2011 — 2011

IDEO (via toptal), front-end developer

• Created prototype websites for market testing.
• Set up Google Analytics and Goal Tracking to measure their success.
• Contributed to the UI / UX design process based on knowledge of usability best practices from Steve Krug of http://www.sensible.com/.
• Implemented many variations of User Experience using jQuery and Youtube Custom Player.
• Basic Flash development in ActionSript 3.0.
• Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, Flash, ActionScript 3.0, HTML5, CSS3.

2011 — 2011

GoChime (formerly Twepto & via toptal), web developer

• Built prototype system with heavy integration with Twitter API and automatic querying and posting based on what twitter users were sharing in real-time.
• Designed and built reporting systems for actionable data analysis and client reports.
• Technologies: PHP, JavaScript.

2011 — 2011

TopTal Platform, project manager

• Defined requirements and managed a team of Ruby on Rails developers.
• QA/Testing.
• Technologies: Ruby on Rails

2010 — 2012

smsPREP (via toptal), lead developer

• Joomla! component development to allow for the sending and receiving of millions of multiple choice questions and responses via SMS.
• Designed and built a smart Learning Management System (LMS) from scratch.
• Designed and built an adaptive learning algorithm that continually targets multiple-choice questions according to a current users difficulty level.
• Designed multiple reporting systems for actionable data analysis and business intelligence.
• Developed smsPREP API to allow for 3rd party integration into the system for sites such as Zinch.com and CollegeProwler.com.
• Designed and built social gaming and social modes for eLearning.
• Developed Facebook integrations for social learning.
• Kannel SMS Gateway development and integration.
• Technologies: PHP, Joomla!, JavaScript, HTML, CSS.

2011 — 2011

Circlefy (via toptal), web developer

• Responsible for the prototype development of the social network working under the “Scrum” model.
• Managed the R&D team as “Scrum Master” (defining requirements, PM, etc.).
• Technologies: PHP, JavaScript.

2010 — 2010

ConsumerBell (via toptal), developer

• Creation of a Wordpress plugin that allowed clients to post comments about any company, service or product.
• The plugin included a “feed” to show the posted comments in real time.
• This plugin also had a Backend integrated with Wordpress administration panel.
• Implemented Facebook and Twitter integration.
• Developed different UI / UX elements using jQuery.
• Technologies: PHP, Wordpress, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

2009 — 2010

DWP Internet, developer

• Joomla! component and theme development.
• Developed a generic “directory site” and then customized/deployed it to create 3 websites.
• Optimization of the Mosets Tree component code—increasing site performance by ~200%.
• Created a web-crawler from scratch using C++ / Python.
• Converted many gigabytes of data into importable SQL, only using a couple regular expressions.
• Executed full data mining processes, downloading, parsing and importing over a 400.000 records for 3 databases.
• Technologies: PHP, Joomla!, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

OS, Tools, Libraries

Windows, Mac, Linux, UNIX, Bash, gcc, g++, TCP / UDP networking, Joomla!, Wordpress.

Languages

PHP, JavaScript, C++, C#, Node.js, ActionScript.

Web Design

UI/UX design and implementation, HTML5 / HAML / CSS3 / SASS / SCSS, jQuery, MooTools, Prototype, CoffeeScript.

Other

Server configuration and administration, source control with GIT/SVN, data mining, data analysis/visualization.