Daniel Gheorghe - Freelance PHP Developer for Hire

Web Developer

2014 - PRESENT

Codepunker.com

Created a full REST API testing tool.
Developed an image optimization application.
Built an XML sitemap generator that crawls target websites and generates Google-compatible sitemaps.
Programmed a JavaScript plugin that automatically synchronizes HTML5 audio being played with text displayed on screen.
Open-sourced a few PHP packages and classes (a log-in with GitHub composer package, a PHP-based sounds-like search class, and a sip2 authentication system).

Technologies: PHP, JavaScript

Web Developer

2013 - PRESENT

StarWalk Kids Media

Built a custom library for schools with authentication mechanisms in Joomla supporting LDAP, SIP2, Referring URL and IP-based authentication.
Created various custom authentication mechanisms between their iOS and Android applications and the website.
Created a custom Salesforce portal for their sales representatives spread out throughout the US.
Created a custom API client for contacts and leads that are being pushed inside the StarWalk CRM system.
Created a custom Command Line Joomla component that processes PDF books and transforms them into HTML5 books.

Technologies: PHP, Joomla

Lead Software Engineer

2012 - PRESENT

Web3Box Software, LLC

Created a modular CRM system with project management and invoicing.
Created and optimized a full AJAX-driven JavaScript framework that binds XML-based JavaScript objects to the DOM.
Created a teachers' social network for a Library of Congress grant program.
Created an HTML5 ebook reader for a publishing company in New York.
Created management software for worldwide product distribution for a large car chemicals manufacturer.

Technologies: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript

WooCommerce Developer

2016 - 2016

IMPART (via Toptal)

Created a single-page dashboard model in WooCommerce using AngularJS.
Extended WooCommerce subscriptions to allow editing Items in a subscription.
Added a delivery calendar in WooCommerce.
Created a Stripe payment plugin for WooCommerce subscriptions.
Created a custom comments plugin for the single-page app.

Technologies: WordPress, WooCommerce, WooCommerce Subscriptions

Back-end Developer

2016 - 2016

IMPART (via Toptal)

Transformed a WordPress and WooCommerce site into a single page app.
Wrote advanced SASS/JavaScript UI interactions for the single-page application.
Created custom WooCommerce re-targeting emails triggered by certain user actions.
Created a custom WooCommerce checkout experience withe delivery timesheets.
Wrote a custom Disqus plugin and integrated it into WooCommerce and WordPress.

Technologies: PHP, JavaScript

Web Developer

2015 - 2016

TravelWires

Created a CMS in Laravel that is 100% compatible with WordPress structure, obviating the need to write redirects.
Created a customer dashboard using Angular JS. It features a ticketing system, press release submission, shopping cart, and analytics.
Wrote a custom front-end plugin that integrates with Angular and is used for live cropping of images fetched from the pixabay.com API.
Wrote an Angular-driven search that uses a "sounds like" algorithm to get results and has an unique look.
Created the entire design and UI from scratch.

Technologies: Laravel, MySQL, AngularJS

Web3Box CRM (Development)

https://www.web3box.com/sb

A modular CRM system with Salesforce automation, project management, and invoicing. As the lead engineer, I coordinated the development of the entire project, from concept to actual working product. I take pride in the fact that the underlying framework (both front-end and back-end) is something me and my team devised and developed from scratch.

TPS Teacher Network (Development)

http://tpsteachersnetwork.org

A social network with all the features that Facebook has and more - TPS is intended to bring together teachers with a shared interest in improving instructional practice and impacting student learning through Library of Congress primary sources.

This uses the Joomla Framework/CMS. My team and I devised a set of modules/plugins that worked in conjunction with JomSocial, Kunena, AcyMailing, and many other Joomla extensions, everything resulting in a system that worked exactly how the educators wanted it. All this without touching a single line of code in the core components and thus allowing future extension updates to happen without the need for further development.

Simple HTTP POST And GET Requests Tool (Development)

https://www.codepunker.com/tools/http-requests

A tool that I built for myself (from scratch) a while back to simplify API testing and I made it available to anyone who needed to test REST APIs. The entire system (not only the API Tester) is built from the grounds up using custom PHP packages and custom JavaScript.

TravelWires (Development)

http://www.travelwires.com

A news and press releases distribution system I've written in Laravel 5.1 with an AngularJS-driven user dashboard.

For this project, I have built a CMS that is 100% backward compatible with the old/legacy WordPress.

The user dashboard and admin interface feature advanced reporting related to traffic, a ticketing system, and shopping cart with a custom-made checkout.

Handling Intensive Tasks with Laravel (Publication)

https://www.toptal.com/laravel/handling-intensive-tasks-with-laravel

When dealing with time consuming, resource intensive tasks, most PHP developers are tempted to choose the "quick hack route". We've all used "ini_set('max_execution_time', HUGE_INT);" before, but it doesn’t have to be this way. In today's tutorial, PHP developer Daniel Gheorghe demonstrates how an application’s user experience may be improved by separating long-running tasks from the main request flow using Laravel.

Toptal Mentor

Daniel is a mentor in the Toptal Global Mentor’s Program. This program is a partnership between Toptal and General Assembly to provide high quality mentorship for students from minority and low income backgrounds who are looking to begin their careers as professional software engineers. Daniel shows commitment to diversity in tech by mentoring a General Assembly student every week for a year, covering everything from coding tips and tricks to advice on making it in the industry.

Languages

PHP, HTML5, JavaScript, Swift, Bash, SCSS, Less

Frameworks

Laravel, Kohana, AngularJS, Slim

Libraries/APIs

jQuery, RequireJS, Mustache, Backbone.js

Paradigms

REST, Model View Controller (MVC), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Test-driven Development (TDD)

Platforms

WordPress, Joomla

Tools

Composer, NPM, Xcode, Vagrant, Xdebug, Apache, Grunt, Gulp.js, Git

Other

OAuth, Web Standards, User Interface (UI), SOAP

Master Of Education degree in English Language and Literature

2001 - 2007

Universitatea Spiru Haret - Bucharest

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics

1997 - 2001

Colegiul National Ienachita Vacarescu - Targoviste

Zend Certified PHP Engineer

FEBRUARY 2015 - PRESENT

Zend