References and education history are available on request.
Work Experience
2008 - Present PHP Developer
Hearst Corporation's UGO Entertainment, Inc.
New York City, NY
- Developed code and applications for gamer lifestyle entertainment company.
- Maintained and updated advertisement campaign code on several UGO property websites.
- Responsible for maintenance of all four of UGO's major blogs; games, music, tv, and movies.
- Developed and deployed additional UGO blogs Blu-Ray Fanatic and UGO's Video Blog
- Assisted in the roll out of new property GameCheats.com website.
- Maintenance, upgrades, and everday operations of UGO celebrity entertainment news sites; ActressArchives.com, AtPictures.com, and AbsolutePictures.com.
- Developed framework for rapidly deploying trivia type challenges; Name That Movie and Lost Trivia Challenge
- In partnership with In Demand, for Howard Stern TV, developed voting website for Miss Howard TV 2008
- Assisted with repairs, support, and upgrades of various CMS applications.
2005 - 2008 Web Developer
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New York City, NY
- Responsible for maintenance, updates, analysis, review and development of new content for Enterprise level website mta.info and the corporate intranet.
- Website contains more than 6,000 pages of information from eight different transportation agencies and receives several million hits per day.
- Converted entire website to a custom templated structure allowing the push of site-wide changes to alleviate CMS restrictions.
- Handled web tasks of three MTA agencies and managed the content of web pages from the other five active agency web departments.
- Developed accessible solutions for navigation and content delivery to abide by ADA standards.
- Created an XML based application to speed delivery of press releases to the public.
- Assisted in the implementation of PeopleSoft upgrades to the MTA employment infrastructure.
- Created a custom marketing license program web site.
- Aided in the deployment of a third party smart proxy system that allows mobile device access and an accessible text-only view.
- Contributed to the development of an MTA family-wide service alert system that allows customers to get emergency service changes via the website, email, mobile communications, or RSS feeds.
2001 - Present Game Developer and Freelance Web Developer
SleazySoft
Brooklyn, NY
- Designed and programmed action and puzzle video games.
- Including freeware hit Sharko which was published in a game compilation by Moondance Games.
- Developed and created the entire website www.sleazysoft.com.
- Created a framework that allowed video games to communicate quickly and securely with the website for community and scoreboard features.
- Created research website Oddulo.us [mirror] to visualize user-submitted odds.
2004 - 2005 Technical Support Representative
Cablevision Systems, Inc.
Woodbury, NY
- Troubleshooting and solving simple to complex computer problems presented by residential and business class broadband cable subscribers.
- Assisted in the training of newly hired technicians.
2003 - 2004 Consultant
New York City Transit, Division of Infrastructure
New York City, NY
- Designed and created production management system to track projects and materials.
- System allowed analysts to store production sheets and managers to print HTML reports.
Skills
- Programming Languages and API's:
- C++, C#
- PHP
- Win32 API and MFC
- XNA, DirectX 9-10
- Visual Basic
- SQL and Oracle PL /SQL
- HTML, AJAX, DHTML (JavaScript), XHTML
- XML
- Working knowledge of UML, ASP, ASP.NET, and Java
- Database Technologies:
- MySQL
- MS/SQL
- Oracle
- Access
- PostgreSQL
- Application Proficiency:
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Photoshop and Creative Suite
- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Rational Rose, Visible Analyst (UML)
- Dreamweaver, Fireworks MX
- Microsoft Project, Visio Pro
- Version Control CVS and SVN
- Network Technologies:
- Apache Web Server
- Microsoft IIS 4+
- Microsoft DirectPlay
- TCP/IP, UDP Protocols
- POP3, SMTP, IMAP E-Mail Protocols
- DHCP, Subnetting
- Firewalls, Routers, Hubs, Switches