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Objective:
Senior Software Engineer position in an
organization that offers the opportunity to use my expertise in Agile
Scrum to deliver complex web applications.

Summary of Qualifications

Software Engineer with nearly fifteen years of experience building complex web
and software applications for public and private companies. A talent
for analyzing problems, developing and simplifying procedures, and
finding innovative solutions. A commitment to motivating core
personnel to achieve excellence. Extensive knowledge in:

  • Java
  • Agile Scrum
  • MySQL 5
  • PHP 5 (CakePHP)
  • Coldfusion 8
  • Perl 5
  • AJAX (Ext, YUI)
  • Drupal 5 and 6
  • Subversion
  • Eclipse
  • Amazon Web Services

Professional Experience

Senior Software Engineer

LIBREDIGITAL INC. – Austin, TX

(Dec 2008 to present)

http://www.libredigital.com/

  • Designed and developed a web application to deliver an eBook for a limited time with the Adobe Content Server or the Amazon Simple Store Service using Cold Fusion and Java
  • Designed and developed administrative web application to manage a limited time offer of an eBook using Cold Fusion and Java
  • Fixed bugs and developed new functionality to existing content mangement system using Cold Fusion
  • Provided engineering input in new software products

Senior Software Engineer and Consultant

MCLAUGHLIN ANDERSON LUXURY VILLAS LTD. – St. Thomas US Virgin Islands

(Mar 2002 – Mar 2006 and Aug 2008 – Nov 2008)

http://www.mclaughlinanderson.com/

  • Co-designed and developed using Coldfusion and MySQL:
    • Real time villa rental availability to public website.
    • Web-based back office system including:
      • Quoting and reservation system.
      • Villa management.
      • Customized CRM for villa owners, agents, and vendors.
      • Management of villa fractional ownerships and availability.
  • Provided IT support for custom network setup, testing, and deployment of LAN
    and WAN services in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • Provided on-site data migration from old reservation system to new back
    office solution.
  • Provided Search Engine Optimization (Google, Ask, MSN Live, Yahoo) resulting
    in consistent top twenty organic Google search rankings.

Chief Technology Officer

BULLY BLUE, LLC. – Austin, TX (May 2008 – Nov 2008)

http://www.bullyblue.com/

  • Providing technology expertise to Bully Blue business strategy.
  • Implementation and deployment of Drupal CMS for customers.

Chief Technology Officer

SELF BOOK IT – Austin, TX (Jun 2004 – Aug 2008)

http://www.selfbookit.com/

  • Designed and implemented a web-based reservation system for the service
    industry using Linux, Apache, PHP and MySQL.
  • Designed and implemented a Search Engine Optimization strategy resulting in
    top twenty organic Google search ranking.
  • Implemented and extended Drupal CMS.

Chief Technology Officer

SNAPSE, INC. – Austin, TX (Jul 2006 – Aug 2008)

http://www.snapse.com/

  • Responsible for contributing technology expertise to the Snapse business
    strategy.
  • Monitoring and assessing new technologies improving the competitive position
    and future growth of Snapse.
  • Internal coordination of best technologies.
  • Develop and foster external relationships with business partners, technology
    leaders, academics, and government officials.
  • Implemented and extended Drupal CMS.
  • Designed and co-implemented a web-based video editing system using LAMP and AJAX.

Scrum Master

GROWTH ACCELERATION PARTNERS – Austin, TX (Oct 2007 – May 2008)

http://www.growthaccelerationpartners.com/

  • Used technical skills and leadership experience to deliver Outsourcing projects on time for
    clients using Agile/Scrum development method.

Senior Software Engineer and Consultant

TRIBEZA – Austin, TX (Sep 2007 – Nov 2007)

http://www.tribeza.com/

  • Co-created online advertising campaign using IAB standards.
  • Installed, configured, customized, and deployed Advertisement, Adsense, and
    Adsense Injector Drupal CMS modules.

Senior Software Engineer and Co-founder

ROCKSTEADY NETWORKS – Austin, TX (Dec 2000 – Oct 2003)

  • Architected and developed a Wireless ISP (WISP) web-based billing system using
    MySQL, LDAP, and Perl 5 running on a Linux platform.
  • Architected and developed a WISP Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
    (AAA) backend system using JSP, Java, Tomcat 4, FreeRadius and MySQL
    on the RedHat operating system.

Publications

“Cocoon 2 Development: Web Publishing with XML and Java” Oct 2002

Co-authored for Sybex.

“Foundations of WWW Programming with HTML and CGI” Aug 1995

Co-authored for IDG Worldwide Books

“A 60 Minute Guide to Java” Sep 1995

Co-authored for IDG Books.

“Web Programming Secrets” Mar 1996

Co-authored for IDG books.

Education

Texas A&M University – College Station, TX May 1990 – B.S. in Computer Science

Community Leadership

  • Member of the Austin Golf Association Board of Directors – 2004 – present
  • President of the Austin Golf Association 2006, 2008
  • Member of the Board of Directors for the Austin Area Multimedia Allianceas – Oct 1994 – Dec 1996
  • Co-founder of the Austin World Wide Web Users Group in 1994

Awards

  • Instant Ballpark Java applet won third place in the 1995 JavaWorld
    Javaapplet contest.