Philipp Strazny, Developer in Manitowoc, WI, United States
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Philipp Strazny

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Location
Manitowoc, WI, United States
Toptal Member Since
January 3, 2014

Philipp is a software developer with over a decade of experience working with a variety of programming languages, primarily with PHP, Perl, Python, and Bash scripting. He is a German native, translator, and linguist. He is interested in language processing and specializes in localization.

XMLPHPLinuxNatural Language Processing (NLP)ApacheSQLiteSQLUnit TestingJavaPythonPerlCSSBootstrapC++Laravel

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Subversion (SVN), Linux

The most amazing...

...application I have created is a web-based translation review and project management tool.

Work Experience

IT and Localization Manager

2000 - PRESENT
The Geo Group
  • Created a web-based translation review tool compatible with different document formats (TTX, SDLXLIFF, XML spreadsheet, TXT).
  • Created a web-based project management tool with a flat-file back-end for handling thousands of data records with flexible internal structure.
  • Developed a multitude of command-line scripts for the preparation and validation of various source document formats for translation projects.
  • Guided the development of a file exchange system integrated with the project management and file storage systems.
  • Guided the integration of email services with back-end systems.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, SQL, Python, Perl, Bash, JavaScript, PHP

FuzzyIndex

http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7546-PHP-Index-text-for-performing-fuzzy-search.html
A PHP class that can be used to index text data and store the index in a SQLite database. The database can then be searched for fuzzy matches. This was the 1st place winner of the PHP Classes Innovation Award.

ComplexityAnalyzer

http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7328-PHP-Evaluate-the-complexity-of-classes-code.html
A PHP class for analyzing and ranking class methods by complexity. This was the 3rd place winner of the PHP Classes Innovation Award.

ExternalSort

http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7212-PHP-Sort-large-files-similar-to-the-UNIX-sort-command.html
A pure PHP implementation of merge sort similar to the Unix sort utility. It was the 7th placed nominee for the PHP Classes Innovation Award.

Languages

HTML, XML, PHP, Bash, Java, Python, SQL, JavaScript, Perl, CSS, C++

Tools

Geany, Subversion (SVN), Zend Studio, Apache

Paradigms

Object-oriented Programming (OOP), REST, Model View Controller (MVC), Unit Testing

Platforms

Linux

Frameworks

Bootstrap, Laravel, AngularJS

Storage

SQLite, Redis

Other

Content Management Systems (CMS), Ajax, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Single-page Applications (SPA), Restler, Regular Expressions, GPT, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT)

1995 - 1997

Master's Degree in Linguistics (minor in Computer Sciences)

University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI

1988 - 1994

Master's Degree in English, Philosophy, and Sociology

University of Cologne - Cologne, Germany

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