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Alexey Rastaturin
PHP Developer
Alexey is a strongly self-motivated, open-minded software developer focused mainly on back-end and mobile development. He loves to make clear, scalable, wel...l-documented, and tested code. He is strong in math and algorithms.
Andreas "Rayo" Kniep
PHP Developer
Rayo has worked in the software industry since 1999, but his passion for writing software began when he started developing computer games at age 13. He has... taught Theoretical Computer Science at the Technical University of Berlin before successfully co-founding Linklift, a company in the SEO-space. He is a fullstack developer with back-end focus who loves to implement systems and constantly fine-tune his programming and architectural skills.
Thomas Tran
PHP Developer
Tom has over eight years of web development experience, ranging from being the first engineer at a business analytics company to building highly scalable an...d secure games at Zynga, including one that supported 9 million daily active users. He is completely self-reliant and self-motivated; you can count on him to handle everything including spec review, level-of-effort estimation, architecting, developing, and even deployment.
Nhan Dang
PHP Developer
Nhan is an engineer and entrepreneur, currently founding member and head of engineering at SeeSpace, Ltd.. He was the brains behind InAiR TV as well as havi...ng served as CTO for a crowdfunding platform and a Zappo's clone in Vietnam. Apart from being a great coder, Nhan is also a top-tier designer with a great sense for product. His skill set has made him suitable for any kind of work, from low-level high-performance codes to UI-centric apps.
Barrett Cox
PHP Developer
Barrett loves building intuitive, accessible websites and online tools. He is a full-stack web developer with expertise in WordPress. He also has a backgrou...nd in graphic design and UX design and believes in the importance of both development and design in achieving the ideal user experience.
Carlos Ramirez III
PHP Developer
Carlos is a professional software engineer and web developer specializing in the Ruby on Rails framework. He has worked with tech companies in New York's Si...licon Alley for over five years, helping to build technology-based businesses from the ground up. He has a bachelor's degree in computer science from Williams College and has been in the software industry for nearly ten years.
Erik Bielefeldt
PHP Developer
Erik is a software developer with fifteen years of back-end experience and a proven track record of architecting, planning, and executing large projects. In... addition to being an individual contributor, he has excellent leadership and management skills, and is committed to delivering on time and to spec.
Randy Hommel
PHP Developer
Randy is a seasoned developer and entrepreneur specializing in PHP, MySQL, and C/C++. He lives in Sacramento, California with his wife of 4 years and 14 mon...th-old twins (boy and girl). He works from home and likes enjoying time with his family. He has a proven record of creating successful web solutions.
Alexis Wilke
PHP Developer
Over the past 14 years, Alexis has been running Made to Order Software, mainly as a contractor, doing software development for customers in Sacramento, San... Francisco, LA, the Netherlands, and more. Alexis specializes in PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, JSON, HTML/CSS, XML, XSLT2, C/C++, Assembly, CUDA, Microsoft Access, and a broad range of other technologies. He has created and manages many websites and worked on an embedded medical device.
Jerry Hermel
PHP Developer
Jerry's 34-year career in engineering with Boeing has given him broad hands-on experience in many aspects of cutting-edge technology. His professional exper...ience includes diverse accomplishments in software/web development, systems engineering, data analytics, applied math, and web-based commerce.
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