Jim McClure » PHP/LAMP Web Application Developer Resume (San Francisco)

Accomplished PHP web application developer seeking mid- to senior contract to hire or full-time position within an innovative company where creative solutions can be applied to increase revenue and maximize company branding exposure.

11/2014 - Present » CapGemini

SENIOR SOFTWARE ARCHITECT: Majority of clients were medical or pharmaceutical based. Designed RESTful API with dynamic CRUD endpoints using PHP on a customized Laravel framework utilizing: OOP hierarchy, Traits, Observers, Listeners, Queues, Jobs. Redesigned and optimized MySQL DB for a cleaner ORM design within the Laravel framework. Setup parallel platforms for DEV, QA, UAT, STAGE, PROD on Jenkins, GitLab, AWS. Setup PPG encryption to fulfill PHI/HIPAA compliance eliminating any direct human interaction with incoming data feeds. Backend tasks included AWS setup, server alarms, and administration; DNS, shell scripting, GitLab administration, Jenkins administration.

04/2013 - Present » Glom.Com

SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Continued optimization of inline Javascript into jQuery binding. Addressed hundreds of soft linked files via Apache through aliasing and mod rewrites. Responsive design for mobile site. Presentation of best practices and UX. Solving of chat issues through using stanzas via XMPP. Technologies used PHP5, MySQL, jQuery, AJAX, XMPP, NGINX.

10/2011 - 09/2012 » Thoughtmatrix, Inc.

SENIOR WEB DEVELOPER: Projects: PayPal (Lingo): Product needed to be scalable and robust to handle many new features and functionality. Refactored the PHP4 scripts into an MVC Zend framework and designed the Models to reflect an ORM. AJAX was added via jQuery and an AJAX Model in Zend. Writer's Guild: Locked legacy pages into Wordpress by tying in WP functions and using Apache mod rewrites. Technologies used PHP5, Zend, WordPress, MySQL, jQuery, AJAX, GIT.

12/2010 - 10/2011 » Brightidea LLC, Inc.

SR. PHP WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPER: Refactored and optimized problematic PHP code into a more cohesive MVC type of structure. Moving to an MVC architecture with Zend. Primary area was in core product for the admin CMS. Solutions for a more user friendly frontend UX were created with refactoring EXTJS into jQuery for AJAX and making the two frameworks work together when needed. Created and implemented a product integration solution for Facebook with PHP5 and Facebook's Graph API. Technologies used PHP5, MSSQL, EXTJS, jQuery, AJAX, SVN.

11/94 - 11/2000, 06/2005 - 12/2010 » W2 & 1099 Freelance

CONSULTANT/CONTRACTOR: Various web consulting and development projects. Green Room Productions. Cooperative Media. Hotcity Internet. Hair Strategies, LLC ( Chicago ), Bartenders Unlimited, Magical Productions, LLC., Jimmyjane.com: Zencart installation, customization, configuration. Google Analytics, Google Checkout. Zotcha.net: Facebook application, Zend Framework installation, PHPDocumentor, mod_rewrite, btrax.com/VIZ Signature: Database schema, PHP Framework w/Zend library, SEO, RSS/ATOM, jQuery, JSON. IO Media Group: Wordpress (plugins, themes, css, javascript), jQuery, JIRA, MediaWiki, CSS, Flash integration, Xcart, VOD

03/2010 - 07/2010 » SharePointAce LLC, Inc.

PHP DEVELOPER: Created interactive quiz for Schwab with Object Oriented PHP, ZEND and MySQL giving users a financial fitness score. Information was also aggregated in the created MySQL DB schema to utilize for percentile demographic scoring. Refactored Authorize.net API script into reusable OO PHP classes that were used on two John Muir Medical Center website properties so doctors could process payments.

02/2010 - 03/2010 » California Academy of Sciences

SR. PHP WEB APP DEVELOPER: Increased exposure by repurposing pre-existing science quiz from another California Academy property to run on the homepage of the custom themed Wordpress Science Today site. Created an admin CMS to update the questions using jQuery and AJAX. Created an RSS feed on Wordpress coming from the NASA website to display NASA's image of the day. Customized the behavior of a third party Wordpress plugin to display related and most popular posts and videos.

02/2006 - 02/2009 » SutroSonics

SOLE PROPRIETOR: Customized PHP and MySQL built upon the eCommerce software Zen Cart. Created custom CSV export files for importing into Froogle. Created an image batching application that could crop images into a square, center the product, add borders, product name and branding using ImageMagick, PHP and information pulled f1/01/00 » Quios, Inc.

SR. PERL SOFTWARE ENGINEER: Created an application and its interface utilizing PERL CGI with CPAN modules on a Linux system and SMS gateways that enabled the Quios staff to send updated text message scores to a user while monitoring EURO 2000 soccer matches live.

09/06/99 - 11/05/99 » SegaSoft, Inc.

PERL WEB DEVELOPER: Designed and created a user registration interface for online gaming server on heat.net using PERL and an existing proprietary DB API. Requirements entailed a user waiting list so users could be informed of an opening when an addition gaming server had been added to lessen load.

04/27/98 - 09/03/99 » Robert Half International, Inc.

PERL WEB DEVELOPER: Proposed to redesign all six websites using modular approach with PERL due to a propensity to buggy behavior brought about by the use of LiveWire. Created PERL applications that allowed users to enter in resume information and distribute candidate information to relevant recruiters.

04/15/96 - 10/31/97 » Women's Wire -- Women.com

PERL ENGINEER: Created quizzes and applications with PERL on a flat file system such as daily horoscopes, day of week someone was born, Chinese astrology sign. Managed CRON jobs to handle automated page updates related to current date. Implemented a PERL based ad server connected via sockets with partner Yahoo!

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