Nam Nguyen

Jersey City, NJ, United States

Member since August 1, 2014

Nam is a full-stack web developer with proficiency in both Node.js and .NET. Interviewers describe him as punctual and pleasant with excellent programming instincts. He strongly believes that a complete code should not just work, but also be clean and maintainable.

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Portfolio

Dow Jones
C#, JavaScript, .NET, Node.js, Backbone.js, AngularJS
Marlabs
C#, JavaScript, .NET, SQL Server
University of Hawaii
Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL

Experience

Visual Studio, 10 years
C#, 7 years
jQuery, 7 years
JavaScript, 7 years
Unit Testing, 4 years
Node.js, 3 years
Sublime Text 3, 2 years
Scrum, 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Windows, Sublime Text, Visual Studio, WebStorm

The most amazing...

...thing I've worked on is DJX, Dow Jones' largest project of 2013. I was the core framework team member responsible for all aspects of the project.

Employment

Application Developer
Dow Jones
2011 - PRESENT
- Developed highly responsive web applications using ASP.NET and Node.js.
- Created multiple successful POC’s that became real projects.
- Integrated Storyful data into Dow Jones’ products using REST API.
- Provided analysis on .NET unit test frameworks that lead to a company-wide decision.
- Developed a WinForms application using the Task Parallel Library to load test back-end services.
- Implemented WCF-based infrastructure to ease development and consumption of backend services.
- Hosted Node.js workshops for multiple development teams to ease the switch to new technology.
- Constructed the core page framework with Node.js for DJX, Dow Jones largest project of 2013.
- Created a Node.js library to consume existing WSDL-based web services.
Technologies: C#, JavaScript, .NET, Node.js, Backbone.js, AngularJS
.NET Consultant
Marlabs
2007 - 2010
- Improved performance of a product by replacing ASP.NET UpdatePanel with true AJAX.
- Improved web pages' load times by optimizing JS, CSS, and images.
- Converted projects from .NET 2.0 (Visual Studio 2005) to .NET 3.5 (Visual Studio 2008).
- Designed a new database for storing user-customized news pages and their properties.
- Developed a database and web UI for managing internalization resources.
- Analyzed the relationships between business components using .Net Reflector.
Technologies: C#, JavaScript, .NET, SQL Server
Computer Programmer
University of Hawaii
2008 - 2008
- Worked on the University of Hawaii Identity Management Console (UHIMC).
- Developed disk quota management and daily report scripts for the UHIMC system.
- Analyzed and tested the university’s White Pages management system.
Technologies: Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL

Experience

DJX (Development)
Dow Jones' largest project of 2013. Completely written from the ground up using Node.js in 9 months.
Factiva (Development)
http://global.factiva.com
Dow Jones' flagship product serving institutional customers.

Skills

Libraries/APIs
jQuery, Backbone.js, Node.js
Tools
Visual Studio, Sublime Text 3, WebStorm
Paradigms
Scrum, Unit Testing, Test-driven Development (TDD), Agile Software Development
Languages
SQL, JavaScript, C#
Frameworks
ASP.NET, .NET, AngularJS, Express.js
Platforms
Windows, Linux, Oracle
Storage
MongoDB

Education

Master's degree in Information and Computer Sciences
University of Hawaii - Hawaii
2003 - 2006
Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
Moscow State University - Moscow, Russia
1998 - 2002

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