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Taher Scherzay, Software Developer in Los Angeles, CA, United States
Taher Scherzay

Software Developer in Los Angeles, CA, United States

Member since September 9, 2013
Taher is a highly experienced engineer with lots of experience as a developer and CTO (who can code!) for a number of technologically diverse companies. His primary skill set lies in designing and developing large scale enterprise applications with significant automation and decision processing logic.
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Portfolio

  • Disney
    WordPress, LAMP, Python, PHP
  • Thaeres
    Windows Communication Framework (WCF), REST, Windows Azure SDK, IIS, MSMQ...
  • CrowdGather
    Amazon Web Services (AWS), Citrix XenServer, AWS, AppFabric, Memcached...

Experience

Location

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

LAMP, Eclipse, Aptana, Visual Studio

The most amazing...

...application I've developed is an enterprise ad server rivaling the features and functionality of Google's DFP platform.

Employment

  • Senior Solutions Architect

    2015 - PRESENT
    Disney
    • Architected web solutions.
    Technologies: WordPress, LAMP, Python, PHP

  • Founder, Creator, Lead Architect

    2013 - PRESENT
    Thaeres
    • Created Thaeres (thaeres.com), a fully automated SaaS enterprise software platform that optimizes and administers revenue management, payment processing, and long-term customer value management.
    • Designed and developed the API and web application interfaces.
    • Developed extensive web services layer accessible via SOAP, XML, and REST.
    • Designed and implemented a WordPress template for the knowledge base.
    • Designed and developed all database schemas and database network designs.
    • Designed, deployed, and maintained network operations on Windows Azure Cloud service.
    • Designed and developed outbound notification system utilizing email and text messaging via third-party integrations (SendGrid & Twilio).
    Technologies: Windows Communication Framework (WCF), REST, Windows Azure SDK, IIS, MSMQ, AppFabric, MongoDB, SQL Server 2012, Bootstrap, jQuery, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, ASP.NET, C#

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2011 - 2013
    CrowdGather
    • Created a custom buy-side and sell-side ad serving platform, (enrolled user website, public web services, back-end processing applications, content delivery services, outbound notification services and database schemas); able to scale up to 1B+ ad impressions/month/server cluster.
    • Designed and developed RTB (real-time bidding) component of advertiser/publisher interface including first ever self-adjusting price recommendation algorithm.
    • Designed and developed API and web application interfaces.
    • Designed and developed all database schemas and database network designs.
    • Designed, deployed and maintained network operations on Amazon AWS Cloud service and internally owned colocation network.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Citrix XenServer, AWS, AppFabric, Memcached, Microsoft SQL Server, Nginx, IIS, Apache, Windows, CentOS, Bootstrap, jQuery, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP.NET, C#

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2004 - 2010
    Elexity Systems
    • Created DentalSenders (desktop client applications, enrolled user website, public web services, back-end call processing applications, outbound notification services, and database schemas).
    • Designed and developed the API and web application interfaces.
    • Designed and developed all database schemas and database network designs.
    • Designed, deployed, and managed network operations on an internally owned colocation network.
    • Designed and developed the outbound notification system utilizing email, text messaging, and telephone calls via third-party integrations (SilverPop, EnvoyWW, and Voxeo).
    Technologies: SQL Server 2005, IIS, Windows, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, ASP.NET, C#

  • Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

    2007 - 2009
    MLSOnline
    • Created MLSListingsOnline.com (public and enrolled user website, back-end lead management services, and database schema) in nine months from concept to launch.
    • Redesigned MLSonline.com from the ground up in six months by overhauling the entire software platform.
    • Designed and developed all web application interfaces.
    • Designed and developed all database schemas and database network designs.
    • Developed real-time system health checks and service watchdog.
    Technologies: SQL Server 2005, MySQL, IIS, Apache, Windows, SUSE, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP.NET, C#

Experience

  • Thaeres
    https://www.thaeres.com

    Enterprise billing, invoicing and payment processing system for commercial business services.

  • Adisn

    Custom buy-side & sell-side ad server with dynamic pricing engine.

Skills

  • Languages

    SQL, HTML, C#, PHP, CSS, Python, JavaScript, Java

  • Frameworks

    .NET, ASP.NET, Bootstrap, Windows Communication Framework (WCF), Zend Framework

  • Libraries/APIs

    Authorize.Net, PayPal API, jQuery, Facebook API, Yahoo! API, Google API

  • Tools

    Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse IDE, Aptana, Windows Azure SDK, Apache, Nginx, Citrix XenServer, Visual Studio, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite

  • Paradigms

    Agile Software Development, Concurrent Programming, Scrum, Extreme Programming, Waterfall Development, REST

  • Platforms

    WordPress, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Windows, Azure, Linux, CentOS, Eclipse, LAMP, Android, iOS

  • Storage

    Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Memcached, MongoDB, SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2005, SUSE

  • Other

    Ajax, AppFabric, MSMQ, IIS, AWS

Education

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering
    1992 - 1997
    Boston University - Boston, MA

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