Alkali,
Web Chemistry


Chloe Alix



Professional Objective

A development position in a fast paced environment with a company seeking an innovative developer that is skilled at delivering scalable and standards compliant web applications.

Summary

  • Over 10 years experience in a PHP / MySQL / Linux environment.
  • Experience in creating highly complex systems in mass customer service oriented industries.
  • Ability to learn independently, rapidly grasp new concepts and a commitment to improving processes.

Skills

Web Development
  • Advanced PHP5 Programming
  • Highly experienced with modern JS & jQuery
  • RESTful Webservices
  • HTML5 & CSS3
  • A love affair with Photoshop

Frameworks
  • CodeIgniter
  • CakePHP
  • Wordpress
  • Drupal
  • Propell
  • Adobe Flex

Database Systems
  • Relational Design and Normalization
  • MySQL & PostgresSQL
  • Some experience with NoSQL systems

Systems Administration
  • Linux Administration (Apache, MySQL, Subversion, Bazaar, Memcache)

Employment History


PHP Developer, Systems Admin
Bounce Energy (May 2010 - Present)
  • Worked closely with marketing to build engaging new customer interactions
  • Create a mobile optimized version of bounceenergy.com
  • Integrated Google Maps API for plotting pay locations
PHP Developer, Systems Admin
Nationwide Utilities Corp (Esiids.com, The-Portal.net) (Feb 2009 - May 2010)
  • Advanced my knowledge of the Texas deregulated energy market
  • Managed all production Linux servers
  • Wrote XML & JSON data services and assisted 3rd party integration
  • Designed a simplified (jQuery driven) quote management interface based on a better understanding of customer workflows
  • Reduced labor by writing parsers for the loading of vendor price sheets
  • Automated contract generation using PDFLib and PHP
  • Became Experian NetConnect certified and integrated credit check services
  • Unified repetitive code fragments into modular class structures
PHP Developer, Systems Admin
omNovia (June 2007 - Feb 2009)
  • Served as head of infrastructures; responsible for over 30 Linux servers.
  • Designed and implemented a load-balanced and fault-tolerant server architecture for omNovia.com using LVS and MySql Cluster (NDB).
  • Wrote PHP webservices to power Adobe Flex applications and customer-facing API's.
  • Wrote an Adobe Flex application to manage conference events and scheduling
  • Refactored legacy Perl web applications into more maintainable and structured code
  • Documented and automated server customization processes.
  • Deployed a fully independent development & staging platform using Subversion and Trac SCM
  • Implemented Memcache and drastically reduced DB load
PHP Developer
Quicksilver Interactive (2007 March - June)
  • Lead developer for Southern Painting's customer tracking and scheduling PHP application, and Parkland Hospital's internal IT purchasing PHP application
  • Worked closely with PostgresSQL
  • Increased team-wide speed of development by writing an object relational mapper and eliminating repetitive tasks
PHP Custom Development
NCL Security (2007 Part time)
  • Assisted with the deployment of a PHP based IP-camera system
Web Application Developer Iowa Interactive (2007 Feb - Mar)
  • Short term contract to debug and enhance Iowan Government web applications
  • Advanced my PHP OO skills and began learning Python
  • Worked closely with Subversion branching, merging and staging
  • Served as the sole maintainer of their Professional Licensing system and Grants Management system
Web Application Developer
Funimation Productions (Navarre) (2006 Dec - 2007 Feb)
  • Short term contract to ensure that AnimeOnline.com meet it's critical launch date
  • Drastically increased team productively by providing advanced skills and mentoring less experienced developers.
  • Introduced more modern techniques for both interface mechanics (jQuery) and PHP coding methodologies
  • Integrated Amazon web services and AJAX to streamline data entry process
  • Setup a load balanced MySQL Cluster for production use
PHP Developer, Systems Admin
Stream Energy (2005 Feb - 2006 Dec)
  • Contributed to Stream's phenomenal growth by keeping pace with changing requirements and ad-hoc solutions
  • Served as the sole Linux admin during the company's first year. Managed the production Linux servers (Apache, MySQL); Windows 2003 Servers (AD, Email); and supported end users.
  • Responsible for designing and coding PHP segments of Stream's Customer Information System (CIS) related to batch payment processing and online payments.
  • Became knowledgeable in the Texas deregulated energy market
PHP Developer, Systems Admin
GADSC (Global Automated Documents Service Center) (2004 – 2005)
  • A entrepreneurial venture between myself and one other person
  • Designed and coded a PHP application for customer tracking and web services related to the US shipping industry
  • Wrote EDI interfaces for integration with US customs
PHP Developer, Systems Admin, PC Support
Gulf Coast Answering (2004)
  • Augmented and maintained customer information systems (PHP, MySQL)
  • Assisted user adoption workflow revisions
PHP Developer
Cooler Graphics (2004)
  • Short term contract to write PHP web applications related to mass marketing and sales
PHP Developer
San Jacinto College (2002 - 2003)
  • Designed a system for tracking and reporting on computer lab usage
PHP Developer \ Multimedia
Self-employed (2002 - 2003)
  • A business which allowed customers to, via a PHP website, arrange and order wedding photo-montages
Network \ PC Support
NASA of Houston (2001)
  • Internship: responsible for network and hardware troubleshooting
Developer
2000 – 2001
  • While still in High school, worked for an Internet start-up, designed and deployed an e-commerce site using MIVA Merchant

Education

  • Nothing formal worth mention
  • Self-taught \ Highly autodidactic