven applications.
• Microsoft Active Directory/LDAP integration with internal applications [authentication & group management].

US

• Develop PHP/MySQL/MSSQL/AJAX applications as directed by business requirements.
• Create SOAP applications unifying various existing internal applications into a single internal/external applications interface.
• Provide technical advice ad direction for systems hardware and software infrastructure.
• Design, plan, develop and implement various strategies on mission critical timelines.
• Advise and implement sales focused CRM applications with integrate cataloging, contact management, lead tracking and reporting applications.

Lincolnshire, Illinois, US

PHP/Zend Framework Application Development.

• Develop PHP/MySQL/MSSQL/AJAX applications based on customer requirements and desires.
• Design user management and billing applications for various services and department, based on customer requirements.
• Develop wireless network devices (i.e. Wireless water meters. WiFi hotspot, point-point data connections and supporting software architecture.)
• Create SOAP applications to fulfill needs of various banking and billing applications.
• Design, develop and implement ISP user management and automated billing applications utilizing Freeradius.
• Clients: Various municipal governments [10/2006 - 10/2007], Manhard Consulting Ltd. [10/2007 - 4/2008] and various commercial applications creation.

• Develop applications for managing wireless network and user database utilizing open source technologies [php5, apache, mysql, netsnmp and others].
• Create SOAP services to fulfill needs of various banking and billing applications.
• Design, develop and implement ISP user management and automated billing applications utilizing Freeradius.
• Design and develop improved geothermal conductivity testing devices and software.
• Co-develop wireless devices for encrypted point to point data transmission and Mikrotik based hotspot systems.
• Implement embedded Debian installations on Intel Xscale, MIPS and NSC SC1100 based micro systems.

• Develop service oriented applications founded on Oracle 8i, PHP/OCI and custom content management frameworks.
• Manage CVS Repository, update rollouts/reversions.
• Generate usage reports and metrics.
• Work with marketing to visualize, create and implement weekly customizations.
• Insure application security internally as well as externally.
• Design cost effective application scalability methods and load balancing techniques.