Ryan J. Peterson - Freelance Software Developer for Hire

Head of Global Lottery Systems

2016 - PRESENT

Lottery.com

Supported the CTO with various management tasks as high-level architectural decisions.
Developed a digital scratch-off lottery system for international markets.
Architected and developed systems alongside senior engineers for company products.
Established stronger accounting principles as part of the codebase of various mission-critical transactional systems.
Built and maintained system microservices for global lottery operations.

Technologies: Node.js, MongoDB, Docker, AWS, Tesseract, Kubernetes

President and Co-founder

2015 - PRESENT

Good Burrito Co.

Developed, organized, and executed the establishment of a fast-casual restaurant concept.

Technologies: N/A

CTO and Co-founder

2015 - PRESENT

Avonto

Designed and built a Title III and 506C funding platform that allowed the company to become a member of FINRA.

Technologies: Laravel, VueJS, AWS

Owner and Operator

2006 - PRESENT

Serenity Software

Engineered and built software and systems for several Fortune 100 companies including Dow Jones, 3M, and Chrysler Group.
Led, engineered, and managed 50+ proprietary systems in a varied array of industries (mostly confidential work).
Engineered a donor reporting system that included PDF letters supporting both Hebrew and English text with proper formatting rules.
Built a language translation system for Ning.com.
Engineered and developed an LMS system for PTC.

Technologies: PHP, C, C++, Objective-C, Java, Erlang, JavaScript

Project Sales Team Lead

2015 - 2016

Toptal

Helped Toptal build and plan a direction for its Projects initiative based on experience building and marketing agencies.

Technologies: N/A

Technical Director

2013 - 2015

Inovāt

Engineered a complex content search engine using Elasticsearch with Oracle River to seed indexes.
Developed a CRM, PIM, and CMF/CMS component system based on Symfony 2.
Architected a paid membership site for a print magazine using Laravel 4.
Created a reusable AngularJS framework to rapidly build common UI/UX interfaces from reusable components.

Technologies: Symfony 2, Laravel 4/5, AngularJS

Consultant

2007 - 2008

Vigor Branding

Planned, engineered, and developed a Flash slide system for local venue distribution nationally with real-time Flash customization via the web for Zoom Media.

Technologies: PHP, ActionScript 3.0, JavaScript

Web Systems Developer

2003 - 2004

CTI Networks, Inc.

Worked as part of the system team tasked to create a highly dynamic webmail system with a weighted spam ranking algorithm.
Developed a XX.net CMF for multi-channel ISP brands to support ordering workflows, direct mailing management, webmail login, and dynamic regionalized pricing based on carrier rates.

Technologies: PHP

Kidblog.org (Other amazing things)

http://www.kidblog.org/

I helped to engineer new features like a visitor map from Google Analytics data and Google Account sign in, sign up, and a class code system for 3M+ user accounts on the WPMU site. I also engineered a future system to be released for the 2014 school year for new and improved scalable architecture with AngularJS UI and Elasticsearch.

The Education Center (Development)

http://theeducationcenter.com

I built this from the ground up on Laravel 4 with Elasticsearch driven search functionality (http://www.theeducationcenter.com/browse). I reverse-engineered a paid membership feature and integrated the EHub platform by CDS Global.

ZippyShell (Development)

http://zippyshell.com/

Built business application and visual CMS system for franchise based corporation.

AARP Media Sales (Development)

http://advertise.aarp.org

Built business application and visual CMS for custom website design and business functionality.

MobileGuardian (Development)

http://mobileguardian.com

Build AngularJS UI with internationalization and localization capabilities and modular system for expansion including custom components, API integration and Auth.

Buggy JavaScript Code: The 10 Most Common Mistakes JavaScript Developers Make (Publication)

https://www.toptal.com/javascript/10-most-common-javascript-mistakes

At first blush, JavaScript may seem quite simple. Yet the language is significantly more nuanced, powerful, and complex than one would initially be lead to believe. Many of JavaScript's subtleties lead to a number of common mistakes -- 10 of which we discuss here -- that are important to be aware of and avoid in one's quest to become a master JavaScript developer.

Toptal Mentor

Ryan 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. Ryan 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

JavaScript, HTML5, PHP, SCSS, CSS, SQL, Erlang, C++, Java, C, Ruby, Objective-C, Python

Frameworks

CakePHP, Knockout.js, Laravel, AngularJS, Lithium, Symfony 2, Django

Libraries/APIs

Zepto, jQuery, ZeroMQ, AngularUI, jQuery UI, Node.js, React

Tools

Mongrel2, PhpStorm, TextMate, Sublime Text, Adobe Photoshop

Paradigms

Asynchronous Programming, Agile Software Development, Concurrent Programming, Aspect-oriented Programming, Dependency Injection, REST, Socket Programming, Microservices, Unit Testing, Test-driven Development (TDD)

Platforms

Linux, Mac OS, iOS, Windows 7, Unix, Azure, Android

Storage

AWS S3, MySQL, MariaDB, Redis, MongoDB, CouchDB, Amazon SDB, SQLite, Elasticsearch, NuoDB

Other

DI, IoC, StateMachine, UI Testing

Certificate degree in Essentials of Corporate Financial Analysis and Decision-Making

2015 - 2015

Coursera - https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/certificate/BF3AURUY75

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

2004 - 2005

University of Phoenix - Arizona, USA

Partial Bachelor's (course credits) degree in Computer Science

2003 - 2004

Harrisburg Area Community College - Pennsylvania, USA

Technical High School degree in Computer Science

1999 - 2003

Waverly High School - New York, USA